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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

The African National Congress - this is the liberation movement that fought the apartheid government and eventually won control of South Africa in democratic elections - they are selecting a new leader today. And Peter Granitz has more from Johannesburg.

PETER GRANITZ, BYLINE¹: Thousands of ANC delegates from across South Africa are gathering² in Johannesburg to elect a new party leader. The voting is done in private but the distinctly South African campaigning is done in public. Clad in the yellow, green and black of the ANC flag, they sing songs on the hall floor, struggle songs that hearken back to the apartheid era and songs in support of their preferred candidate.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Singing in foreign language).

GRANITZ: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has the backing of more party branches than former government minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She's expected to win support from the women's and youth leagues. Lerato Beaula (ph), a delegate from the North West province, supports Dlamini-Zuma.

LERATO BEAULA: She knows the sufferings of the South Africans.

GRANITZ: Policy details and discussions have been scant³ during the campaign. Analysts⁵ assumed Dlamini-Zuma, a medical doctor who was married to President Zuma before divorcing, would pursue a more populist economic agenda, one she calls radical⁶ economic transformation⁷. Investors⁸ hope Ramaphosa wins. He left politics in the 1990s and amassed⁹ a fortune in the private sector¹⁰. The winner of the ANC race will be the party's nominee¹¹ for president of the country in 2019.

President Zuma will remain the country's president until then, unless the new ANC president chooses to recall him. Zuma's tenure¹² as ANC president has been disastrous¹³ for the party. Since he seized control of the ANC in 2007, the party has seen its electoral advantage dwindle¹⁴ in each election. Political analyst⁴ Susan Booysen says the ANC has declined because of voter discontent with Zuma's seemingly endless string of corruption¹⁵ scandals.

SUSAN BOOYSEN: With a view not just to be true in the longer term, to ANC serving the people and not themselves but also with a view to the 2019 national elections in South Africa where People will really be looking at a new page in the ANC being turned.

GRANITZ: That new page could be a humbling¹⁶ election where the ANC loses its outright¹⁷ majority and needs to form a coalition¹⁸ for the first time, or worse yet, an election where the party loses its majority and for the first time in democratic South Africa, finds itself out of power.

For NPR News, I'm Peter Granitz in Johannesburg.

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 scant   

adj.不充分的，不足的；v.减缩，限制，忽略

参考例句：

• Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.做糕饼时不要吝惜奶油。
• Many mothers pay scant attention to their own needs when their children are small.孩子们小的时候，许多母亲都忽视自己的需求。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

6 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

7 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

8 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

9 amassed   

v.积累，积聚( amass的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
• They have amassed a fortune in just a few years. 他们在几年的时间里就聚集了一笔财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

11 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

12 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

13 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

14 dwindle   

v.逐渐变小（或减少）

参考例句：

• The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。

15 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

16 humbling   

adj.令人羞辱的v.使谦恭( humble的现在分词 )；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气

参考例句：

• A certain humbling from time to time is good. 不时受点儿屈辱是有好处的。 来自辞典例句
• It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-buildingexperience. 据说天文学是一种令人产生自卑、塑造人格的科学。 来自互联网

17 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

18 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。