VOA标准英语2008年-Philippine Panel on Muslim Rebellion Dismissed

The Philippine government has dismissed the panel of negotiators brokering¹ peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. VOA Correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more.
　
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo² speaks on national television at Malacanang presidential palace in Manila (File)

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Wednesday said she had scrapped³ the government panel negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Mrs. Arroyo stressed the government is not abandoning the peace talks, but would, instead, implement⁴ a new approach that would entail⁵ wider and more direct dialogue with local communities in the volatile⁶ south, home to most Muslims in the Catholic majority country.

Mohaquer Iqbal, the MILF's chief peace negotiator, tells VOA the scrapping⁷ of the government peace panel raised serious concerns.

"As far as the situation on the ground and the peace process are concerned, especially in relation to the latest pronouncement of the government, they've disbanded their panel and they're suspending talks with the MILF. These are signs that are raising some serious concerns as far as we are concerned," said Iqbal.

The latest snarl⁸ in the peace process comes after the two sides hammered out an agreement, early last month, that would have given the MILF an expanded Muslim autonomous⁹ region, a key issue bogging¹⁰ down the talks.

Christian¹¹ politicians in the affected¹² areas challenged the agreement in the Supreme¹³ Court, which stopped the accord, triggering renewed fighting in the southern island, Mindanao.

Scores have died and hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after several rogue¹⁴ MILF commanders attacked several mainly Christian towns in Mindanao.

Mrs. Arroyo says the fighting must stop before talks can resume with the 11-thousand strong MILF.

But MILF chief negotiator Iqbal says the MILF will defend itself, if attacked.

"We are still observing the ceasefire, but we reserve the right to defend ourselves. We still value the peace process as the most practical and most civilized¹⁵ way of solving the conflict in Mindanao, but when it comes to something very serious on the part of the government - they attacking us, then we have to defer¹⁶ to defend ourselves which is the natural right of every man," added Iqbal.

Government forces have been ordered to ease air and ground assaults on suspected rebel lairs¹⁷, especially near Muslim communities and refugee centers, in observance this week of the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

 

1 brokering   

v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的现在分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• Intertwined with these were rivalry, power brokering, and patronage. 然而也不乏有抗争、强权操纵与任命特权交织其中。 来自互联网
• Kingston Quest Can Assist Your Company In Negotiations, Brokering, Agency Services, Sourcing Factories Or Property. 金士顿追求，可帮助您的公司在谈判中，经纪，代理服务，货源工厂或财产。 来自互联网

2 arroyo   

n.干涸的河床，小河

参考例句：

• She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。
• They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。

3 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

4 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

6 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

7 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

8 snarl   

v.吼叫，怒骂，纠缠，混乱；n.混乱，缠结，咆哮

参考例句：

• At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
• The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。

9 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

10 bogging   

n.陷入，沉入v.（使）陷入泥沼， （使）陷入困境( bog的现在分词 )；妨碍，阻碍

参考例句：

• Every day danger mounted, he said, but the deal was bogging down. 他说，危险与日俱增，但是谈判却迟迟没有进展。 来自辞典例句
• It's bogging down on me. 现在这样快憋死我了。 来自辞典例句

11 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

12 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

13 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

14 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

15 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

16 defer   

vt.推迟，拖延；vi.(to)遵从，听从，服从

参考例句：

• We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
• We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

17 lairs   

n.（野兽的）巢穴，窝( lair的名词复数 )；（人的）藏身处

参考例句：

• Beholders usually carve out underground lairs for themselves using their disintegrate rays. 眼魔经常用它们的解离射线雕刻自己的地底巢穴。 来自互联网
• All animals are smothered in their lairs. 所有的小生灵都躲在巢穴里冬眠。 来自互联网