VOA标准英语2009年-Guinea Opposition Cautious About Military

By Scott Stearns
Dakar
01 October 2009

Guinea's military rulers are offering to form a government of national unity¹ following Monday's killing² of more than 157 opposition³ demonstrators. The offer is getting a cool response from opposition politicians who say they are more concerned about caring for people injured in the protest against the expected candidacy of the country's military ruler.

Guinea's military leaders say a government of national unity "integrating members of different political parties" should lead the transition to civilian⁴ elections.

Former Prime Minister Sidya Toure says it is too soon to consider such an arrangement with the military.

Toure says the offer of an interim⁵ government is not a subject that Guinea's different political parties are now discussing.

Toure leads the opposition Union of Republic Forces and says party members are conducting a neighborhood-by-neighborhood survey to find out how many people were killed in Monday's violence at Conakry's main sports stadium.

 

 
Conde Mamady who was injured during a protest lies in a hospital in Conakry, Guinea, 01 Oct 2009
The military government says 57 people died, almost all in the crush of protesters fleeing the stadium. Human-rights groups in Guinea say at least 157 people were killed when members of the presidential guard shot into crowds to break-up the protest against the expected candidacy of military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.

Captain Camara said the authors of this massacre⁶ are political leaders who violated the law by holding an illegal demonstration⁷. He says those protesters should have known that Guinea's armed forces contain uncontrollable elements, and opposition leaders found responsible for the violence will be punished.

While trying to shift blame to his political opponents, Captain Camara is also reaching out to them with the offer of an interim government and an international inquiry⁸ into the violence.

Former prime minister Toure says, for the moment, his party is more concerned about the hundreds of people injured in the unrest.

Toure says his party's first preoccupation is the death of its supporters and helping⁹ the parents of those who are injured find ways to get them treatment.

Guinea's Red Cross says it treated more than 350 people injured in Monday's unrest.

It is the most violent repression¹⁰ of political dissent¹¹ since Captain Camara took power in a coup¹² nine months ago. A coalition¹³ of political parties, civil society groups, and trade unions were protesting his expected candidacy in presidential elections scheduled for January.

Captain Camara says he has not yet decided¹⁴ whether to run. But he has told his supporters he will not insult them by ignoring their demands that he stay on as president.

The African Union says it will sanction Captain Camara this month unless he makes clear that he will not be a candidate.

1 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

5 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

6 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

7 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

8 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 repression   

n.镇压，抑制，抑压

参考例句：

• The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
• This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。

11 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

12 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

13 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。

14 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。