VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe PM Begins Regional Tour

By Peta Thornycroft
20 October 2009

 
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai during a press conference in Harare, 16 Oct 2009
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Mozambican leader Armando Guebuza are to meet late Tuesday for talks on ways to implement¹ the faltering² political agreement in Zimbabwe, which gave birth to the coalition³ government in February.

Officials in Harare and Mozambique say Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Mozambique President Armando Guebuza are to meet in Chimoio, in central Mozambique. They are to discuss problems with fully⁴ implementing⁵ Zimbabwe's unity⁶ government that includes the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe.

Officials of Mr. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change say he is also seeking meetings with the presidents of Southern Africa Development Community countries Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, and South Africa.

The SADC troika on security and politics, chaired by President Guebuza has called a meeting on Zimbabwe in late November.

The Southern Africa Development Community and the African Union guaranteed the agreement that led to Zimbabwe's inclusive government.

Last week, Mr. Tsvangirai called Mr. Mugabe and ZANU-PF unreliable partners in the inclusive government and suspended all contact with them. Mr. Tsvangirai's patience with delays in implementing the 13-month-old agreement snapped when MDC treasurer⁷ Roy Bennett was arrested last Tuesday.

The third signatory to Zimbabwe's political agreement, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, who leads the second small MDC faction⁸, said he would be meeting Mr. Mugabe and call on him to quit office if he is unable to resolve outstanding issues.

Mutambara said ministers he appointed were attending Cabinet sessions to, in his words, "stop ZANU [PF] from making outrageous⁹ decisions or implement any unilateral ambitions. He said Mr. Mugabe is not president of Zimbabwe outside the inclusive government and should it collapse¹⁰ he would become "illegitimate" and a "rebel" leader unrecognized by the Southern Africa Development Community, the African Union, and the international community.

Mutambura said the inclusive government's priority must be production of a new constitution "to create conditions for free and fair elections."

The newly re-elected president of Botswana, Ian Khama, said he would not recognize Mr. Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe outside the inclusive government.

Mr. Tsvangirai says outstanding issues in fully implementing the inclusive government agreement include selective prosecutions¹¹, continued tenure¹² of Mr. Mugabe's appointees as head of the central bank and the office of attorney general, failure to swear in provincial¹³ governors from the MDC, which won last year's general election.

ZANU-PF appointed spokesman for Mr. Mugabe, George Charamba, said the Cabinet met as normal and the session was chaired by Mr. Mugabe who has not yet responded to Mr. Tsvangirai's suspension of contact with ZANU-PF.

Charamba said no official communication had been received from Mr. Tsvangirai about his suspension of contact with ZANU-PF.

 

1 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。

2 faltering   

犹豫的，支吾的，蹒跚的

参考例句：

• The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
• I canfeel my legs faltering. 我感到我的腿在颤抖。

3 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。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

8 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

9 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

10 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

11 prosecutions   

起诉( prosecution的名词复数 )； 原告； 实施； 从事

参考例句：

• It is the duty of the Attorney-General to institute prosecutions. 检察总长负责提起公诉。
• Since World War II, the government has been active in its antitrust prosecutions. 第二次世界大战以来，政府积极地进行着反对托拉斯的检举活动。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

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 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。