美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-03-08

 It's March fifth edition of CNN student news. We're heading to the African nation of Kenya. It's a home to about 43 million people, Kenya's government is a Republic where the citizens elect their leaders and that's what they did yesterday.

"This comes after a new constitution was passed in 2010, and it's the most complex election in Kenya's history. People would be voting for member of county assembly, governor, senator, woman's member of national assembly, member of national assembly, and finally president."

Part of the reason why Kenya's constitution change was the violence that followed the country's last presidential election. The results were challenged, supporters of different candidates fought each other, more than 1,200 people were killed. The changes to the country's government were designed to make future elections more peaceful.

"People have been turning out to vote in the polling station like this one in the poor city of Mombassa, since before, 6:00 am in the morning when the polling station is open, some places we visited had lines half a mile long, and that's despite fears of possibility of tribal¹ violence."

There were some reports of violence during yesterday's voting, bombs exploded at two polling stations, there was a stampede at another voting site. And some police officers were attacked. Some Kenyans were preparing for this kind of thing before the election, and they were planning to use social media to help reduce the violence on election day. Nima Elbagir explains how.

During the violence that marred² the 2007 elections here, citizen journalists were crucial in helping³ to pinpoint⁴ the worst affected⁵ areas, and none more or so than Ushahidi which means witness in Swahili, you now have been working on different ways to ensure that this election, mmm, is transparent⁶.

"What you see here is a team full of digital humanitarians⁷, the people that deal with the data that we get into the system. Uchaguzi, the Swahili name for elections, that's just the name of the platform that we've deployed⁸ for this election. We have partners, you know, across the country, sending us information, but also verifying information that we get and the second tool that we use is a technology platform, Tutugudidosiyidokeyi(ÂÒдµÄ) and the various apps that go along with it."

Cause the apps are really cool, you've sure got one on your phone right here. And so people go online and they download the app and then anyone in the country, if they see something that they have concerned about, they just go onto the app and report it, or they tweet it, or they take a picture, and it reaches you immediately.

So you have the power in your hands to protect your votes, and that's what we're doing at ordinary citizens directing together to protect our vote and our electoral process.

1 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

2 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

3 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。

4 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

5 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。

6 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

7 humanitarians   

n.慈善家( humanitarian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finally, humanitarians saw it as a means of helping to feed the hungry of the world. 人道主义者把这一计划看成是为世界上那些忍饥挨饿的人提供粮食的一项措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• All humanitarians fought against slavery. 所有人道主义者都为反对奴隶制而斗争过。 来自互联网

8 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。