226 梅加瓦蒂正式就任印尼总统

226 梅加瓦蒂正式就任印尼总统

Megawati Begins Presidency
Patricia Nunan
Jakarta
24 Jul 2001 13:14 UTC

It is the first day in office for Indonesia's new President Megawati Sukarnoputri. The daughter of Indonesia's founder¹ Sukarno must now consider whom she would like to be her vice² president. Ms. Megawati also has to determine how to handle 1)deposed³ president, Abdurrahman Wahid, who so far has refused to leave the presidential palace.
A crowd of 2)journalists gathered in the marbled 3)hallways of Indonesia's vice presidential office Tuesday, hoping for a glimpse of the country's new leader, the 4)notoriously media-shy Megawati Sukarnoputri.
On one wall is a 5)portrait of Ms. Megawati. It hangs alongside an empty space, where staff have already removed the portrait of deposed President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Indonesia's National Assembly voted to 6)elevate Ms. Megawati from vice president to president on Monday, ousting⁴ Mr. Wahid. But Mr. Wahid has so far refused to leave the presidential palace, and Ms. Megawati is working from her old office.
It is not yet clear how President Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's founder, Sukarno, will approach the task of removing Mr. Wahid from the house where she lived as a child. A spokesman for Mr. Wahid says the leader who ruled Indonesia for 21 months still considers himself to be president. Spokesman Adhie Massardi says Mr. Wahid still considers himself to be Indonesia's legal and 7)moral leader.
National Assembly speaker Amien Rais says Mr. Wahid should be persuaded - not forced - to leave the palace. He says, "the new president has to have 8)access to the palace. It is a symbol of the state, not a house belonging to a minister."
The National Assembly is expected to confirm a new vice President on Wednesday to serve out the remainder of Ms. Megawati's original term.
Party leaders say there are at least six 9)candidates to become the new vice-president under Ms. Megawati. Some possible 10)contenders are Parliament Speaker Akbar Tanjung and former security minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
After meeting privately⁵ with Ms. Megawati, Mr. Yudhoyono would not say whether he had 11)ambitions to be vice president. But he does have hopes for the government of Ms. Megawati.
He says there is hope the new government will be more effective with Ms. Megawati as its head. He also says as president, Ms. Megawati should focus on an 12)agenda for the recovery of the economy, the 13)normalization of political life, and the promotion⁶ of law and peace.
Despite fears of possible violence with the removal of Mr. Wahid, the streets in Jakarta and elsewhere, remained quiet Tuesday and the business of the new government is 14)underway.

(1) depose[dI5pEJz]vt.免职, 废(王位), 作证vi.宣誓作证
(2) journalist[5dV:nElIzt]n.新闻记者, 从事新闻杂志业的人
(3) hallway n.走廊
(4) notoriously[nEJ5tC:rIEsli]adv.声名狼籍地
(5) portrait[5pC:trIt]n.肖像, 人像
(6) elevate[5elIveIt]vt.举起, 提拔, 振奋, 提升...的职位
(7) moral[5mRr(E)l; (?@) 5mC:rEl]adj.道德(上)的, 精神的n.道德
(8) access to有权使用
(9) candidate[5kAndIdEt; (?@) 5kAndIdeIt]n.候选人, 投考者
(10) contender[kEn5tendE(r)]斗争者,竞争者
(11) ambition[Am5bIF(E)n]n.野心, 雄心
(12) agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程
(13) normalization n.正常化, 标准化
(14) underway[`QndE`weI ]adj.起步的,进行中的, 航行中的

 

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ousting   

驱逐( oust的现在分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。
• The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。

5 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

6 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。