非洲－象牙海岸各方均渴望和平

 

Ivory Coast Fighters Hopeful for Peace

 

Rebels, the army, militias², and supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are all hopeful a new peace deal struck in South Africa will finally end two-and-half years of on again, off again war.

 

The signing of a peace agreement in Pretoria was greeted with cautious optimism throughout divided Ivory Coast.

 

Army spokesman Jules Yao-Yao says it is about time that peace starts taking root.

 

At a press conference to dismiss renewed coup³ rumors⁴, he said due to economic problems, if the war continues any longer, society will, in his words, "implode⁵ or explode."

 

The accord calls on northern-based rebels, known as the Forces Nouvelles, as well as pro-Gbagbo militias to start disarming⁷ this month.

 

A leader of the main militia¹ group called GPP, Jeff Agba, says he will embrace disarmament.

 

Jeff Agba: I think that GPP is just a spirit for resistance, for defense⁸, but we do not need to have GPP or Forces Nouvelles, so we just have one army for Ivory Coast, one people for Ivory Coast, and we all go together.

 

Militias and a youth group called the Young Patriots⁹ reacted to the first peace deal signed in France in early 2003 by starting a series of looting rampages, which culminated¹¹ in a violent week in November 2004, forcing thousands of foreigners to flee.

 

The leader of the Young Patriots, Charles Ble Goude, told VOA he will wait for Mr. Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast before deciding what to do.

 

But, militia leader Agba says he believes the way this accord was reached in Pretoria, in just four days, was much better than the public process that led to the first deal, known as Marcoussis.

 

Agba: These discussions have been very very closed, you know, to journalists and things like that. Nobody could say something about it, so it is a very great decision. I think it is better than Marcoussis, because in Marcoussis they did not take anything really seriously and Marcoussis did not take our problems out you know.

 

The deal calls for a reformed electoral commission to prepare October elections and a revision of already changed nationality laws to give more northern Ivorians, now treated as foreigners, the right to vote.

 

South African mediator¹² Thabo Mbeki will meet with United Nations and other African leaders to decide on the controversial question of eligibility¹³ requirements for the presidency¹⁴.

 

Popular northern opposition¹⁵ leader, Alassane Ouattara, who signed the accord, said whether he would run was now in Mr. Mbeki's hands. He has been barred from previous elections. Mr. Gbagbo said it was crucial that elections be held.

 

A member of his party and the current reconciliation¹⁶ minister, Dano Dje Dje, told VOA that it is crucial no one reads this new accord as a victory for one side or the other. He says today is a victory for all of Ivory Coast.

 

A rebel leader at their headquarters in Bouake, Hegel Ouattara, says rebels will disarm⁶ if that is what rebel leader Guillaume Soro signed.

 

He says Mr. Soro is not like Mr. Gbagbo, who signs a peace deal, and then breaks his promise. Rebels had accused him of stalling repeated peace deals and preparing for all-out war.

 

Mr. Gbagbo says rebels need to disarm immediately and that he has done all he can to push the peace process forward.

 

Members of the opposition say the actual start of disarmament and having a decision on who can be a candidate in the October election could save Ivory Coast, the world's leading cocoa producer, from descending¹⁷ into ethnic¹⁸ warfare¹⁹.

 

Nico Colombant, VOA news, Abidjan.

 

注释：

Pretoria [pri5tC:riE] 比勒陀利亚[南非(阿扎尼亚)首都

implode [ im5plEud] vi. 向内破裂，爆炸

disarmament [ dis5B:mEmEnt] n. 裁军

rampage [5rAmpeidV] n. 乱闹，暴跳

culminate¹⁰ [5kQlmineit] v. 达到顶点

mediator [5mi:dieitE] n. 调停者，仲裁人

eligibility n. 适任，合格

reconciliation [7rekEnsili5eiFEn] n. 和解，调和，顺从

cocoa [5kEukEu] n. 可可粉，可可饮料，可可豆

 

1 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

2 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

3 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。

4 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 implode   

v.内爆，剧减

参考例句：

• The engine imploded.发动机内爆了。
• He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。

6 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

7 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

10 culminate   

v.到绝顶，达于极点，达到高潮

参考例句：

• The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.百年庆典活动将以宴会作为高潮。
• Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.人人都担心,这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争到达顶点。

11 culminated   

v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
• The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

13 eligibility   

n.合格，资格

参考例句：

• What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么？ 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
• Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。

14 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

15 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。

16 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

17 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

18 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

19 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。