Bangladesh Hit by General Strike

     For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered¹ with transportation.

    The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition（反抗对立） Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamic ally, Jamaat-e-Islami.  They are protesting a proposed amendment² to  the nation's constitution that they say favors the incumbent³ government.

    Clashes between police and strikers were reported in Dhaka, the capital, and several arrests were reported.  The strike also was felt in the port city of Chittagong, the country's second largest.

    The change in the constitution proposed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from the ruling Awami League would scrap⁴ a system in which a nonpartisan caretaker government rules Bangladesh for three-months during an election period.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。