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　　NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Narendra Modi was Monday sworn in as India's new Prime Minister in a grand ceremony attended by over 4,000 invitees, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan and heads of state of seven other neighboring nations.
The 63-year-old hardline Indian Hindu politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who led his party to a landslide¹ victory in the general elections, was administered the oath of office by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in the forelawn of the presidential palace in the national capital.
"I, Narendra Damodardas Modi, do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established," he said in his oath as the 15th prime minister.
Modi sworn in as new Indian PM in presence of South Asian leaders
Some 45 ministers, who were also sworn in, along with Modi, included BJP president Rajnath Singh and top party leaders like Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. While Singh got Home Ministry², Jaitley was allotted³ Finance and Defense⁴ Ministries⁵ and Swaraj the External Affairs Ministry.
Together, the home, finance, defense and external affairs ministers, along with the Prime Minister, form India's Cabinet Committee on Security.
Moments after being sworn-in, Modi assured to forge a "strong and inclusive" India. "As we devote ourselves to take India's development journey to newer heights, we seek your support, blessings⁶ and active participation," he said in a statement published on the prime minister's new official website.
"Together we will script a glorious future for India. Let us together dream of a strong, developed and inclusive India that actively⁷ engages with the global community to strengthen the cause of world peace and development," he added, pledging to communicate with the people through the website.
Pakistani Premier⁸ Nawaz Sharif, Afghan President Hamid Karzai were among the leaders of all seven South Asian nations -- except Bangladesh, represented by its Parliament Speaker -- who attended the ceremony. The leader of Mauritius was also present.
In the nation's Who's Who, Modi's predecessor⁹ and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, top industrialists¹⁰ and leading Bollywood actors witnessed the swearing- in ceremony telecast live on news channels across India.
Modi's 95-year-old mother Hiraben could not make it to the Indian capital and she watched her son being sworn in as the prime minister on TV at her home in Gandhinagar, the capital of the western state of Gujarat, which Modi ruled for the last 12 years, before resigning last week to take up the top job.
After the swearing-in, Modi, who had Sunday pledged that he would keep a lean Cabinet with a focus on "minimum government and maximum governance," posed for a group photo with the visiting leaders of the neighboring nations, with President Mukherjee at the center.

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Experts say that leaders of India's neighbors attending the swearing-in of this country's new prime minister indicates New Delhi's intention of forging a strong regional alliance, and all eyes are on Sharif who is expected to meet for a bilateral¹¹ meeting with Modi Tuesday.
"Modi and the BJP have always maintained a hardline stance against Pakistan. But, by inviting¹² Sharif, he has shown his willingness to reach out to Pakistan, despite the two countries having fought at least three major wars in the last 60 years," Delhi-based expert Prof. S.K. Gupta said.
In fact, this is for the first time since India and Pakistan won independence from Britain that a prime minister of one country attended the swearing-in of his counterpart in the other.
"The new India prime minister has already hit a diplomatic masterstroke by inviting leaders of the neighboring nations, particularly Sharif. Now, it will be interesting to see if South Asia emerges as a new power bloc¹³ under the leadership of Modi," said another expert Prof Ajay Sharma.
Gupta added: "Time will only judge Modi, the son of a tea- seller who made it to India's top job."（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 allotted   

分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
• Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。

4 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。

5 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

6 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

8 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

9 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

10 industrialists   

n.工业家，实业家( industrialist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This deal will offer major benefits to industrialists and investors. 这笔交易将会让实业家和投资者受益匪浅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has set up a committee of industrialists and academics to advise it. 政府已成立了一个实业家和学者的委员会来为其提供建议。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

12 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

13 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。