2007年VOA标准英语-Ivorian Rebels, Opposition, Civilians Worry Ove

By Nico Colombant
Dakar
12 June 2007

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore traveled to Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast, Tuesday to assess a March peace deal he brokered¹ with northern rebels, opposition² leaders and President Laurent Gbagbo. There are renewed worries this latest attempt at reconciliation³ is stalling as did previous efforts to reunify the world's leading cocoa producer. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar.

Ivory Cost rebel leader and new Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (Apr 2007)

This is one of the many positive speeches rebel leader Guillaume Soro has made since becoming prime minister in the latest reconciliation government.

It was to inaugurate a new integrated command center for a yet to be reunified army.

There have also been reconciliation football matches, trips by presidential allies and advisers⁴ to the rebel-held north, and symbolic⁵ disarmament ceremonies of western militias⁶.

Another rebel leader, minister of solidarity⁷ and war victims Louis-Andre Dakoury Tabley, says the new deal has helped in reducing tensions, but he says it is a façade.

He says people are congratulating one another, and censoring⁸ themselves in the name of peace, but that real progress must be made.

He says the roots of the war are corruption⁹, and hate and humiliation¹⁰ of northerners by southern authorities against a backdrop of economic difficulties. Dakoury Tabley says until millions of undocumented northerners get their Ivorian papers, national elections will not be possible.

The identification process has started many times, only to be blocked, frequently on technicalities.

An opposition youth leader, Yayoro Karamoko, says roadblocks are still everywhere in the south, and security forces still harass¹¹ everyone who has a northern name.

President Laurent Gbagbo

He says he is also worried that President Gbagbo wants to organize twice-delayed elections using state institutions under his control, rather than the United Nations.

Karamoko says he wants an election in which the loser will accept the result and congratulate the winner, but in his opinion this will only be possible if the U.N. organizes the vote.

He says Mr. Gbagbo has denied the U.N. mission in Ivory Coast any real authority.

The president, who comes from the southern ethnic¹² Bete tribe, says he is fighting against outside meddling¹³, including by the former colonial power France, and that the solution to the Ivorian war must come from Ivorians and Africans.

Mr. Gbagbo won elections in 2000 that he himself described as chaotic¹⁴. Main opposition leaders were barred from running by a former coup¹⁵ leader, and riots followed the results.

An unemployed¹⁶ man, Abdou Kouo, says he can taste peace, but that it is not in his hands, but in the hands of those who fought the war, who are now discussing peace.

Mr. Gbagbo used to accuse the man now leading the new mediation¹⁷ efforts, Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, of backing the rebels, something Mr. Compaore has always denied.

1 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

2 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。

3 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。

4 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

5 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

6 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

7 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

8 censoring   

删剪（书籍、电影等中被认为犯忌、违反道德或政治上危险的内容）( censor的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Therefore, exhibitors shall not make use of these materials before censoring. 展商在审查前不可使用这些资料。
• The company then said it would end self-censoring search results, putting it at odds with Beijing. 随后该公司表示，将停止自我审查搜索结果，从而与中国政府发生对抗。

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

11 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

12 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。

13 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

14 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

15 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。

16 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

17 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。