2007年VOA标准英语-UN's Ban Ki-moon Supports Sudan Comprehensive P

By Lisa Schlein
Juba, Sudan
04 September 2007

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he fully¹ supports the implementation³ of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Sudan's decades-long civil war. He says he told southern Sudan's president that the CPA is essential for achieving peace throughout the country. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Juba, Sudan.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, with Sudan's Vice President Salva Kiir

 Juba was in a festive⁵ mood. The people of the city came out in large numbers to welcome the U.N. leader with song and dance as he began a tightly packed day of official meetings and public speeches. Mr. Ban's first stop was the tomb of the former leader of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army, John Garang. He died in a plane crash shortly after becoming President of southern Sudan in 2005.

In a subsequent meeting with Salva Kiir, who assumed the presidency⁶ after Mr. Garang's death, Mr. Ban invoked⁷ Mr. Garang's name and memory to pledge his support for the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

"John Garang was a great leader. He was a man of uncommon⁸ vision. A man determined⁹ to unify¹⁰ this country. The CPA is the lasting¹¹ vision of John Garang. It is now the duty of people in the North and South and the international community and the United Nations to implement² this CPA as soon as possible," he said.

The peace agreement, signed between the northern Islamist government and the southern rebels in 2005, provided for the creation of a unity¹² government as well as power and wealth sharing arrangements. But officials in south Sudan say efforts to implement key parts of the accord with the Sudanese government have failed, and they have called on the international community to intervene.

President Kiir welcomed the Secretary-General and said he was pleased that he came to Juba to see for himself the situation on the ground. "What I would just want to tell you is that I have briefed him about the progress that we have made and of issues that we have postponed¹³, that we have not foreseen. He has taken note of what we have noted," he said.

Later in the day, the Secretary-General told a group of students that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement is the blueprint¹⁴ for long-term peace in the country. At an address at Juba University, he told the students they represent the promise of a new Sudan, a country at peace.

He said it was they who, ultimately, will work to build a lasting peace.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

3 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

4 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。

5 festive   

adj.欢宴的，节日的

参考例句：

• It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
• We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

6 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。

7 invoked   

v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求

参考例句：

• It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
• She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

9 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

10 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

11 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

12 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

13 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

14 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。