VOA标准英语2009年-Preliminary Results Indicate Landslide Vic

By Scott Bobb
Johannesburg
02 November 2009

 
President Armando Guebuza casts his ballot¹ for presidential, parliamentary, provincial² assembly elections in Maputo, 28 Oct 2009

 
Provisional results from last week's elections in Mozambique show President Armando Guebuza and his Frelimo party appear to be heading for a landslide³ victory. With nearly 90 percent of the ballots⁴ counted, Mr. Guebuza has won more than 70 percent of the popular vote.

Mozambican election officials underscored that the results were preliminary, based on vote counting at polling places, and they would not be official until certified⁵.

Nevertheless, they acknowledged that President Armando Guebuza's lead of more than two million votes over either of the other two candidates was unassailable and he would likely be returned for a second, five-year term.

The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, appeared set to take more than 190 of the 250 seats in the national assembly.

Veteran opposition⁶-leader Afonso Dhlakama of the Renamo Party was running second in the presidential race with 15 percent of the vote. And the head of a new party, Daviz Simango of the Mozambican Democratic Movement, was third with nine percent.

An analyst⁷ with the Mozambican News Agency, Paul Faubet says Mr. Guebuza and Frelimo ran successfully on their record.

"Frelimo and President Guebuza say this is what we have done in the past and we shall continue to do it. We have been successful in reducing poverty and we shall continue to reduce poverty," said Faubet.

He says the party, which has governed since independence 34 years ago, also expanded public and education networks and improved infrastructure⁸.

Analysts⁹ say part of Frelimo's success was due to a split in the opposition.

Simango, the mayor of Beira, formed the MDM after being expelled from Renamo. He ran for re-election as an independent last year and won.

The 45-year-old politician appealed to young voters by saying it is time for the next generation to govern.

Observers from southern Africa, the African Union and Europe said the balloting¹⁰ was orderly with only a few technical problems.

But they criticized the Electoral Commission for disqualifying some opposition candidates because of what were termed complex technical requirements.

The Commission allowed the MDM to field candidates in only four of the provincial assembly races because of incomplete documentation.

The head of the European Union monitors, Fiona Hall, said her group would also be closely watching the rest of the tabulation¹¹.

"It is especially important the next stage of the process, when the results of the individual polling stations are aggregated¹² at the district level," said Hall.

The votes must be certified at the national level and any rejected ballots reviewed before the official results are announced, in the next 10 days.

1 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 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。

4 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

6 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。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

10 balloting   

v.（使）投票表决( ballot的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Clark took a commanding leading in the early balloting. 在最初投票时，克拉克遥遥领先。 来自辞典例句
• The balloting had stagnated, he couldn't win. 投票工作陷于停顿，他不能得胜。 来自辞典例句

11 tabulation   

作表，表格； 表列结果； 列表； 造表

参考例句：

• A tabulation of a function of two variables is cumbersome, but possible. 二元函数的列表法是不方便的，然而是可能的。
• Such a tabulation cannot represent adequately the complex gradation relationships between the types. 这样的图表不能充分代表各类型之间的复杂级配关系。

12 aggregated   

a.聚合的，合计的

参考例句：

• He aggregated her to a political party. 他吸收她参加一政党。
• The audiences aggregated a million people. 观众总数达100万人。