VOA标准英语2009年-Provisional Results Show Gains for Senegalese O

Provisional results from municipal elections in Senegal show big gains for political opponents of President Abdoulaye Wade¹. The polling is seen as a test of strength for the ruling party before presidential elections in 2012.
　
People wait in line at a polling station in Dakar to vote in local elections in Dakar, 22 Mar² 2009

These were the first elections for Senegal's opposition³ parties since they boycotted⁴ presidential and legislative⁵ balloting⁶ in 2007.

President Wade campaigned hard for his ruling coalition⁷, traveling throughout the country before polls that saw his son Karim enter elected politics for the first time as a candidate for the municipal council of the capital, Dakar.

Provisional results tallied⁸ by local private radio stations show the ruling party losing in the Wades⁹' constituency in the Point E neighborhood. The ruling Sopi coalition also appears to have lost the constituency of Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumare' in the city of Thies.

With about half of registered voters turning out Sunday to elect 20,000 regional, town and rural councilors, the Senegalese Press Agency says the 35-member opposition coalition won all six constituencies in the western Ndindy district and seven of eight constituencies in the northern Louga district.

The ruling coalition appears to have scored a big win in the southern city of Ziguinchor by unseating a mayor who had served for 25 years.

But provisional results from these municipal elections reflect a change from 2002 when the ruling coalition won more than half the vote and gained control of councils in Dakar and other cities.

President Wade's election in 2000 ended four decades of Socialist¹⁰ Party rule since independence from France in 1960. But since his re-election in 2007, much of the speculation¹¹ about who will succeed the 82-year-old leader has focused on his son, Karim.

Karim Wade already serves as a presidential advisor¹² and led preparations for last year's summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Dakar. Then-prime minister Macky Sall was voted out as president of the National Assembly after asking Karim Wade to testify before a hearing investigating his oversight¹³ of spending on that conference.

Asked by a local radio station last week if he would run for president to succeed his father in 2012, Karim Wade said, "Only God knows."

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

3 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。

4 boycotted   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
• The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程，要宫路下台。

5 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

6 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

7 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

8 tallied   

v.计算，清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• The girl tallied them with her eyes for a moment. 新娘用目光把这些化妆品清点了一下。 来自教父部分
• His account of the accident tallied with hers. 他对事故的陈述和她的相吻合。 来自辞典例句

9 wades   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A lumi wields a golden morningstar with trained ease as it wades into melee. 光民熟练地挥舞钉头锤加入战团。

10 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

11 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

12 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

13 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。