VOA标准英语2009-Zimbabwe State Media Accuses Tsvangirai of D

Zimbabwe's state media is accusing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of flouting¹ cabinet rules because he published a pamphlet about his ongoing² visit to western countries without cabinet permission. President Robert Mugabe's office says the legality of the publication is being investigated.
　
Pres. Barack Obama (R) and Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai at their meeting in the White House in Washington, DC., 12 June 2009

George Charamba, spokesman for President Robert Mugabe, says he is investigating whether publication of the pamphlet broke any laws. Reports in the state media have suggested Mr. Tsvangirai was breaking cabinet rules by reporting publicly on his trip to western countries before he reported to the cabinet.

The pamphlet was published by Mr. Tsvangirai, apparently³ to present a positive interpretation⁴ of his meetings with western leaders. Most of its content has already been published by news agencies.

The media in Zimbabwe is dominated by state-owned enterprises all of which remain loyal to Mr. Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party. They have barely reported on Mr. Tsvangirai's meetings, except for his failure to raise the approximately $7 billion finance minister Tendai Biti says is needed to reconstruct Zimbabwe's economy.

Mr. Tsvangirai said he was going overseas for three weeks to end Zimbabwe's isolation⁵ with western nations. However, while he was welcomed by the United States, Britain and European countries, all expressed concern that there are still too many violations⁶ of last September's global political agreement which led to the formation of the inclusive government in February.

Mr. Tsvangirai raised approximately $115 million during his three-week trip, largely for humanitarian⁷ and good governance projects. The money will be administered by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations.

The state media has, in turn, been criticized by the Zimbabwe Media Monitoring Project, which in its latest report says the state media continues to ignore the political agreement's demand for non partisan⁸ journalism⁹. Media lawyers in Harare say that there is nothing illegal about the pamphlet in terms of existing legislation.

1 flouting   

v.藐视，轻视( flout的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• By selling alcohol to minors,the shop is deliberately flouting the law. 向未成年人出售烈性酒，是商店故意犯罪法。 来自口语例句
• By selling alcohol to minor, the shop is deliberately flouting the law. 向未成年人出售烈性酒，是商店故意犯法。 来自互联网

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

5 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

6 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

7 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

8 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

9 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。