新聞英語語句解析(464-2)
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Bird flu expert(禽流感專家) Dr. Margaret Chan(陳馮富珍) won the nomination(提名) Wednesday to become the world's
top health official(Director general of the World Health Organization.), a
position that would make her the first Chinese
national to hold a top U.N. post. The victory for China, which nominated and backed(提名與支持) Chan, indicated the massive
nation's interest(重大的國家利益) in playing a bigger role in global
affairs. (111/09, China Post) 2.
A
Chinese expert on bird flu is set to become the next head of the World Health
Organization. The WHO's top decision making body,
the World Health Assembly(世界衛生組織大會) is expected to approve the
appointment of Margaret Chan(陳馮富珍) on
Thursday. (111/09, BBC) 3.
Democrats
appear to have won the final seat needed to take
control of the US Senate(掌控參議院), the Associated
Press(美聯社) reports.
AP declared Democrat Jim Webb victor in Virginia by 7,236 votes over
Republican incumbent(現任的) George Allen.
Official results have yet to confirm a win. (111/09, BBC) 4.
As Vietnam
prepares to host(主辦) the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit(亞太經合會議)
later this month, it can boast one of the world's fastest growing economies
and imminent membership() in the World
Trade Organization. When Vietnam's new prime minister addressed the country's National
Assembly in October, he had a lot to be proud of.
(11/08, VOA) 5.
Two
U.S. media organizations declared late Wednesday that
the Democratic Party has won a majority in the U.S. Senate, and
with it, complete control of the U.S. Congress(美國國會,包含參議院和眾議院). NBC(國家廣播公司) and the Associated Press say
Democratic challenger Jim Webb is the winner over Republican incumbent George
Allen in the southern U.S. state of Virginia(維吉尼亞州)
in Tuesday's election. (11/09, VOA) 6.
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted
a resolution calling on the United
States to end its economic embargo of Cuba. For the 15th
consecutive year(連續第十五年), the General Assembly approved a non-binding measure(通過不具法律約束力的動議) criticizing Washington's
embargo against Fidel Castro's(卡斯楚)
Cuba. The vote this time was virtually the same as last year: 183-4(183票對4票), with only Israel and two small
Pacific island states voting with the United States. (11/09, VOA) 7.
Triumphant U.S. congressional Democratic leaders(參議院和眾議院民主黨籍議長) began to flex their new political muscle(炫耀他們新的政治力量)
on Wednesday by urging President George
W. Bush to host a bipartisan summit(兩黨高峰會)
on the Iraq war and find common ground(共同立場)
with them on such domestic issues as education and health care. (11/09, Reuters) 8.
Democrats
took control of Congress from Republicans for the first time in 12 years with
a narrow win(險勝) in the Virginia Senate
race. The result capped an election that saw
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(國防部長倫斯裴) resigning and had
President George Bush shouldering(負擔起)
"a large part of the responsibility" for Republican losses(共和黨選舉失利). (11/09, Ananova ) 9.
President Chen Shui-bian
appears to have weathered the storm(度過風暴) for the time being but the scandal has seriously damaged his image(嚴重傷害他的形象) and that(the
image) of his party, which was founded on(建立在)
the principles of clean government and an end to
corruption. (清廉政府與終結貪污)(11/09, BBC) 10.
Beset
by rampant sectarian violence, Iraq’s parliament voted Wednesday to extend
the country’s state of emergency(緊急狀態)
for 30 more days, as at least 66 more Iraqis were killed or found dead. (11/09, msnbc) |
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