2006年VOA标准英语-Kabila Ahead in DRCongo Vote Amid Appeals for C

By Nico Colombant
Dakar
05 November 2006
 
(Additional reporting from Kinshasa provided by Eddy¹ Isango.)

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, transitional President Joseph Kabila is in the lead in early vote-counting, but election officials insist this should not lead to any projections³. Former African leaders have appealed to Mr. Kabila and his opponent, former rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba, to avoid violence during and after the release of results from last week's presidential election. 

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Congo's election commission has released results from six provinces on its official Web site. The results include about five percent of overall voter rolls.

Mr. Kabila has nearly 69 percent of the votes counted, to Bemba's 31 percent. Reflecting a pattern from the first round of voting earlier this year, Mr. Kabila is doing very well in the east, while his opponent is dominating in the west.

But officials from the election commission say these are only provisional partial results that should not lead to any speculation⁴ or projection².

The government's media authority has prevented Congolese media from announcing their own results. It has also banned certain media commentators⁵ from airwaves for persistently⁶ proclaiming their own tallies⁷.

First-round results putting Mr. Kabila into the second round against transitional Vice⁸ President Bemba led to deadly clashes between their rival security guards in August. 

Former Nigerian President Abdusalami Abubakar (R), special representative to UN secretary-general, William Lacy Swing, at a press conference in Kinshasa, November 5, 2006

Former African leaders met Saturday with the two candidates separately, pleading with them to accept results.

Former Nigerian leader Abdulsalami Abubakar said he was encouraged by their response.  "I am happy speaking with both the president and the vice [president], and speaking to both of them [they said], they will accept the results, when eventually it is proclaimed," he said. "That is why we are here. We got [assurances] they will accept the results."

Former Burundi President Pierre Buyoya says he is very happy as well with this effort.  He says the former African leaders also conveyed the message that both candidates must rein⁹ in their supporters.

International observers said voting seemed generally free and fair, but that a climate of intimidation¹⁰ led to an absence of actual campaigning by both candidates. Voting was disrupted in several areas by violence, leading to two re-votes last week, while the Congolese army arrested four of its soldiers for putting up barricades¹¹ and beating up civilians¹² on voting day in the eastern Ituri region.

The slow release of results also coincides with new reports of clashes between Congo's army and an ethnic-Hutu based rebel movement, near the border with Rwanda.

More than 18,000 U.N and European troops are spread out throughout the vast mineral rich Congo. The elections are viewed by the international community as key to restoring stability, and helping¹³ development throughout the Great Lakes region.

1 eddy   

n.漩涡，涡流

参考例句：

• The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了。
• In Taylor's picture,the eddy is the basic element of turbulence.在泰勒的描述里，旋涡是湍流的基本要素。

2 projection   

n.发射，计划，突出部分

参考例句：

• Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
• The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。

3 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。

4 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。

5 commentators   

n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 persistently   

ad.坚持地；固执地

参考例句：

• He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。
• She persistently asserted her opinions. 她果断地说出了自己的意见。

7 tallies   

n.账( tally的名词复数 )；符合；（计数的）签；标签v.计算，清点( tally的第三人称单数 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• Cash on hand tallies with the figure in the accounts. 现款跟账上的数目没有出入。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分记了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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。

9 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

10 intimidation   

n.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
• The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。

11 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

12 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

13 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。