VOA标准英语2009-Iran's Council of Guardians Poised for Vote

Iran's Council of Guardians² says it is ready to recount votes from the contested presidential election in which incumbent³ Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the winner amid charges of vote rigging. Popular reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is contesting the results, met with members of the council to discuss the recount.
　
A suspected member of a pro- government militia⁴ (C) beats people at a rally of Mousavi supporters in Tehran, 15 Jun 2009

Iran's popular reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and its top ruling body, the Council of Guardians, discussed a formula to recount votes from Friday's contested presidential election.

The Council of Guardians said earlier it was prepared to recount votes from the election in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the victor by a landslide⁵, amid charges of fraud and vote-rigging. The scope of the recount is not known.

Guardian¹ Council leader Ayatollah Ahmed Jannati indicated to Iranian government TV that his group was ready to re-examine the election. He says our sense of duty pushes us to do this, and we will accept (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's) request to investigate the election, and are ready to undertake this duty. This, he notes, is our legal responsibility.

Al-Arabiya TV reported Mr. Mousavi met with Ayatollah Jannati early in the day and was to meet later with the Guardian Council.
　
Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi attack a local base of the Islamic Basij militia outside the base in Tehran, 15 June 2009

Several people died Monday during a protest in Tehran. Eyewitnesses⁶ reported members of the pro-government Basij militia fired on a group of young demonstrators, killing⁷ several, before an angry mob set fire to their headquarters.

Iranian government TV showed images of the burning building repeatedly during its programming, emphasizing that "wicked people attacked and caused massive damage to government buildings."

Throughout the evening and into early Tuesday, protesters honked⁸ their car-horns in front of official buildings to defy the government, and young people set fire to trash-bins across the city.

Government TV also showed images of broken glass and several burned ATM machines, and interviewed a number of people who complained that demonstrators had attacked their property.

One older man, who identified himself as a shop-owner, showed the damage to his store-front and complained about the disorderly conduct of protesters. He says that the demonstrations⁹ turned violent and that rowdy young people broke the glass on his store-front. "Why did they do this," he asks?

Foreign journalists were also reportedly told by the government press bureau not to cover demonstrations. The Culture Ministry¹⁰ told Reuters that journalists could continue to work from their offices, but that it has canceled press accreditation¹¹ for all foreign media.

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

2 guardians   

监护人( guardian的名词复数 )； 保护者，维护者

参考例句：

• Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
• The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

5 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。

6 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 honked   

v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I drove up in front of the house and honked. 我将车开到屋子前面然后按喇叭。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He honked his horn as he went past. 他经过时按响了汽车喇叭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

10 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

11 accreditation   

n.委派，信赖，鉴定合格

参考例句：

• a letter of accreditation 一份合格证明书
• This paper gives an overview of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) in High Level Architecture(HLA). 对基于高层体系结构(High Level Architecture,简称HLA)的仿真系统的校核、验证与确认(Verification, Validation and Accreditation,简称VV&A)问题进行了详细的介绍及分析。 来自互联网