VOA标准英语2010年-Fighting Flares in Darfur as Peace Tal

Sustained armed clashes between rebel groups and Sudanese forces have re-emerged in Sudan's western region of Darfur as another round of peace talks appear to be going nowhere.  The international peacekeeping mission there says more than 14,000 civilians² have had to flee over the past few days of violence.

The Sudan Liberation Movement faction³ still aligned⁴ to founder⁵ Abdel Wahid al-Nur has reported days of fighting against government forces within its stronghold area of Jebel Marra, a mountainous area in central Darfur never successfully captured by Khartoum since the rebellion began in 2003.

The rebel group is claiming that it repelled⁶ a government offensive and has killed dozens of Sudanese soldiers. A Sudanese army official contacted by AFP denied that Sudanese government forces were involved in the clashes.

Justice and Equality Movement, the restive⁷ region's other major rebel group, has reported being attacked by government-aligned troops in the Jebel Moon area of West Darfur. The group also reported aerial bombardment on the area from government forces.

Noureddine Mezni, spokesperson for the joint⁸ United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the region, known as UNAMID, told VOA that at least 10,000 had been displaced in the Jebel Marra fighting and 4,000 in the Jebel Moon fighting.

But he said the peacekeeping force suspected the actual displaced count was much higher. UNAMID troops have not been given access to the affected⁹ areas, and a planned visit by an evaluation¹⁰ team to Jebel Marra has been postponed¹¹ due to security concerns on the ground.

Mezni said the peacekeeping force is urging an end to the violence to allow aid to the affected civilian¹ populations.

"We are appealing to the parties to cease hostilities¹² to allow UNAMID and aid agencies to urgently meet the humanitarian¹³ needs of the newly displaced people. This is very important for us," he said.

Mahjoub Hussein, secretary general of Sudan Liberation Movement-Revolutionary Forces, attends a meeting with Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin¹⁴ Abdullah al-Mahmud and UN negotiator on Darfur Djibril Bassole in Doha, 25 Jan 2010

Another round of peace negotiations¹⁵ between rebel groups and the Khartoum government are ongoing¹⁶ right now in Doha, Qatar, but the talks are severely¹⁷ inhibited¹⁸ by the continued boycott¹⁹ of the meetings by exiled SLM founder Abdel Wahid, who reportedly maintains much popular support on the ground.

The three rebel factions²⁰ who are participating in the Doha talks have yet to agree to a unified²¹ negotiating position, seen to be a necessary pre-cursor to any successful outcome. No breakthrough has yet been announced at the peace summit.

Reports have surfaced of internal fighting within the Abdel-Wahid SLM rebels in the Jebel Marra area beginning in early January. Julie Flint, an author of a book on the Darfur conflict, wrote in a recent blog post that the internal power struggle involved disillusionment among some commanders with the Paris-based leader's refusal to join the peace process.

UNAMID peacekeepers patrol a road at Abu Shouk refugee camp, near the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan (File)

The UNAMID spokesperson says that only a political solution can end the crisis in the region.

"There is no military solution to the conflict in Darfur. The only solution remains²² in the talks around the negotiating table. This is the only way to put an end to the suffering of the people of Darfur," said Mezni.

The body of a Darfuri university student was found mutilated in Khartoum last week. Friends and family allege²³ he was kidnapped and murdered by state security forces. More than a 1,000 Darfuris attended his funeral, surrounded by riot police.

UNAMID received five helicopters on Tuesday donated by the Ethiopian government, giving the peacekeeping mission its first aerial capabilities²⁴ after years of waiting.

In April, Sudan holds its first democratic national polls in 24 years. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is running to retain the nation's top seat.

 

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 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。

3 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

4 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

5 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

6 repelled   

v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开

参考例句：

• They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

7 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

11 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

12 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

13 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。

14 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

15 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

16 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。

17 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

18 inhibited   

a.拘谨的，拘束的

参考例句：

• Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems. 男孩子往往不如女孩子敢于谈论自己的问题。
• Having been laughed at for his lameness,the boy became shy and inhibited. 那男孩因跛脚被人讥笑，变得羞怯而压抑。

19 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

20 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

21 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

22 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

23 allege   

vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言

参考例句：

• The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
• Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。

24 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓