Remains of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez taken to military museum

 　　CARACAS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans Friday marched alongside the casket of their late President Hugo Chavez, as his remains¹ were taken to the mountaintop barracks he once called home and today houses the Historic Military Museum.

　　The site, located in the city's working-class neighborhood of 23 de Enero, in northwest Caracas, is where Chavez's body will remain until officials decide on a final resting place.

　　Supporters want him buried next to Latin American independence hero Simon Bolivar, a man Chavez greatly admired and named his Bolivarian Revolution after.

　　The body of the former paratrooper had been lying in state at the capital's Military Academy since the day after his death March 5 from cancer, and millions had visited to pay their respects.

　　Crowds filled the streets during Friday's two-hour march to the barracks, where the body of the socialist² reformer was received with military honors and cannon³ fire under the 32 flags of member nations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC), the regional bloc⁴ Chavez helped found.

　　The casket was transported some 20 kilometers inside a black hearse draped with the Venezuelan flag and followed by a two- column motorcade of the National Guard, as air force planes flew in formation overhead.

　　Attending the ceremony were members of Chavez's family, acting⁵ President Nicolas Maduro, along with the entire cabinet, and Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was a close political ally of Chavez.

　　"Thank you for your total dedication⁶, thank you, Commandant, for giving us back our country," his daughter Maria Gabriela said in an emotional tribute, as she read a letter pledging to continue the socialist struggle spearheaded by her father.

　　Chavez governed Venezuela for 14 years and had recently been reelected to another six years.

　　Venezuelans will go to the polls on April 14 to elect a new president. Maduro, who Chavez named to succeed him, is running as the candidate of the ruling socialist party against conservative opposition⁷ candidate Henrique Capriles, who lost to Chavez in October elections.

1 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。

2 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

3 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

4 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

7 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。