社会党在委内瑞拉大选中败北（在线收听）

AS IT IS 2015-12-08 Socialists in Venezuelan Elections Voted Out 社会党在委内瑞拉大选中败北

The socialist government in Venezuela has lost control of the legislature after national elections, say officials.

据委内瑞拉官员称，在全国大选之后，由社会党执政的政府失去了对议会的控制。

Officials say the opposition won 99 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly. By comparison, the Socialist party that led the country for 16 years won 46 seats. Not all votes have been counted.

官员称，反对党赢得了委内瑞拉国民议会167个席位中的99个。相比之下，已经执政16年的社会党只赢得了46个席位。计票工作尚在进行之中。

The votes reject the socialist economic policy of former president Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013, experts say. Chavez’ successor, President Nicolas Maduro, continued those policies.

专家称，投票结果全面否定了于2013年去世的前总统乌戈·查韦斯制定的社会党经济政策。查韦斯的继任者——现总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗继续执行这些政策。

In a televised speech after the election, Maduro admitted to “adverse results.”

在选举结束之后的一次电视讲话中，马杜罗承认接受“不尽如人意的结果”。

Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves. But the price of oil has dropped sharply. Now, the country has very high inflation. Many products are no longer sold. And people must wait in long lines to buy food.

委内瑞拉拥有世界最大的石油储量。但是油价却急剧下滑。现在，该国通货膨胀问题十分严重，很多商品都不发售了。人们想要购买食物，需要排很长的队。

Opposition leaders had for many years accused Chavez and Maduro of suppressing political debate and jailing competing politicians and activists.

多年以来，反对党领袖已经就禁止政治辩论和关押不同政见者和社会活动家多次批评查韦斯和马杜罗。

Last week, police arrested three people accused of killing opposition candidate Luis Diaz in the central state of Guarico.

上周，委内瑞拉警方逮捕了三个人，这三人被控在委中部瓜里科州杀害了反对党候选人路易斯·迪亚兹。

Diaz was shot in late November at a political gathering he was attending with Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Government officials deny responsibility for the killing.

迪亚兹11月末在支持莉莉安·廷托里的一次政治集会上被枪杀。莉莉安·廷托里是正在狱中的反对派领导人里尔帕多·洛佩兹的妻子。政府官员拒绝为枪杀事件负责。

Words in This Story

socialist – adj. describing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

successor – n. a person who has a job, position or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person

adverse – adj. bad or unfavorable; not good

reserves – n. a supply of something that is stored so that it can be used at a later time