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Thousands of Zimbabwe Farm Workers Made Homeless

Martin Rushmere

Harare

5 Sep 2001 

 

Zimbabwe commercial farmers say that more than 5,000 farm workers and their families have been made homeless in the past three days. Meanwhile, the government says that it accepts an offer of almost one million 1)hectares of land from commercial farmers for resettlement of poor people.

Militant¹ supporters of President Robert Mugabe have forced mostly white farm owners, along with black workers and their families, to leave 20 farms at Hwedza.

Hundreds of people, including babies and 2)pregnant women, are camped on 3)roadsides in the area because they have nowhere else to go.

The Commercial Farmers Union says 70,000 Zimbabwe workers have been forced off the land or have lost their jobs since the 4)invasions of mainly white-owned farms began 18 months ago. A farmers union spokesman says "it is a really big 5)disaster."

At least 15 farmers and workers have been killed and thousands of workers beaten in violence resulting from the invasions.

The Zimbabwe government says it wants to 6)seize without payment more than 8-million-hectares of commercial farms for 7)resettling poor people.

Vice² President Joseph Msika says the government is accepting an offer by commercial farmers to sell 900,000 hectares for resettlement. But the Zimbabwe vice president made it clear that the seizure³ of the eight million hectares will continue.

He said that the government's acceptance of the offer means that the farmers are 8)withdrawing legal challenges concerning the 900,000 hectares. Commercial Farmers Union Vice President Malcolm Vowles says farmers still expect to be paid for the land they have offered.

Political analysts⁴ say the Zimbabwe government's 9)acceptance of the offer, after a number of refusals, is an attempt to 10)soften 11)hostility by the Commonwealth⁵, an association of former British colonies.

Eight Commonwealth countries are scheduled to meet in Abuja, Nigeria, beginning Thursday, to discuss the farm seizures⁶ and Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis.

 

 

(1)      hectare[5hektB:(r)]n.公顷（等于1万平方米）

(2)      pregnant[5pre^nEnt]adj.怀孕的, 重要的

(3)      roadside[5rEJdsaId]n.路旁adj.路旁的

(4)      invasion[In5veIV(E)n]n.入侵

(5)      disaster[dI5zB:stE(r); (?@) dIz5AstEr]n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸

(6)      seize[si:z]v.抓住, 逮住, 夺取vt.没收, 查封

(7)      resettle[rI5set(E)l]v.(使)重新定居

(8)      withdraw[wIT5drC:]vt.收回, 撤消vi.缩回, 退出v.撤退

(9)      acceptance[Ek5septEns]n.接受, 承诺, 容忍, 赞同, 相信

(10)      soften[5sRf(E)n; (?@) 5sC:fn]v.(使)变柔软, (使)变柔和

(11)      hostility[hR5stIlItI]n.敌意, 恶意, 不友善, 敌对, 对抗, 反对

 

 

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 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。

3 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

5 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

6 seizures   

n.起获( seizure的名词复数 )；没收；充公；起获的赃物

参考例句：

• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因，有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句