VOA标准英语2009-Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Curren

By Ricci Shryock
Dakar
11 November 2009
 
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (File photo)
At mediation¹ talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish² his role in a transitional government. But opposition³ leaders are saying that is the only way they will discuss the country's political future.

Though representatives from Guinea's ruling military are in Ouagadougou to discuss the prospect⁴ of a transitional government, they say there is one concession⁵ they will absolutely not give to the opposition forces. Guinea Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua says the National Council for Democracy and Development leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, must be part of the transitional government.

"He wants to rule the country, we are in power," Loua said. "So you can imagine how far we are, so I think that for the benefit of our country, we need to be very realistic. I do not know if in Guinea, in the situation we are, if you say that the current president can step down, you can imagine what would be the consequences."

Captain Camara's special advisor⁶, Idrissa Cherif, is participating in the talks with mediator⁷ Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso's president. Cherif said this week's meeting was to discuss future policy and not the status of Captain Camara.

Cherif says exclusion⁸ is what leads to war, and he insisted the 26-member National Council for Democracy and Development delegation⁹ is in Burkina Faso to find an exit strategy from the crisis Guinea now faces.

Guineans first reacted positively¹⁰ when the military took power in a bloodless coup¹¹ last December, just hours after the death of longtime President Lansana Conte. But the opposition says government security forces killed more than 150 anti-military government protesters September 28th at a stadium in Conakry, and those forces are also accused of brutally¹² raping¹³ women in the streets of the capital. The government insists fewer than 60 people were killed in the September 28th incident.

Opposition leaders have continued to call for a transitional government without Captain Camara or members of the military to lead the country to free elections.

The national secretary for the Party of Hope and Development, Zalikatou Diallo, said the resolution of the opposition remains¹⁴ strong.

President Compaore met last week in Burkina Faso with Guinean opposition and civil society members, who at the time repeated their insistence that they will not work with Captain Camara, nor any soldiers within the government

1 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

2 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

3 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。

4 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

5 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

6 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

7 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

8 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。

9 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

10 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

11 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

12 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

13 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

14 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。