VOA常速英语20212--LV著名男装设计师维吉尔·阿布洛因癌症去世

Hondurans voted on Sunday for a successor to deeply unpopular President Juan Orlando Hernandez in elections that could oust¹ his National Party after 12 years in power.

周日，洪都拉斯人民投票选出极不受欢迎的总统胡安·奥兰多·埃尔南德斯的继任者，这场选举可能会令他所在的执政12年的国家党下台。

The candidate most likely to do this is Xiomara Castro of the leftist Liberty and Re-foundation party.

最有可能当选的候选人是左翼自由与重建党的希尔玛拉·卡斯特罗。

The former first lady is making her third bid for the presidency² and is the only one of 13 opposition³ candidates with a chance to beat Hernandez's handpicked successor, Nasry Asfura, a Tegucigalpa mayor.

这位前第一夫人第三次参加总统竞选，她是13名反对派候选人中唯一有机会击败纳斯里·阿斯弗拉的人，特古西加尔巴市长纳斯里·阿斯弗拉是埃尔南德精心挑选的继任者。

Such is the level of mistrust among Hondurans in the electoral process that many fear there could be disturbances⁴ in the streets no matter who wins.

洪都拉斯人对选举过程的不信任程度如此之高，以至于许多人担心，无论谁获胜，街头都有可能发生骚乱。

The AP reports at least one polling site in the capital's El Bosque neighborhood opened more than an hour later on Sunday.

美联社报道说，星期天，首都的埃尔博斯克社区至少有一个投票站晚一个多小时才开放。

However, voting appeared orderly.

不过，投票似乎进行得有条不紊。

The Kremlin said Sunday it was hoping that U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would speak via video link before the end of the year.

克里姆林宫周日表示，希望美国总统乔·拜登和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京能在年底前进行视频通话。

Russia's RIA news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as making the statement, adding "There's no exact date."

俄罗斯俄新社援引克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫的话发表了这一声明，并补充说“尚未确定日期”。

His comments come as tensions are high over what the West says are unusual Russian troop movements close to Ukraine.

在他发表此番言论之际，西方称俄罗斯军队在乌克兰附近进行了不寻常的军事行动，这导致局势高度紧张。

Some Russian sources have suggested they are a part of a Russian push to secure and frame the terms of another summit with President Biden.

一些俄罗斯消息人士表示，这是俄罗斯推动与拜登总统举行另一次峰会并制定相关条件的一部分努力。

The U.S. president said on Friday that he would "in all probability" speak with President Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

美国总统周五表示，他“很有可能”与总统普京和乌克兰总统泽伦斯基进行交谈。

Virgil Abloh, fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, died on Sunday of cancer, that according to the owner LVMH of the Louis Vuitton brand.

维吉尔·阿布洛是时尚界最知名的黑人设计师，也是路易威登男装系列幕后的创意设计师。据路易威登品牌的所有者路威酩轩集团透露，他于周日因癌症去世。

The French luxury goods giant said Abloh, who was 41, had been battling cancer privately⁵ for years.

这家法国奢侈品巨头表示，现年41岁的阿布洛多年来一直在私下与癌症作斗争。

1 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

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 disturbances   

n.骚乱( disturbance的名词复数 )；打扰；困扰；障碍

参考例句：

• The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. 政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
• Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。

5 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。