VOA慢速英语：缅甸11月大选或因洪灾被推迟

An elections commission has asked Myanmarto postpone the national vote because of recent natural disasters.

由于最近的自然灾害，选举委员会已经要求缅甸推迟全国大选。

The Union Election Commission wants the elections, set for November 8, delayed because of fatal flooding.

联邦选举委员会希望选举定于11月8日，由于致命洪水而推迟。

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, rides a boat as she leaves after visiting a monastery where flood victims are sheltered in Bago, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015.

More than 100 people are reported to have died in floods in Chin State and the Sagaing Region.

据报道，在钦邦与实皆省，已有100多人死于洪水。

About 1.6 million people have been "critically affected" because of recent flooding in Myanmar. That number comes from government agencies and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

由于最近缅甸发生洪水，大约有160万人已经受到“严重影响”。该数字来自于政府机构与联合国人道主义事务协调厅。

In an emergency meeting Tuesday, only the National League for Democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi objected to the delay, party officials said.

周二，在紧急会议中，党内官员表示，只有昂山素季代表的全国民主联盟党反对推迟。

At least three parties have expressed support for the commission's proposal to delay the elections. They are the Union Solidarity Party, the Farmer's Development Party and the National Development Party. Observers reported that three other parties said they would let the commission decide when to hold the vote.

至少有三个政党都表示支持该委员会推迟选举的提议。它们分别是：联邦团结政党、农民发展党、国家发展党。据观察人员报告,其他三方表示，他们将让欧盟委员会决定何时举行投票。

Several ethnic-based parties were invited to the emergency meeting, but did not attend.

一些基于种族的政党也被邀请出席紧急会议，但它们并没有出席该会议。

The election commission earlier announced that the elections would not be held in hundreds of villages. Most of these villages are in Kachin and Shan ethnic areas, where armed groups continue to resist the central government.

早些时候，该选举委员会宣布，选举无法在数百个村庄举行。这些村庄大多数都在克钦邦和掸邦民族地区，在那里，武装组织继续抵制中央政府。

Some observers suggest that one reason for a postponement may be political. Many observers believe the National League for Democracy will make major gains in the vote.

一些观察家认为，推迟的一个原因在于政治。许多观察家认为，全国民主联盟党将在投票中获得多数支持。

The election commission is expected to make a public announcement within the next several days. Some political leaders say they believe the group will push forward with delaying the vote.

该选举委员会预计将在未来数天内予以公告。一些政治领导人表示，他们相信，该委员会将推进推迟投票。

The NLD won 80 percent of the legislative seats in the 1990 elections. But the military cancelled the election results and refused to surrender power. They kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for several years. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

在1990年选举中，全国民主联盟党赢得了80％的立法席位。但军方取消了该选举结果，并拒绝交出权力。在过去几年中，他们使昂山素季处于软禁之中。

Under Myanmar's laws, the next election needs to be held 30 to 90 days before the first meeting of the next parliament. It is set for January 30.

根据缅甸法律，下次选举需要在下一届议会第一次会议的前30至90天举行。它定于1月30日。

More than 6,000 people are seeking positions in the national parliament and state or regional legislatures. The government has barred at least 75 independent or opposition party candidates, many because of the citizenship of their parents.

超过6000人正在在国民议会和国家或地区的立法机构寻求职位。政府已禁止至少75位独立人士或反对党候选人。大多数是因为他们父母的国籍。

I'm Jim Tedder.

我是吉姆特德。

VOA correspondent Steve Herman reported on this story from Bangkok. George Grow adapted this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

commission– n. an organization, group or committee

region– n. an area or part of a country or state

critically – adj. using or involving careful judgment about something