VOA慢速英语：津巴布韦政府否认总统罗伯特•穆加贝心脏病发作的报道

The government of Zimbabwe is denying a report that President Robert Mugabe has suffered a heart attack.

津巴布韦政府否认总统罗伯特•穆加贝心脏病发作的报道。

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honour during a ceremony in Harare, Monday Aug. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Presidential spokesman George Charamba told reporters on Thursday that the report by the website ZimEye.net was false. He said the report was published to increase the number of users, or people who visit the website, so its owners could increase their earnings.

周四，总统发言人乔治.查拉巴告诉记者称，ZimEye.net网站的报道是虚假的。他声称发表该报道是为了增加用户或者增加浏览该网站的人数，网站拥有者以此来增加收入。

Reports that Mugabe's health is poor are common. He will be 92 next month. He leaves the country for a long vacation every January.

对于穆加贝身体欠佳的报道司空见惯。他下个月将满92岁。每年一月，他要离开津巴布韦度一个长假。

The president's spokesman does not usually react to reports about the president's health. But this time, Charamba complained about frequent reports that Mugabe has died. He said "you cannot doubt that there will be a story on the president's alleged death every January."

有关总统健康的报道，总统发言人很少做出回应。但此次，他对那些穆加贝总统已经死亡的屡见不鲜报道表示抱怨。他说：“毫无疑问，每年一月份都会有一篇关于指控总统死亡的报道。”

Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980, when the country gained independence from Britain. He is the world's oldest head of state. He has said he does not suffer from poor health. But last year he fell down stairs at Harare airport. And in September, he read the same speech to parliament that he had given a month earlier. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

1980年以来，当津巴布韦脱离英国获得独立，就一直处于穆加贝总统的统治之下。他是世界上最年老的国家元首。他说过他从未身体欠佳。但去年他在哈拉雷机场跌下楼梯。九月份，他发表了同样的议会言论，他一个月以前已经发表过该言论。

His long rule and his age have created concerns about what will happen to the presidency after his death.

他的长期统治与他的年龄引起了关于在他死后，总统职位会发生什么变化的担忧。

Some experts believe Senior Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will become president. But the president's wife, Grace Mugabe, has been making political moves. She is the head of the women's membership group of the ruling ZANU-PF party.

一些专家们坚信高级副总裁姆南加古瓦将成为总统。但总统的妻子格蕾丝·穆加贝一直在制造政治举动。她是执政党非洲国家联盟-爱国阵线女性会员的负责人。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是Christopher Jones-Cruise。

VOANews reported on this story . Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted for the story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

vacation - n. a period when someone spends time away from home, school or business, usually for traveling

complained - v. saying or writing about something you do not like

frequent - adj. many times; often

doubt - n. a feeling of being unsure about something

alleged - adj. accused or suspected of doing something

stairs - n. a series of steps that go from one level of a building to the next