拉美各国首脑参加查韦斯葬礼_时事要闻

拉美各国首脑参加查韦斯葬礼

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-03-08 07:55 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Leaders from Latin America and beyond are gathering¹ in the Venezuelan capital Caracas for the funeral of President Hugo Chavez.

拉丁国家的首脑们聚集到委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯，参加总统乌戈·查韦斯的葬礼。

After the funeral, Mr Chavez's body will be taken to a military museum to lie in state for another seven days.

More than two million mourners have already filed past（列队缓缓经过） his body at a military academy.

Mr Chavez's body is to be embalmed²（防腐） and placed on permanent display, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro says.

Later on Friday, Mr Maduro is due to be sworn in as acting³ president. As such, he must call elections within 30 days.

Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, died on Tuesday aged⁴ 58 after a long battle with cancer.

More than 30 heads of state are expected to attend Friday's funeral including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cuban President Raul Castro and Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

President Ahmadinejad has praised Mr Chavez as a "martyr⁵（烈士）" and a "wise and revolutionary leader".

US Congressman⁶ Gregory Meeks and former Congressman William Delahunt will represent the United States. Mr Chavez was a fierce critic of Washington.

Mr Maduro said that Mr Chavez's body would be embalmed "like Lenin and Mao Zedong", and put on display for at least another seven days.

The body will be moved to the Caracas military museum where in 1992 Mr Chavez - as an army officer - was captured after leading a failed coup⁷.

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1 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 embalmed
adj.用防腐药物保存（尸体）的v.保存（尸体）不腐( embalm的过去式和过去分词 )；使不被遗忘；使充满香气
参考例句：
Many fine sentiments are embalmed in poetry. 许多微妙的情感保存于诗歌中。来自辞典例句 In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 伟大思想古今有，载入书中成不朽。来自互联网

3 acting
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。 During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 aged
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。 He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

5 martyr
n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲
参考例句：
The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。 The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

6 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

7 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。

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