南非會有世襲竊國體制的危險 （12-09封面頭條）
Dire
Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is.
dysfunction? 技能障礙
his severe emotional dysfunction was very clearly apparent
Apartheid?
Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law
surveillance 監(jiān)視
Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army
President Jacob Zuma? 南非總統(tǒng) ?A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable.
ruling-party members murder each other over lucrative government jobs
the deputy? president, Cyril Ramaphosa (副手)? 西里爾 拉瑪福賽
For South Africa and for the whole African continent, Mr Ramaphosa needs to win.
subvert : cause the downfall of; of rulers;
loot:V
If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.
unconstitutional?
If something is unconstitutional, it breaks the rules of a political system.
filches
f you say that someone filches something, you mean they steal it, especially when you do not consider this to be a very serious crim
rhetoric?
If you refer to speech or writing as rhetoric, you disapprove of it because it is intended to convince and impress people but may not be sincere or honest.
文中：charged rhetoric to deflect criticism
undermine the economy? jeopardise social harmony— fragile ??破壞經(jīng)濟饶套，危害社會和諧
With its superior financial and physical infrastructure, it is Africa’s economic hub. Its diplomatic and moral authority shapes southern Africa, for worse as well as better? 優(yōu)惠的金融和基礎(chǔ)建設(shè)蔬崩，是南非的中心 墙懂，外交和道德權(quán)威塑造了南非
business associates of Mr Zuma’s family, offered the finance ministry to a politician they hoped would be pliable and used political influence to loot state-owned enterprises. She called for a judicial inquiry. (司法調(diào)查）
What is unusual about South Africa is not that corruption? thrives, but that it does so in plain sight. Thanks to a history of civic activism, a free press and a robust judiciary, South Africans are aware of the wholesale theft??一目了然的偷盜行為
purge the party of rent-seeking? 清除尋租
purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it.
A shoo-in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed.? 穩(wěn)操勝券
文章中有寫 他穩(wěn)操勝券
there is no suggestion that he broke the law, and he is? outspoken in his condemnation of those who now brazenly do so? 公開譴責(zé)他們這么做
his political skills are consummate 政治技巧高超
Its people deserve better. The rainbow nation still has the potential to be a beacon of prosperity and good governance in Africa, but memories of its hopeful birth are a melancholy counterpoint to its dark present. The best chance for recovering that optimism is a victory for Mr Ramaphosa
