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第一课 Myanmar President Close to Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmars parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the countrys next president.缅甸议会推选出吴廷觉作为该国的下一任总统。 The retired bureaucrat from the National League for Democracy, or NLD, won 360 of the 652 votes in a joint meeting of the legislature.这位全国民主联盟退休官员在缅甸议会联席会议上赢得了652票中的360票。 Htin Kyaw is not a member of parliament, but he is a close ally of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The pro-democracy leader was among the first to vote in Tuesdays historic election.吴廷觉不是国会议员，但他是全国民主联盟主席昂山素季的密友。昂山素季这位亲民主运动领袖在周二的历史性选举中是第一批投票的议员。 Aung San Suu Kyi made no comment to reporters after the vote.昂山素季在投票之后未对记者发表任何言论。 The Nobel Prize winner is popular with most citizens of Myanmar, also known as Burma. But she is barred by the constitution from becoming president because both of her sons have foreign citizenship.这位诺贝尔奖获得者深受大多数缅甸人民的喜爱。但是根据宪法规定，因为她的两个儿子拥有外国国籍，她不得成为总统。 A U.S. State Department official said the constitutional ban did not agree with basic democratic ideas.美国国务院一位官员表示，宪法禁令和基本的民主理念并不一致。 We remain concerned about certain provisions in Burmas constitution that contradict fundamental democratic principles and prevent the people of Burma from voting for the leaders of their choice, said the official.该官员表示，“我们对缅甸宪法中的若干规定表示关切，这些规定违背了基本的民主原则，妨碍缅甸人民选出他们选择的领导人。” The people of Burma should be able to decide whether and when to amend the countrys constitution to alter or remove these provisions.“缅甸人民应该能够决定是否以及何时修改该国宪法，以修改或删除这些规定。” Aung San Suu Kyi has declared she will hold power over the president, whom she has known since primary school.昂山素季曾经宣布，她的权利将会高于这位她小学时就认识的总统。 However, the military will remain powerful in the new government because it automatically holds one quarter of the parliamentary seats. The military also will control several important ministries.然而军方在新政府中仍将非常有影响力。因为军方自动拥有四分之一的议会席位。军方还将将控制几个重要部门。 Officials tried to prevent reporters from interviewing or videotaping the militarys members of parliament as they registered for the joi