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1、VOA常速英语听力2012年09月合辑（文本）：Supervised-Independence-Ends-in-KosovoFewerthanfiveyearsafterbecomingacountry,Kosovomarksamilestonebybringingtoacloseaperiodof“supervisedindependence,”whichsawinternationalrepresentativeshavinggoverningdutiesalongsidelocalauthorities.Thep
2、lanforthisinterimperiodwasthebrainchildofaformerspecialU.N.envoyandprovidedaframeworkforindependencewithsomeconditions.Butoneofthemaingoalssetforthbytheplanremainselusive.Asinternationalandlocalauthoritiesmarkedtheendofthe“supervised”portionofKosovo’sindependenc
3、e-theceremonyputthecountry’sgovernmentlargelyinchargeofitsownaffairs.DanielSerwer,atJohnsHopkinsUniversity’sSchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,sayspeoplegovernbestwhentheyareheldresponsible.“Idon’tthinkthereisanyadvantageanylongerinnothavingtheelectedauthoriti
4、esclearlyresponsibleandaccountableforhowKosovoisgoverned,"hesaid.Still,theEuropeanUnion'sruleoflawmissionwillremaininthecountryandsowillNATOpeacekeepingtroops.KurtVolker,ofArizonaStateUniversity’sMcCainInstituteforInternationalLeadership,saysthislateststepshould
5、notbeseenasamajorchange.“ItwouldbeashameanditwouldberiskyforanyparticularpartyinKosovototrytotakeadvantageoftheendingoftheinternationalsupervision,topresstheirparticularview,ortheirparticularinterestrightawayinKosovo,"hesaid.Onemainfeatureoftheinternationalplanf
6、orKosovowasdecentralization-toinsuregaranteeingtherightsofminorities,especiallyintheSerbian-populatednorth.DanielSerwersaysthischallengeremainsunresolved.“ThenorthiscontrolledbyBelgrade,notbyPristina,sothat’snotdecentralization.It’sdefactopartition,andthat’ssome
7、thingIdon’twanttosee.That’ssomethingIdon’tthinkEuropewantstosee,Idon’tthinktheAmericangovernmentwantstosee,"hesaid.SerwersaystheissueshouldberesolvedthroughnegotiationswithSerbia.Volker,aformerU.S.ambassadortoNATO,agrees.“Inthelongrun,northernKosovoneedstobeinte
8、gratedasapartofKosovo,partofonecountryanditneedstohaveasmuchlocalindependenceaspossibletorespondtotheconcernsandthepeoplewholivethere,"hesaid.TalksbetweenBelgradeandP
