VOA慢速英语:South Sudan Decides its Future in Vote on Independence

1.On Sunday, the people of southern Sudan begin deciding whether or not to become the world's newest nation.

whether or not无论

例句：Whether you like the idea or not, I'm going ahead with it.
      无论你是否喜欢这个意见, 我将继续做下去。

2.So we think this is going to start on time.

on time准时,按时,及时

例句：Don't worry! I shall awake him on time.
      不用担心!到时我会叫醒他的。

3.Unsurprisingly there has been a lot of suspicion in Juba that they are not getting what they are supposed to get, and this really is a very major issue for the future.that they are not getting是suspicion的同位语从句。

同位语从句在句中作同位语，对被修饰名词的内容予以解释说明。特点：抽象名词在前，表达具体内容的从句在后。常见的包括：

　　agreement, assumption(假设), belief, conclusion, decision, determination, discovery, dream, evidence, explanation, fact, guess, hope, idea, knowledge, likelihood, message, mind, news, notion(观念), opinion, possibility, prediction(预言), proposal, proposition(论点，主张), suggestion, rumor, theory, thought, truth

　　I have no doubt that he will overcome all his difficulties.他会克服一切困难，对此我并不感到怀疑。