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(1). Politics this week

本周政治要闻

(2). 1:Sunni jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), who have taken Mosul, Iraq’s second city, swept on southwards, but their advance stalled once they reached the Shia heartland and mixed provinces close to Baghdad.
2:The government urged Iraqis to unite and fight the insurgents.
3:The American administration pondered whether and how much to help Nuri al-Maliki’s beleaguered Iraqi government—and whether to co-operate with Iran, his closest regional ally.

1:伊拉克和叙利亚的伊斯兰国家(ISIS)的逊尼派圣战者已经占领了伊拉克的第二大城市摩苏尔,并向南方席卷而来,但是他们的脚步却停滞在什叶派腹地和接近巴格达的省境交界处。
2:政府敦促伊拉克人团结起来,打击叛乱分子。
3:而美国政府正在考虑是否应该以及在何种程度上帮助马利基饱受争议的伊拉克政府，并且是否与他最亲密的地区盟友伊朗合作。

(3). 1:Three young Israeli settlers, two of them 16-year-olds, were kidnapped near the West Bank city of Hebron.
2:Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, blamed Hamas, an Islamist movement which, to the chagrin of Israel’s government, has recently endorsed a new Palestinian unity government.
3:Hamas denied the charge.
4:But hundreds of its supporters were rounded up by Israeli security forces.

1:三个年轻的以色列居民在希伯仑西岸城市附近被绑架,其中包括两个16岁的孩子。
2:以色列总理本雅明?内塔尼亚胡谴责哈马斯这一让政府头疼的伊斯兰运动,他们最近还成立了新的巴勒斯坦联合政府。
3:哈马斯否认了这一指控。
4:但其数百名支持者被以色列安全部队逮捕了。

(4). Egypt’s prime minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, who was reappointed earlier this month by the country’s newly elected president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, kept most ministers in their posts. But he put a veteran banker, Ashraf Salman, in charge of foreign investment.

易卜拉欣·马哈拉布在本月早些时候被新当选总统塞西再次钦定为埃及总理，他保持多数部长的职位不变,但把一位资深银行家阿什拉夫·萨尔曼,调去负责外国投资。

(5). 1:Islamist terrorists belonging to the Shabab, a Somali group, killed at least 65 non-Muslims in villages on the mainland opposite the Kenyan island ofLamu.
2:Many of the victims were members of the Kikuyu tribe to whichKenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, belongs.
3:He blamed opposition politicians inKenya, rather than the Shabab, for fomenting the attacks.
4:Tourism inKenya is likely to plummet.

1:伊斯兰恐怖分子属于索马里反政府武装派别"青年党",他们杀死了肯尼亚拉姆岛对面的村子里至少65名的非穆斯林人士。
2:很多的受害者都是基库尤部落（肯尼亚总统乌呼鲁?肯雅塔所属的部落）的成员。
3:他将这次的煽动性攻击归责于肯尼亚的反对派政客,而不是激进的伊斯兰组织青年党。
4:肯尼亚旅游业可能会一蹶不振。

(6). Brought to justice

公证评断

(7). In a midnight operation on the outskirts of Benghazi American special forces captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, the man suspected of organising the attack in the Libyan city in 2012 that killed the American ambassador. The commandos took Mr Abu Khattala to an American navy ship to prepare him for travel to theUnited States, where he will appear in court.

美国特种部队在班加西市郊执勤时抓获了卡达阿拉，他被怀疑2012年在利比亚市组织袭击并杀害了美国大使。突击队把他带往美国海军舰艇，准备将其引渡美国,现身法庭（接受司法审判）。

(8). 1:After the shock defeat of Eric Cantor by the Tea Party in a primary election, the Republicans in the House of Representatives moved quickly to choose a new Majority Leader.
2:Kevin McCarthy, a congressman from centralCalifornia, emerged as the strong favourite, distinguished by good looks, excellent fundraising skills and a troubled relationship with the English language.

1:继艾瑞克·康托尔在茶党初选中失败后,众议院中的共和党人迅速行动起来要选举一个新的多数党领袖。
2:来自加州中部的国会议员凯文·麦卡锡成为大热门,他有着杰出的外表,卓越的募集资金能力和稍显蹩脚的英文。

(9). Election spoilers

选举中的捣蛋分子

(10). 1:Afghanistan held a run-off presidential election to decide who will replace Hamid Karzai.
2:Abdullah Abdullah, who is expected to win, demanded a halt to the count over allegations of widespread fraud.
3:He said that ballot boxes had been stuffed and that the system was working to the benefit of his rival, Ashraf Ghani.
4:The result is expected next month.

1:阿富汗举行第二轮总统选举,来决定谁将取代哈米德·卡尔扎伊。
2:胜算较大的阿卜杜拉指控存在欺诈要求停止计数。
3:他说投票箱都被投满了,系统也正在统计他的对手阿什拉夫·贾尼的选票结果。
4:结果预计下个月将揭晓。

(11). Cambodia blamed Thailand’s new military rulers for causing an exodus of Cambodian migrant workers from the country. Around 200,000 Cambodians are thought to have fled across the border amid rumours thatThailand’s government was about to crack down on illegal workers. The government said the rumours were unwarranted.

柬埔寨指责泰国的新军事统治者造成大批柬埔寨农民工离去。由于坊间传言称,泰国政府将严厉打击非法工人，大约有20万名柬埔寨人已经逃离边境。政府称谣言是毫无根据的。

(12). Japan banned the possession of child sex-abuse images, one of the last developed countries to do so. Its new law states that anyone found with such images can be jailed for up to a year, or fined up to $10,000. The ban does not apply to comics known as manga.

日本是最后一个禁止持有性虐待儿童图像的发达国家之一。它的新法律规定任何被发现持有上述图像的人可以被判入狱一年,或高达10000美元的罚款。这一禁令并不不适用于漫画。

(13). A senior Chinese diplomat visited Vietnam for talks aimed at calming relations between the two neighbours, but the two sides ended up exchanging sharp views over their dispute in theSouth China Sea.

中国高级外交官赴越为缓和两方关系参加会谈。但关于中国南海争端双方给出不可调和的意见，不欢而散。

(14). China handed down lengthy jail sentences to three anti-corruption activists. Their crime was asking officials to disclose their wealth.

中国给3名激进分子漫长的监禁处罚。其犯罪原因是要求其公开财产。

(15). Barack Obama proposed using his executive powers to protect a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean from fishing and other industrial activities. The plan is to expand protected seas around islands and atolls controlled byAmerica.

贝拉克·奥巴马利用其行政权为保护太平洋中间广阔区域，禁止捕鱼和其它工业活动。该计划旨在扩展美国保护下的岛屿和珊瑚礁周围海域。

(16). Up in the air

悬而未决

(17). The Jamaican government announced that it plans to decriminalise possession of small amounts of marijuana. Parliament is expected to approve the changes by the autumn.

牙买加政府宣布计划持有少量的大麻合法化。议会有望于秋天之前通过该此计划。

(18). The Canadian government approved the Northern Gateway pipeline project to bring tar-sands oil fromAlberta to the Pacific coast ofBritish Columbia. But objections from the First Nations mean that it remains uncertain whether the pipeline will go ahead.

加拿大政府通过了北方门户管道计划，该计划将亚伯达的油砂运往加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的太平洋港口。但是来自第一民族人民的反对意味着管道计划能否进行是个未知数。

(19). Juan Manuel Santos won a second term as Colombia’s president, taking 51% of the vote in a run-off against óscar Iván Zuluaga. Mr Santos’s victory means peace talks with the country’s leftist guerrillas will continue.

哥伦比亚总统胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯赢得连任机会，在最终选举以51%的选票打败了奥斯卡·伊凡·祖拉戈。桑托斯的胜利意味着与国家右翼游击队和平会谈将继续举行。

(20). Deadly force

致命的力量

(21). 1: Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s new president, announced a unilateral ceasefire in the fighting with pro-Russian rebels in easternUkraine.
2: This came after the separatists shot down a military transport jet killing 49 people, the deadliest incident so far in the fighting.
3: Russia meanwhile cut off gas supplies toUkraine in a dispute over payments, and a big gas pipeline in the country was bombed.

1:乌克兰新总统彼得·波罗申科单方面宣布与乌克兰东部亲俄叛乱者停火。
2:此前分裂者击落了一架军用运输喷气式飞机，导致49人死亡，这是这场冲突死伤人数最多的一次。
3:同时，俄罗斯由于在天然气价格上达不成统一意见，已切断对乌克兰天然气的供应。而乌克兰一条大型天然气管道也被轰炸。

(22). 1:Marek Belka, the governor of Poland’s central bank, kept his job, despite calls for his and the entire government’s resignation.
2:In an obscenity-laced recording leaked by Wprost, a news weekly, Mr Belka appears to be striking a deal last July to support the government of Donald Tusk by propping up the economy, in return for the sacking of the then finance minister, Jacek Rostowski.

1:马雷克·贝尔卡，波兰中央银行行长克服了各种让他和整个政府辞职的呼声，保住了他的职位。
2:波兰一家新闻周刊杂志Wprost公布了一段夹杂下流言语的录音，其中贝尔卡在去年七月签订了一项协议表明通过....(please sign in for more)

(23). A rail strike in France prompted outrage when it disrupted the first day of the all-important baccalauréat, the school-leaving test. Rail workers walked off the job as French teenagers struggled with exam questions about epistemology and what it means to be human.

法国铁路罢工引发众怒。而此时正值非常重要的毕业考试第一天，当时法国青年们正在参与讨论认识论以及认识论对人类价值的考试斗争，而铁路工人却擅自离开工作岗位。....(please sign in for more)

(24). Politics this week

本周政治....(please sign in for more)

(25). 1:The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria(ISIS), an extreme offshoot of al-Qaeda that operates in both those countries, captured Mosul, Iraq’s second city, causing half a million people to flee the region.
2:It then took Saddam Hussein’s home town, Tikrit, and threatened to advance on Baghdad.
3:With the Iraqi army melting away, the Kurds in the north of Iraq said they had taken full control of Kirkuk.
4:The government of Nuri al-Maliki appealed for help, but the West was loth to intervene.

1:一个基地极端主义分支，伊拉克和大叙利亚伊斯兰国，目前在两个国家十分活跃，并且已经攻陷了伊拉克第二大城市摩尔苏，从而导致50万人逃离家园。
2:该组织已经拿下萨达姆·侯塞因的家乡，提克里特，并威胁....(please sign in for more)

(26). Reuven Rivlin, a right-winger who opposes a two-state settlement with the Palestinians, was elected Israel’spresident .The post is largely ceremonial but sometimes influential.

鲁温·瑞夫林，一位反对巴以和解的右翼分子，被选为以色列总统。该职位象征意义大于实际意义，但有时也具影响力。....(please sign in for more)

(27). Trying for a new start

为了新开始，奋斗。....(please sign in for more)

(28). 1:Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated as Ukraine’s president amid intensifying unrest in the east of the country.
2:A billionaire known as the Chocolate King, Mr Poroshenko made an impassioned plea for Ukrainian unity.
3:Speaking in Russian, he promised immunity from prosecution to all those without blood on their hands.
4:He also ordered peace corridors to be set up so that people can escape the violence.

1:正值东乌克兰加剧动荡之际，彼得·波罗申科宣布就任乌克兰总统。
2:这位著名的巧克力大王，亿万富翁波罗申科先生发表了一份充满激情的有关乌克兰团结的呼吁。
3:他操着俄语，并承诺那些和流血事件毫无....(please sign in for more)

(29). Antonis Samaras, the prime minister of Greece, reshuffled his cabinet after his centre-right New Democracy party lost in the European elections to the far-left Syriza. He picked a technocrat, Gikas Hardouvelis, as finance minister to succeed Yannis Stournaras, who becomes governor of the central bank.

希腊总理萨马拉斯的中右翼新民主党在欧洲选举中败于极左翼的左派政党联盟后，改组了内阁。他选择了技术官僚吉卡斯·哈多维利斯，代替杨尼斯·斯托纳拉斯出任财政部长。后者被任命为中央银行行长。....(please sign in for more)

(30). The Spanish parliament backed the abdication of King Juan Carlos and accession of his son, Prince Felipe, by a large majority. Some on the left in Spain are demanding a referendum on whether to keep the monarchy.

西班牙议会以绝大多数优势支持国王胡安·卡洛斯的退位以及王储菲利普继位。一些左派人士正要求就是否保留君主制进行全民公投。....(please sign in for more)

(31). 1:In Britain the government’s inspector of schools published a report into alleged Islamic extremism at several state schools in Birmingham.
2:It found no evidence of a plot to infiltrate the schools though it did find examples of Islam influencing the schooling culture.
3:Prior to the report two Conservative heavyweights, Michael Gove, the education secretary, and Theresa May, the home secretary, became embroiled in an unholy row about the issue.

1:在英国，政府的学校检查员发表了一份报告，指控在伯明翰的一些公立学校中存在伊斯兰极端主义。
2:虽然的确发现了伊斯兰文化影响学校文化的例子，但没有任何有关伊斯兰极端主义阴谋渗透学校的证据。
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(32). 1:The Tea Party in America scored its biggest victory since emerging as a political force in 2009 when the candidate it backed defeated Eric Cantor, the Republicans’ number two in the House of Representatives, in a primary election.
2:David Brat, a previously unknown college professor, won partly by campaigning against immigration.
3:His victory may scupper the chance of any bipartisan reform this year.

1:在初选中，选茶党所支持的候选人在初选时击败了众议院共和党第二号人物艾里克坎托，这是自从2009年茶党形成为一股政治力量后取得的最大成功。
2:大卫·布拉德，这位为人所不知的大学教授能够赢得选举的....(please sign in for more)

(33). A judge in California decided that tenure rules which make it nearly impossible to sack bad teachers harm poor pupils and breach the state’s constitution. Teachers unions were dismayed, though the education secretary, Arne Duncan, approved. A teacher in California currently has a one in 125,000 chance each year of being fired for incompetence.

加利福利亚的一位法官裁决任期规则让解雇伤害穷学生的坏老师变得不可能，并且该规则也违反了州宪法。尽管该决议得到教育部长阿恩·邓肯赞同，但是教授工会对此表示失望。当前，加州每125000教师中只有有一位因....(please sign in for more)

(34). Switching to gas

转向天然气....(please sign in for more)

(35). Chile’s government cancelled the huge HidroAysén hydroelectric project to build five dams in Patagonia on environmental grounds. To lessen its dependence on imported energy, the government will concentrate on natural gas and renewables.

从环境角度出发，智利政府取消了在巴塔哥尼亚的大型艾森水电站项目，该项目原计划在当地建造5座环保型大坝。为了减少对进口能源的依赖，智利政府将重点关注天然气和可再生能源。....(please sign in for more)

(36). 1:With days to go before the run-off in Colombia’s presidential election, the incumbent, Juan Manuel Santos, announced that he had begun exploratory peace talks with the ELN, a guerrilla group.
2:Mr Santos’s support for peace negotiations with the FARC, a bigger guerrilla force, is the main dividing line between him and óscar Iván Zuluaga, his rival in the election.

1:哥伦比亚总统决选还有几天才正式拉开帷幕，现任总统胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯宣布他已经与游击队组织—哥伦比亚民族解放军开始了试探性的和谈进程。
2:桑托斯还支持与一个更大规模的游击队组织——哥伦比亚革....(please sign in for more)

(37). Mexico’s central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by half a percentage point. Weak economic growth, prompted partly by sluggishness in the United States and partly by tax rises, lay behind the move.

墨西哥央行出人意料地将利率下调了0.5个百分点，此举背后的原因在于美国经济停滞和该国赋税负担加重导致了经济增长疲软。....(please sign in for more)

(38). Amado Boudou, Argentina’s vice-president, faced questions from a federal judge about his alleged ties to a firm that prints the country’s currency. The judge will now decide whether Mr Boudou, who denies all wrongdoing, must face charges.

阿根廷副总统阿玛多·布都因其与某钞票印刷企业之间所谓的关系面临来自联邦法官的质询。无论布都是否承认自己的不法行为，法官都将决定对他提出指控。....(please sign in for more)

(39). Repulsed

惨败....(please sign in for more)

(40). 1:An attack on Karachi airport left at least 38 people dead, including ten of the attackers, after a shoot-out with the security forces.
2:The Pakistani Taliban said that it was behind the assault, and had hoped to hijack an airliner, in revenge for air strikes against suspected militants in the remote tribal area of north Pakistan.
3:A few days later America resumed drone strikes in the tribal region after a six-month break.

1:经过与安保部队的一场枪战后，卡拉奇机场的袭击案造成了至少38人丧生，其中包括10名袭击者。
2:巴基斯坦塔利班组织宣称对此次袭击负责，并且表示此前还计划劫持一架客机，以此报复在巴基斯坦北部偏远的....(please sign in for more)

(41). The body of another woman was found hanging from a tree in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, at least the third such case in recent weeks in which the victims were allegedly raped. Narendra Modi, the new prime minister of India, said that protecting women should be a priority for all Indians, but he warned against “politicising” rape.

在印度北方邦，又发现一名女性的尸体被悬挂在一棵树上，这至少已经是近几周来的第三起类似案件，据说其中的受害者们都曾遭到性侵。印度新任总理纳伦德拉·莫迪表示，保护女性应该成为所有印度公民的当务之急，但是他....(please sign in for more)

(42). 1: The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that sank in April with the loss of about 300 lives went on trial.
2: They are pleading not guilty to charges of homicide through wilful negligence.
3: Meanwhile, thousands of police searched a religious compound in their manhunt for the ferry’s owner, Yoo Byung-eun, an investor who also owns the website god.com.

1:今年4月发生的韩国沉船事故造成约300人丧生。近日，该船船长和船员开庭受审。
2:他们并不认可自己犯“不作为杀人”的罪名。
3:同时，几千名警察在追捕该船船主俞炳彦时对一个宗教聚集所进行了搜查....(please sign in for more)

(43). 1:Israel carried out air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rocket attacks from Hamas militants.
2:The air assault killed scores of Palestinians, including many civilians.
3:The Israeli cabinet authorised the call-up of 40,000 army reservists in preparation for any potential ground offensive.
4:This latest conflict between Israel and Hamas was sparked by the murder of three Israeli teenagers, which Israel blames on Hamas, and the alleged murder in revenge of a Palestinian youth, to which three Israelis have confessed.

1:以色列向加沙发动空袭，以回应哈马斯恐怖组织密集的弹炮轰击。
2:这一袭击使得大量巴基斯坦人丧生，其中包括许多平民。
3:以色列内阁授权，召集40000名后备军人待命，以备潜在的地面攻击。
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(44). Shia Houthi rebels took control of Amran, a city in Yemen just 45 miles north of the capital, Sana’a. Their victory brought a rebellion that has simmered for a decade close to the heart of power in the country.

什叶派胡塞叛军控制了也门的一个城市—阿姆兰，距离首都萨纳北部仅有45米。他们的胜利将一场预谋了十年的叛乱带到也门的心脏地区。....(please sign in for more)

(45). Andargachew Tsige, an Ethiopian opposition leader, was arrested in Yemen and extradited to Addis Ababa, where he is facing the death penalty. A British citizen, he has been living in exile since 2005.

埃塞俄比亚反对派领袖阿加盖·塞基在也门被捕，进而被引渡到亚德斯亚贝巴，目前正面临处决的惩罚。自从2005年起这个英国公民就生活在流亡中。....(please sign in for more)

(46). Islamist members of the Shabab militia attacked the presidential palace in Somalia, where they claimed to have killed 14 soldiers—but not the president, who was not there. The country’s police and intelligence chiefs were sacked.

青年党自卫队的伊斯兰教成员袭击了索马里总统府，他们声称在那儿杀害了14名士兵，而没有伤害到当时不在场的总统。国家的司法和情报机关部长被解雇。....(please sign in for more)

(47). In Nigeria 63 women and children kidnapped last month by Boko Haram, an Islamist group causing mayhem in the north-east of the country, escaped from their captors by walking for 24 hours from where they were being held. This followed a heightened offensive against Boko Haram in which 50 of its fighters were killed, according to the army.

博科圣地组织上个月绑架了63名尼日利亚妇女儿童，这个伊斯兰教团体在尼日利亚东北部造成重大损失，他们从被关押的地方徒步行走了24小时，从缉拿方的追捕中逃脱了出来。博科圣地此次行动时由于军队加强了攻势，使....(please sign in for more)

(48). Caught off guard

猝不及防....(please sign in for more)

(49). Barack Obama asked for 3.7 billion from Congress to tackle an influx across the border of Central American migrants, in particular unaccompanied children. The White House has taken a tough line, promising to deport the migrants, which has upset immigrant-rights groups who not so long ago were cheering the president’s push for immigration reform.

巴拉克·奥巴马从国会申请了37亿美元来处理大量中美移民涌入。白宫采取了强硬措施，承诺要将移民驱逐出境，这引起了移民权组织的骚动，就在不久前，这些移民权组织还赞成总统为移民改革做出的奋力争取。....(please sign in for more)

(50). The effort by Illinois to tackle its 100 billion public-pensions deficit was thrown into confusion when the state Supreme Court ruled that health-insurance subsidies for workers are protected by the state constitution. Legal challenges to curbs on pension benefits argue that these, too, are unconstitutional.

当伊利诺伊州最高法院规定上班族的医疗保险金受到州宪法的保护时，之前想要借此解决1000亿的养老金赤字的努力付诸东流了。伊利诺伊州原本想要控制退休金的计划是不合宪法的。....(please sign in for more)

(51). The Republicans chose Cleveland as the host city for their presidential convention in 2016. Oddly, despite Ohio’s importance as a swing state, it will be the first national party convention to be held there since 1936.

美国共和党选择克利夫兰作为2016年总统公约的主办城市。奇怪的是，尽管俄亥俄州的重要性可以和摇摆州。这会是1936年以来第一个在那儿举办的全国性党代表大会.....(please sign in for more)

(52). Ray Nagin, who was the mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, was sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption. The case relates to bribes paid by city contractors looking for work, including much of the rebuilding after Katrina.

自从2005年卡特里娜飓风来袭时就在职的新奥尔良市长奈根因为贪污腐败被判10年监禁。这一案件与城市承包商贿赂有关，其中也包括飓风后的城市重建。....(please sign in for more)

(53). Voting for a new leader

投票选举新领袖....(please sign in for more)

(54). Though both candidates in Indonesia’spresidential election claimed victory, Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, the governor of Jakarta, looked to have won over a former general, Prabowo Subianto. The official result is expected to be announced on July 22nd.

尽管印度尼西亚的两个候选人都声称赢得了大选，雅加达领袖左科伟，似乎打败了前将军普拉博奥。官方结果将会在7月22日公布。....(please sign in for more)

(55). Abdullah said he had won last month’s presidential election in Afghanistan, despite the tally so far giving a lead to his rival, Ashraf Ghani. Mr Abdullah contends that the election was marred by fraud. The final result is due soon. Meanwhile, a bomb near Kabul killed 16 people.

阿卜杜拉说他已经赢得了上月阿富汗的总统大选，尽管统计结果显示他的竞争对手阿什拉夫·加尼领先，阿卜杜拉争辩道，欺诈毁掉了这场选举。最终结果将很快公布，与此同时，临近喀布尔的地区发生炸弹爆炸倒是16人死亡....(please sign in for more)

(56). The new government led by Narendra Modi in India unveiled its first budget. Arun Jaitley, the finance minister, was less radical than some had hoped, but he nevertheless maintained a commitment to reduce the deficit and was more friendly in tone towards foreign investors than his predecessors.

由纳伦德拉·莫迪所领导的新政府公布了他们第一个财政预算。财政部长阿兰·贾特里并没有想象中的那么激进，但是他仍然保持着致力于减少财政赤字的初衷，以及表现出了相较于前任对外资更为友善的态度。....(please sign in for more)

(57). John Kerry, America’s secretary of state, went to China for annual talks known as the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Xi Jinping, China’s president, opened the talks by saying that a confrontation between China and America would be a disaster. Mr Kerry reiterated that America is not trying to “contain” China.

美国国务卿约翰克里到访中国参加一年一度的战略与经济对话,中国国家主席习近平在年度对话的开幕式上提到中美之间的对抗将会导致灾难性的后果，而克里野重申美国没有限制中国的意图。....(please sign in for more)

(58). As Mr Kerry was visiting China a prominent Tibetan writer was put under house arrest. Tsering Woeser had been invited to a function at the American embassy in Beijing. It is not known whether she was expected to meet Mr Kerry. She was a winner last year of the State Department’s women of courage awards.

正值克里访问中国期间，著名的西藏作家茨仁唯色遭到软禁，此前，她受邀参加了在美国驻北京领事馆举办的活动。目前还不清楚她是否会与克里见面。她还是去年美国政府妇女勇气奖的得主。....(please sign in for more)

(59). Running for cover

代替运行....(please sign in for more)

(60). Having lost control of several cities in eastern Ukraine,pro-Russia separatists regrouped in Donetsk, a city of more than 1m people. Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, raised the possibility of a new truce to stop the fighting. After the breakdown of the first truce, he had insisted that he would not talk to the rebels until they disarmed.

自从失去了对乌克兰东部几个城市的控制之后，亲俄的分裂分子在人口超过一百万的顿涅茨克重新集结。与此同时，乌克兰总统佩特罗·波罗申科的表态大大增加了新的停战协议达成的可能性。由于他坚持反政府军必须解除武装....(please sign in for more)

(61). Prosecutors in Germany searched the home of an employee in the defence ministry suspected of spying. Days earlier an employee of the BND, a German intelligence agency, was arrested for allegedly passing dozens of secret documents to the Americans. The American ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in Berlin.

德国的检察官涉嫌从事间谍活动的一位国防部雇员的家。数日前，德国情报机构的一位雇员因为非法向美国传播数分秘密文件遭到逮捕。柏林的德国外交部为此事召唤了向美国外交官。....(please sign in for more)

(62). 1:Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, called for the creation of a strong supranational body in the euro zone to co-ordinate the economic convergence of its member countries.
2:Mr Draghi noted the differences in global competitive rankings between Finland and Greece, and said that “No firm or individual should be penalised by its country of residence”.

1:欧洲央行行长马里奥·德拉基呼吁在欧元区建立强大的超国家机构协来调成员国的经济。
2:德拉基先生还提出，在全球竞争力方面，芬兰和希腊还是存在差距的。同时还说到任何公司或者个人应受到其所在居住地的法....(please sign in for more)

(63). Public-sector workers in Greece protested against cuts by holding a strike to coincide with a visit from representatives from international creditors. In Britain a million union workers downed tools to protest about pay.

希腊公共部门的员工通过在国际债券人的代表访问时举行罢工来抗议削减开支，在英国上百万的工会员工因不满薪水待遇而罢工。....(please sign in for more)

(64). The day the music died

音乐终结日....(please sign in for more)

(65). Brazil lost a football match, and with it a chunk of its national identity. A 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semi-final left the Brazilian team, who had been favourites to win the tournament, looking like amateurs. President Dilma Rousseff, eyes on an election in October, urged her countrymen to bounce back.

巴西不仅仅只是输掉了一场足球赛，也输掉了一大部分他的国家特性。在世界杯半决赛里面，德国7比1血洗了巴西足球队，这只巴西队原本是寄希望赢得世界杯的，不过这场比赛他们踢得像只业余球队。而着眼与今年十月份选....(please sign in for more)

(66). Nicaragua unveiled the route of a proposed 40 billion canal connecting its Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to be built by a Hong Kong-based firm. Environmentalists don’t like the idea of a canal; sceptics don’t believe it will happen. But it keeps edging forward.

尼加拉瓜公布了他们一向计划投资400亿美元的运河计划，该运河打通了该国大西洋和太平洋的海岸，由一个香港公司承建。环保主义者不喜欢这项运河建议，而对此项计划持怀疑态度的人则不相信它可以建成。但是，无论如....(please sign in for more)

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