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President Obama has unveiled details of a bold new US initiative to study the human brain. Mr. Obama described the program which he compared in scope to mapping the human genome as enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked. He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.
“Think about what we could do once we do crack this code. Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson’s or struggle in the grip of epilepsy. Imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or PTSD for our veterans who are coming home.”
The White House said researchers would try to produce dynamic pictures of the brain.
The mother of the late pop star Michael Jackson is suing the concept promoter AEG Live for billions of dollars. Katherine Jackson blames the company for hiring the doctor who was foundguiltyof her son’s manslaughter. AEG Live denies responsibility. The doctor was jailed for four years after supplying Jackson with a powerful sedative before his death.
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And as Venezuela’s official election campaign gets underway. The interim President Nicolas Maduro has visited the house where the late President Hugo Chavez was born. Mr. Maduro met relatives and supporters of Mr. Chavez in his hometown and vowed to continue his social reform program. The election on April 14th will choose a replacement for Mr. Chavez who was in office for 14 years and died a month ago.
BBC News
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[00:01.70]BBC News with Nick Kelly.
[00:03.46]The">The U.N. General Assembly">Assembly has overwhelmingly approved the first-ever international treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty to regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate the multibillion-dollar arms trade.
[00:10.88]It sets new standards for the export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export of conventional weapons from clash nicos to battle tanks.
[00:16.84]Countries will have to report arms sales and assess whether they could be used to abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse human rights.
[00:22.29]The Australian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Peter Woolcott cheered the negotiations.
[00:27.99]“The">The arms trade treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty will set new international standards as well as be a forum to transparency and accountability in the conventional arms trade.
[00:35.93]So it will stop arms trade in transfer irresponsibly and illegally in order that they might commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit atrocities in human rights violations and violations of humanitarian law.
[00:45.35]So I think it’s gonna contribute to regional and international peace and security and it will promote economic development in the process.”
[00:50.98]Only three countries voted against the treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained.
[00:57.27]Critics doubt the treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty will make any difference to the black market in weapons.
[01:01.07]The United States has called on China and Russia to try to rein in North Korea after it announces it will restart a dormant nuclear reactor.
[01:09.61]Within the past few minutes the U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said such a move would be a provocative and serious move.
[01:16.49]He was speaking at a news conference with his South Korean counterpart.
[01:19.60]Earlier the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that North Korea was on a collision course that could lead to war.
[01:26.55]President Obama has unveiled details of a bold new US initiative to study the human brain.
[01:33.18]Mr. Obama described the program which he compared in scope to mapping the human genome as enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked.
[01:41.59]He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.
[01:50.99]“Think about what we could do once we do crack this code.
[01:56.10]Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson’s or struggle in the grip of epilepsy.
[02:06.26]Imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or PTSD for our veterans who are coming home.”
[02:11.61]The White House said researchers would try to produce dynamic pictures of the brain.
[02:15.90]The mother of the late pop star Michael Jackson is suing the concept promoter AEG Live for billions of dollars.
[02:23.77]Katherine Jackson blames the company for hiring the doctor who was found guilty of her son’s manslaughter.
[02:28.94]AEG Live denies responsibility.
[02:31.36]The doctor was jailed for four years after supplying Jackson with a powerful sedative before his death.
[02:36.59]The Islamist political party of the Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has condemned US criticism of legal action against the well-known satirist Bassem Youssef.
[02:46.50]The Freedom and Justice Party described an expression of concern by the US State Department as a brazen interference in Egyptian domestic affairs.
[02:54.37]Mr. Youssef is facing charges of insulting the president.
[02:57.70]World News from the BBC
[03:00.20]Amnesty International has described its outrageous reports in the Saudi media
[03:05.48] that a man may be sentenced to paralysis as a punishment for having paralyzed another man.
[03:10.80]Saudi media says that the 24-year-old could be paralyzed from the waist down if he fails to pay some 270,000 dollars to his victim.
[03:19.95]Amnesty described the potential punishment as a form of torture.
[03:23.35]Prosecutors in Brazil have charged four men in connection with the death of 241 people in a nightclub fire two months ago.
[03:32.22]The two owners of the nightclub and two members of the band that was playing at the time have been charged with manslaughter.
[03:38.56]Police said the fire in Santa Maria was triggered by fireworks used by the band.
[03:43.14]A survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey published weeks before general elections in Pakistan suggests that an overwhelming majority of young people are pessimistic about their future.
[03:52.82]The British council interviewed more than 5,000 voters aged under 30.
[03:57.97]Orla Guerin reports
[03:59.23]The survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey paints a picture of a pessimistic generation disenchanted with democracy after five years of civilian rule.
[04:08.03]Ninety-four percent of respondents said Pakistan was going in the wrong direction up from 50% in 2007.
[04:17.01]More than half said democracy had not been good for them or the country.
[04:22.19]When asked to pick the best political system for Pakistan, Sharia law was the top choice followed by military rule, democracy came in third.
[04:33.12]And as Venezuela’s official election campaign gets underway.
[04:36.95]The interim President Nicolas Maduro has visited the house where the late President Hugo Chavez was born.
[04:43.02]Mr. Maduro met relatives and supporters of Mr. Chavez in his hometown and vowed to continue his social reform program.
[04:50.09]The election on April 14th will choose a replacement for Mr. Chavez who was in office for 14 years and died a month ago.
[04:57.72]BBC News
第三页:词汇解析
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难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
n. 条约,协议;谈判
参考例句
1. They have acceded to thetreaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty.
他们已经加入了那个条约。
2. The premier of Belgium signed atreaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treatythat allied his country to France .
比利时首相签订了一个使其国家和法国结盟的条约。
3. Who was the first British Resident of Singapore after Raffles concluded thetreaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treatyin 1819?
在莱佛士1819年签定协议后,谁是新加坡的第一位英国居民?
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regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
vt. 调节,规定;控制;校准;有系统的管理
参考例句
1. We must try our best toregulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulateour expenditure.
我们必须尽力控制开支。
2. Regular sleep habits and relaxation will helpregulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulatethe body, promote digestion of food and waste discharge.
有规律的睡眠及松弛习惯有助于调节身体,促进食物的消化及废物排泄。
3. Anions in the air can not onlyregulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulatethe nerve system, but also promote [accelerate; speed up] digestion and breathing.
空气中的负离子不仅能调节神经系统,而且可以促进胃肠消化、加深肺部的呼吸。
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export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n. 输出,出口;出口商品
vi. 输出物资
vt. 输出,出口
参考例句
1. toexport">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">exportideas, institutions to another country
把思想、习俗等传到另一国家
2. Set the current languageexport">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export.
设置当前的语言导出。
3. Create a data set andexport">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">exporta variable library.
创建一个数据集和出口的变数图书馆。
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abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n. 滥用;虐待;辱骂;弊端;恶习,陋习
vt. 滥用;虐待;辱骂
参考例句
1. You canabuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuseit, you can use it.
你可以滥用它,也可以好好利用。
2. What do you think is the reasonable maximum punishment for crime involving animalabuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse?
大家认为在虐待动物罪案中,合理的最高刑罚应该是甚麽?
3. Who, because of the feeling when, rather than to selfabuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse, crazy jump up and struggle.
是因为谁,宁愿上感情的当,也要自我虐待,疯狂的跳下去,又挣扎的爬起;
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难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
vt. 犯罪,做错事;把...交托给;指派…作战;使…承担义务
参考例句
1. The old mancommit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">committed his will to the care of the lawyer.
老人把他的遗嘱委托律师保管。
2. Do you have courage tocommit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">committhe crime?
妳又是否拥有犯下罪孽的勇气?
3. No one cancommit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">committo being with us for many, many years beyond their existing contracts.
任何人都不能承诺,正在同我们很多很多年以后他们现有的合同。
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难度:5星基本词汇,属常用1000词
英汉解释
n. 调查;测量;审视;纵览
vt. 调查;勘测;俯瞰
vi. 测量土地
参考例句
1. Hesurvey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">surveyed Arthur Hailey's novels before presenting the award.
颁奖之前他概括地评述了阿瑟黑利的小说。
2. He makes a marketsurvey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">surveyreport to the company.
于是,他写了一份市场调查报告给公司。
3. Usersurvey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">survey">surveyis one of important methods in user study.
用户调查是用户研究中最重要的研究方法。
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BBC News with Nick Kelly.
Nick Kelly 为你报道BBC新闻。
The">The U.N. General Assembly">Assembly has overwhelmingly approved the first-ever international treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty to regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate">regulate the multibillion-dollar arms trade. It sets new standards for the export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export">export of conventional weapons from clash nicos to battle tanks. Countries will have to report arms sales and assess whether they could be used to abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse human rights. The Australian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Peter Woolcott cheered the negotiations.
联合国大会以压倒性的优势通过了首个规范涉资数十亿美元的武器贸易的国际条约。这个条约对常规武器如卡拉什尼科夫冲锋枪和战地坦克的进口制定了一系列新标准。各国要报告武器销售情况并估计武器是否被用作侵犯人权。澳大利亚驻日内瓦联合国大使彼得·乌尔柯特对这个谈判结果感到振奋。
“The">The arms trade treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty will set new international standards as well as be a forum to transparency and accountability in the conventional arms trade. So it will stop arms trade in transfer irresponsibly and illegally in order that they might commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit">commit atrocities in human rights violations and violations of humanitarian law. So I think it’s gonna contribute to regional and international peace and security and it will promote economic development in the process.”
“这项军事贸易条约将会制定新的国际标准,并为实现常规军事交易的透明化和责任制提供平台。所以它能遏制不负责任和非法的武器转移,以防犯下违反人权和人道主义法律的暴行。我认为这项条约会促进地区和世界和平与安全,并将推动经济发展进程。”
Only three countries voted against the treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained. Critics doubt the treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty">treaty will make any difference to the black market in weapons. The United States has called on China and Russia to try to rein in North Korea after it announces it will restart a dormant nuclear reactor. Within the past few minutes the U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said such a move would be a provocative and serious move. He was speaking at a news conference with his South Korean counterpart. Earlier the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that North Korea was on a collision course that could lead to war.
只有三个成员国投了反对票——伊朗,叙利亚和朝鲜,23个国家弃权。评论家怀疑这个条约是否会影响武器黑市交易。在朝鲜宣布将重新启动暂停的核反应堆实验后,美国要求中国和俄罗斯对其进行严格控制。几分钟之前美国国务卿约翰克里说此举具有挑衅性,非同小可。他是在同韩国官方召开的新闻发布会上说的。早前联合国秘书长潘基文警告说朝鲜的做法是制造冲突并可能引发战争。
President Obama has unveiled details of a bold new US initiative to study the human brain. Mr. Obama described the program which he compared in scope to mapping the human genome as enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked. He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.
奥巴马总统公开了美国一项研究人脑的新提议的细节,这项研究很大胆。据奥巴马总统的描述,此次计划的规模堪比绘制人类基因图谱,巨大的奥秘有待解开。他说这项计划的目标是发现治疗和治愈一些大脑疾病的方法,包括老年痴呆症和创伤后压力综合征被称作PTSD。
“Think about what we could do once we do crack this code. Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson’s or struggle in the grip of epilepsy. Imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or PTSD for our veterans who are coming home.”
“一旦我们破解了这个代码,想想我们能做到什么吧! 想象下,再也没有家庭会经历那种眼睁睁地看着亲人被帕金森吞噬或者被癫痫折磨的无助感。试想,如果我们能治愈创伤性脑损伤或者帮助回国的退伍军人克服创伤后压力综合症。”
The White House said researchers would try to produce dynamic pictures of the brain.
白宫说,研究员会尝试作出大脑的动态图片。
The mother of the late pop star Michael Jackson is suing the concept promoter AEG Live for billions of dollars. Katherine Jackson blames the company for hiring the doctor who was found guilty of her son’s manslaughter. AEG Live denies responsibility. The doctor was jailed for four years after supplying Jackson with a powerful sedative before his death.
已故流行歌星迈克尔杰克逊的母亲起诉演唱会推广公司AEG并要求赔偿数十亿美元。凯瑟琳杰克逊指责该公司雇佣了被判过失杀害她儿子的医生。AEG公司否认对此负责。这名医生因在杰克逊死前给他注射了强效镇静剂被判入狱四年。
The">The Islamist political party of the Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has condemned US criticism of legal action against the well-known satirist Bassem Youssef. The">The Freedom and Justice Party described an expression of concern by the US State Department as a brazen interference in Egyptian domestic affairs. Mr. Youssef is facing charges of insulting the president.
美国批评埃及对知名讽刺作家巴瑟姆·尤瑟夫的法律诉讼,埃及总统穆罕默德·穆尔西所属的伊斯兰政党对此谴责美国。自由与正义党称美国国务院表现出的担忧是对埃及国内事务的公然干预。尤瑟夫面临侮辱总统的指控。
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Amnesty International has described its outrageous reports in the Saudi media that a man may be sentenced to paralysis as a punishment for having paralyzed another man. Saudi media says that the 24-year-old could be paralyzed from the waist down if he fails to pay some 270,000 dollars to his victim. Amnesty described the potential punishment as a form of torture.
沙特媒体报道称可对将导致别人瘫痪的人处以“瘫痪”的刑罚,大赦国际组织称这是粗暴的做法,骇人听闻。沙特媒体称如果这名24岁的男子未能向受害者支付27万美元的赔偿,就要对他实施腰部以下的瘫痪刑罚。大赦国际组织称这种可能的刑罚是一种酷刑。
Prosecutors in Brazil have charged four men in connection with the death of 241 people in a nightclub fire two months ago. The two owners of the nightclub and two members of the band that was playing at the time have been charged with manslaughter. Police said the fire in Santa Maria was triggered by fireworks used by the band.
巴西检察官指控涉嫌导致两个月前夜总会大火的4名嫌犯,那次事故致使241人丧生。夜总会的两名所有者和当时参加演出的两名乐队成员被控以过失杀人,警方称圣玛丽亚的那场大火是由乐队的焰火引起的。
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巴基斯坦大选数周前的调查显示,绝大多数年轻人对未来持悲观态度。英国委员会调查了5000多名年龄在30岁以下的选民。Orla Guerin报道。
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调查显示,悲观的一代年轻人对5年文官统治后的民主制感到失望。94%的受访者称巴基斯坦朝着错误的方向发展,这个数据高于2007年的50%。超半数的人说民主制对他们和国家没有益处。当被问及适合巴基斯坦的最佳政治体制时,伊斯兰教法是最佳选择,其次是军事统治,然后才是民主制。
And as Venezuela’s official election campaign gets underway. The interim President Nicolas Maduro has visited the house where the late President Hugo Chavez was born. Mr. Maduro met relatives and supporters of Mr. Chavez in his hometown and vowed to continue his social reform program. The election on April 14th will choose a replacement for Mr. Chavez who was in office for 14 years and died a month ago.
就在委内瑞拉官方选举进行之时,临时总统尼古拉斯?马杜罗访问了已故总统雨果·查韦斯的出生地的家。马杜罗在查韦斯的家乡会见了他的亲属和支持者,并承诺继续推进查韦斯的社会改革项目。一个月前去世的查韦斯在位14年,4月14日的选举将选出他的继任者。
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