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二月份 第 08 課

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  • Burmese Activist Monk Taken into Custody
  • 緬甸僧侶甘比拉獲釋後又被收押
  •   Burmese authorities have detained a Buddhist monk who was recently freed from prison for leading widespread anti-government protests in 2007.
  • 緬甸當局拘留了不久前獲釋的佛教僧侶甘比拉,他因為在 2007 年領導了大規模的反政府抗議活動而被監禁。

  •   Witnesses say monk U Gambiya was taken early Friday morning from a monastery in Rangoon.
  • 目擊者說,甘比拉於星期五早晨在仰光一座寺廟被帶走。

  •   Police later confirmed the detention, but declined to provide further details.
  • 警方後來證實了甘比拉被關押的消息,但是拒絕提供進一步的詳情。

  •   The monk's roommate told VOA's Burmese service police arrived at the Laeti monastery in the middle of the night.
  • 甘比拉的室友告訴美國之音緬甸語組說,緬甸警方是在午夜來到這座寺廟的。

  •   The men did not say where they were taking the detainee or why.
  • 但是,這些人沒有說明帶走甘比拉的原因,也沒有告知甘比拉將被帶往何地。

  •   U Gambiya was a leader of the 2007 “Saffron Revolution” led by monks against the military junta in power at the time.
  • 甘比拉是 2007 年 “番紅花革命” 的領導人,這場由僧侶領導的革命反對當時掌權的軍政府。

  •   The mass protest was crushed by authorities, and Gambiya was later sentenced to 68 years in prison and 12 of them at hard labor.
  • 這場民眾抗議被當局鎮壓下去,甘比拉後來被判處 68 年的監禁,其中包括 12 年的強制勞動。

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  • US Trade Deficit Grows
  • 美國貿易逆差增加
  •   The U.S. trade deficit got nearly 4 percent worse in December as a reviving economy boosted demand for imported goods.
  • 美國 12 月份的貿易逆差增加了將近 4 %;正在恢復的美國經濟導致對進口商品的需求上升。

  •   Both imports and exports hit record highs, but imports grew even more than the flow of goods exported from the United States.
  • 美國的進口和出口都再創新高,但進口的增長超過了出口。

  •   Friday's report from the Commerce Department says the gap between what foreigners sell to U.S. buyers and what Americans sell overseas rose to $48.8 billion for the month.
  • 美國商務部星期五發佈的報告說,12 月份美國的貿易逆差增加到 488 億美元。

  •   For all of 2011, the trade deficit rose 11.6 percent to a total of $558 billion, the worst showing since 2008.
  • 2011 年全年美國貿易赤字上升 11.6 %,達到 5580 億美元,為 2008 年以來最大的貿易赤字。

  •   The trade gap with China hit a record-high of nearly $296 billion for the year, and is likely to focus more attention on this political issue in the United States.
  • 美國對華貿易赤字 2011 年又創下近 2960 億美元的新高;這個問題很可能成為美國更加關注的一個政治議題。

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