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四月份 第 05 課

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  • Iceland: Loan Repayment Referendum Vote Saturday
  • 冰島:星期六舉行還款公投
  •   Icelanders vote Saturday on a referendum to repay Britain and the Netherlands the $5 billion they paid their citizens who held accounts in an Icelandic bank that collapsed.
  • 冰島星期六將舉行公投,決定冰島政府是否應就因銀行倒閉而令英國及荷蘭在冰島銀行的儲戶,做出支付 50 多億美元賠償。

  •   The bank, Icesave, failed in 2008 at the height of the world financial crisis.
  • 冰島儲蓄銀行 Icesave 2008 年在世界經濟危機最嚴重時倒閉。

  •   Saturday's referendum was triggered by Iceland's president, who refused to sign a bill passed by parliament in February to reimburse the Britain and the Netherlands.
  • 冰島總統拒絕簽署議會二月份通過的償還英國和荷蘭政府的決議,從而導致了星期六的公投。

  •   In March of 2010, Icelanders rejected another repayment bill.
  • 2010 年 3 月冰島選民曾經否決過一項償還法案。

  •   Financial experts say Iceland's approval of the referendum would help it regain credibility in financial markets.
  • 金融專家認為,如果償還法案獲得通過,這將有助於冰島在金融市場上重樹信譽。

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  • 37 Freed Cuban Dissidents Arrive In Spain
  • 37 名古巴獲釋異議人士抵達西班牙
  •   The Spanish government says a plane carrying 37 former political prisoners from Cuba and more than 200 members of their families has arrived in Madrid.
  • 西班牙政府表示,一架載有 37 名古巴前政治犯及其 200 多名家人的飛機抵達馬德里。

  •   It was the largest group of Cuban dissidents to arrive in Spain since Madrid facilitated an agreement with Cuba and the Catholic Church last year to free 75 dissidents arrested in a 2003 crackdown.
  • 馬德里去年促成了古巴與天主教會的協議,古巴同意釋放 2003 年鎮壓運動中被逮捕的 75 名異議人士;這次是抵達西班牙的古巴異議人士人數最多的一批。

  •   The flight was chartered by the Spanish government and brings the number of Cuban ex-detainees given refuge in Spain to 115.
  • 這架航班是西班牙政府的包機,這將使西班牙收留的古巴前異議人士的人數上升到 115 人。

  •   Opposition groups say a number of political prisoners remain in Cuba.
  • 反對派組織說,古巴仍有很多政治犯。

  •   Havana has long maintained that it does not hold political prisoners, only "mercenaries" who were working with the United States to undermine Cuban communism.
  • 哈瓦那長期以來堅持說,它沒有關押政治犯,只關押了一些受美國 “雇傭” 的破壞古巴共產主義制度的人。

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