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四月份第 06 課

President Bush Wants to Settle Iran Dispute Diplomatically
布希總統望外交解決伊朗爭端
　　The Bush administration says it wants to settle the Iranian nuclear crisis through diplomacy, although President Bush has not ruled out a military option.
布希行政當局表示願意通過外交手段解決伊朗的核危機，不過布希總統沒有排除以軍事行動做為一種手段。

　　White House spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush is not taking any options off the table, but he said two recent media reports on plans for air strikes in Iran were based on what he called "wild speculation" by outside experts.
白宮發言人斯科特．麥克萊倫說，布希總統不排除任何可選用的手段，但是他說，最近有關空襲伊朗計劃的兩篇媒體報導基於他所稱的外界專家“輕率的猜測”。

　　Iranian President Mamoud Ahmadinejad urged Iranians not to be afraid and accused the United States of waging "psychologicial warfare" that included the reports in the New Yorker magazine and the Washington Post newspaper.
伊朗總統艾哈邁迪內賈德敦促伊朗人不要害怕，並指稱美國開展“心理戰”，其中包括紐約客雜志和華盛頓郵報的兩篇報導。

　　Washington accuses Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover for developing an atomic bomb - a charge Tehran denies.
華盛頓指稱伊朗利用它的核計劃掩蓋開發原子彈的活動．伊朗否認這個說法。

　　The Washington Post Sunday quoted current and former U.S. defense officials as saying a Pentagon study of military options is part of a coercive diplomacy to get Iran to end its nuclear fuel program. The report also says no U.S. attack appears likely in the short term.
華盛頓郵報星期天援引現任和前任的美國國防部官員說，做為以外交手段強迫伊朗終止其核燃料計劃的一部份，五角大樓正研究軍事干預的辦法．報導還說，看來美國發動的任何攻擊都不可能在短期內發生。

　　In a separate report citing unnamed sources, The New Yorker magazine says the Bush administration has increased clandestine activities inside Iran as well as planning for possible air strikes on nuclear facilities.
紐約客雜誌的一篇援引未說明出處的消息來源的報導說，布希行政當局增加了在伊朗境內的秘密活動，同時還有可能對那裡核設施進行空襲的計劃。

　　The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.), Mohamed ElBaradei, is due in Iran this week to discuss cooperation with his agency. I.A.E.A. inspectors arrived in Iran Friday and have visited Tehran's uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. A visit to the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz is also on the agenda.
國際原子能機構總幹事巴拉迪定於本星期前往討論伊朗同國際原子能機構的合作．國際原子能機構核查人員星期五抵達伊朗，視察了引起爭議的伊斯法罕鈾轉換設施．訪問日程還包括訪問納坦茲的濃縮鈾設施。

　　The U.N. body is expected to provide a report to the U.N. Security Council by the end of this month on Iran's nuclear compliance. Late last month, the Council ordered Tehran to stop uranium enrichment.
預計這個聯合國機構將於4月之前就伊朗執行核協議的情況向聯合國安理會提交報告．安理會3月底責令德黑蘭停止濃縮鈾活動。

Protesters Demand Greater Rights for Illegal Immigrants
美國民眾為非法移民爭取權利
　　Protesters have begun new marches in the United States to demand greater rights for more than 11 million illegal immigrants. Demonstrators wearing white t-shirts and waving American flags paraded today (Monday) in Atlanta as part of the National Day of Action for Immigration Justice. Marches also were planned in Washington, D.C. and more than 100 other cities.
美國各地的抗議者開始遊行，為1100多萬非法移民爭取更大的權利．今天是“移民公正全國行動日”，亞特蘭大市的示威者身穿白色T恤衫，揮舞美國國旗．首都華盛頓和其他100多個城市也將有民眾上街遊行。

　　Some 350-thousand people demonstrated in (the southern city of) Dallas on Sunday, and protests were held in several other cities.
星期天，大約35萬人在達拉斯市遊行，另外幾個城市也有人舉行了抗議集會。

　　The marches are the latest in a series of protests against a House of Representatives proposal that would classify illegal immigrants as felons. The House bill also would tighten border security and impose heavy fines on companies that employ illegal immigrants.
今天的遊行是針對國會眾議院一項提案的一系列抗議活動的最新的活動．眾議院提案將非法移民定為重罪，並要求加強邊界安全，重罰雇用非法移民的公司。

　　Critics say the proposal is unfairly aimed at mostly Hispanic immigrants who enter the country to find jobs.
批評者說，這個提案不公正地把矛頭對準了到美國尋找工作的人，這些人大部份是拉美裔。