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五月份 第 17 課

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  • Korean Tensions, European Debt Hammer Stock & Oil Prices
  • 南北韓緊張、歐洲債務重挫股價和油價
  •   Prices fell sharply on Asian and European stock markets Tuesday as investors worried that the European debt crisis and tensions between North and South Korea could hurt the economy. World oil prices also fell.
  • 星期二,投資者由於擔心歐洲債務危機和南北韓之間的緊張局勢可能損害經濟,亞洲和歐洲股市大幅下跌;世界石油價格也下跌。

  •   Major stock indexes in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Paris dropped more than three percent, while U.S., German and British stocks were off nearly as much.
  • 東京、香港和巴黎的主要股市指數跌幅超過百分之三,美國、德國和英國的股市也下跌接近百分之三。

  •   The downturn was partly triggered by reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had put his military on higher alert after South Korea accused the North of sinking a South Korean ship.
  • 有關報導是引發股市下跌的部分原因;報導說,在南韓譴責北韓擊沉一艘南韓軍艦後,北韓領導人金正日命令北韓軍隊進入高度戒備狀態。

  •   The Korean tensions add to worries about Europe's debt problems affecting Greece and other nations.
  • 南北韓的緊張局勢更增添了人們對影響希臘和其他國家的歐洲債務危機問題的擔憂。

  •   Those concerns grew Monday as the International Monetary Fund urged Spain to make urgent reforms of its labor market and banking sector.
  • 由於國際貨幣基金組織敦促西班牙對其勞動力市場和銀行部門進行緊急改革,人們的擔憂於星期一加劇。

  •   Spanish officials had just finished taking over a failing bank.
  • 西班牙官員們剛剛完成接管一家倒閉的銀行。

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  • Report: US Authorizes More Secret Military Activity
  • 報導說,美國批准更多秘密軍事行動
  •   The New York Times newspaper is reporting the U.S. military has authorized an expansion of covert operations in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa to disrupt terrorist groups in the region.
  • 紐約時報報導說,美國軍方批准擴大在中東和 "非洲之角" 地區的秘密軍事行動,破壞該地區的恐怖組織。

  •   The Times reports Tuesday that General David Petraeus signed an secret directive last September authorizing U.S. Special Operations troops to be sent to both friendly and hostile nations in the region, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.
  • 紐約時報星期二說,美軍指揮官彼得雷烏斯將軍去年九月簽署了一項秘密命令,授權美國特種部隊被派遣到該地區的友好和敵對國家,其中包括伊朗、沙烏地阿拉伯、葉門和索馬利亞。

  •   The report says the order would also allow for reconnaissance that could assist military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear program were to escalate.
  • 報導說,這項命令還允許進行偵察行動,一旦因伊朗核項目的緊張局勢升級,能協助在伊朗的軍事打擊。

  •   Defense Department officials told the Times that the new order would allow for more systematic and long-term covert operations than in previous administrations.
  • 美國國防部官員告訴紐約時報,新命令將允許比前任政府時期更多有系統的、長期的秘密行動。

  •   Officials told the newspaper the program's goals would be to build networks that could "penetrate, disrupt, defeat or destroy" al Qaida and other militant groups.
  • 官員們對紐約時報說,該計劃的目標是建立一些網路,能夠滲透、破壞、擊敗和摧毀基地組織和其他激進組織。

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