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十二月份 第 14 課

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  • Gates Visits Baghdad for Look at Iraq Situatio
  • 美新防長訪問伊拉克觀察局勢
  •   The new U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, is in Baghdad on an unannounced visit to get a first-hand look at the situation there and hold talks with American military commanders.
  • 美國新任國防部長羅伯特.蓋茨在未經宣佈的情況下對伊拉克進行訪問,親眼觀察那裡的局勢,並和美軍指揮官舉行會談。

  •   Mr. Gates arrived in the Iraqi capital Wednesday -- just two days after taking oath of office.
  • 蓋茨星期三抵達伊拉克首都巴格達,他兩天前剛宣誓就職。

  •   Mr. Gates has stressed that failure in Iraq "would be a calamity that would haunt our nation, impair our credibility and endanger Americans for decades to come."
  • 蓋茨強調,在伊拉克失敗「將是一場災難,會在今後幾十年成為纏繞我們國家的夢魘、損害我們的信譽並危及美國人民的安全」。

  •   Hours before his arrival, at least 12 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in two separate suicide car bombings in Baghdad.
  • 在蓋茨抵達巴格達之前數小時,巴格達發生了兩起自殺炸彈襲擊,造成至少12人死亡、數十人受傷。

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  • More Than 10,000 Flee Floods in Southern Malaysia
  • 馬來西亞南部萬餘人逃避洪水
  •   More than ten-thousand people have evacuated their homes in southern Malaysia's Johor state to escape floods and landslides.
  • 在馬來西亞南部的柔佛州,1萬多人為逃避洪水和滑坡逃離了家園。

  •   Unusually heavy rain since Monday has caused rivers to flow into villages and towns.
  • 星期一以來,那裡一直猛降罕見大雨,導致河水在村莊和城鎮氾濫。

  •   The floods are the worst to hit the area in a century, but no one has been reported injured or killed.
  • 這次洪水是一個世紀以來襲擊這個地區最嚴重的一次,但是到目前為止還沒有發生任何傷亡的消息。

  •   The worst-hit areas are central Johor, the west coast, and the state capital, Johor Bahru, just across a causeway from Singapore.
  • 受災最嚴重的是柔佛州中部地區、西海岸以及該州首府,也就是和新加坡只有一路之隔的柔佛巴魯。

  •   The south-bound rail service, including trains to Singapore, has been suspended because of landslides.
  • 南行的鐵路服務,包括通往新加坡的列車,都因滑坡而中斷。

  •   The rain eased Wednesday but showers are expected to continue until Friday.
  • 星期三雨量有所減少,但是預計陣雨將持續到星期五。

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