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十一月份 第 04 课

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  • (2012-11-05)------

  • Obama, Romney Tied In Key States
  • 欧巴马 罗姆尼在关键州旗鼓相当
  •   The long, hard-fought campaign to be president of the United States for the next four years finally comes to an end with the two viable candidates visiting several states Monday for one last attempt to break what polls indicate is a nearly deadlocked race.
  • 决定由谁担任下届美国总统的持久而激烈的选战终於即将落幕,欧巴马总统和他的共和党竞争对手罗姆尼星期一将分别到几个州做最后衝刺,民调显示两人目前的支持率几乎不相上下。

  •   Only a handful of the country's 50 states are considered to be virtually tied, led by Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin, along with Virginia, Colorado and Iowa.
  • 在美国 50 个州中,俄亥俄、佛罗里达、威斯康辛、维吉尼亚、科罗拉多和爱荷华州等几个州的选情胶着。

  •   The small state of New Hampshire joins those six as states where neither candidate is considered to have a clear lead ahead of Tuesday's election.
  • 小州新罕布什尔和这六个州一样,两位候选人在星期二的选举中都不占有明显优势。

  •   On Monday, incumbent President Barack Obama returns to Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio to hold political events, before heading to his hometown of Chicago, (Illinois) where he will be on election night.
  • 星期一,现任总统欧巴马将返回威斯康辛、爱荷华州和俄亥俄等州,进行竞选活动,随后将前往他的家乡芝加哥,并於选举夜在那里停留。

  •   Republican challenger Mitt Romney's agenda for Monday includes a morning stop in Florida before trips back to Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire.
  • 共和党总统候选人罗姆尼星期一上午将前往佛罗里达州,然后再到维吉尼亚、俄亥俄和新罕布什尔等州。

  •   He will spend election night in Boston, in his home state of Massachusetts.
  • 他将在马萨诸塞州的波士顿度过选举夜。

  •   Along with the race for president, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 Senate seats are being contested in Tuesday's election.
  • 在星期二的选举中,除选出总统外,选民们还将选举所有 435 名美国国会眾议员和 100 名美国国会参议员中的 33 名。

  •   Analysts generally say Republicans will continue to hold their majority in the House, while members of the president's Democratic party could maintain their slim majority in the Senate.
  • 分析人士一般认為,共和党将继续保持在眾议院的多数地位,而欧巴马总统的民主党则可能继续维持在参议院的微弱多数。

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  • (2012-11-05)------

  • US Soldier to Appear in Court for Afghan Massacre
  • 被控在阿富汗屠杀平民的美国士兵週一受审
  •   A U.S. Army soldier accused of an Afghan village massacre is due to appear in a military courtroom Monday, where prosecutors will for the first time lay out their case against him.
  • 被控在一个阿富汗村庄製造屠杀事件的一名美国士兵星期一将在一个军方法庭出庭,检方将首次提出控词。

  •   Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who is 39 years old and the father of two, is alleged to have walked out of his southern Afghanistan military base under the cover of darkness March 11, gunning down 16 people, including nine children, in nearby villages. Some of the bodies were set afire.
  • 贝尔斯上士现年 39 岁,他是两个孩子的父亲,被控於今年 3 月 11 号趁着黑夜走出位於阿富汗南部的营地,在附近一个村庄开枪打死 16 人,其中包括九名儿童;一些尸体被焚烧。

  •   U.S. forces have paid compensation to families of the dead and to those wounded in the attack.
  • 美国军队对这次袭击的死伤者家庭进行了赔偿。

  •   The preliminary hearing Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in (the northwestern U.S. state of )) Washington is an Article 32 hearing designed to determine if Bales should face a court martial.
  • 星期一,将就贝尔斯一案在华盛顿州的路易斯-迈科德联合基地进行初步听证,依照第 32 条法规判定是否对被告进行军法审判。

  •   Relatives of the victims and witnesses are expected to testify via videolink from southern Afghanistan.
  • 预计,受害者亲属和证人将通过视频从阿富汗南部提供证词。

  •   Bales could face the death penalty if convicted of the shootings.
  • 如果被判罪名成立,贝尔斯可能面临死刑。

  •   The U.S. military has not executed a service member in five decades.
  • 50 年来,美国军方从未处决过现役军人。

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