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五月份 第 20 課

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  • China Defends Harassment of Vietnamese Ship as Justified
  • 中國辯解說:驅逐越南船舶是正當行為
  •   China is defending its naval harassment of a Vietnamese oil survey ship as legitimate law enforcement activity, and is urging Vietnam not to create disturbances.
  • 中國就其海軍驅逐越南一艘石油勘探船一事辯解說,這是正當執法行動;中國還敦促越南不要製造事端。

  •   Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday the Vietnamese survey ship had been operating illegally in Chinese-administered waters and that the action against it was "completely justified."
  • 中國外交部女發言人姜瑜星期二說,越南的勘探船在中國管轄的水域從事非法行動,針對這艘船的行動是 “完全正當的”。

  •   It was the latest volley in an increasingly bitter exchange that began last week with a confrontation in the South China Sea.
  • 這是自從上星期兩國在南中國海對峙而導致雙邊關係日益緊張以來,雙方最新的一次爭執。

  •   Vietnam says its ship was operating well within the country's 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone when it was approached by three Chinese naval vessels.
  • 越南表示,它的船隻在該國 370 公里的專屬經濟區內作業時,中國的 3 艘軍艦靠近它們。

  •   It says one of the Chinese ships cut exploration cables and forced the Vietnamese vessel out of the area under threat of violence.
  • 越南表示,其中一艘中國艦隻切斷了探測電纜,並以武力威脅迫使越南船隻離開該地區。

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  • Aid Group Calls for Worldwide Food Overhaul
  • 援助組織呼籲全面檢查世界糧食系統
  •   An international aid group is calling for an overhaul of the world's food system, saying prices for staples such as corn will double in the next 20 years.
  • 一個國際援助組織呼籲對世界糧食系統進行全面檢查,稱諸如玉米等主要食品糧食的價格將會在未來 20 年內翻倍。

  •   London-based Oxfam released a report Tuesday saying demand for food is expected to rise 70 percent by 2030, as climate change, lower crop yields and rising energy prices pressure food supplies.
  • 總部設立在倫敦的樂施會星期二發佈了一份報告稱,世界糧食需求量將在 2030 年前增長 70 %,氣候變化、糧食產量降低以及能源價格增長都為糧食供應帶來壓力。

  •   The group says those hardest hit will be the poor, who spend as much as 80 percent of their income on food.
  • 該組織說,受影響最大的將是低收入的人群,他們多達 80 % 的收入用來購買食物。

  •   The report recommends addressing the problem by boosting food reserves, ending the use of food crops in biofuels, and ending speculation in worldwide food markets.
  • 報告建議通過增加糧食儲備、結束將糧食作物用作生物燃料以及停止世界糧食市場的投機買賣行為來解決糧食需求問題。

  •   It also calls for a shift away from large-scale commercial food producers to smaller local growers.
  • 報告還呼籲從大規模生產商品糧轉型為地方上的小規模種植。

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