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九月份 第 11 课

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  • (2013-09-16)------

  • UN: 'Convincing Evidence' of Syria Chemical Attack
  • 联合国:证据显示有人在叙利亚动用化武
  •   United Nations inspectors say there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.
  • 联合国检查人员说,有明确和令人信服的证据显示上个月有人在叙利亚的一场较大规模的攻击行动中使用了化学武器;那次攻击造成数百人死亡。

  •   News agencies are reporting the inspectors said collected environmental, chemical and medical samples show "that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used in the Ghouta area of Damascus'' on August 21.
  • 媒体报导说,联合国检查人员说,他们收集到的环境、化学和医学样品显示,有人 8 月 21 日在大马士革的戈塔地区使用了装有沙林神经毒气的地对地火箭。

  •   The inspectors were charged with determining if chemical weapons were used and not who unleashed them.
  • 调查员的任务是证实曾经发生过化武攻击,而不是确认使用化武的肇事者。

  •   The U.S. says Syrian forces were behind the attack which Washington says killed more than 1,400 last month.
  • 美国认為,叙利亚政府军动用了化学武器,造成 1400 多人死亡。

  •   Syria says it was rebel fighters, not government forces, who are responsible.
  • 叙利亚则表示,责任在反政府武装而不是政府军。

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  • New US Central Bank Chief Now an Open Question
  • 谁将接任美联储主席:现在一切都是未知数
  •   The withdrawal of the leading candidate to head the U.S. central bank leaves it an open question who President Barack Obama might name to succeed outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke.
  • 下任美国联邦储备委员会主席的主要人选萨默斯退出后,欧巴马总统将会任命谁替接伯南克成為一个悬而未决的问题。

  •   A key White House economic adviser in the early years of Mr. Obama's presidency, Lawrence Summers, withdrew his name Sunday from consideration to lead the Federal Reserve.
  • 劳伦斯‧萨默斯是欧巴马总统任期最初几年的主要经济顾问之一,他在週日请求把自己撤出下任美联储主席的考虑人选。

  •   The country's key monetary policy agency and an important link in the world economy.
  • 美联储是美国重要的货币政策机构,也是世界经济体中的重要环节。

  •   His withdrawal could lead to the appointment of the first woman chairman of the Fed, Janet Yellen, currently the central bank's vice chairman. But other economic leaders could also be named.
  • 萨默斯的退出可能使现任美联储副主席珍妮特‧耶伦成為美联储第一位女性主席,但其他重要的经济人物也有可能被提名。

  •   One leading U.S. economist, Jim O'Sullivan of High Frequency Economics, told VOA Yellen is the likely choice and would lead to a continuation of Fed support for the American economic recovery.
  • 重要的美国经济学家、高频经济公司的奥沙利文在接受美国之音採访时说,耶伦很有可能被提名,如果她担任美联储主席,会领导美联储继续支援美国经济復苏。

  •   Washington officials believed Summers, a former Harvard University president, was Mr. Obama's first choice to replace Bernanke, when his term expires in January.
  • 萨默斯曾任哈佛大学校长,华盛顿官员曾经认為他会是欧巴马总统提名接替伯南克的首要人选,伯南克的任期在明年 1 月结束。

  •   But several Democratic senators had voiced opposition to Summers' possible appointment, telling the White House that he was too lax on financial regulation.
  • 但是多名民主党参议员曾表示不支援萨默斯担任美联储主席,并对白宫说他对金融界的监管过於放鬆。

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