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  • (2007-01-04) ------

  • US and Singapore Join Search for Missing Indonesian Airliner
  • 美国和新加坡加入搜寻失踪印尼客机行动
  •   Indonesian officials say the United States and Singapore have joined the search for a missing passenger jet that vanished from radar screens earlier this week with 102 people on board.
  • 印度尼西亚官员说,美国和新加坡都已参加搜寻本星期从雷达萤光幕上突然消失的那架载有 102 人的民航客机。

  •   Transportation Minister says Singapore has sent in aircraft equipped with sophisticated equipment to help search waters and land where the Adam Air Boeing 737 may have gone down.
  • 印尼运输部部长说,新加坡提供了装有尖端设备的飞机协助在亚当航空公司这架波音 737 客机可能坠落的海域和地面进行搜寻。

  •   He says the United States is providing satellite imagery to help aid the search.
  • 他还说,美国提供卫星图像协助搜寻。

  •   Military and civilian search teams continued to scour the coast off the northern island of Sulawesi.
  • 军方和民间的搜寻人员则继续在北部的苏拉维西岛海域进行搜寻。

  •   Rescue teams also are combing the island's dense tropical forests and mountainous terrain on its western coast.
  • 救援人员还仔细搜索苏拉维西岛海岸稠密的热带森林裡以及山区。

  •   On Tuesday, senior Indonesian officials said the plane's wreckage and 12 survivors had been found. They later retracted that statement, shocking passengers' families.
  • 星期二,印尼高级官员曾经说找到了那架飞机的残骸以及 12 名生还者,但是他们事后又收回了这一消息,令乘客家属感到震惊。

  •   Transportation officials say the plane was flight-worthy and they blame bad weather for the apparent crash.
  • 交通部门的官员说,那架飞机符合安全航行标準.他们把坠毁归咎於天气恶劣。

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  • (2007-01-04) ------

  • Democrat Controlled Congress Convenes
  • 民主党掌控的国会开会
  •   The 110th U.S. Congress convenes Thursday, with Democrats holding a majority in both houses for the first time in 12 years.
  • 民主党12年来首次掌控参眾两院的美国第 110 届国会星期四召集会议。

  •   History will be made when Representative Nancy Pelosi of California is sworn in as the first female Speaker, or leader, of the House of Representatives.
  • 南希.佩洛西宣誓出任美国歷史上第一任女议长,也就是美国眾议院领袖。

  •   House Democratic leaders say they plan to push a largely domestic agenda at the start of the session.
  • 眾议院民主党领袖说,他们计划在本届会议开始阶段主要推动国内议题。

  •   Their plans include enacting legislation recommended by the September 11th commission, increasing the minimum wage for U.S. workers and loosening restrictions on funding for stem cell research.
  • 他们的计划包括根据 911 委员会的建议制定立法,提高美国工人的最低工资,放宽对干细胞研究的资金限制等。

  •   They also plan to enact a series of stricter ethical guidelines for lawmakers, including a ban on accepting gifts and overseas trips from lobbyists.
  • 他们还计划针对国会议员制定一系列更加严格的道德规范,包括禁止接受游说人的礼物以及国外旅行的安排等。

  •   House Republicans are upset over Democratic plans to enact their initiatives without being able to offer any amendments.
  • 眾议院共和党无法提出修正意见,对民主党制定提案的计划感到不满。

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