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七月份 第 01 課

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  • (2010-07-01)------

  • Somali President Joins Troops On Front Lines
  • 索馬利亞總統親臨戰場視察
  •   Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed joined his troops on the front lines Wednesday night as they fought Islamist militants in the capital.
  • 索馬利亞總統謝赫‧謝里夫‧謝赫‧艾哈邁德星期三在軍隊對抗伊斯蘭激進分子的戰鬥中在首都親臨戰場視察。

  •   Witnesses and officials say the president, dressed in military fatigues, was stationed with Somali government forces and African Union peacekeepers.
  • 目擊者和官員稱,謝里夫總統身著軍隊迷彩服,同索馬利亞政府軍和非洲聯盟維和人員在一起。

  •   One presidential aide said Mr. Sharif was armed with an AK-47 rifle.
  • 一名總統助理說,謝里夫隨身佩戴著 AK-47 步槍。

  •   At least seven people were killed in Mogadishu late Wednesday as government forces traded shell and gunfire with al-Shabab insurgents.
  • 星期三晚上,政府軍與青年黨反叛分子在摩加迪沙交火,至少七人喪生。

  •   Mr. Sharif was unhurt in the fighting, but a journalist told VOA's Somali Service that a mortar shell landed about a third of a kilometer away from the president.
  • 謝里夫沒有在戰鬥中受傷,但一名記者對美國之音索馬利亞語組說,一枚迫擊炮彈落在距離總統大約三百米的地方。

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  • Kenya MPs Hike Salary
  • 肯亞國會議員加薪
  •   Lawmakers in Kenya have unanimously approved a motion to give themselves a hefty pay raise, only a month before the country votes on a new constitution that would make it illegal for them to set their own salaries.
  • 肯亞國會議員一致通過一項為他們自己大幅加薪的動議;一個月之後,肯亞將對新憲法進行表決,如果新憲法通過,國會議員為自己加薪將成為非法行為。

  •   Starting Thursday, members of parliament will be paid nearly $13,500 a month, up from about $10,500.
  • 從星期四開始,國會議員的月薪將由 1 萬零 5 百美元上漲到接近 1 萬 3 千 5 百美元。

  •   The per capita GDP in Kenya is just $783 a year.
  • 肯亞的年人均國內生產總值只有 783 美元。

  •   One politician argued in favor of the pay hike, saying no amount of money would be enough to adequately compensate a member of parliament for the "heavy responsibility" he shoulders.
  • 一名政治家為加薪辯護,稱再多錢也無法補償國會議員肩負的“重大責任”。

  •   But Kenyans are protesting the decision.
  • 然而,肯亞民眾抗議這項決定。

  •   The head of a political pressure group told VOA his group will take the lawmakers to court for the pay hike, and threatened mass action if the court refused to hear his case.
  • 一名政治壓力組織的領導人對美國之音說,他的團隊將把國會議員告上法庭,並威脅說,如果法庭拒絕審理此案,將採取大規模的行動。

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