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七月份 第 09 課

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  • Chinese Police Kill 2 Uighurs in Xinjiang
  • 中國警方在新疆打死兩名維族人
  •   Chinese officials say police have shot and killed two Muslim Uighurs and injured another in renewed violence in northwestern Xinjiang province.
  • 中國官員說,警察在西北部新疆新的暴力事件中開槍打死兩名維吾爾族回教徒,打傷一人。

  •   The state-run Xinhua news agency says police opened fire Monday to stop the three from attacking another Uighur with clubs and knives.
  • 官方新華社說,警方星期一開槍制止這三人用棍棒和刀襲擊另外一名維吾爾族人。

  •   Xinhua says the police first fired warning shots.
  • 新華社說,警方首先鳴槍警告。

  •   The reports have not been independently confirmed.
  • 報導尚未得到獨立消息來源證實。

  •   The shooting happened in the provincial capital, Urumqi, a little more than a week after bloody clashes broke out there between Uighurs and members of China's ethnic Han majority.
  • 這次槍擊事件發生在新疆首府烏魯木齊;一個多星期前,維吾爾族人和中國主要民族漢族人之間爆發了流血衝突。

  •   The violence left 184 people dead and 1,680 people wounded.
  • 暴力事件導致 184 人死亡,1680 人受傷。

  •   China's Uighurs complain of religious and cultural persecution, and say an influx of Han in the area is taking away their economic opportunities.
  • 中國的維吾爾族人抱怨他們在宗教和文化上遭受迫害;他們說,漢族人大量進入新疆奪走了他們的經濟機會。

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  • Hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Under Way
  • 大法官確認聽證會開始
  •   U.S. Senate confirmation hearings have begun for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who, if confirmed, would be the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the nation's highest court.
  • 美國參議院已經開始對最高法院大法官提名人索托馬約的確認聽證會;如果參議院確認她的任命,索托馬約將成為最高法院第一位拉美裔大法官,她還將是第三位擔當此任的女性。

  •   Democrat Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lauded Sotomayor's achievements and judicial record.
  • 參議院司法委員會主席、民主黨參議員萊希盛讚了索托馬約所取得的成就和她的司法裁決記錄。

  •   He called for a fair hearing and for her record not to be distorted.
  • 他呼籲議員們給予索托馬約一個公平的聽證會,不要歪曲理解她的裁決記錄。

  •   Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions expressed concern about President Barack Obama wanting a justice who can empathize with the concerns and struggles of everyday people.
  • 資深共和黨參議員傑夫‧塞申斯對歐巴馬總統之前有關大法官任命的評述表示擔憂,歐巴馬曾說想要任命一位能夠同情普通大眾憂慮和疾苦的大法官。

  •   He said he will not vote for someone who, instead of being impartial, allows their personal background, prejudice or sympathies to sway their decisions.
  • 他(塞申斯) 說,他不會投票任命一位允許個人經歷、偏見或同情心來影響其決策的法官。

  •   Republicans say they want her to explain some of her public comments and rulings about race-related issues, including a comment that a "wise Latina" would make better legal decisions than a white male without the same life experience.
  • 共和黨人說,他們會要求索托馬約對她有關種族問題的一些公開言論和法庭裁決進行闡述,包括她 2001 年的一次公開言論,當時她說,一位“明智的拉美裔”女法官往往比沒有同樣生活經歷的白人男法官作出更好的法律裁決。

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