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九月份 第 11 課

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  • (2013-09-16)------

  • UN: 'Convincing Evidence' of Syria Chemical Attack
  • 聯合國:證據顯示有人在敘利亞動用化武
  •   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.
  • 聯合國檢查人員說,有明確和令人信服的證據顯示上個月有人在敘利亞的一場較大規模的攻擊行動中使用了化學武器;那次攻擊造成數百人死亡。

  •   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.
  • 媒體報導說,聯合國檢查人員說,他們收集到的環境、化學和醫學樣品顯示,有人 8 月 21 日在大馬士革的戈塔地區使用了裝有沙林神經毒氣的地對地火箭。

  •   The inspectors were charged with determining if chemical weapons were used and not who unleashed them.
  • 調查員的任務是證實曾經發生過化武攻擊,而不是確認使用化武的肇事者。

  •   The U.S. says Syrian forces were behind the attack which Washington says killed more than 1,400 last month.
  • 美國認為,敘利亞政府軍動用了化學武器,造成 1400 多人死亡。

  •   Syria says it was rebel fighters, not government forces, who are responsible.
  • 敘利亞則表示,責任在反政府武裝而不是政府軍。

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  • New US Central Bank Chief Now an Open Question
  • 誰將接任美聯儲主席:現在一切都是未知數
  •   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.
  • 下任美國聯邦儲備委員會主席的主要人選薩默斯退出後,歐巴馬總統將會任命誰替接伯南克成為一個懸而未決的問題。

  •   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.
  • 勞倫斯‧薩默斯是歐巴馬總統任期最初幾年的主要經濟顧問之一,他在週日請求把自己撤出下任美聯儲主席的考慮人選。

  •   The country's key monetary policy agency and an important link in the world economy.
  • 美聯儲是美國重要的貨幣政策機構,也是世界經濟體中的重要環節。

  •   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.
  • 薩默斯的退出可能使現任美聯儲副主席珍妮特‧耶倫成為美聯儲第一位女性主席,但其他重要的經濟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.
  • 重要的美國經濟學家、高頻經濟公司的奧沙利文在接受美國之音採訪時說,耶倫很有可能被提名,如果她擔任美聯儲主席,會領導美聯儲繼續支援美國經濟復蘇。

  •   Washington officials believed Summers, a former Harvard University president, was Mr. Obama's first choice to replace Bernanke, when his term expires in January.
  • 薩默斯曾任哈佛大學校長,華盛頓官員曾經認為他會是歐巴馬總統提名接替伯南克的首要人選,伯南克的任期在明年 1 月結束。

  •   But several Democratic senators had voiced opposition to Summers' possible appointment, telling the White House that he was too lax on financial regulation.
  • 但是多名民主黨參議員曾表示不支援薩默斯擔任美聯儲主席,並對白宮說他對金融界的監管過於放鬆。

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