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  • Santorum Pulls Off Major Wins in Three Republican Nominating Contests
  • 共和党总统参选提名 桑托勒姆叁州得胜
  •   Rick Santorum's campaign for the U.S. Republican Party's presidential nomination received a major boost with victories in Tuesday's nominating contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.
  • 桑托勒姆星期二在明尼苏达、密苏里和科罗拉多叁个州角逐美国总统选举共和党提名的努力取得胜利,使他的竞选活动获得极大助力。

  •   With most of the returns counted, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania won the Minnesota caucuses with 45 percent of the vote.
  • 在大部分的投票结果算出之后,桑托勒姆的得票率為 45 %,使得这位来自宾州的前联邦参议员赢得了明尼苏达州的党团会议。

  •   U.S. Representative Ron Paul came in second with 27 percent and ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, considered the Republican frontrunner, finished a distant third with 17 percent.
  • 联邦眾议员保罗以 27 % 的得票率排在第二位;被视為共和党初选领先者的前麻萨诸塞州州长罗姆尼大幅落后,只得到 17 % 的选票,排名第叁。

  •   In the Missouri primary, with all the votes counted, Santorum won 55 percent of the vote, while Romney came in second with 25 percent and Paul finished third with 12 percent.
  • 在密苏里州的初选中,在计算了所有选票后,桑托勒姆赢得 55 % 的选票,罗姆尼位居第二,得票率為 25 %;保罗以 12 % 的得票率排名第叁。

  •   In a victory speech in Missouri late Tuesday, Santorum declared "conservatism is alive and well" in Missouri and Minnesota.
  • 桑托勒姆星期二晚间在密苏里州发表获胜演讲时宣称,在密苏里州和明尼苏达州,“保守主义充满活力、风头正劲”。

  •   He also declared himself the true "conservative alternative" to both Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama.
  • 桑托勒姆还宣称自己是可以取代罗姆尼和民主党总统欧巴马的真正 “保守派人选”。

  •   He accused Mr. Obama of arrogance by failing to listen to the American people in their opposition to the bailouts for the financial sector and health care reform.
  • 他指责欧巴马行事傲慢,不听从美国民眾对援救金融业和医疗改革的反对。

  •   Santorum also pulled off an upset victory over Romney in the Colorado caucuses, winning more than 40 percent of the vote, with Romney earning 35 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich winning 13 percent to finish a distant third place.
  • 桑托勒姆还在科罗拉多州的党团会议中力克罗姆尼而意外得胜,赢得超过 40 % 的选票,罗姆尼的得票率為 35 %;前眾议院议长金里奇仅获得 13 % 的选票,差距明显,排在第叁位。

  •   Romney had won Colorado by a large margin in the 2008 Republican nominating contest.
  • 罗姆尼在 2008 年参加共和党总统提名战时,曾在科罗拉多州以显着优势取胜。

  •   Santorum's triple victories dealt a blow to Romney's status as the favorite to win the Republican nomination.
  • 桑托勒姆的 3 连胜给罗姆尼被看好可能赢得共和党总统提名的优势地位带来沉重打击。

  •   Romney congratulated Santorum during a rally in Denver before the Colorado results were announced, but told the crowd he still expected to become the nominee.
  • 科罗拉多州的结果公佈之前,罗姆尼在丹佛的一场集会中向桑托勒姆表示祝贺,但是他对人们表示,他仍然预计自己将成為共和党的总统候选人。

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  • (2012-02-08) ------

  • Yangtze River Pollution Prompts Panic in China
  • 长江污染引起恐慌
  •   Chinese authorities are dealing with the second water pollution scare in less than a month, after authorities in eastern China said an acid used in detergents had contaminated a regional water supply.
  • 中国当局正在应对不到一个月来的第二起水污染恐慌事件;此前中国东部有关当局说,去污剂中所含的一种酸污染了一个地区的水源。

  •   State media reported Wednesday that officials in Jiangsu province found the chemical phenol in the Yangtze River, which supplies most of the water for China's most populous city, Shanghai.Residents in nearby Zhenjiang said their tap water had a strange smell on Friday, prompting a run on bottled water.
  • 中国国家媒体星期叁报导说,江苏省官员在长江里发现了化学製剂酚,中国人口最多的城市上海的大部分用水来自长江;附近镇江市的居民说,他们的自来水星期五出现异味,於是引发了对瓶装水的抢购。

  •   Officials said the pollution did not cause a health threat, and there were reports that the water quality had since returned to normal.
  • 有关官员说,这种污染对人体健康不构成威胁,同时有报导说,当地的水质已经恢復正常。

  •   Reports said the contamination may have been caused last week by a leak from a South Korean ship.
  • 据报导,这次污染可能是上星期一艘南韩船的泄漏造成的。

  •   The incident comes just weeks after the cancer-causing chemical cadmium was found in the Liujiang River in southern China, threatening water supplies for millions of residents.
  • 在发生这一事件的几星期前,在中国南方的柳江发现致癌物鎘,对数百万居民的供水造成威胁。

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