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五月份 第 16 课

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  • China Criticizes US Decision on Confucius Institutes
  • 中国媒体批评美国有关孔子学院的决定
  •   Chinese state media are criticizing a recent decision by the U.S. State Department to tighten visa requirements at Chinese Confucius Institutes in the United States.
  • 中国国家媒体批评美国国务院最近决定加紧对美国境内孔子学院教师的签证控制。

  •   The State Department last week issued a directive saying it was "reviewing the academic viability" of these Confucius Institutes.
  • 美国国务院上星期发佈的一项指示说,正在审查孔子学院的学术资质。

  •   The statement said the institutes would need to apply for U.S. academic accreditation.
  • 美国国务院说,孔子学院必须申请获得美国方面的学术认证。

  •   It also said many of the teachers at the institutes were violating the terms of their visas and would need to return home at the end of their terms to reapply for proper accreditation.
  • 国务院并且表示孔子学院的很多教师违反签证规定,必须在本学期结束后返回中国,重新申办签证。

  •   Several editorials Friday in Chinese state press spoke out against the move.
  • 中国几家国家媒体星期五发表社论,对美国国务院的这一举动提出批评。

  •   The China Daily stated that the decision is the result of a "lingering Cold War mentality."
  • 中国日报说,美国国务院的决定是冷战思维方式的结果。

  •   The Global Times suggested the move shows the U.S. is "culturally weak" and is afraid of Chinese influence.
  • 环球时报暗示,美国的这一举措反映了美国在文化方面的虚弱,惧怕来自中国的影响。

  •   State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland on Thursday downplayed the incident.
  • 美国国务院发言人纽兰星期四对这一事件进行了淡化处理。

  •   She said the issue was not about the institutes themselves and that the U.S. supports people-to-people exchange with China.
  • 她说,这个问题并不涉及孔子学院本身,美国政府支持美中两国人民之间的交流。

  •   Nuland said the dispute is simply about whether professors at the institutes had the correct visa status and said that "nobody's going to have to leave the country" over the issue.
  • 纽兰表示,目前的争论只在於孔子学院教师的签证身份是否正确,并表示任何人都不会因為这个问题而必须离开美国。

  •   There are nearly 700 Confucius Institutes located around the world. Nearly 70 are in the United States.
  • 目前在世界各地有将近 700 所孔子学院,其中将近 70 所在美国。

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  • First Remains of South Korean Soldiers Returned Home from North
  • 首批韩战阵亡韩国军人遗骨自朝鲜返国
  •   The remains of 12 South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the Korean War have been returned home, in the first such repatriation since the fighting ended nearly 60 years ago.
  • 韩战期间在朝鲜阵亡的 12 名韩国军人的遗骨被送回韩国;自从韩战於将近 60 年前结束以来,这是第一批送返的韩国军人遗骨。

  •   The flag-draped boxes containing the remains arrived Friday at a military airport south of Seoul, where South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and other top officials gathered for an honor guard ceremony.
  • 星期五,覆盖韩国国旗的这些韩国军人遗骨盒抵达首尔的一个军用机场;韩国总统李明博和其他高层官员在机场参加了迎接仪式。

  •   The remains were among 226 sets found in North Korea by a U.S. excavation team before Washington halted the recovery mission in 2005 because of safety concerns.
  • 一个美国搜寻组在朝鲜找到 226 名阵亡军人遗骨;2005 年,华盛顿出於安全方面的考虑,停止了搜寻工作。

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