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五月份 第 17 课

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  • Korean Tensions, European Debt Hammer Stock & Oil Prices
  • 南北韩紧张、欧洲债务重挫股价和油价
  •   Prices fell sharply on Asian and European stock markets Tuesday as investors worried that the European debt crisis and tensions between North and South Korea could hurt the economy. World oil prices also fell.
  • 星期二,投资者由於担心欧洲债务危机和南北韩之间的紧张局势可能损害经济,亚洲和欧洲股市大幅下跌;世界石油价格也下跌。

  •   Major stock indexes in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Paris dropped more than three percent, while U.S., German and British stocks were off nearly as much.
  • 东京、香港和巴黎的主要股市指数跌幅超过百分之叁,美国、德国和英国的股市也下跌接近百分之叁。

  •   The downturn was partly triggered by reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had put his military on higher alert after South Korea accused the North of sinking a South Korean ship.
  • 有关报导是引发股市下跌的部分原因;报导说,在南韩谴责北韩击沉一艘南韩军舰后,北韩领导人金正日命令北韩军队进入高度戒备状态。

  •   The Korean tensions add to worries about Europe's debt problems affecting Greece and other nations.
  • 南北韩的紧张局势更增添了人们对影响希腊和其他国家的欧洲债务危机问题的担忧。

  •   Those concerns grew Monday as the International Monetary Fund urged Spain to make urgent reforms of its labor market and banking sector.
  • 由於国际货币基金组织敦促西班牙对其劳动力市场和银行部门进行紧急改革,人们的担忧於星期一加剧。

  •   Spanish officials had just finished taking over a failing bank.
  • 西班牙官员们刚刚完成接管一家倒闭的银行。

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  • Report: US Authorizes More Secret Military Activity
  • 报导说,美国批准更多秘密军事行动
  •   The New York Times newspaper is reporting the U.S. military has authorized an expansion of covert operations in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa to disrupt terrorist groups in the region.
  • 纽约时报报导说,美国军方批准扩大在中东和 "非洲之角" 地区的秘密军事行动,破坏该地区的恐怖组织。

  •   The Times reports Tuesday that General David Petraeus signed an secret directive last September authorizing U.S. Special Operations troops to be sent to both friendly and hostile nations in the region, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.
  • 纽约时报星期二说,美军指挥官彼得雷乌斯将军去年九月签署了一项秘密命令,授权美国特种部队被派遣到该地区的友好和敌对国家,其中包括伊朗、沙乌地阿拉伯、叶门和索马利亚。

  •   The report says the order would also allow for reconnaissance that could assist military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear program were to escalate.
  • 报导说,这项命令还允许进行侦察行动,一旦因伊朗核项目的紧张局势升级,能协助在伊朗的军事打击。

  •   Defense Department officials told the Times that the new order would allow for more systematic and long-term covert operations than in previous administrations.
  • 美国国防部官员告诉纽约时报,新命令将允许比前任政府时期更多有系统的、长期的秘密行动。

  •   Officials told the newspaper the program's goals would be to build networks that could "penetrate, disrupt, defeat or destroy" al Qaida and other militant groups.
  • 官员们对纽约时报说,该计划的目标是建立一些网路,能够渗透、破坏、击败和摧毁基地组织和其他激进组织。

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