斯诺登父亲获得签证将赴俄探望儿子

 　　WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden's father Lon has secured documents to visit Snowden in Russia, Lon Snowden and his lawyer Bruce Fein said Saturday.

　　They made the revelation during an interview on ABC's This Week. They declined to reveal Snowden's whereabouts in Russia, as well as the schedule of their visit. But Fein said the trip would happen "very soon."

　　Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's lawyer in Russia, said last week he had sent Lon Snowden the required invitation to visit Russia, a step toward securing a visa. He said he hoped a visit would happen in the coming days.

　　Snowden was stranded¹ at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for six weeks after Washington revoked² his passport. He faces espionage³ charges in the United States after disclosing a classified intelligence surveillance project code-named PRISM.

　　On Aug. 1, Russia granted him a year-long asylum⁴, allowing him to quietly slip out of the airport.

1 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

2 revoked   

adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
• A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句

3 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

4 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。