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Japan mourns Shinzo Abe

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Japan's longest serving prime minister is being laid to rest in Tokyo today in a private family service. The country is still struggling to recover from the shock of his assassination².

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

People in Japan are saying goodbye to Shinzo Abe, their former prime minister who was assassinated³ last week. NPR's Anthony Kuhn has the view in Tokyo.

ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE⁴: This is Zojoji, a Buddhist⁵ temple in Tokyo, where a wake and funeral were held for Shinzo Abe today. People are placing flowers in front of a picture of Shinzo Abe underneath⁶ the statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Thirty-five-year-old Keigo Okada was one of those laying flowers. He said Abe made important changes for his country.

KEIGO OKADA: He had a good policy about national security or economics. Yeah, especially national security.

KUHN: Do you think that Japan is now less safe because of what happened?

OKADA: It's still very safe country, I think.

KUHN: A woman who would only give her first name, Reiko, also said she was thankful for Abe's security policies, but she realized that not everyone else felt that way.

REIKO: I thought lots of people in Japan didn't like him very much, but you see so many people give him flowers and so many people mourning at the moment. What I discovered was that Abe was much more respected than I'd expected. And that makes me really happy.

KUHN: A hearse carrying Abe's body and his widow, Akie, left Zojoji and went on a tour of the places that were important to Abe in life. Crowds gathered at the parliament, the prime minister's office and the ruling party's office to send him off. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Tokyo.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

3 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

6 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。