VOA慢速英语2016 300万巴西人要求总统下台

AS IT IS 2016-03-17 Brazilians Demand President's Ouster 300万巴西人要求总统下台

Brazilian police said 3 million people protested Sunday, asking for the removal of President Dilma Rousseff.

巴西警方表示，13日有3百万名民众游行示威，怒吼要求总统罗赛芙(Dilma Rousseff)下台。

Brazil newspapers said the protests were the largest political demonstrations¹ in the country's history. The protest took place in 200 cities and towns.

巴西媒体表示，此次游行涉及200个城镇，是巴西史上最大规模的政治示威游行。

The protesters asked lawmakers to impeach² the unpopular president. Rousseff’s political party faces a corruption³ scandal while the country is in its worst recession in 25 years.

示威者要求立法者弹劾这个不受欢迎的总统。巴西经济陷入25年来最恶劣境地，而罗赛芙政府深陷腐败丑闻。

Sergio Praca is a political analyst⁴ at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro. He said the nationwide protests "were very powerful" and were "the worst scenario⁵ possible for the government."

塞尔吉奥·布拉卡(Sergio Praca)是巴西智库吉杜里奥瓦加斯基金会(the Getulio Vargas Foundation)的一名政治分析员，该基金会位于里约热内卢。他说，此次全国性游行行极具威力，是政府面对最恶劣的情境。

Officials are investigating Rousseff and her Workers' Party for their role in the corruption scandal at state oil company, Petrobras.

罗赛芙及其工人党就巴西石油公司腐败丑闻接受调查。

Prosecutors⁶ said more than $2 billion was paid in bribes⁸ and other funds by construction and engineering firms in exchange for inflated⁹ Petrobras contracts.

检方表示，建筑工程公司为拿到巴西石油公司的合同，用于行贿和其它资金达20亿美元。

Dozens of former Petrobras executives and political figures, including Rousseff's mentor¹⁰, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, are under investigation¹¹. Some of the alleged¹² corruption took place while Rousseff was chairman of the Petrobras board.

包括罗赛芙的导师，前总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦在内的几十名石油公司的高管和政治人士接受调查。罗赛芙担任石油公司董事长时涉嫌贪腐。

Rousseff, whose term ends in 2018, said she will not quit. But the president and her Workers’ Party are facing a new threat.

罗赛芙于2018年任期结束，她表示不会辞职。但她和她的工人党面临新的威胁。

On Saturday, Rousseff’s main governing partner, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, said it is reviewing its alliance with the Workers' Party.

13日，罗赛芙的主要执政伙伴，巴西民主运动党，表示他们正在重新审视与工人党的关系。

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impeach - v. to charge a public official with a crime while in office

scenario - n. a description of what could possibly happen

role - n. a part that someone or something has in an activity or situation

bribe⁷ - n. when something of value is given in order to get someone to do something

mentor - n. someone who teaches or gives advice to a less experienced and often younger person

quit - v. resign; to stop working or stop doing

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 impeach   

v.弹劾；检举

参考例句：

• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

6 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

7 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

8 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

9 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为