VOA常速英语2021--厄瓜多尔监狱暴动造成24人死亡

This is VOA News. Reporting by remote, I'm Joe Ramsey.

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Ecuadorian officials said a riot in a prison in a coastal¹ city killed 24 inmates² and injured 48 more Tuesday.

厄瓜多尔官员说，星期二，一座沿海城市的监狱发生暴动，造成24名囚犯死亡，48人受伤。

The country's prison service says a police and military operation managed to regain³ control of the prison after five hours.

该国监狱部门表示，五小时后警方和军方的行动设法恢复了对监狱的管控。

Officials claimed the violence involved gunfire, knives and explosions and was caused by a dispute between prison gangs.

官员们声称，暴力事件涉及枪击、刀刺和爆炸，由监狱帮派之间的纠纷引起。

Television images showed inmates firing from the windows of the prison amid smoke and the detonation⁴ of firearms and explosives.

电视画面显示，囚犯在烟雾弥漫中从监狱窗户向外开枪，伴随着阵阵枪声与爆炸。

In July, President Guillermo Lasso decreed a state of emergency in Ecuador's prison system following several violent episodes that resulted in more than 100 inmates being killed.

今年7月，厄瓜多尔总统吉列尔莫·拉索下令厄瓜多尔监狱系统进入紧急状态，此前发生了多起暴力事件，导致100多名囚犯死亡。

Top U.S. generals said Tuesday they advised President Joe Biden to keep American troops in Afghanistan and expressed concern that the Taliban have not severed⁵ ties with Al-Qaeda.

美国高级将领星期二说，他们建议拜登总统把美军留在阿富汗，并表示担忧塔利班没有与基地组织切断联系。

General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint⁶ Chiefs of Staff, and General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said they had personally recommended some 2,500 troops remain on the ground in Afghanistan.

美国参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利将军和美国中央司令部司令肯尼斯·麦肯齐将军表示，他们个人建议应在阿富汗留下大约2500名士兵。

Biden, in April, ordered a complete pullout of U.S. forces from the country by August 31, following through on an agreement reached with the Taliban by former President Donald Trump⁷.

拜登今年4月下令，美军在8月31日之前全部撤出阿富汗，遵循了前总统唐纳德·特朗普与塔利班达成的协议。

Milley, McKenzie and Defense⁸ Secretary Lloyd Austin were grilled⁹ for nearly six hours by senators about the U.S. withdrawal¹⁰ from Afghanistan and the chaotic¹¹ evacuation from Kabul airport.

米利、麦肯齐和国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀被参议员盘问了近6个小时，内容涉及美国从阿富汗撤军以及喀布尔机场的混乱撤离。

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这里是美国之音新闻。

1 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

2 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

4 detonation   

n.爆炸；巨响

参考例句：

• A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。
• Within a few hundreds of microseconds,detonation is complete.在几百微秒之内，爆炸便完成了。

5 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

10 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

11 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。