2019年经济学人 一周要闻 新西兰发生严重枪击案 哈萨克斯坦总统辞职 菲律宾退出国际刑事法院

 

The world this week

本周要闻

Politics

政治

A gunman killed 50 worshippers at two mosques¹ in Christchurch, streaming part of the atrocity² live on Facebook. The attacker, an Australian who had been living in New Zealand for two years, was motivated by fears that immigration was threatening “white” culture. The government vowed³ to tighten⁴ gun-control laws and monitor right-wing extremists more carefully.

一名枪手在克赖斯特彻奇市的两座清真寺杀害了50名参拜者，并在Facebook上直播了部分暴行。袭击者是一名澳大利亚人，已经在新西兰生活了两年，他的动机是担心移民正在威胁“白人”文化。新西兰政府誓言将加强枪支管制相关法律，以及更严密地监视右翼极端分子。

Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s strongman president of 30 years, resigned abruptly⁵. He retains considerable influence; his daughter is the new chairman of the Senate and the constitution gives him lifetime immunity⁶ from prosecution⁷. The capital, Astana, is to be renamed Nursultan after him.

执政30年的哈萨克斯坦铁腕总统努尔苏丹·纳扎尔巴耶夫(Nursultan Nazarbayev)突然辞职。他仍发挥着相当大的影响力;他的女儿是新参议院主席，宪法赋予他终身免于起诉的豁免权。首都阿斯塔纳将以他的名字（努尔苏丹）重新更名。

The Philippines withdrew from the International Criminal Court. Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s president, initiated⁸ the move a year ago after the court began probing his campaign to encourage police to shoot suspected drug dealers⁹.

菲律宾退出国际刑事法院。菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特(Rodrigo Duterte)一年前发起了这一行动，在此之前，国际刑事法院对他鼓励警方射杀疑似毒贩的行动进行了调查。

The protection racket

勒索疑云

Benny Gantz, the main challenger to Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, in Israel’s forthcoming election, dismissed reports that his phone had been hacked¹⁰ by Iran and that he was vulnerable to blackmail¹¹. Some in Mr Gantz’s party blamed Mr Netanyahu for leaking the story. He denied this and asked: “If Gantz can’t protect his phone, how will he protect the country?”

在即将到来的以色列大选中，本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的主要竞争对手本尼·甘茨(Benny Gantz)驳斥了有关其电话被伊朗窃听以及易受到敲诈的报道。甘茨所在政党的一些人指责内塔尼亚胡泄露了这一消息。他否认了这一说法，并且反问:“甘茨连自己的手机都保护不了，谈何保护整个国家?”

For the third week in a row Algeria was rocked by mass protests against Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing¹² president. Mr Bouteflika insists on staging a national conference and approving a new constitution before holding an election, in which he would not run. But a new group led by politicians and opposition¹³ figures called on him to step down immediately. The army appeared to be distancing itself from the president.

阿尔及利亚连续第三周受到针对抱恙总统阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·布特弗利卡的大规模抗议活动的冲击。布特弗利卡坚持在举行选举之前召开全国会议并批准一部新宪法，而他不会参加这次选举。但是一个由政客和反对派人士领导的新组织要求他立即下台。军队似乎刻意与总统保持距离。

1 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

2 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

5 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

6 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

7 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

8 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

9 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

10 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

11 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

12 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

13 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。