环球慢速英语 自杀求助(1)

Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight¹. I'm Liz Waid.

欢迎大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是利兹·韦德。

And I'm Rebekah Schipper.

我是瑞贝卡·席佩尔。

Forty percent of Japan's population uses the Internet.

日本网民人数占总人口的40%。

In fact, Japan is one of the world's most wired Internet–using nations.

实际上，日本是世界上使用有线互联网最多的国家之一。

Many people find friends on the Internet. But some of these friendships are proving to be dangerous.

许多人会在网络上寻找朋友。但是其中有些友谊可能会很危险。

Some Japanese people are using the Internet to find people to die with.

一些日本人正在利用互联网寻找结伴死亡的人。

In March 2006, Japanese police found the bodies of eight young people.

2006年3月，日本警方发现了8个年轻人的尸体。

They were in two separate² cars.

这8具尸体分别在两辆车中被发现。

Tape blocked the windows. There were stoves in the cars.

胶带封住了车窗。车内有火炉。

These stoves let out poisonous smoke. The people were dead.

这些火炉释放出了毒烟。导致8名年轻人死亡。

The police investigated³ the situation.

警方对现场进行了调查。

They believe that the young people met through the Internet.

他们认为这些年轻人是通过互联网认识的。

They believe that this group decided⁴ to kill themselves together.

他们认为这几个人决定一起自杀。

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

3 investigated   

v.调查( investigate的过去式和过去分词 )；审查；侦查；研究

参考例句：

• The crime is presently being investigated by the police. 警方目前正在调查这起案件。
• He has carefully investigated the allegations. 他对这些指控作了详细调查。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。