VOA双语新闻 China Shuts More Than 12,000 Internet Cafes

Chinese officials on Monday said they shut down 12,575 Internet cafes between October and December of last year, as part of what the government calls a campaign to protect children from violent games and pornography. Officials said most of the locations closed down were located near schools.

中国官员们周一表示他们在去年10月到12月间关闭了12575家网吧，这一行动是政府呼吁保护儿童远离暴力游戏和色情的一部分。官员们说主要关闭的是在学校附近地区的网吧。

The crackdown came after the country's Ministry¹ of Culture last year ordered local governments across China not to approve any new internet cafes within 200 meters of school campuses².

这次关闭行动是既国家文化部去年命令全国当地政府不要批准在校园周围200米内建立任何新的网吧。

Official figures show that more than 87-million Chinese are online, the second-largest number of Internet users³ after the United States.

官方统计显示中国已有8千7百万的网民，是紧次于美国的第二大网民人数。
 

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 campuses   

n.（大学）校园（campus的复数形式）

参考例句：

• University campuses are often the bellwether of change. 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
• Sport looms much larger on US campuses than in China. 体育在美国大学比中国大学突出得多。 来自互联网

3 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。