VOA慢速英语2016 巴西新任计划部长要暗算罗塞夫吗?（在线收听）

AS IT IS 2016-05-25 Did Brazil's Planning Minister Plot Against Rousseff? 巴西新任计划部长要暗算罗塞夫吗?

Brazil’s planning minister resigned from office on Monday after a recording of him was made public.

巴西新任计划部长在自己制作的一段录音曝光之后于周一辞职。

The recording appears to show Romero Jucá plotting the impeachment of now-suspended President Dilma Rousseff. He reportedly was talking with a former oil company official about how to stop a corruption investigation.

该录音显示罗梅罗?茹卡(Romero Jucá)涉嫌密谋罢黜宣布暂停职务的罗塞夫总统。他在录音中与前石油公司官员探讨如何阻止贪腐调查。

Jucá denies the allegations. He claimed that the words he said were taken out of context.

茹卡对此表示否认，他声称该录音只是断章取义。

On Monday, the planning minister said he would temporarily resign from the acting government. He had been in office less than two weeks.

周一，计划部部长茹卡表示他将暂时辞职。他仅上任10天。

The Brazilian newspaper Folha published a partial transcript of the recording on Monday. The Reuters news agency reports that the paper said the recording was made “secretly.”

巴西当地报纸圣保罗页报(The Brazilian newspaper Folha)周一发表了部分录音文本。路透社报告聚圣保罗页称，该录音为秘密录音。

In it, Jucá and the former oil company official, Sergio Machado, discuss a government investigation of the state-operated oil company Petrobras. Both men have been named in the investigation.

在该录音中，茹卡与前石油公司官员塞尔吉奥?马查多(Sergio Machado)讨论了政府目前对国有石油公司巴西石油公司(Petrobras)的贪腐调查。两人均为被调查对象。

In the transcript, Jucá said "We have to change the government so the bleeding is stopped."

在语音文本中，茹卡表示：“我们必须使政府换届从而停止出血。”

Machado reportedly said that, "The easiest solution is to put Michel in." That appears to refer to Vice President Michel Temer, Brazil’s acting president during the suspension of Rousseff.

马查多说：“最简单的办法就是把米歇尔牵扯进来。”这听起来是指现任副总统米歇尔·泰梅尔(Michel Temer)。泰梅尔是罗塞夫停职时的执行总统。

Jucá is reported to have said he was working with the country's justices, who have the final word on impeachment.

茹卡在意录音文件中说他和法官有关系，而这位法官将拥有弹劾会议上的最终发言权。

The recording was apparently made in March before the Senate voted to impeach Rousseff.

很明显该段录音录制于三月份，在议会投票弹劾总统罗塞夫之前。

Rousseff's supporters say the recording shows that she is the victim of an attempt to overthrow the government.

罗塞夫的支持者们表示该段录音显示了，她是这场密谋的受害者。

The Brazilian Senate voted to place Rousseff on trial earlier this month. She is charged with using record-keeping tricks to hide Brazil’s budget deficit when she campaigned for reelection in 2014.

巴西议会于本月初投票监禁罗塞夫。罗塞夫被指控非法修改财务账目以掩盖财政赤字规模。

She currently is suspended for up to 180 days while her trial takes place.

目前她自审判日起被停职拘留180天。

Words in This Story

allegation – n. a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal

taken out of context – phrase leaving out words or phrases that are important for the meaning of a statement or quote

refer – v. to point to, to talk about

impeachment – n. charging a public official with a crime while in office

transcript – n. a written or printed copy of words that have been spoken