环球慢速英语 自杀求助(1)（在线收听）

Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight. 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 separate 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 investigated 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 decided to kill themselves together.

他们认为这几个人决定一起自杀。