VOA常速英语2021--美前海军陆战队员在俄罗斯被判9年监禁

Lawyers and the family of a former U.S. Marine¹ who is in prison for assaulting police officers in Moscow says he has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention² and human rights abuses behind bars, a claim Russian officials have denied.

一名前美国海军陆战队成员因在莫斯科袭击警察而入狱，他的律师和家人说，他已经开始绝食抗议他被拘留以及在狱中被侵犯人权。俄罗斯官员否认了这一说法。

Trevor Reed, a 29-year-old from Texas, was convicted in July and sentenced to nine years in prison for an altercation³ in August, 2019 in Moscow, where he was studying Russian and visiting his girlfriend.

今年7月，得克萨斯州29岁的特雷弗·里德因其在莫斯科发生争执被判处9年监禁，当时他正在莫斯科学习俄语并看望女友。

He allegedly assaulted police officers who were driving him to a police station after picking him up following a night of heavy drinking at a party.

据称，他在派对上喝了一夜大酒后被一名警察接走，并袭击了这位开车送他去警局的警察。

His lawyers told the Interfax news agency that he has been on a hunger strike since last Thursday.

他的律师告诉国际文传电讯社，他自上周四以来一直在绝食抗议。

But Russia's state penitentiary⁴ service denied the claim Tuesday and insisted that Reed was eating, quote, "in accordance with the daily schedule."

但俄罗斯国家监狱部门周二否认了这一说法，并坚称里德是“按照每日安排”进食的。

The United States on Tuesday condemned⁵ arrests based on ethnicity in Ethiopia after the detentions⁶ of U.N. staff reportedly from the Tigrayan community.

美国星期二谴责埃塞俄比亚基于种族进行的逮捕行动。此前有报道称，联合国工作人员被拘留在了提格雷社区。

U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters, quote, "Security force harassment⁷ and detention on the basis of ethnicity is completely unacceptable."

美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯对记者说：“安全部队基于种族的骚扰和拘留是完全不能被接受的。”

The detentions come as U.S. envoy⁸ Jeffrey Feltman visits Ethiopia as he seeks to back efforts for an immediate⁹ cease-fire in the intensifying¹⁰ year-long support.

这些拘留事件发生之际，美国特使杰弗里·费尔特曼正在访问埃塞俄比亚，寻求立即停火，而埃塞俄比亚一年来不断增援。

The United States again voiced hope for efforts led by a former Nigerian president, who is serving as an envoy by the African Union.

美国再次表示，希望由尼日利亚前总统（曾任非洲联盟特使）领导做出一些努力。

The envoy has, quote, "spoken to this window of opportunity that he believes -- and, in turn, we believe -- does exist and continues to exist," according to Price.

普赖斯说，特使“谈及他相信这个机会之窗，我们也相信这个机会之窗确实存在，并将继续存在”。

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 altercation   

n.争吵，争论

参考例句：

• Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
• The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。

4 penitentiary   

n.感化院；监狱

参考例句：

• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。

5 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

6 detentions   

拘留( detention的名词复数 )； 扣押； 监禁； 放学后留校

参考例句：

• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。

7 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

8 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

9 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

10 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史