VOA慢速英語(yǔ): 美國(guó)駐韓大使在襲擊中受傷

US Ambassador to South Korea Injured in Attack

美國(guó)駐韓大使在襲擊中受傷

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert covers a cut on his face after he was attacked by a man with a knife in Seoul, March 5, 2015.

A Korean nationalist stabbed the U.S. ambassador to South Korea on Thursday. The knife attack, which took place in Seoul, has left Ambassador Mark Lippert with 80 stitchesin his face.

周二，一個(gè)韓國(guó)民族主義者刺傷美國(guó)駐韓大使。該名男子拿刀在首爾行刺，大使馬克·利珀特臉部縫了80針。

Ambassador Lippert is listed instable condition. Doctors operated to repair a deep cut in his face and cuts to his left hand.

利珀特大使現(xiàn)在病情穩(wěn)定。醫(yī)生對(duì)其進(jìn)行手術(shù)治療，治療臉部的傷口以及左手刀傷。

The U.S. State Department said Thursday the reason for the attack is still unknown.

周四，美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)院表示襲擊原因尚不明確。

The attacker, Kim Ki-jong, reportedly told police he acted alone. When he attacked the ambassador, he reportedly said, “South and North Korea should be reunified!”

襲擊者金基宗在對(duì)警方的供述中表示他是單獨(dú)行動(dòng)，沒(méi)有同伙。他襲擊大使時(shí)，不停地喊著“韓國(guó)跟朝鮮應(yīng)該統(tǒng)一！”

North Koreacalled the attack on the ambassador "just punishment" of the U.S. for holding joint military exercises with South Korea.

朝鮮稱對(duì)于大使的襲擊是對(duì)美國(guó)與韓國(guó)進(jìn)行的聯(lián)合軍演的“正義懲罰”。

Hillary Clinton wants the public to see her e-mails

希拉里·克林頓希望公眾看她的郵件

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was criticized this week for using her personal e-mail in her duties as America’s top diplomat.

前國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里·克林頓因?yàn)樗诼毱陂g使用個(gè)人郵件處理美國(guó)最高級(jí)別的外交公務(wù)而被批評(píng)。

On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that Ms. Clinton had also used a personal e-mail serverbased in her family’s home in New York.

周三，美聯(lián)社報(bào)道稱克林頓還在紐約家里使用個(gè)人郵件服務(wù)器。

The State Department says Ms. Clinton may have violated federal record laws that require archivingofficial government documents. Most public officials use government e-mail addresses.

國(guó)務(wù)院表示克林頓也許觸犯了要求政府官方文件存檔的聯(lián)邦記錄法。大多數(shù)政府官員使用政府電子郵件地址。

Late Wednesday night, Ms. Clinton answered the criticism on social media. She tweeted “I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them.They said they will review them for release as soon as possible.”

上周三晚上，克林頓在社交媒體上回應(yīng)了這些批評(píng)。她發(fā)推特：“我想讓公眾看看我的郵件，我已申請(qǐng)國(guó)務(wù)院發(fā)布這些郵件。他們表示會(huì)在審查后盡快公布。”

Liberia’s last Ebola patient released

利比亞最后一名埃博拉患者出院

Liberiahas released its last confirmed Ebola patient, with no new cases reported for more than a week.

利比亞已經(jīng)讓最后一名確診的埃博拉患者出院，一個(gè)多星期以來(lái)，沒(méi)有最新病例的報(bào)道。

A Chinese-run Ebola treatment center in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, released Beatrice Yardolo on Thursday. She told the Associated Press she is "one of the happiest persons on Earth today."

周四，利比亞首都蒙羅維亞的一個(gè)中國(guó)埃博拉治療中心讓Beatrice Yardolo出院。她接受美聯(lián)社采訪時(shí)表示“今天她世界上最開(kāi)心的人”。

The World Health Organization said Liberia, for the first time since last May, reported no new confirmed cases last week. The country must complete 42days with no new cases reported before it can be called Ebola-free.

世界衛(wèi)生組織稱：利比亞自去年五月份以來(lái)第一次一周沒(méi)有新增確認(rèn)病例。該國(guó)必選在42天內(nèi)確認(rèn)沒(méi)有新增病例才能稱之為擺脫埃博拉。______________________________________________________________

Words in the News

stitches – n. a special piece of thread that is used to hold a large cut orwound closed

stable – adj. medical: not getting worse or likely to get worse

archive – v. to collect and store materials (such as recordings, documents, or computer files) so that they can be found and used when they are needed

server – n. the main computer in a network which provides files and servicesthat are used by the other computers