BBC News:美國國會議員呼吁徹底改革稅收制度

[00:00.00]BBC News with Julie Candler 朱莉·坎德勒為你播報BBC新聞。 [00:04.05]Officials in Iraq say at least 60 people have been killed in sectarian attacks, the deadliest day there for months. 伊拉克官方稱至少60人在宗派襲擊中喪生，這是數(shù)月來最慘重的一次。 [00:10.96]Three separate bomb blasts hit Sunni Muslim areas in and around the capital Baghdad. 首都巴格達附近的遜尼派穆斯林地區(qū)發(fā)生數(shù)場爆炸， [00:15.66]Later a bomb hit a funeral procession in the town of Madain, and in the early evening, two bombs went off near different shopping areas in Baghdad. 隨后一枚炸彈襲擊了邁達鎮(zhèn)附近的葬禮隊伍，暮晚時分，兩枚炸彈在巴格達多個購物區(qū)爆炸。 [00:23.93]There’s been a marked increase in violence recently, but the BBC’s Rami Ruhayem says it doesn’t appear to have a clear purpose. 最近的暴力事件顯著增加，但BBC記者Rami Ruhayem稱爆炸似乎沒有明確的目標。 [00:31.02]There will be speculation that this is all sectarian in nature. There’s probably an element of truth to that, but it doesn’t explain the whole picture. 人們猜測這些爆炸時宗派行為，或許有部分原因如此，但并不能解釋所有現(xiàn)象。 [00:42.13]There are still many questions which are not yet answered about all of this. And most specifically, what is the strategy behind such violence? 目前還有很多問題無法得到解答，更重要的是：這些暴力事件的策略是什么呢? [00:49.94]There doesn’t seem to be a clear answer to that except, of course, the will to destabilise the country. But to what end? That remains unclear. 目前似乎尚無明確的解釋，除非其目的是想破壞國家的穩(wěn)定。但最終目標呢?這顯然還不清楚。 [00:58.62]The man in charge of the UN’s plans for reconstructing Syria after the current conflict has warned of the challenges ahead. 聯(lián)合國敘利亞目前沖突后重建計劃負責人警告說前方會遇到挑戰(zhàn)。 [01:05.91]Abdullah al-Dardari said rebuilding what’s been destroyed would cost up to $80bn. 阿卜杜拉·達爾達里說在破壞的基礎(chǔ)上重建需耗資800億美元。 [01:11.23]"So far Syria lost 40% of its GDP and unemployment increased from almost half a million people to 2.5 million people out of jobs at the moment and people living under the absolute poverty line increased from two million to five million in just two years.” 到目前為止敘利亞損失了40%的GDP，失業(yè)人數(shù)從近50萬增加到250萬，就在兩年內(nèi)，絕對貧困線以下的人數(shù)從200萬增加到500萬。 [01:29.28]Mr al-Dardari said it was important to have a plan even if the conflict was still raging. al-Dardari說，即使沖突仍在進行，制定計劃仍是很重要的。 [01:34.67]France says it’s opposed to Iran taking part in a conference on the Syrian conflict. 法國表示反對伊朗參加就敘利亞沖突舉行的會議。 [01:40.49]The foreign ministry said regional stability was at stake and a country threatening it should not be at the table. 法外長稱地區(qū)穩(wěn)定岌岌可危，而威脅穩(wěn)定的國家不應(yīng)該參加會議。 [01:46.39]The issue of Iranian participation was raised by Russia during talks with the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 俄羅斯在同聯(lián)合國秘書長潘基文會談時提到伊朗的與會資格問題。 [01:52.91]The Nigerian military says it’s scored some initial successes on the second day of its bombardment of Islamist militant camps in the north-east. 尼日利亞軍隊對東北部的伊斯蘭武裝分子營地發(fā)動轟擊，目前表示第二天已經(jīng)取得初步進展。 [02:01.84]A military spokesman said 30 insurgents had been killed in air raids. Will Ross reports from Abuja. 軍方發(fā)言人稱30名叛軍在空襲中喪生，威爾·羅斯在阿布賈報道。 [02:07.86]The Nigerian army says it’s already made significant progress in its fight against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the north-east of the country. 尼日利亞軍方稱在該國東北部對博科圣地伊斯蘭武裝組織的斗爭中取得了重大進展， [02:15.77]A military spokesman said several enemy camps in remote forested areas of Borno state had been destroyed by a combination of airstrikes and ground troops. 軍方發(fā)言人稱通過系列空襲和地面進攻，已經(jīng)摧毀博爾諾州偏遠森林地區(qū)的幾個敵方營地。 [02:25.76]He said one aircraft had been damaged when fired upon by the militants. The spokesman said some of the Islamist fighters were killed. 他說一架飛機在與武裝分子交火時被毀，發(fā)言人說部分伊斯蘭武裝分子被殺， [02:32.62]It has not been possible to independently verify any of this information. 目前尚無法獨立確認任何有關(guān)消息。 [02:36.52]The former military ruler of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla, has died in his prison cell aged 87. 阿根廷前軍事獨裁者豪爾赫·拉斐爾·魏地拉在獄中死亡，終年87歲。 [02:43.46]Gen Videla led the military government which seized power in Argentina in 1976. 976年魏地拉領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了奪權(quán)的軍政府， [02:48.75]He was serving lengthy prison terms for human rights abuses committed during his five years in power, comprising most of the period known as the Dirty War. 他因在5年執(zhí)政期間犯下人權(quán)侵犯罪被判長期徒刑，他執(zhí)政期間還發(fā)生了污穢戰(zhàn)爭。 [02:56.54]World News from the BBC 這里是BBC新聞報道。 [02:59.32]More than 20 people have died in a landslide near a disused mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 剛果民主共和國一處被棄礦場發(fā)生山體滑坡，20多人喪生。 [03:06.64]The authorities said the accident happened on Thursday when the banks of a stream collapsed, burying people in the Masisi region of North Kivu province. 當局稱事故發(fā)生在周四，當時一條小河河堤決裂，淹沒了北基伍省馬西西地區(qū)的人們。 [03:14.92]Officials in Georgia say 28 people have been injured in clashes over a gay pride rally in the capital Tbilisi. 格魯吉亞官方稱首都第比利斯舉行同性戀集會，有28人在沖突中受傷。 [03:22.13]The violence broke out as gay rights activists arrived under police protection at the event in Pushkin Park. 同性戀活動人士在警察保護下來到普希金公園，暴力就開始了。 [03:28.60]Thousands of anti-gay protesters had occupied a street in central Tbilisi threatening to lash any activists attending the rally with stinging nettles. 數(shù)千名反同性戀抗議者占領(lǐng)了首都第比利斯中心的一條大街，威脅要用大蕁麻抽打任何參加集會的活動人士。 [03:37.23]A leading United States congressman has called for a radical reform of the tax system, describing it as rotten at the core. 美國國會一名顯要議員呼吁對稅收制度進行徹底改革，稱稅收制度已經(jīng)壞到根子里了。 [03:45.28]Republican Congressman Dave Camp made the comments during hearings into why the country’s Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative political groups when they sought tax-exempt status. Adam Brookes reports. 在研究為何美國國內(nèi)收入署在尋求免稅待遇時反對保守派政治組織的聽審會上，共和黨議員大衛(wèi)·坎普發(fā)表了此番言論。 [03:56.98]American conservatives are furious. 美國保守派非常憤怒， [03:59.39]They accuse the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, of using its tax inspection powers to bully and intimidate conservative groups, 他們指責國內(nèi)收入署(IRS)使用稅務(wù)稽查權(quán)來欺負和嚇唬保守組織， [04:08.53]especially those linked to the libertarian Tea Party movement. 尤其是那些與自由派茶黨相關(guān)的組織。 [04:11.99]Today Mr Miller acknowledged to Congress that the IRS had singled out Tea Party groups for extra tax scrutiny. 今天米勒向國會承認，IRS挑選茶黨來進行額外的稅收審查。 [04:19.86]But he fiercely denied that it was for political reasons. 但他堅決否認這是出于政治原因， [04:23.28]Republicans in Congress have seized on the allegations as evidence that President Obama and his administration are using under-hand tactics against the Republican Party. 國會里的共和黨利用這個把柄，稱這說明總統(tǒng)奧巴馬及其政府使用策略來對付共和黨。 [04:33.06]The mayor of the Canadian city of Toronto, Rob Ford, has dismissed allegations that he smoked crack cocaine as ridiculous. 加拿大多倫多市長鮑勃·福特否認有關(guān)他吸食可卡因的說法，稱這是無稽之談。 [04:40.38]Mayor Ford made the denial after two Canadian journalists said they had been shown video footage,in which he appeared to be smoking from a crack pipe and making homophobic slurs against an opponent. 就在此前，兩名加拿大記者稱有視頻顯示市長用裂紋管吸煙，并詆毀一位同性戀反對者。 [04:50.96]The video has not been independently verified, but the reports have caused a public uproar in Canada. BBC News 視頻尚未得到獨立證實，但這份報道已在加拿大引起公憤。

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