VOA慢速英語：防難民涌入 來自丹麥乘客需出示證件才能入境瑞典

Sweden imposed border controls Monday to manage refugees and migrants seeking new lives there.

周一，瑞典實行邊境管制以管理難民和希望在瑞典展開新生活的移民。

Travelers passing from Denmark into Sweden must show photo identification. The move by Sweden is an attempt to stop the flow of undocumented migrants into the country.

旅客從丹麥入境瑞典必須出示附照片身份證。瑞典此舉企圖遏阻非法移民流入該國。

A temporary fence is erected between domestic and international tracks is seen at Hyllie train station in southern Malmo, Sweden, Jan. 3, 2016.

The border checks between the two countries mean travelers will have to show their passports for the first time in more than 50 years.

這是50多年來第一次，兩國之間的邊境檢查旅客必須出示護照。

Thousands of daily commuters will be affected by the new order. The Local, Stockholm's English newspaper, reported "short" delays, and lines were "moving swiftly" on the first day of enforcement.

成千上萬名游客被這一新秩序所影響。 據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)厮沟赂鐮柲τ⒄Z報紙報道，旅客們行程稍有延誤，并且在第一天實施時，旅客們大排長龍迅速移動。

Travelers were warned to expect long lines on the Danish side of the Oresund Bridge. That bridge is a major entry point for migrants wishing to enter Sweden.

丹麥旅客們早已被警告在厄勒海峽大橋大排長龍。該橋是移民欲入境瑞典的一個主要入口點。

The Swedish border controls will continue for three years, according to the New York Times.

據(jù)紐約時報報道，瑞典邊境管制將持續(xù)三年。

Following the Swedish border checks, Denmark started its own security checks at the German border, according to the New York Times. The Danish border checks will last for 10 days, the Times reported, and an extension is possible. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

據(jù)紐約時報報道，繼瑞典實施邊境檢查后，丹麥開始在德國邊境實施本國安全檢查。 據(jù)泰晤士報報道，丹麥邊境檢查將持續(xù)10天，也可能進行延長。

Some 160,000 migrants came to Sweden in 2015. Europe and the Mideast are facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II. More than 1 million migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq sought asylum in Europe in 2015, according to the United Nations.

2015年，約有16萬移民入境瑞典。歐洲與中東正面臨自二戰(zhàn)以來的最大難民危機。據(jù)聯(lián)合國稱，2015年，來自敘利亞、阿富汗與伊拉克的100多萬移民在歐洲尋求庇護。

I'm Dan Friedell.

我是Dan Friedell。

The staff at VOA News wrote this story. Jim Dresbach adapted it for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

undocumented migrants – n. a foreign citizens present on the territory of a state, in violation of the regulations on entry and residence and having crossed the border in an illegal manner

swiftly – adv. moving or able to move very fast

commuters – n. someone who travels regularly to and from a place and especially between where they live and where they work