VOA慢速英語：中國指控加拿大間諜，竊取國家機密

China said Friday it has charged a Canadian with spying and stealing state secrets.

周五，中國表示指控一位加拿大人從事間諜活動并竊取中國國家情報。

Kevin Garratt was arrested in August 2014 with his wife, Julia. She was released after six months but is not allowed to leave China. She and her husband ran a coffee shop in Dandong in northeastern China. They also conducted Christian aid work for North Koreans.

Peter Garratt, one of the sons of Canadian couple Kevin and Julia Dawn Garratt, who are being investigated in China for threatening national security, stands outside his parents' coffee shop as he talks to Reuters journalists in Dandong, Liaoning province

凱文與他的妻子朱莉婭于二零一四年八月被捕。茱莉亞半年后獲釋，但不準離開中國。她和她的丈夫在丹東經(jīng)營一家咖啡店，位于中國東北部。他們還為朝鮮組織基督教救援工作。

"During the investigation, authorities found that Kevin Garratt may also be involved in gathering information for Canadian information agencies," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in Beijing.

外交部發(fā)言人華春瑩在北京表示：“在調(diào)查過程中，中國當局發(fā)現(xiàn)，凱文也參與為加拿大新聞機構(gòu)收集信息。”

Garratt's parents said their son was arrested because he is Christian.

Garrett的父母聲稱，他們的兒子被逮捕是因為他是基督徒。

Hua rejected that it has anything to do with religion. She said "he was indicted because of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets." China's concept of state secrets can be very broad. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

華春瑩駁回該說法，這與宗教沒有關(guān)系。他受到指控是因為從事間諜活動竊取中國國家機密。中國國家機密的概念非常廣泛。

Canada said it was concerned about the Garratt indictment. It has raised the issue with the Chinese government "at high levels." A week ago, Canada accused Chinese hackers of breaking into a key computer network.

加拿大稱它時刻關(guān)注對于凱文的指控。它已向中國政府高層提出這個問題。一周前，加拿大指責中國黑客侵入其重要計算機網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

News of the indictment reached Canadian officials one day after they attended a lavish party hosted by China in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. It marked the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

加拿大官員們參加完由中國在加拿大首都渥太華主辦的盛大宴會一天后，起訴書被公布。該盛大宴會標志著兩國建交第四十五周年。

I'm Anne Ball.

我是安妮。

Kathleen Struck adapted this story for Learning English from VOA news. Hai Do was the editor.

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Words in This Story

indicted –v. to be formally charged with a crime

concept –n. the idea of what something is or how it works

hacker –n. person who secretly gets access to a computer system to get information, or cause damage

lavish –adj. giving or using a large amount of something