#Briefing on the World# Apr.28 - May.4 2012

发布时间：2012-09-11

作者：徐晨

来源于：昂立外语网站

UKRAINE -- Yulia Tymoshenko（尤利娅‧季莫申科）, the imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader, went on hunger strike after alleging that she had been beaten and forcibly transferred from prison to a hospital. Officials denied that violence had been used. Separately, two opposition political parties said they would join forces in October’s election.

BRITAIN -- The phone-hacking scandal surrounding News Corporation took a surprising twist. Testimony from James Murdoch（詹姆斯·默多克） to the Leveson Inquiry, which is investigating media ethics in Britain, suggested that the office of Jeremy Hunt, the government’s culture secretary, had improper links with employees of News Corp during its bid to win full control of BSkyB（天空电视台）, a television network. Mr Hunt denied he had behaved improperly and defied calls for his resignation.

JAPAN -- In Japan Ichiro Ozawa（日本民主党前领导人小泽一郎）, who leads a powerful faction in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was found not guilty of breaking political fund-raising laws. The court verdict strengthens Mr Ozawa’s hand in his battles over tax with the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda.（日本首相野田佳彦）

MYANMAR -- The road to democratic reform. in Myanmar hit a bump when members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s（昂山素季） National League for Democracy party, which won 43 seats in recent by-elections, refused to take the parliamentary oath unless the wording was changed. The NLD wants to swear to “respect” the constitution of Myanmar rather than “safeguard” it. Unless the government agrees, the NLD members might not enter parliament.

1. imprison: v. to put sb in prison imprisoned: a. 被监禁的

2. hunger strike: 绝食抗议 go on hunger strike

3. scandal: n. 丑闻 phone-hacking scandal 窃听丑闻

4. testimony: n. 证词

5. defy: v. refuse to do what someone in authority tells you to do藐视, 无视

eg. people who openly defy the law

6. verdict: n. （陪审团的）裁断, 裁决

eg. to reached a verdict / the unanimous verdict

7. seat: n. a position as an elected member of a government, or as a member of a group that makes official decisions 席位

eg. win/lose/gain/keep…. the seats

8. take/swear an oath: 宣誓 take the parliamentary oath: 在议会宣誓就职

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