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封面配图 | 美联社:周三,88岁的袴田巌在日本静冈散步
本期词汇表达:
1. acquit /əˈkwɪt/:vt. 无罪释放(acquit sb of the murder,宣告某人谋杀罪名不成立)名词:acquittal /əˈkwɪt(ə)l/
2. retrial /ˌriːˈtraɪəl/:n. 重审
3. on death row:(死囚)等待受刑(下文death row inmate指死囚)
4. quadruple murder:四重谋杀(ˈkwɒdrʊpəl)
5. reverse:推翻(法庭判决)
6. wrongful conviction:错误定罪,误判(be convicted of a crime,证明某人有罪)
7. criminal justice:刑事司法
8. multiple fabrications of evidence:多次伪造证据(fabricate:捏造,编造)
9. culprit /ˈkʌlprɪt/:罪犯(涉及谋杀案时,可译为凶手)
10. behind bars:在监狱中(bar:也指律师职业,bar exam:律师资格考试)
美联社(The Associated Press)
SEPTEMBER 26
Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
日本法院重审1966年谋杀案
死囚服刑数十年后被判无罪
TOKYO —A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.
日本地方法院今日裁定,1966年的四人谋杀案经过重审,88岁的前拳击手袴田巌被判无罪。他在死囚区等待了数十年后,此前的错误定罪才被推翻。
Iwao Hakamada's acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice.
袴田巌(はかまだいわお)被静冈(しずおか)地方法院无罪释放,使他成为战后日本刑事司法重审中第五名被判无罪的死囚。
The court acknowledged a multiple fabrications of evidence and that Hakamada was not the culprit.
法院承认多次伪造证据,袴田巌并非凶手。
He spent 48 years behind bars — most of them on death row — making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.
他在狱中度过了48年(2014年开始在家服刑)——大部分时间在死囚区——这使他成为世界上服刑时间最长的死刑犯。
封面配图 | Terence Lim,KOREAPRO,韩国老年人在公园下棋
本期表达:
1.make up或account for:表示占比(后面+%)
2.populace /ˈpɒpjʊləs/:平民,人口
3.be projected to:预计,预测
4.senior citizen:老年人(the elderly)
5.low birthrate:低出生率
6.demographic crisis:人口危机([deməˈɡræfɪk],前缀demo-表示人口)
7.stats agency:统计局(statistics简写为stats)
韩国时报(Korean Times)
20240924
Elderly to make up nearly half of Korea's population by 2072
Youth to comprise just 6.6% of populace
到2072年,老年人将占韩国人口的近一半
年轻人仅占韩国人口的6.6%
Senior citizens are projected to comprise nearly half of Korea's population by 2072, with the country aging more than twice as fast as the global average, data showed, Monday.
本周一的数据显示,到2072年,老年人预计将占韩国人口的近一半,该国老龄化速度是全球平均水平的两倍多。
Data from Statistics Korea reveals that by 2072, those aged 0 to 14 are projected to account for 6.6 percent of the population, down from 10.6 percent in 2024, as Korea continues to struggle with a low birthrate.
韩国统计局的数据显示,由于韩国继续面临低出生率问题,预计到2072年,0至14岁的人口将占该国总人口的6.6%,低于2024年的10.6%。
The demographic crisis will result in a greater burden on younger, economically active individuals to support the elderly, who will be economically inactive, according to the stats agency.
韩国统计局称,为了向不再从事经济活动的老年人提供保障,人口危机将给从事经济活动的年轻人带来更大的负担。
Korea's population is projected to decrease to 36 million by 2072, down 30.8 percent from this year’s estimate of 52 million.
到2072年,韩国人口预计将减少至3600万,比今年预估的5200万下降30.8%。
“A population decline will be unstoppable even if the two Koreas are united after 50 years,” Statistics Korea said.
韩国统计局表示:“即使50年后朝韩统一,人口下降趋势也是必然的。”
封面|英国《卫报》
本期词汇:
1. Lebanese /lebəˈniːz/ adj.黎巴嫩的 n.黎巴嫩人
2. Israeli /ɪzˈreɪli / adj.以色列的 n.以色列人
3. Hezbollah n.(黎巴嫩)真主党
4. bout:a period of time in which something intense happens,严重事态爆发的时段
5. bloodshed n.流血;杀戮
6. all-out war:全面战争,指国家或组织之间的战争。
7. a barrage of:接二连三的(bəˈrɑːʒ)
彭博社(Bloomberg)
Sept. 24, 2024
Lebanese Flee Homes as Israeli Strikes Targeting Hezbollah Intensify
以色列对真主党的袭击升级
大批黎巴嫩人逃离家园
Fresh attacks follow the worst bout of bloodshed between Israel and Hezbollah since their monthlong conflict in 2006
本轮以色列针对黎巴嫩的袭击导致了严重伤亡。2006年,双方曾爆发长达一个月的冲突。
Thousands of Lebanese are fleeing their homes in the country’s south as Israel intensifies its military campaign against Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out war a day after a barrage of strikes killed hundreds in the country.
随着以色列针对黎巴嫩真主党的军事行动升级,数千名黎巴嫩人逃离位于该国南部的家园,引发了人们对于爆发全面战争的担忧。就在一天前,以色列对黎巴嫩发动了一连串袭击,造成数百人死亡。
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