VOA慢速英語：美國敦促埃塞俄比亞給予人民更多自由

President Barack Obama has urged the government in Ethiopia to give morefreedom to reporters and opposition political parties. The ruling party controlsall of the seats in parliament and limits reporting from the media.

美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬敦促埃塞俄比亞政府給予記者和反對黨更多的自由。執(zhí)政黨控制議會中的所有席位，并且限制媒體報道。

Mr. Obama added Ethiopia’s strong economy has helped bring millions ofpeople out of poverty. And he said the country has helped fight the Somalimilitant group Al-Shabab

奧巴馬補充到，埃塞俄比亞強大的經(jīng)濟實力使百萬人民脫離貧困，并且?guī)椭驌羲黢R里青年黨武裝分子。.

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The president spoke in a joint news conference with the Ethiopian primeminister in Addis Ababa. He is also in the Ethiopian capital to meet withleaders of the African Union to discuss the civil war in South Sudan.

美國總統(tǒng)和埃塞俄比亞首相阿迪斯在聯(lián)合新聞發(fā)布會上發(fā)表的此番話。

US supports Turkish strikes

美國支持土耳其抗擊

The U.S. is supporting Turkey’s air and artillery attacks on Kurdish rebels inIraq along with Islamic State militant targets in Syria.

美國支持土耳其空軍對伊拉克的庫爾德反叛組織和敘利亞的IS武裝分子進行空襲。

On Sunday, the Obama administration said Turkey had the right to attackterrorist targets. And it agreed with Turkey that the Kurdish Workers’ Party, orPKK, is a terrorist organization.

周日，奧巴馬政府稱土耳其有權利襲擊恐怖分子。并且和土耳其一致認為庫爾德士兵組織（簡稱PKK）是恐怖組織。

Last week, Turkish forces had attacked a town in northern Iraq controlled by the PKK. It was the first attack on the group since a peace agreement wasreached in 2013.

上周，土耳其武裝力量襲擊由IS控制的位于伊拉克北部的一座城鎮(zhèn)。這是2013年簽訂和平協(xié)議以來首次對該組織進行的襲擊。

Stock markets in China drop sharply

中國股市驟降

The Shanghai stock market index dropped sharply on Monday. The drop of 8.5 percent was the biggest drop of the index since 2007.

上海股票交易市場周一驟降。這是2007年以來首次跌落8.5個百分點。

The sell-off of Chinese stocks continued despite earlier attempts from theChinese government to calm the markets. Last month, shares of Chinesecompanies dropped 30 percent for a loss of more than $3 trillion.

盡管中國政府極力平穩(wěn)市場，中國股市還是持續(xù)下降。上月，中國公司的股票市值跌落百分之三十，損失三億美元。

Fighting continues despite truce in Yemen

也門襲擊持續(xù)進行

Saudi Arabiastopped its airstrikes in Yemen on Monday. A five-day-long truceis planned. However, ground fighting continues in some areas after Houthirebels rejected the cease-fire.

沙特阿拉伯周一根據(jù)停戰(zhàn)五天的協(xié)議停止在也門的襲擊。但是在一些地區(qū)什葉派叛軍違反?；饏f(xié)定繼續(xù)開戰(zhàn)后，沙特又開始了地面襲擊。

The coalition that has been fighting the Iranian-supported Houthi Shi’ite rebels with air attacks for the past four months declared the truce to let emergency supplies be shipped into Yemen.

在過去的幾個月內(nèi)，同盟軍一直抗擊伊拉克支持的什葉派叛軍，斷絕其緊急物資輸送到也門地區(qū)。

Nuclear negotiators to discuss North Korea

討論朝鮮核會談

The U.S. special diplomat to the six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclearprogram is meeting with officials in South Korea, China and Japan. They maytry to restart negotiations with North Korea aimed at ending its nuclearprogram.

美國特殊外交官同韓國、中國和日本就朝鮮核問題參加六方會談。他們有可能和朝鮮再次進行協(xié)商，終止朝鮮方面的核工程項目。

In Seoul on Monday, Sydney Seiler said the United States is ready to negotiatewith North Korea to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for an end toeconomic restrictions.

周一，西尼·賽樂在首爾表示，美國已經(jīng)準備好和朝鮮進行會談，將以取消經(jīng)濟制裁為條件來限制朝鮮的和核活動

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Words in the News

opposition– n. a political party that is trying to replace the political party inpower

index – n. a number that indicates changes in the level of something (such as a stock market) when it rises or falls

sell-off – n. the sale of a large number of stocks or shares that causes theirprice to drop

negotiation(s) – n. formal discussions between people who are trying toreach an agreement