埃及教堂炸弹袭击致47人亡 总统宣布进入紧急状态

 　　Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency across the country after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 47 dead.

　　在两座科普特教堂遭袭导致至少47人死亡后，埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·阿尔塞西宣布全国进入为期3个月的紧急状态。

　　The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta¹ city about 100 km north of Cairo, tore through the inside of St George Church during its Palm Sunday service, the Ministry² of Health said.

　　据埃及卫生部介绍，第一起爆炸发生在距开罗以北约100公里的尼罗河三角洲城市坦塔的圣乔治教堂，事发时教堂正在举行棕枝主日弥撒。

　　The second, a few hours later in Alexandria, hit St Mark's Cathedral.

　　数小时后，第二起爆炸发生在亚历山大圣马可教堂。

　　埃及教堂炸弹袭击致47人亡 总统宣布进入紧急状态

　　Mr Sisi made a defiant³ speech at the presidential palace after a meeting of the national defence council to discuss the explosions.

　　在与国防委员会开会商讨爆炸事件后，塞西总统在总统府发表了一段措辞强硬的演讲。

　　He warned that the war against the jihadists would be "long and painful", and said that the state of emergency would come into force after all "legal and constitution steps" were taken.

　　他警告称，对伊斯兰圣战分子的斗争将是“漫长而痛苦的”，紧急状态将在采取所有的法律和宪法措施之后开始生效。

　　So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying two of its fighters wearing suicide vests carried out the attacks and warning of more to come.

　　所谓的“伊斯兰国”宣称对袭击事件负责，称两名身穿自杀式炸弹背心的“伊斯兰国战士”实施了袭击，并警告将制造更多袭击事件。

　　The assault is the latest on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants⁴, and a challenge to President Al Sisi, who has pledged to protect them as part of his campaign against extremism.

　　伊斯兰武装分子越来越多地将少数派宗教作为袭击目标，针对埃及教堂的袭击是其最新行动，也是对埃及总统塞西的挑衅。塞西曾承诺保护少数宗教派，作为打击极端主义的部分举措。

1 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。