2016年经济学人 一周要闻 委内瑞拉食糖短缺可乐停产 美击毙塔利班头目

 

Cuba's Communist government said it would legalize small and medium-sized enterprises. That builds on earlier reforms, which allow “self-employed” Cubans to own restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts and other small businesses.

古巴共和党宣布，承认本国中小型企业经营合法化，该计划是在早前改革的基础上提出来的，准许古巴人在餐厅、旅馆和其他小型企业方面实现“个体经营”。

Coca-Cola stopped producing sugary drinks in Venezuela because it cannot obtain sugar. Price controls have made growing sugar cane¹ unprofitable and the country suffers from a shortage of foreign exchange.

由于食糖供应缺乏，委内瑞拉可口可乐已停止在该地生产含糖饮料。物价问题使得委内瑞拉的甘蔗种植毫无利润可言，同时该国的外汇也严重不足。

Iraq's government announced the start of an operation to retake Fallujah, a city just a 30-minute drive from Baghdad that has been held by Islamic State for the past two years.

伊拉克政府宣布采取行动收复费卢杰（Fallujah）。费卢杰距巴格达（Baghdad）仅30分钟车程，在过去两年里一直为“伊斯兰国”组织（Islamic State）所占领。

Avigdor Lieberman, who leads Israel's nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, joined Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition² government, and became defense³ minister. Mr. Lieberman, who lives in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, has repeatedly derided⁴ efforts to secure peace with the Palestinians.

以色列“我们的家园以色列”党（Yisrael Beiteinu）领导人阿维格多·利伯曼（Avigdor Lieberman）加入本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Binyamin Netanyahu）联合政府，担任国防部长。利伯曼生活在约旦河西岸的犹太人居民区，他对以巴和谈始终保持嘲讽的态度。

A series of bombings hit two government strongholds on Syria's coast, killing⁵ as many as100 people.

叙利亚沿海地区两大政府要地遭遇多起爆炸袭击，造成100多人死亡。

The government and opposition⁶ leaders in Burundi started talks to resolve a crisis in which more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed. But the government excluded key opposition figures from the talks, reducing the chances of a successful outcome.

布鲁迪（Burundi）政府与反对党领袖就该国危机举行谈判。布隆迪危机已使超过1000人丧生。但是由于政府将反对党核心人士排除在对话之外，此次对话圆满成功的可能性不大。

The monetary-policy committee of Nigeria's central bank voted to allow the currency, the naira, to float against the dollar. The country has previously⁷ maintained an overinflated peg⁸ against the dollar that is 40% higher than the black-market rate, leading to a shortage of hard currency.

尼日利亚（Nigeria）中央银行货币政策委员会投票允许奈拉（naira，尼日利亚货币）随美元汇率浮动。尼日利亚此前一直采用固定汇率政策，但是其官方的兑美元汇率要比黑市提供的汇率高40%，导致其硬通货短缺。

In a report to Congress Hillary Clinton was criticized by the State Department's inspector⁹ general for using a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. Mrs. Clinton should have discussed the security risks with officials, the report said, though it recognized that the department had a history of dealing¹⁰ inadequately¹¹ with electronic messages. The issue continues to dog Mrs. Clinton's campaign.

美国国务院监察长曾向美国国会递交了一份报告，指出希拉里担任奥巴马政府国务卿期间使用私人邮箱处理国家机密事务。报告也表示，尽管国会也曾出过电子邮件使用不当的事件，但是希拉里应该向相关官员咨询有关使用私人邮箱存在的安全隐患问题，但她并没有这么做。“邮件门”事件成为希拉里总统竞选中挥之不去的阴影。

1 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 derided   

v.取笑，嘲笑( deride的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His views were derided as old-fashioned. 他的观点被当作旧思想受到嘲弄。
• Gazing up to the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. 我抬头疑视着黑暗，感到自己是一个被虚荣心驱使和拨弄的可怜虫。 来自辞典例句

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 peg   

n.木栓，木钉；vt.用木钉钉，用短桩固定

参考例句：

• Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。

9 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

10 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

11 inadequately   

ad.不够地；不够好地

参考例句：

• As one kind of building materials, wood is inadequately sturdy. 作为一种建筑材料，木材不够结实。
• Oneself is supported inadequately by the money that he earns. 他挣的钱不够养活自己。