美国有线新闻 CNN 特朗普谈记者失踪案称将严惩沙特 土耳其释放美国牧师

 

First story we're explaining today is how the mysterious disappearance¹ of a journalist is having ripple² effects around the world. Jamal Khashoggi is a columnist³ for the Washington Post. He's been living in Washington, D.C. He's originally from Saudi Arabia and he used to be an advisor⁴ to the Saudi government. But he became critical of that government and wrote critical columns about it in the Post. On October 2nd, Khashoggi was Istanbul, Turkey. He was visiting the Saudi Consulate⁵ there to get paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancee. That's the last time he was seen.

Turkish officials say Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi's home country that he had criticized is responsible for his disappearance and possibly his murder.

Saudi Arabia's government says it hasn't been involved in any way in Khashoggi's disappearance and says he left the Saudi Consulate on the afternoon he visited it. But while Saudi Arabia and Turkey have formed a team to investigate, international pressure's been heating up. U.S. President Donald Trump⁶ has threatened severe punishment for Saudi Arabia if it's government is found to be responsible for Khashoggi's murder. Saudi Arabia's government says it would respond to any action against it with even greater action.

Britain, France and Germany are also pushing Saudi Arabia for answers related to Khashoggi's disappearance. With all this going on a significant event just took place involving the U.S. and Turkey. Andrew Brunson was released from a Turkish prison. He's an American pastor⁷ who'd lived and worked in Turkey for more than 23 years but he was arrested in March 2016 and accused of being involved in a failed coup⁸ in Turkey. American officials and activists⁹ said Pastor Brunson was innocent and was arrested mainly because of his Christian¹⁰ faith. He returned to the U.S. over the weekend.

President Trump says the timing¹¹ of Brunson's release during the international tensions over Khashoggi's disappearance was strictly¹² coincidental and that the U.S. made no deal with Turkey for Brunson's return. He said the U.S. greatly appreciated the release and that it could lead to good, perhaps great relations between the U.S. and Turkey.

Stateside, his attention will be on Florida and southern Georgia this week when the President visits some of the areas damaged by Hurricane Michael.

He's issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Florida. That will add Federal funding to the state and local relief efforts. At least 18 deaths have been blamed on the storm. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity five days after Michael made landfall. In some areas, residents expect it to take years before they're back to normal.

1 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

2 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

7 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

8 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

9 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

11 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

12 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。