Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

 

　　The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki has taken time to criticize the Japanese government's refusal to sign a non-proliferation treaty earlier this year.

 

　　Tomihisa Taue made has blasted the government during the ceremony to mark the atomic bombing of the city 68 years ago.

 

　　"If we cannot accept the wording that usage of nuclear weapon will never be permitted under any circumstance, it means the Japanese government is showing that nuclear weapons can be used depending on the circumstance. This is against the spirit that we, as the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack, will never allow any one else in this world to experience what we had to go through."

 

　　As part of this Friday's ceremony, a bell tolled¹ at 11:02a.m. local time to mark the exact time the bomb exploded over the city, killing² around 150-thousand people.

1 tolled   

鸣钟（toll的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Bells were tolled all over the country at the King's death. 全国为国王之死而鸣钟。
• The church bell tolled the hour. 教堂的钟声报时。

2 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。