美国国家公共电台 NPR 丑闻缠身的西班牙前国王宣布离开西班牙

Spain's former King Juan Carlos is reported to have left Spain amid investigations¹ by Spanishand Swiss prosecutors² into his personal bank accounts. As Lucia Benavides reports, someSpaniards are accusing the king of running away to avoid legal prosecution³.

据报道，西班牙前国王胡安·卡洛斯已经离开西班牙，而西班牙和瑞士检察官正在对其个人银行账户进行调查。据卢西亚·贝纳维德斯报道，一些西班牙人指责国王为了躲避法律起诉而逃跑。

LUCIA BENAVIDES, BYLINE⁴: Former King Juan Carlos was once seen as the father of Spanishdemocracy. Chosen by the dictator Francisco Franco to carry on his legacy⁵, King Juan Carlosinstead led Spain to democratic rule after ascending⁶ the throne in 1975. Thirty-nine yearslater, he abdicated⁷ the throne amid a series of personal and financial scandals, including taxevasion, extramarital affairs and elephant hunting expeditions in the middle of a financialcrisis.

卢西亚·贝纳维德斯连线：前国王胡安·卡洛斯曾被视为西班牙民主之父。胡安·卡洛斯国王被独裁者弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥选中继承其遗产，但他在1975年登基后带领西班牙走向民主统治。39年之后，他在一系列个人丑闻和财务丑闻之中退位，其卷入的丑闻包括逃税、婚外情以及在金融危机期间进行猎象探险。

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JUAN CARLOS: (Speaking Spanish).

胡安·卡洛斯：（用西班牙语讲话）。

BENAVIDES: His public apology in 2012 did nothing to erase⁸ a photo of him standing⁹ infront of an elephant's corpse¹⁰, rifle in hand. And news of other scandals continued even after hehanded the throne to his son, King Felipe. This June, Spain's Supreme¹¹ Court opened aninvestigation into Juan Carlos' private Swiss bank account, where he allegedly hid $100 milliongiven to him by the then-king of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, in 2008. Earlier this year, theseaccusations led King Felipe to renounce¹² his father's inheritance and strip the former king ofhis annual stipend¹³ of more than $200,000.

贝纳维德斯：他在2012年进行的公开道歉没能清除其手拿步枪站在大象尸体前的照片。甚至在他将王位传给其儿子国王费利佩之后，他的其他丑闻仍在陆续曝光。今年6月，西班牙最高法院对胡安·卡洛斯的瑞士私人银行账户启动调查，他涉嫌将2008年从时任沙特阿拉伯国王阿卜杜拉那里获得的1亿美元藏在该账户中。今年早些时候，这些指控迫使国王费利佩放弃其父亲的遗产，并剥夺了前国王超过20万美元的年薪。

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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: (Speaking Spanish).

身份不明的记者：（用西班牙语讲话）。

BENAVIDES: News of the former king leaving the country was the talk of Spain on Mondayevening after a letter written from the former monarch¹⁴ to the present king was released. Inthe note, Juan Carlos said he was leaving to protect his legacy and personal dignity. He didnot say if he was leaving permanently¹⁵ or where he was going. The former king's lawyer saysJuan Carlos is still at the disposal of Spanish courts, but his critics accuse him of fleeing thecountry to avoid prosecution.

贝纳维德斯：前国王写给现任国王的信件公布后，前国王离开西班牙的消息在周一晚上成为人们的谈资。胡安·卡洛斯在信件中表示，他将离开西班牙以保护他的遗产和个人尊严。他并没有说他是否永久离开，也没有说明他会去往哪里。前国王的律师表示，胡安·卡洛斯仍受西班牙法院制约，但他的批评者指责他为逃避起诉而逃离西班牙。

For NPR News, I'm Lucia Benavides in Barcelona.

NPR新闻，卢西亚·贝纳维德斯巴塞罗那报道。

1 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

6 ascending   

adj.上升的，向上的

参考例句：

• Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。

7 abdicated   

放弃（职责、权力等）( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 退位，逊位

参考例句：

• He abdicated in favour of his son. 他把王位让给了儿子。
• King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner. 国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。

8 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

9 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

10 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

11 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

12 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

13 stipend   

n.薪贴；奖学金；养老金

参考例句：

• The company is going to ajust my stipend from this month onwards.从这一个月开始公司将对我的薪金作调整。
• This sum was nearly a third of his total stipend.这笔钱几乎是他全部津贴的三分之一。

14 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

15 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。