英闻天下——356 Mekong River Murderers Executed by Lethal Injection

 　　Naw Kham, who was convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011, was executed earlier this afternoon.

 

　　The Myanmar drug lord and three of his accomplices¹, identified as Hsang Kham, Yi Lai,and Zha Xika, were given the lethal² injection in the city of Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

 

　　Just two days before the execution, Naw Kham was speaking to China Central Television – also known as CCTV through an interpreter, about the 'Golden Triangle' area on the Mekong river where the killings³ happened.

 

　　"Drug trafficking is prevalent in the 'Golden Triangle' area. Good people, who come to the area, they can't resist the temptation, and they would eventually get involved in the business, and become addicted⁴ to drugs. They make money out of selling drugs and use the money in gambling⁵. They would sell more drugs after they lost their money in gambling and eventually become bad people."

 

　　Him and his associates were arrested in Myanmar and brought to China last May.

 

　　In November they were found guilty of intentional⁶ homicide and drug trafficking, with Naw Kham, said to have organized the hijacking⁷ of two Chinese cargo⁸ ships on the Mekong in October 2011.

 

　　Since the entire incident, China, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand have set up joint⁹ security patrols along the Mekong River.

 

　　The Chinese Ministry¹⁰ of Public Security says the gang has now been broken up, but the joint patrol will continue to safeguard ships on the river.

1 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

2 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

3 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

4 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

5 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

6 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

7 hijacking   

n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I have been told about the hijacking . 我已听说了那次劫机事件。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
• They are taking measures to guarantee against the occurrence of hijacking. 他们正采取措施防止劫机事件的发生。

8 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 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。