印度泰伦加纳邦官邸占地九千平方米 内设防弹厕所

 　　The chief minister of the south Indian state of Telangana has caused outrage¹ after moving into a palatial² new home that cost taxpayers³ $7.3m.

　　印度南部泰伦加纳邦的首席部长近来搬入了一所花费纳税人730万美金的豪宅官邸，这一事件引起了当地人的极度不满。

　　The building is spread over 9,000 square metres (100,000 sq ft) of prime real estate in Hyderabad city.

　　这所新官邸占地9000平米（折合10万平方英尺），位于海得拉巴市最好的地段。

　　It has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium⁴ which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.

　　该豪宅内有一个防弹厕所，还有一个可容纳250人的礼堂和一个可容纳500人的会议厅。

　　印度泰伦加纳邦官邸占地九千平方米 内设防弹厕所

　　The house was blessed by the minister's special guru while the bulletproof bathroom has been roundly mocked.

　　这位部长曾请来法师作法祈福，不过它的防弹厕所还是遭到了公众的奚落。

　　Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao moved into the house last Thursday after a series of religious rituals led by his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy.

　　在法师Chinna Jeeyar Swamy进行了一系列仪式后，钱德拉塞卡·拉奥于上周四搬进了这个新住所。

　　The house, named Pragathi Bhavan, was built in close consultation⁵ with vaastu (similar to Feng shui) experts. Mr Rao is a great believer in vaastu, which is an ancient Hindu custom used in construction.

　　这所豪宅名叫Pragathi Bhavan，是经过vaastu（印度版风水）专家商讨之后兴建的。vaastu是古印度在建房子时的一种习俗，拉奥部长非常迷信它。

　　He has also been in the news for trying to demolish⁶ the state's secretariat complex because he believes its vaastu is bad for the state.

　　此前他也因想要拆除该州的秘书大楼而被媒体报道，原因是他认为大楼的vaastu对该州不利。

1 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

2 palatial   

adj.宫殿般的，宏伟的

参考例句：

• Palatial office buildings are being constructed in the city.那个城市正在兴建一些宫殿式办公大楼。
• He bought a palatial house.他买了套富丽堂皇的大房子。

3 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

4 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

5 consultation   

n.咨询；商量；商议；会议

参考例句：

• The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
• The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。

6 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。