印度乘客想哭 才跑到一半火车竟然被没收了!

 　　Indian court officials confiscated² a passenger train after the railway department failed to pay compensation to a farmer for acquiring his land.

　　由于铁路局长期拖欠一位农民占地补偿款，印度一列客运列车在路上被法庭没收了。

　　The train had more than 100 passengers on board when the officials confiscated it at the Harihar station in southern Karnataka state last Monday.

　　这起事情发生在上周一，该列车在经过印度南部卡纳塔克邦赫里赫尔车站时被没收，当时车上还有100多名乘客。

　　The train was only released after railway officials gave an assurance that the compensation would be paid.

　　最终该列车在铁道部官员承诺还款之后才被放行。

　　The railway acquired his land in 2006, but have still not paid him for it.

　　铁道部在2006年占用了这位农民的土地，却迟迟没有给补偿款。

　　印度乘客想哭 才跑到一半火车竟然被没收了!

　　The farmer, AG Shivakumar, agreed to let the railway department acquire his one-acre plot of land for the express train line, after he was assured compensation of 3.6m rupees.

　　该农民名叫西瓦库马尔，当年印度铁道部为了修高速公路，从他那里以360万卢比的成交价格购买了一英亩地。

　　He approached a local court after the railways ignored several requests for payment.

　　在几次三番要求铁道部还钱不成的情况下，他只好请当地法庭为自己主持公道了。

　　The court in 2013, ordered the railway department to pay Mr Shivakumar his compensation along with interest.

　　直到2013年，铁道部才被判连本带息赔偿西瓦库马尔。

　　But after the railways did not heed³ the order for three years, the court ordered its officials to confiscate¹ the train.

　　可接下来的三年中，铁道部根本就没有理睬判决结果，于是法庭这才决定没收该列车。

　　"The railway officials gave an undertaking⁴ to the court that the amount will be given in one week's time and the train was allowed to leave after about 100 minutes," KGS Patil, Mr Shivakumar's lawyer, told BBC Hindi.

　　西瓦库马尔的律师帕蒂尔向驻印度英国广播公司透露：“铁道部官员向法庭承诺下周肯定会还款之后，该火车才被放行，至此，这辆列车已经被扣留了100分钟。”

1 confiscate   

v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公

参考例句：

• The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
• Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？

2 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

3 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

4 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。