VOA常速英语2014--Families of Slain Cambodian Garment Workers Call for Justice 被害柬埔寨服装工人的家属呼吁正义

 

Families of Slain¹ Cambodian Garment Workers Call for Justice 被害柬埔寨服装工人的家属呼吁正义

PHNOM PENH — Families of garments workers shot dead on Phnom Penh streets early last month have appealed for justice.

金边—月初，金边服装厂工人在金边市大街上被枪杀，其家属呼吁正义。

Khat Samneang is among of them. Her husband, Kim Phalleap, was one of at least four garment workers shot dead during a violent clash between striking garment workers and Cambodian government armed forces on Jan. 3.

Khat Samneang就是呼吁者之一。她的丈夫，Kim Phalleap，是这起冲突的受害者之一。这起冲突是一月三号发生在罢工的服装厂工人和金边市武装部队之间的，造成至少四个工人被枪杀。

A garment worker herself, she says the loss of her husband is the loss of her future.

Khat Samneang也是一个服装工人，她说，失去她的丈夫就是失去了未来。

“I want justice for my husband because he did nothing wrong," said Khat. "He just protested for a higher wage for workers and teachers, and for a lower cost of living, but why did they shoot him with real bullets?”

她说：“我想为我的丈夫寻求正义，因为他并没有做错什么。他只是想为工人和老师争取更高的工资和较低的生活费用，但是为什么他们要用真子弹射击他呢？”

Hundreds of garment workers were demonstrating for a doubling of their minimum wage of $80 per month when they threw rocks and Molotov cocktails² at government security forces, who responded with live ammunition³.

成千上万名服装工人举行游行示威，他们想要把他们的最低月薪80美元提高一倍。他们对政府安全部队投掷石头和燃烧弹，但是却被还以实弹。

“Please help seek justice for my son because he protested only for an appropriate living wage," said Suos Sam Ol, Kim's father, "not to buy a villa⁴, a car or to become rich.”

Kim的父亲，Suos Sam Ol说：“请为我的儿子寻求正义，因为他抗议只是为了适当的生活费用，并不是为了买一栋别墅，买一辆车，或者变成富人。”

Apart from at least four deaths, more than 30 people were injured and 23 others were arrested in the clash.

这起冲突使至少4人死亡，超过30人受伤，23人被捕。

Activist⁵ Tep Vanny and other protest leaders were briefly⁶ detained last month while trying to submit a petition calling for the release of 23 activists⁷. She says the four who died should be remembered as heroes.

上月，激进分子Tep Vanny和其它的抗议领导者在提交为释放23名激进分子的请愿书时被短暂扣留。她说，四个被害者应该被成为影响，被人铭记。

“These four sacrificed their lives not just for themselves but for all the garment workers across the country so that they could get a minimum wage of $160 per month," Tep said. "So we will remember them all in our hearts as our most heroic workers.”

她说：“这四个人牺牲了他们的生命，不仅是为了他们自己，也是为了全国的服装工人能够得到至少160美金的月薪，所以我们将会把他们作为我们的工人英雄来铭记。”

Officials have said an investigation⁸ is being conducted, but no progress has yet been reported.

政府官员称，调查已经正在进行，但是还没有报告任何进展。

Government spokesman Phay Siphan says the investigation will start by looking at the demonstrators first.

政府发言人Phay Siphan说，调查将首先着眼于游行示威者。

Kheng Tito, the spokesman of the military police, told VOA's Khmer service that finding the shooters won't be easy.

军队的发言人Kheng Tito，告诉VOA柬埔寨语的负责人，找到射击者并不容易。

“How do we know who shot them? We do not know because the situation at that time was so chaotic⁹ that we did not know who was who," Kheng said. "So, how can we charge anyone with the shooting?”

Kheng 说：“我们如何知道是谁射击了他们？我们不知道，因为当时的情况太混乱了，所以我们不知道谁是谁。这样，我们怎样控告任何人开枪呢？”

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen faces a growing challenge to his 28-year rule, both from factory workers demanding higher pay, and opposition¹⁰ forces demanding he step down and call a new election due to alleged¹¹ fraud during a July 2013 election.

首相洪森在他28年的领导中面临更大的挑战，不仅是工厂工人要更高的工资，还有反对势力因为2013年选举中涉嫌诈骗要求他下台并重新选举。

1 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

2 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

3 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

4 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

10 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

11 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为