VOA常速英语2021--美国亚特兰大地区发生枪击案,6名亚裔死亡

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This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam, according to his vice¹ president. Reuters David Doyle has more. Speaking on state television, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Magufuli had died of a heart condition at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam. The 61-year-old, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, had not been seen in public since the end of February. Speculation² was rife³ that he had contracted COVID-19. Magufuli had denounced measures to stop the spread of the virus and labeled vaccines⁴ a Western conspiracy⁵. Last week, officials denied he was ill. Government officials also said Magufuli was working normally and that citizens should ignore rumors⁶ from outside the country. Tanzanian police have arrested four people since last week for allegedly spreading false information about the health of political leaders. That's Reuters David Doyle.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道。坦桑尼亚副总统称，总统约翰·马古富利已在达累斯萨拉姆的一家医院去世。请听路透社记者大卫·道尔带来更多报道。副总统萨米娅·苏卢胡·哈桑在国家电视台上说，马古富利在达累斯萨拉姆的一家医院因心脏病去世。这名61岁的总统是非洲最著名的冠状病毒怀疑论者之一，他自2月底以来就再也没有公开露面。人们普遍猜测他感染了新冠病毒。马古富利谴责阻止病毒传播的措施，并称疫苗是西方的阴谋。上周，坦桑尼亚官方否认总统得病。政府官员还表示，马古富利工作正常，公民应该无视来自国外的谣言。坦桑尼亚警方自上周以来逮捕了4人，他们涉嫌散布有关政治领导人健康状况的虚假信息。我是路透社记者大卫·道尔。

The suspect in the Atlanta area massage⁷ parlor⁸ shootings has been charged with murder. AP's Mike Gracia has details. Twenty-one-year-old Robert Aaron Long has been charged with killing⁹ eight people at three Atlanta area massage parlors¹⁰ Tuesday, with six of the victims identified as Asian. The shootings sparked fears of a targeted attack. But Cherokee County Sheriff's Captain Jay Baker¹¹ told reporters there may have been a different motive¹². "He does claim that it was not racially motivated. He apparently¹³ has an issue, what he considers sex addiction¹⁴ and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places, and it's a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate." Less than three full months into the year, the attack was the sixth mass killing of 2021 in the U.S. following a drop off in mass killings¹⁵ during the pandemic in 2020. I'm Mike Gracia. This is VOA news.

亚特兰大地区按摩店枪击案的嫌疑人被控谋杀。请听美联社记者麦克·格雷西亚带来详细报道。21岁的罗伯特·亚伦·龙被控星期二在亚特兰大地区的三家按摩院杀害8人，其中6名受害者是亚洲人。枪击事件引发了人们对有针对性袭击的恐惧。但切罗基县警长杰伊·贝克告诉记者，嫌犯的杀人动机可能不同。“嫌犯声称此次枪击案不是出于种族动机。他显然认为自己有性瘾，并把这些地方看作是让自己上瘾而流连忘返的地方，他想消灭这种诱惑。”在2021年尚不到三个月的时间里，这已经是美国第六起大规模杀害袭击事件。而在之前的2020年新冠疫情期间，美国大规模杀害事件有所下降。我是麦克·格雷西亚。欢迎收听美国之音新闻。