VOA常速英语2021--厄瓜多尔监狱暴动造成24人死亡

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This is VOA News. Reporting by remote, I'm Joe Ramsey.

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Ecuadorian officials said a riot in a prison in a coastal¹ city killed 24 inmates² and injured 48 more Tuesday.

厄瓜多尔官员说，星期二，一座沿海城市的监狱发生暴动，造成24名囚犯死亡，48人受伤。

The country's prison service says a police and military operation managed to regain³ control of the prison after five hours.

该国监狱部门表示，五小时后警方和军方的行动设法恢复了对监狱的管控。

Officials claimed the violence involved gunfire, knives and explosions and was caused by a dispute between prison gangs.

官员们声称，暴力事件涉及枪击、刀刺和爆炸，由监狱帮派之间的纠纷引起。

Television images showed inmates firing from the windows of the prison amid smoke and the detonation⁴ of firearms and explosives.

电视画面显示，囚犯在烟雾弥漫中从监狱窗户向外开枪，伴随着阵阵枪声与爆炸。

In July, President Guillermo Lasso decreed a state of emergency in Ecuador's prison system following several violent episodes that resulted in more than 100 inmates being killed.

今年7月，厄瓜多尔总统吉列尔莫·拉索下令厄瓜多尔监狱系统进入紧急状态，此前发生了多起暴力事件，导致100多名囚犯死亡。

Top U.S. generals said Tuesday they advised President Joe Biden to keep American troops in Afghanistan and expressed concern that the Taliban have not severed⁵ ties with Al-Qaeda.

美国高级将领星期二说，他们建议拜登总统把美军留在阿富汗，并表示担忧塔利班没有与基地组织切断联系。

General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint⁶ Chiefs of Staff, and General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said they had personally recommended some 2,500 troops remain on the ground in Afghanistan.

美国参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利将军和美国中央司令部司令肯尼斯·麦肯齐将军表示，他们个人建议应在阿富汗留下大约2500名士兵。

Biden, in April, ordered a complete pullout of U.S. forces from the country by August 31, following through on an agreement reached with the Taliban by former President Donald Trump⁷.

拜登今年4月下令，美军在8月31日之前全部撤出阿富汗，遵循了前总统唐纳德·特朗普与塔利班达成的协议。

Milley, McKenzie and Defense⁸ Secretary Lloyd Austin were grilled⁹ for nearly six hours by senators about the U.S. withdrawal¹⁰ from Afghanistan and the chaotic¹¹ evacuation from Kabul airport.

米利、麦肯齐和国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀被参议员盘问了近6个小时，内容涉及美国从阿富汗撤军以及喀布尔机场的混乱撤离。

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