VOA慢速英語:印度總理莫迪訪華試拉近中印關系

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday to his family's hometown of Xi'an. The visit is aimed at improving diplomatic and economic ties between the two Asian countries.

中國國家主席習近平周四時候邀請印度總理莫迪訪問了他的家鄉(xiāng)，西安。此次訪問的目的在于改善兩個亞洲國家間的外交和經(jīng)濟關系。

Several months ago, Mr. Xi was a guest of Mr. Modi's at the Indian leader's hometown of Ahmedabad.

幾個月前，習近平主席作為莫迪總理的客人對印度領導人的家鄉(xiāng)艾哈邁達巴德進行了訪問。

A Chinese newspaper says Mr. Modi and Mr. Xi are expected to sign $10 billion worth of economic deals during their talks.

一份中國本地報紙稱莫迪總理和習近平主席在會談期間預計會簽署一項價值100億美元的經(jīng)濟交易。

Mr. Modi will travel Friday to Beijing to meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and other top Chinese officials.

莫迪周五的時候?qū)诌_北京會見中國總理李克強和其他中國官員。

Obama discusses Iran nuclear deal with Gulf officials

President Barack Obama has talked with Arab officials about his government's position on talks about Iran's nuclear program. Mr. Obama and officials from six Persian Gulf countries met Thursday at the presidential home in Camp David, Maryland.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)與阿拉伯官員就其政府對伊朗核問題的立場進行了談話。奧巴馬和其他來自六個海灣國家的高官周四時候在馬里蘭州總統(tǒng)度假地戴維營進行了會面。

Mr. Obama sought to ease concerns over a possible agreement with Iran.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)試圖緩解他們對可能與伊朗達成的核協(xié)議所表示的擔憂。

U.S. security official Ben Rhodes said the United States would welcome support from Gulf countries for the nuclear deal. But many Arab leaders are concerned the plan would empower Iran and destabilize the Gulf area.

美國安全局官員Ben Rhodes說美國非常歡迎海灣國家能夠支持核協(xié)議的達成，但是許多阿拉伯領導人擔心協(xié)議會增強伊朗的力量，并且會造成海灣地區(qū)的不穩(wěn)定。

Taliban attack on Kabul hotel kills 14

The Taliban said it carried out a deadly attack on a hotel in Kabul Wednesday night. Most of the 14 people people killed were foreigners. They had been attending a party at the Park Palace hotel when three gunmen entered and began to fire. Police fought with the attackers for five hours before killing them.

塔利班恐怖組織稱其周三晚上對喀布爾一家酒店展開了致命性襲擊。14名遇難者中大多數(shù)人是外國人。這些人當時正在派克宮(Park Palace)酒店出席派對，隨后有三名持槍者闖入并開始朝人群射擊。警方與襲擊者進行了長達5個小時的交火最后將其擊斃。

Migrant boat seen off Thailand coast

Another stranded boat holding hundreds of migrants has been seen off the coast of Thailand. Those on the boat are believed to be victims of human trafficking.

另一只載有數(shù)百名移民的被困船只在泰國海岸邊附近被發(fā)現(xiàn)。船上乘客被認為是人口販賣的受害者。

The International Organization for Migration told VOA Thursday that the boat had been found. However, it is not clear whether it is in Thai or Malaysian territory. A Thai official said the boat is off the coast of Malaysia's Langkawi island.

國際移民組織周四時候告訴VOA稱該船只目前已經(jīng)被找到。然而，尚不清數(shù)船只所在位置屬于泰國或者馬來西亞領土。一位泰國官員稱該船只當時是出現(xiàn)在馬來西亞的浮羅交怡島海岸。

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Words in the News

empower – v. to give power to (someone)

destabilize – v. to cause (something, such as a government) to be unable to continue existing or working in the usual or desired way

stranded – adj. left without the means to move from somewhere.