CNN News:伊拉克總理出訪白宮尋求資金幫助

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS HOST: Hope your Wednesday`s going well so far. I`m Carl Azuz. It`s great to have you watching CNN STUDENT NEWS today.

希望大家周三能夠過得順利。我是Carl Azuz，非常高興大家收看今天的CNN學生新聞。

First up, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the leader of Iraq, visited the White House yesterday. One major focus of his visit: funding. Iraq is facing a budget deficit of 22 billion dollars this year. President Obama pledged 200 million dollars to help Iraqi communities and the people who are struggling. But Prime Minister al-Abadi is seeking much more and meeting with other international officials to request it.

首先伊拉克總理阿巴迪昨天對白宮進行了訪問。其中訪問的一個重要目的是尋求資金。伊拉克正面臨著今年220億美元的財政赤字預算。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)承諾撥款2億美元用于幫助正在掙扎的伊拉克政府和人民。但是阿巴迪總理現(xiàn)在的需求比之前更多，并且也與其他國際官員舉行了會議要求援助。

In addition to recovering from years of war, Iraq is fighting ISIS: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It wants to form a new country in the region based on its severe terpretation of Islam. Late last week, ISIS attacked Iraq`s largest oil refinery and said it took control of part of it. Iraqi forces denied that claim, saying they were in full control. Most of Iraq`s revenue comes from oil sales, but low global oil prices are hurting its economy.

除了伊拉克需要從戰(zhàn)爭中恢復，伊拉克現(xiàn)在還在面臨著伊斯蘭武裝分子的困擾。該恐怖組織希望在該區(qū)域建立一個基于伊斯蘭極端教義的新國家。上周時候ISIS襲擊了伊拉克最大的煉油廠，并稱其已經(jīng)控制了部分地區(qū)。伊拉克大部分收入來自石油銷售，但是持續(xù)走低的石油價格也給其經(jīng)濟一致命打擊。