※ [本文轉錄自 Eng-Class 看板] 作者: Kalovi (世に廃れ者なし) 看板: Eng-Class 標題: [翻譯] BBC國家檔案１７ 時間: Sat Sep 15 16:51:45 2007 1.Mr.Spencer promised to fight corruption and added that "crimes committed against the peolple" would not go unpunished. 史賓塞承諾打擊犯罪並補充不利人民的犯罪是不會逍遙法外的。 2.Argentina is rich in resources, has a well-educated workforce and is one of South America's largest economies. But it has also fallen prey to a boom and bust cycle. 阿根廷資源豐富，有著教育良好的勞工，是南美最大經濟體之一，但也飽受景氣時好時 壞之苦。 3.He had to contend with a surge of land invasions by activists frustrated at what they saw as the slow pace of agrarian reform. 他必須應付由積極份子發起的土地侵佔潮，但卻被其視為步伐緩慢的土地改革而受挫。 4.Canada has been asserting its sovereignty in the Arctic with growing vigour and has become embroiled in territorial spats wiht the US and Denmark. At stake is the possible bounty from previously-untapped reserves of oil and gas. 加拿大一直不斷大力宣稱其對北極海擁有主權並捲入了和美國及丹麥的領土爭執，所爭 的可能就是之前未利用的油氣礦藏。 5.A 2001 press freedom act swept away many of the Pinochet-era restrictions on the media. 2001年一項自由法案取消了諸多皮諾契時代對媒體的限制。 6.It also has a highly stratified society where the traditionally rich families of Spanish descent have benefited from this wealth to a far greater degree than the majority, mixed-race population. With few avenues for social mobility, this provided a natural constituency for left-wing insurgents. 它也有著一個高度階級化的社會：傳統的西班牙後裔富有家庭比大多數的混種人群得利 於此財富甚大。社會流動的途徑這樣狹窄自然就提供了左翼叛亂份子的崛起。 7.At the other end of the political spectrum are illegal right-wing paramilitary groups, who are sometimes in the pay of drug cartels and landowners, and backed by elements in the army and the police. 政治光譜的另一端是非法的右翼準軍事團體，他們有時候被毒品卡特爾和地主收買也受 到軍隊和警察裡特定一群人的支持。 8.The US, a key market for Colombian cocaine, has bankrolled the fight against the trade to the tune of billions of dollars. 哥倫比亞古柯鹼的重要市場-美國投入了總計億萬美元以遏阻該項貿易。 9.While relatively free of crime, Costa Rica has been allegations that drug- tainted money has found its way into the coffers of the two main political parties. 儘管哥斯大黎加犯罪率相對不高，但有消息指出兩個主要政黨的財富和毒品交易的金錢 脫離不了干係。 10.No blending of fortunes, however, is evident in the distribution of wealth between ethnic groups. 然而財富卻不相稱，族群間的資源分配可見一斑。 11.Mr Palacio was vice president under Mr Gutierrez, but, disillusioned by a lack of action against poverty, became a critic of the president, 帕拉西歐是古堤兒爾茲的副手，但因少了對抗貧窮的行動而令人失望，在位招致批評。 12.A country of striking features and a strong indigenous culture, Guatemala's natural beauty and powerful identity stand in stark contrast to its bloody past and troubled present. 瓜地馬拉是個有著醒目特點和豐富原始文化的國家，其自然美景和強烈的認同對照其血 腥的過去和不安的現在，形成強烈的對比。 13.Despite an official finding that 93% of all atrocities carried out during the war had been committed by the security forces, moves to bring those responsible to account started only after a long delay. 儘管一項官方調查指出有93%的暴行是戰時治安部隊所犯下，然而在漫長的延遲後才開 始行動，要把那些該負責的人訴諸審判。 以上， 請多指教！ 謝謝！ --

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