[E356]The world this week
原文及音频节选自《经济学人》2016年第8期
The world this week版块
February 20th 2016
Sea power
▷Both America and Taiwan alleged[宣称;断言] that China has placed surface-to-air missiles[地对空导弹] on the South China Sea’s Woody Island[永兴岛], which is claimed also by Taiwan and Vietnam. If true it would heighten military tensions[加强军事紧张局势] in the disputed sea[争议海域], through which a third of world trade passes. China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, called the allegation an invention[捏造;虚构] of the Western media.
▷China decided to move more than 9,000 people to prevent electromagnetic interference[电磁干扰] with the world’s largest radio telescope[射电望远镜,无线电天文望远镜], which will start to operate later this year in the south-western province of Guizhou. Chinese scientists involved in the project told the country’s state-owned news agency that the instrument would help in the search for intelligent life[有智生命] elsewhere in the universe.
▷Britain said that the disappearance of a bookseller in Hong Kong, presumed to have been abducted by Chinese security agents, amounted to[共计;意味着;发展成;折合] a “serious breach[严重违约]” of an agreement reached between China and Britain in 1984 on the handover[(所有权或管理权的)移交] of the colony[殖民地] to Chinese rule. The bookseller, Lee Bo, is a British citizen. Four of his colleagues are also believed to have been snatched while visiting Thailand and the Chinese mainland. China has confirmed it is detaining[拘留;扣留] them.
▷abduct [æbˈdʌkt]
[注释]
a) To abduct someone is to commit the crime of kidnapping person and holding them for ransom.
b) to force someone to go somewhere with you, often using threats or violence
绑架;劫持;诱拐
The company director was abducted from his car by terrorists.(公司董事被恐怖分子从自己的车里劫走了。)
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