星期天可谓美国的一个非正式假日。在晚上的超级碗橄榄球大赛时,亿万美国人将在围坐在电视机前,观看这一美国年度最大的体育赛事。Sunday is an unofficial holiday in the United States as millions of Americans gather in front of televisions for the annual National Football League championship; the Super Bowl.
美国国务卿克里因没有及时清扫波士顿自己住宅外面人行道上的积雪,收到50美元的罚单。本星期,美国东北部地区遭到暴风雪侵袭。波士顿的降雪量达到60厘米。波士顿市长沃尔什誓言,无论何人,只要不清扫住所周围人行道上的积雪,就要受到惩罚。
科学家们在以色列的一个洞穴中发现了一个残缺的古代头盖骨。他们认为这是证明人类从非洲向欧洲迁徙理论的第一个实物证据。Scientists have found part of an ancient skull in a cave in Israel that they say is the first physical evidence of human migration from Africa to Europe.
国际人权组织自由之家星期三说,在民主理念基础上建立一个国际体系的前景面临着四分之一世纪以来的最大威胁。The international rights group Freedom House said Wednesday that the prospect of an international system built on democratic ideals is under greater threat now than at any point in the past quarter-century.
星期二,美国总统奥巴马在即将结束对新德里的三天访问时说,美国可以成为印度的“最好伙伴”。
美国总统奥巴马的发言人欧内斯特说,特勤局人员在白宫院内发现一个据信是小型无人机的“装置”。A spokesman for U.S. President Barack Obama says the Secret Service has recovered a "device" believed to be a small drone on the grounds of the White House.
联合国人权事务高级专员办事处说,乌克兰东部冲突的死亡人数已超过五千。
美国国会议员们对奥巴马总统的国情咨文演讲反应不一,而奥巴马的经济政策以及围绕伊朗核项目的国际谈判是议员们的关注焦点。U.S. lawmakers have expressed a mix of reactions to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, with a particular focus on his economic policies and the ongoing international negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
德国警方发出后续行动,突击搜查了柏林和德国等地的13处住所。德国上星期逮捕了涉嫌为伊斯兰国招募武装人员的两个嫌疑人。German police have conducted raids on 13 properties in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany, a followup to last week's arrest of two men suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State group.
应对法国发生的致命袭击以及比利时发动的反恐突袭行动,欧盟星期一在布鲁塞尔举行外长会议。European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels Monday in the aftermath of deadly attacks in France and anti-terror raids in Belgium.
欧洲宇航局说,在火星上找到了十多年前失踪的英国建造的太空探测器。英国宇航局星期五说,小猎犬2号探测器一部分被部署在火星表面,从而揭开了探测器失踪之谜。 英国宇航局说,探测器只有一部分被部署在火星上......
美国特勤局四名高官被调任。此前,白宫安全保卫工作出现一系列疏漏,负责保卫奥巴马总统及家人的特勤局倍感难堪。Four senior officials in the U.S. Secret Service have been reassigned in response to a series of security lapses that embarrassed the agency responsible for protecting President Barack Obama and his family.
伊朗外长扎里夫说,他星期三与美国国务卿克里的会晤表明,伊朗和伊核问题六大国已经准备好“加快”伊核谈判。Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says his meeting Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows that Iran and a group of world powers are ready to "speed up" their negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
罗马天主教宗方济各星期二抵达斯里兰卡,开始为期一个星期的亚洲之旅。 他在斯里兰卡强调公正,和解与团结的必要性。
一名试图在喀布尔袭击一辆欧盟警车的自杀汽车炸弹手引爆炸弹后造成一名路人丧生,5人受伤,警车内的人安然无恙。A suicide car bomber has targeted a European Union police vehicle in Kabul, killing one passer-by but not hurting any of the passengers. However, five people nearby were wounded.
美国纽约市时报广场举行传统的庆祝活动,迎接2015年新年的到来。The United States welcomed in New Year's Day 2015 with the traditional celebration in New York City's Times Square.
贝吉.卡伊德.埃塞卜西星期三宣誓就任突尼斯新总统,成为该国1956年脱离法国独立以来第一位通过自由选举产生的领导人。Beji Caid Essebsi has been sworn in as Tunisia's new president, becoming the country's first freely elected leader since it gained independence from France in 1956.
联合国大会星期一一致通过决议,敦促缅甸给予陷入困境的罗兴亚少数族裔公民权和平等权利。The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution urging Myanmar to grant citizenship and equal rights to the country's beleaguered Rohingya minority.
一年前,三名半岛电视台记者在埃及被逮捕。他们被控支持被取缔的穆斯林兄弟会。星期四,这三名记者将向法院提出上诉。Three Al-Jazeera journalists are marking one year since they were arrested in Egypt on charges of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood......
设在伦敦的人权组织叙利亚人权嘹望台说,政府军星期四空袭伊斯兰国武装分子控制地区巴卜和邻近城镇卡巴辛,造成至少37名平民死亡,其中包括7名儿童和2名妇女。此前该组织报告的死亡数字是21人。A group monitoring the confilct in Syria says goverment airstrikes have killed at least 37 civilians in an area controlled by Islamic State fighters.
罗马天主教教宗方济各将向聚集在圣彼得广场上成千上万的人和世界各地更多的人发表他担任教宗以来的第二个圣诞致辞。Pope Francis is set to deliver his second annual Christmas blessing to thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square and many more watching from around the world.
在一次针对极端组织伊斯兰国的军事行动中,联军一架飞机在叙利亚境内被击落,飞行员被伊斯兰国武装分子抓获。Islamic State militants have captured a Jordanian pilot whose plane was shot down in Syria during a combat mission against the extremist group.
美国经济第三季度7、8、9三个月增长5%,增长速度大大超过预期,是十年来最快的。The U.S. economy grew at the fastest rate in a decade during July, August and September, growing by five percent, which is much faster than first thought.
神经错乱的伊朗移民摩尼斯上周绑架人质造成2人死亡。澳大利亚一法院决定撤销对其伙伴的保释。An Australian court has revoked the bail of the partner of a deranged Iranian-born man who last week carried out a deadly attack on a cafe in Sydney.
韩国星期五表示,暂不对平壤是否幕后策划黑客攻击索尼影业事件作出判断。分析人士说,这次事件威胁到电影行业的金融活力。South Korea said Friday it is withholding judgment on whether Pyongyang was behind the Sony Pictures hacking incident that analysts say threatens the financial viability of the movie industry.
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