CNN互動英語學習報 ---八月十三日



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2014 年 8 月 13 日 (No. 696)

Politics

U.S. House passes border-security funding bill to speed deportations -- Reuters
美眾議院通過邊界維安撥款案加速遣返作業（2014/08/05）

Russia's Putin issues retaliatory ban on food imports -- CNN
俄國汀針對食物進口發出報復性禁令（2014/08/07）

Society

Strong quake in China topples thousands of homes, kills at least 367 -- Los Angeles Times
中國強震震垮數千房屋　至少 367 人罹難（2014/08/04）

Sierra Leone army blockade Ebola areas, Liberia declares emergency -- Reuters
獅子山軍方封鎖伊波拉感染地區　賴比瑞亞宣佈進入緊急狀態（2014/08/08）

Business

U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction cross hairs -- Reuters
美國雞農成為制裁俄羅斯最新的受害目標（2014/08/06）

U.S. trade gap at five-month low, to boost second-quarter GDP -- Reuters
美國貿易差額五個月來低點　將刺激第二季國內生產毛額（2014/08/07）

Science & Technology

American aid worker stricken with Ebola arrives in U.S. for treatment -- Reuters
染伊波拉美國醫療人員抵美接受治療（2014/08/04）

Tidy spaces can prevent kids from becoming overwhelmed and frustrated -- Reuters
空間整潔能避免小孩變得崩潰沮喪（2014/08/05）

Entertainment

Sandra Bullock crushes her competition as Hollywood's highest paid actress -- Business Insider
珊卓布拉克大敗競爭者成為好萊塢收入最高女演員（2014/08/05）

Hollywood fails to represent US ethnic diversity, says study -- The Guardians
研究顯示好萊塢未能展現美國族裔多樣性（2014/08/06）

Sports

Wei-yin Chen dedicates season's 12th win to stricken hometown -- CNA
【棒球】陳偉殷將本季第 12 勝獻給受創故鄉（2014/08/04）

Dodig enjoys upset win over Isner on return from injury -- Reuters
【網球】多迪格傷後復出　開心爆冷打贏伊斯納（2014/08/06）

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ISIS Overrun Iraq's Large Christian Community

ISIS 大舉入侵伊拉克大型基督教社區

	Iraq's largest Christian town has been overrun by the same militant Islamists who have gained a foothold in parts of eastern Syria and western and northern Iraq.
	伊拉克最大的基督徒城鎮遭到激進伊斯蘭教徒大舉入侵，也就是在敘利亞東部與伊拉克西部及北部取得立足點的同一群伊斯蘭教徒。
	The latest advances by ISIS (or the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has caused thousands of Christians in the city to flee, just as other minority groups targeted by ISIS have done, as well as Shi'ite Muslims.
	ISIS（又稱伊斯蘭國，先前稱為伊拉克與敘利亞伊斯蘭國）最近的進攻迫使城內數以千計的基督徒紛紛逃離，正如過去遭到 ISIS 攻擊的其他少數族群一樣，還有什葉派穆斯林。
	ISIS seeks to create an Islamic caliphate that stretches from Syria to Iraq.
	The group has aggressively targeted Iraqi minority religious groups.
	ISIS 意在建立一座由敘利亞延伸至伊拉克的伊斯蘭哈里發王國。這個團體猛烈攻擊伊拉克的少數宗教族群。
	The French government has confirmed that the Iraqi city of Qaraqosh has fallen into the hands of the militant al Qaeda offshoot.
	法國政府證實伊拉克城市克拉克斯已落入蓋達組織的這個激進分支團體手中。
	France called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the threat in Iraq.
	法國召開聯合國安理會緊急會議討論伊拉克境內的威脅。
	The exodus from Qaraqosh was already under way, as the city and its surroundings have been the target of ISIS attacks for weeks.
	克拉克斯的大規模撤離行動早已展開，因為這座城市及其周遭地區在過去幾週以來一直是 ISIS 的攻擊目標。
	Qaraqosh is a historic Assyrian town of 50,000 people, approximately 20 miles southeast of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, where ISIS also has control.
	克拉克斯是一座有五萬居民的亞述古城，位於伊拉克第二大城摩蘇爾東南方約二十英里，摩蘇爾同樣也受到 ISIS 的控制。
	When ISIS took over Mosul, many residents from there had fled to Qaraqosh.
	In Mosul, ISIS issued an ultimatum to Christians living there: Convert to Islam, pay a fine or face "death by the sword."
	ISIS 佔領摩蘇爾之時，那裡的許多居民都逃到了克拉克斯。在摩蘇爾，ISIS 向那裡的基督徒居民發出最後通牒：改信伊斯蘭教並且繳納罰款，否則就會面臨「一劍處死」。
	Three other nearby villages were also attacked overnight and Thursday, local police officials told CNN.
	Two of the villages -- Bartella and Tall Kayf -- are predominately Christian.
	Hundreds of Christian families fled to the north, police said.
	附近另外三座村莊也在夜裡以及週四遭到攻擊，當地警官向 CNN 表示。其中兩座村莊巴特拉與塔卡耶夫的居民都是以基督徒為主。數以百計的基督教家庭紛紛逃往北部，警方表示。