美国学生被朝鲜当局判处15年劳改
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-18 N Korea Gives US Student 15 Years Hard Labor 1 美国学生被朝鲜当局判处15年劳改
North Korea has sentenced an American college student to 15 years hard labor for trying to steal a political banner.
Otto Warmbier of Ohio was arrested in January at the airport as he was leaving the country after a budget youth tour.
Last month, the 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia appeared before journalists in Pyongyang. He admitted to removing a political banner from the hotel where the tour group was staying.
The North Korean court convicted Warmbier of a crime "to impair 2 the unity 3 of (North Korean) people after entering it as a tourist." He received the sentence in a one-hour trial.
Statements of Westerners arrested by North Korea are widely considered to be false. When released, detainees usually say their confessions 5 were made at the urging of North Korean officials.
During Warmbier’s confession 4, he said the mother of a friend offered him a used car worth $10,000 in exchange for the banner. She wanted to display it as a "trophy 6" in her church.
The woman said if he was caught, Warmbier's mother would get $200,000, he said.
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detainees -- n. people who are held against their will
confession -- n. statements made to be responsible for an act
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- Loud noise can impair your hearing.巨大的噪音有损听觉。
- It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.这不能磨灭青年人思想活力。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
- The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
- It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》