时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月


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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



n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • 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。
v.损害,损伤;削弱,减少
  • 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。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • 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。
n.自白,供认,承认
  • 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。
n.承认( confession的名词复数 );自首;声明;(向神父的)忏悔
  • 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》
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
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