VOA慢速英语2016 欧盟在布鲁塞尔举行紧急安全会议

AS IT IS 2016-03-25 EU Holds Emergency Security Meeting in Brussels 欧盟在布鲁塞尔举行紧急安全会议

European Union justice and security ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday to discuss ways to increase intelligence and security.

周四，欧盟各国的司法和安全部长将在布鲁塞尔会面，共同商讨如何加强情报和安全工作。

Terrorists carried out two bomb attacks in the Belgian capital Tuesday, killing 1 at least 31 people and wounding 300 others. Police are searching for one additional suspect in the attacks.

周二，恐怖分子在比利时首都制造了两起炸弹袭击，造成至少31人死亡，300多人受伤。警方正在搜捕袭击事件中的另一名在逃嫌犯。

Officials earlier identified Khalid el-Bakraoui as the attacker in the bombing at the Maelbeek underground train station. Twenty people were killed in that explosion. Security video shows another man walking with Bakraoui. Belgian media report that police believe this second man could also have been involved.

政府官员此前已确认哈立德·巴克拉乌伊（Khalid el-Bakraoui）是马尔比克地铁站爆炸案中的袭击者。20多人在这起爆炸中丧生。监控录像显示还有一名男子与巴克拉乌伊同行。据比利时媒体报道称，警方认为这名男子或涉案。

El-Bakraoui's brother Ibrahim has been officially identified as one of the two suicide bombers 3 in the attack on the airport the same day.

警方已确认巴克拉乌伊的弟弟易卜拉欣为当天机场炸弹袭击中自杀式炸弹袭击者之一。

Media have reported the name of the second airport bomber 2 as Najim Laachraoui. He is a bombmaker for Islamic State and considered a main partner in the Paris terror attacks last November.

媒体已经公布另一名机场炸弹袭击者纳吉姆·拉赫劳利（Najim Laachraoui）。他负责为“伊斯兰国”组织制造炸弹，而且被警方认定为去年11月法国巴黎恐怖袭击事件的帮凶。

A third man walking with the suicide bombers also appears in airport video. The recording 4 shows him pushing a cart.

监控录像里还出现一名与两位自杀式炸弹袭击者同行的男子。当时他推着一辆满载的行李车。

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks, as it did for the Paris attacks in November.

“伊斯兰国”组织声称对布鲁塞尔袭击事件负责，他们也曾宣称对去年11月的巴黎袭击负责。

Police say evidence suggests increasingly closer links between the Brussels and Paris terrorist strikes. The findings are raising questions about weaknesses in intelligence sharing and security cooperation.

警方称，证据显示布鲁塞尔和巴黎恐怖袭击事件之间有着越来越密切的联系。因此人们开始质疑情报共享和安全协作的严密性。

These questions will be a major part of Thursday’s EU meeting.

这些忧虑将成为周四欧盟会议的重要商讨话题。

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke 5 to reporters in Brussels Wednesday. He described proposals for tighter border controls and measures to make it more difficult to get firearms within the EU. "We need to have a union of security," he said.  

周三，欧盟委员会主席容克在布鲁塞尔对记者发表了演讲。他陈述了加强边境控制的提案以及加强欧盟范围内枪支管理的措施。他表示，“我们需要一个安全的联盟。”

Visa-free system

免签证制度

Europe's visa-free system is also under increasing scrutiny 6. The system already is under heavy pressure from Europe’s refugee crisis.

欧洲的免签证审查也越来越严格。现在免签证系统明显受到来自欧洲难民危机的沉重压力。

Belgian officials are being pressured to explain how a terrorist network was able to plot and carry out two attacks from Belgium within months.

比利时政府正在彻查恐怖组织如何在数月内于比利时密谋并执行两起恐怖袭击。

Also, Turkish officials said Wednesday they had caught Ibrahim el Bakraoui in 2013 at the Syrian border. They said they sent him to the Netherlands.

周三，土耳其官员表示，2013年他们曾经在土耳其边境抓到易卜拉欣·巴克拉乌伊（Ibrahim el Bakraoui）。他们表示，之后把易卜拉欣遣送到了荷兰。

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters: "Despite our warnings that this person was a foreign terrorist fighter, the Belgian authorities could not identify a link to terrorism.”

土耳其总统埃尔多安告诉记者：“虽然我们已经警告过此人是一名国外恐怖分子，但比利时政府却未将其与恐怖主义联系起来。

Belgian officials say the el-Bakraoui brothers were mainly known as criminals who spent time in prison.

对此比利时官员表示，他们只知道巴克拉乌伊兄弟是蹲过监狱的犯罪分子。

But, EU Commission President Juncker urged people to support Belgium. "Who is at fault in the area of terrorism?" he asked in an interview. "Let's not start criticizing Belgium. I don't share this scorn."

欧盟委员会主席容克呼吁人们支持比利时。当接受采访时被问及“此次遭遇恐怖袭击是谁的错？”时，他表示“现在不是指责比利时的时候，我反对这种轻视。”

Attack 'almost inevitable 7'

恐怖袭击仍然危机重重

Michael Hayden is a former director of the U.S. National Security Agency. He told VOA that the terror in Brussels was "almost inevitable." 

迈克尔·海登（Michael Hayden）是美国国家安全局前任局长。他接受美国之音采访时表示，布鲁塞尔的恐怖袭击几乎不可避免。

Hayden said, "If you look at what has happened...the soft targets, the transportation targets, the maximum civilian 8 casualties, (it's) something we could see." 

海登表示，“你看看此次袭击的动机，手无寸铁的目标、人流集中的交通枢纽、最大化的平民伤亡，我们能看到的就是这些。”

Hayden also said it is "certainly not the last" attack Islamic State will carry out. The group has a "network that seems to be active and thriving in the heart of Europe," Hayden added.

海登还表示，很显然“伊斯兰国”组织不会就此收手。该组织在“欧洲心脏”地区似乎拥有一个活跃、庞大的网络系统。

Words in This Story

cart – n. a small wheeled vehicle that is pushed

tight – adj. not allowing much freedom : strict about controlling what happens

scrutiny – n. the act of carefully examining something especially in a critical way : the act of scrutinizing 9 something

network – n. a group of people or organizations that are closely connected and that work with each other

scorn – n. a feeling that someone or something is not worthy 10 of any respect or approval

inevitable – adj. sure to happen

casualty – n. a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.