VOA标准英语2012--Independent Cambodian Radio Station Runs Without Jailed Owner
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Independent Cambodian Radio Station Runs Without Jailed Owner
A few days a week, radio station owner Mam Sonando would go on air to talk to callers. Now, the station and its listeners have to do without him, as he sits in prison across town.
The DJ who's taking calls says Beehive is carrying on.
“There is no effect to the station's operations. It's a personal matter for the president. All the staff comes to work normally. Many staffers respect the station rules; we're not afraid at all,” Phiev said.
Beehive is one of the few independent media outlets 1 in Cambodia, where many stations are controlled by political parties. Its broadcasts have won praise from rights activists 2 for championing causes that other stations ignore. It also carries Voice of America programming.
Callers used to have conversations with the owner about social issues and injustice 3. Now, Mam Sonando has become the subject of the shows he once hosted.
“I ask the government to release Mam Sonando, offer him freedom. We are his guarantors, we are 100,000 people and we will take his place in prison,” one caller said.
This is a somewhat familiar situation for Mam Sonando, who was imprisoned 4 twice before for his reporting. This time he faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly attempting to form a secession movement.
His supporters say he is being targeted for criticism of the Cambodian government and of rights abuses by the powerful. Prime Minister Hun Sen dismisses the allegation.
Mam Sonando's wife, Din 5 Phanara, has taken over leading the station. She says his absence has been a big change.
“Because Mam Sonando is like the heart of the station,” she said.
She is dismissive of the court case against her husband - as well as even the idea that he could be planning a secession in rural Kratie in Cambodia’s northeast.
“How do we lead an insurrection just with two, three farmers earning a living feeding chickens and pigs? How do we secede 6? It is not true. It is not possible,” she said.
The court has not yet set a date for trial. And as Beehive goes on without its primary voice, the man behind it sits in pretrial detention 7, and his supporters worry about his health.
- The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深，喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
- They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。
- They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
- We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。