BBC國家檔案９ - 翻譯

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作者: Kalovi (做自己的王者) 看板: Eng-Class
標題: [問題] BBC國家檔案９
時間: Sat Jun 16 17:49:54 2007


1.Although European monitors said the election had fallen short of democratic

standards and it was followed by protracted bickering, there was relief when

angry street protests, a feature of Albanian politics in the past, failed to

materialise.

即使歐洲觀察家表示該次選舉不符民主水準，且隨之而來的是漫長的爭辯，然而在阿爾巴

尼亞過去的一項政治特色-憤怒的街頭抗爭沒有發生時，則令人鬆了一口氣。

2.Sensationalism is often the norm in the print media. Political parties, trade

unions and various societies publish their own newspapers; dependence on

outside revenue tends to limit their objectivity.

印刷媒體時常表現出來的就是譁眾取寵。政黨、貿易公會和各種社團發行自己的報紙；

然而依賴外在支助易於限制它們的客觀性。

3.The Andorran media scene has been partly shaped by the country's proximity to

France and Spain.

安道爾媒體景象部份受到了其鄰國-法國和西班牙所型塑造成。

4.Situated along the route of the Great Silk Road, it has fallen within the

orbit of a number of empires and come into contact with many cultural

influences throughout its history.

該國位於偉大的絲路路線上，歷史上經歷多個帝國的統治並和不少的文化接觸過而受到影

響。

5.Armenia has a huge diaspora and has always experienced waves of emigration,

but the exodus of recent years has caused real alarm.

亞美尼亞人外移普遍，也經常發生一波波的移民潮，但近年來的移民才真正造成恐慌。

6.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart occupies a place of his own as composer of some of

the best loved European classical music while the works of Franz Schubert

enjoy great popularity too.

莫札特以作出一些歐洲膾炙人口的古典樂曲而佔有一席之地，舒伯特的作品也深受歡迎。

7.Cable or satellite are available in most Austrian homes and are often used to

watch German stations, some of which tailor their output for the Austrian

audience.

大部分奧地利家庭都有有線或衛星電視，其時常用來收看德國的頻道，有些德國頻道會根

據奧地利觀眾而調整它們的節目播出。

8.Often accused of rampant corruption and election-rigging, ruling circles walk

a tightrope between Russian and Western regional geo-strategic interests.

時常被指責貪污普遍和操縱選舉的統治核心在面對俄國和西方區域的地緣政治利益時如履

薄冰。

9.For much of his career, Mr Lukashenko has sought to develop closer ties with

Russia. On the political front, there was talk of union but little tangible

evidence of real progress, and certainly not toward the union of equals

dreamt of by President Lukashenko.

盧卡申科的政治生涯大多尋求和俄國近一步發展。政治面上，兩國有對話，但是真正有進

展的明確跡象卻少之又少，無疑地也沒有達到他所希望的平等均一聯盟。

10.Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union and the North Atlantic

Treaty Organisation (Nato). Thus, it is the polyglot home of an army of

international diplomats and civil servants.

歐盟和北約總部都位於布魯塞爾。所以該市乃大批國際外交官和文官的多語言之家。

11.Belgium is noted for its strong culinary traditions and is particularly

famous for its fine chocolate and array of beers.

比利時以悠久的烹飪傳統聞名，最著名的是它精緻的巧克力和一些啤酒。

12.The war in Bosnia-Hercegovina turned most media into propaganda tools in the

hands of authorities, armies and factions.

波士尼亞戰爭使多數媒體成了當局、軍隊和派系的傳聲筒。

13.As negotiations dragged on, the EU urged a rapid resolution of the situation

in order to progress reforms required for accession in 2007.

就在協商慢了下來的時候，為了在2007年入盟所需的進步改革，歐盟督促立刻解決情勢。

14.Croatia's media now operate in a climate of relative freedom following the

restrictions of the Tudjman era.

克羅埃西亞媒體在圖特曼時代管制後的相對自由環境中經營運作。

15.Turkey has a particular interest in seeing the situation resolved as its own

EU aspirations are linked to the island's future.

就在土耳其本身欲加入歐盟關聯到該島（塞普勒斯）未來之際，它非常樂意看到情勢得到

解決。

16.Mr Havel saw the ghost of former Soviet military influence exorcised in 1999

when the republic was granted full membership of Nato.

就在捷克得以充分成為北約一員的1999年時，哈維爾見證了蘇聯軍事影響力的陰影散退。

17.Denmark's euroscepticism put it at odds with many of its European partners

seven years previously when Danish voters rejected the Maastricht Treaty

which proposed monetary union and a common European defence force. Denmark

had to be granted opt-outs from these provisions before the treaty was

approved in 1993.

就在七年前丹麥選民否決提議成立貨幣同盟和一支共同的歐洲防禦部隊的馬斯垂克條約之

際，該國的歐洲懷疑論使得它和其他歐洲國家在此事上不一致。丹麥在1993年該約批准前

必須被允許可以不參加這些條款。

18.Denmark has won plaudits for running a healthy economy. Its employment levels

are the envy of many industrialised countries and it accommodates a

competitive economic edge as well as a generous social security system.

丹麥以擁有一個健全經濟而贏得掌聲。它的就業水平為許多工業化國家所稱羨，並提供一

個經濟競爭優勢和完善的社會福利制度。

19.The Dogme movement directors often used hand-held cameras to dynamic effect

in a conscious reaction against high-tech, big-budget cinema.

逗馬活動的導演們時常在有意識的行動中使用手提相機創造動態效果以反對高科技和資金

的電影。

20.In his early political career Mr Rasmussen was regarded as a strong believer

in free market economics, but in government he has taken a less harsh line on

the welfare state than some had predicted.

拉斯姆森從政早期被視為是自由市場經濟的堅定服膺者，進入政府後對福利國家不再堅持

，超乎一些人的預期。

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