口译辅导：胡锦涛提前回国应对新疆危机

英语自学网

　　Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, on Wednesday cut short his visit to
Italy, where he was planning to attend the annual Group of Eight summit of world
leaders, three days after the worst ethnic unrest in China since the Cultural
Revolution erupted in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang autonomous region.
        　　中国国家主席胡锦涛周三提前结束对意大利的访问。他原计划参加在此举行的八国集团(G8)世界领导人年度峰会。3天前，以穆斯林为主的新疆维吾尔族自治区爆发了中国自文革以来最严重的民族骚乱。
        　　Mr Hu, who has yet to comment officially on the crisis, had been expected
to play a high profile role in this week’s summit, with China pushing for a
bigger voice for developing countries in international monetary policy.
        　　胡锦涛迄今尚未正式就此次危机发表评论。人们之前曾认为，随着中国倡导发展中国家在国际货币政策中获得更大的话语权，胡锦涛将会成为G8峰会上的一个关键人物。
        　　The president flew home ahead of the start of the summit on Wednesday
because of the “situation in Xinjiang”, according to government news agency
Xinhua. He had been in Rome since Sunday, the day more than 150 people were
killed in riots in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.
        　　据政府新闻机构新华社报道，鉴于“当前新疆局势”，胡锦涛已在今日峰会开幕前回国。胡锦涛自周日起一直在罗马。当天，有150余人在新疆首府乌鲁木齐的骚乱中丧命。