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【时事英语】索马里事件词汇大全
【时事英语】索马里事件词汇大全

海盗活动对海上航运(shipping)构成了严重威胁(a serious threat),已经成为了一个国际问题(an interntional problem),需要一种国际化的解决方案(an international solution)。在联合国安理会(UN Security Council)授权(authorize)各国对海盗基地(pirate bases)进行地面和空中打击(land and air attacks)之后,中国宣布参与执行反海盗任务(mission)。三艘中国海军舰艇(Chinese navy ships)携带特战队(special forces)、直升机(helicopters)与导弹(missiles)等常规武器(traditional weapons)于12月26日离开(depart)三亚,加入国际反海盗力量(international anti-piracy task force)巡逻(patrolling)索马里海域(waters off Somalia)。

中国海军的正式名称是the People's Liberation Army Navy或PLA Navy或PLAN,长期以来一直致力于相关的海岸防卫(coastal defence)和区域演习(regional maneuvres),拥有雄心勃勃的现代化计划(modernisation plan),目标是建立蓝水海军(blue-water navy)。中国的军事行动符合(be in line with)联合国打击索马里海盗(combating pirates off the Somali coast)的有关决议(resolutions)。此次中国是在建设性地(for constructive purposes)使用其武力

(fire-power)。中国军舰(warships)将部署(be deployed)在亚丁湾(Gulf of Aden)以及索马里海域。美国、北约(NATO)及其它国家已经派出海军(naval forces)巡弋(ply)该地区。美军第五舰队(U.S. Fifth Fleet)负责该水域。

这是现代中国海军对传统的一次突破(a break in tradition),此前它通常只负责巡逻其海岸水域(coastal waters)。中国此次的军事行动是由于索马里海盗对欧亚航线(shipping route)上包括中国船只在内的商船(merchant ships)的袭击不断升级(escalation)而引发(be spurred by)的。近期一艘中国货轮(cargo ship)利用自制(homemade)燃烧弹(incendiary bombs)成功击退(fight off)了一伙(a gang of)拥有火箭发射器(rocket launchers)和重机枪(heavy machine guns)的索马里海盗。

中国网民(netizens)也支持(back)中国政府向该地区派遣军舰,打击海盗活动(crack down on piracy)。一份网上调查(online survey)显示:17000多名被访者(people polled)中有82%的人投赞成票(vote yes)支持中国海军的行动。人们认为作为一个负责人的国家(a responsible country),中国应该参与(take part in)该地区的多国维和行动(mutinational peacekeeping)。

该三艘舰船(vessels)组成的舰队(fleet)包括两艘驱逐舰(destroyers)与一艘补给舰(supply ship)。执行此次任务的171号‘海口’与169号‘武汉’导弹驱逐舰(missile-armed destroyers DDG-171 Haikou and DDG-169 Wuhan)以及‘微山湖’号补给舰是中国海军近十年内开始服役的最先进(the most sophisticated)舰艇。我海军舰只将分享情报(share intelligence)并与其他国家一道进行人道主义救援行动(humanitarian rescue operations)。

每年约有1000艘中国商船(commercial ships)和油轮(oil tankers)途径该危险海域(troubled sea),今年有近20%的船只曾被海盗袭击。一艘载有18名船员的渔船(fishing boat)目前仍然在海盗控制中(held by priates)。索马里政府正全力以赴要回(retrieve)被劫中方船只并积极营救被海盗当作人质(taken hostage)的中国船员。与海盗的谈判(negotiations)正在进行,争取让海盗释放(release)船只。

中国愿意向如此遥远的地点派遣(dispatch)舰艇说明了中国海军持续增长的实力与信心(the growing power and confidence)。任务目标是通过执行护航任务(carry out escorting missions)来保护不断收到海盗袭扰的中国船只及船员(to protect Chinese ships and crews that have come under attacks from pirates)。类似美军那种警察式巡逻(policing patrol)将是第二位的(secondary)。

今年海盗在索马里海域一共劫持(hijack/seize)了40多条船,并索要了近3000万美元的赎金(ransom)。索马里联邦过渡政府(Transitioinal Federal Government of Somalia)欢迎中国派遣海军舰艇(naval ships)应对(tackle)海盗问题,认为这是一个积极的事态发展(a positive development)。中国也欢迎在打击海盗行为方面进行国际合作(international cooperation in the fight against piracy)。但在如何审判(try)海盗以及在何地关押(detain)等问题上,有关的国际规则(rules)还不明朗。

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