各位讀者好：

許多人看英語新聞時，都有忙著查字典的經驗。但是David老師卻告訴學員們：「不要看到一個生字，就馬上查字典。那樣的話，你也會查一個字忘一個字。」

一個生字要看到三次以上，才需要查字典。因為那就表示這個字很重要，值得查；因為大腦已累積了三個問號，查出來也就印象深刻。另外就是往往看到第三次時，大腦已經自動猜出它的意思了，所以也就不用查了！

Tibetans Protest Inside Mainland China
西藏人在中國大陸內抗議

【新聞關鍵字】
1.coverage：report. 報導
2.to film：to make a motion picture of. 拍攝
3.convoy：n. a protecting force accompanying ships, goods, persons, etc.; an escort. 護送隊
4.reluctant：adj. unwilling. 不情願的
5.to suggest：express. 表示、指出。

【主播報導解說】

Anchor:
And today we have more coverage of the crisis in Tibet. Yesterday Reuters News Service filmed a convoy of 150 Chinese police and army vehicles driving south in China’s Gansu Province.
今天我們有更多的篇幅，報導在西藏的危機。昨天路透新聞社拍下了在中國甘肅省，有150警方與軍方的車輛，駛往南方。

主播：
Although the Chinese have been reluctant to give out information, this new information suggests that protests may be continuing in southwest China. Here’s more.
雖然中國不情願透露資訊，但這項新聞卻指出：抗議可能會在中國西南部持續。以下有更多的報導。

【新聞內容解說】

6.monastery：a building in which monks live and worship. 佛寺、修道院
7.uprising：A rebellion against authority; revolt. 起義、暴動
8.To tail：to follow close behind. 尾隨、緊跟
9.footage：底片、膠卷
10.confiscate：沒收

Story:
The convoy was heading in the direction of Xiahe village, home to the famous Labrang Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.
新聞內容：
護送隊朝南向夏河村的方向前進，那是著名的西藏佛教勝地拉卜楞寺的所在地。

One monk near the monastery explained the situation there.
一位接近聖地的僧侶解釋了那裡的情況。

[Monk Tamki, Xiahe City, China]:
“We demand the total independence of Tibet – freedom, equality and peace and happiness. Many have been killed in Aba area, about twenty and many have been killed Maqu area in different villages. All over Tibet there is uprising, that’s why all these areas, Maqu and Luqu and others, the demonstrations are happening.”
僧侶說：「我們要求完全的西藏獨立─自由、平等、和平與幸福。在阿罷地區有很多人被殺死了，在馬古地區的不同村莊裡，也有許多人被殺。整個西藏都在起義，那就是為什麼馬古與鹿谷還有其他地區，到處都有示威。」

Chinese security forces have blocked both foreigners and news reporters from entering sensitive areas of Southwest China. That’s because there are some reports of protests in those areas.
中國公安部已封鎖了外國人與新聞記者不得進入中國西南部的敏感地區，那是因為在那些地區，有一些有關抗議的報導。

But the censorship alone speaks volumes. The Foreign Correspondents Club of China said in a statement that reporters had been blocked from reporting in 30 separate incidents. These include being tailed by authorities and having their footage confiscated.
但是單單新聞檢查就可以說上一籮筐。中國外國通訊員俱樂部在一份聲明書中說，記者們已被封鎖無法報導30處的個別事件。這些包括被當局跟縱，並且將他們的底片沒收。

11.snuck：sneak的過去式，偷偷的走，潛入
12.Patrol： 巡邏
13.to release：公布
14.lethal：deadly, fatal, 致命的

The BBC reported that one of their teams snuck through police checkpoints near Hezuo City. They found the streets deserted, shops closed, and police vehicles patrolling the streets.
英國BBC報導，他們團隊中的一位偷偷穿過警方檢查哨，接近合作市（甘肅省）。他們發現街道無人，店家關門，還有警車在街上巡邏。

Meanwhile, the Free Tibet Campaign released some graphic images of China’s crackdown on the Tibetan protesters. And the photographs weren’t taken in Tibet, they were taken in southwest China on Sunday.
同時，自由西藏活動公佈了一些中國鎮壓西藏抗議者的圖片影像。這些照片並不是在西藏拍攝的，而是週日在中國西南省份所拍攝的。

The photos suggest two things: that large-scale protests have spread outside of Tibet into Mainland China. And that the Chinese military have used lethal force on the demonstrators.
照片顯示兩件事情：大規模抗議已經擴散到西藏之外，進入中國大陸。並且中國軍方已對示威者使用致命武器。

15.the death toll：the number of people who die.死亡總數
16.government-in-exile：流亡政府
17.body: corpse, remains. 屍體、遺體

The Chinese communist leadership maintains that the death toll from this weekend’s riots is just 13 people. But the Tibetan government-in-exile says their contacts in Tibet found 99 dead bodies. These protests are believed to have been the biggest in two years.
中共領導維持從本週末以來暴動的死亡總數只有13人的說法，但西藏流亡政府說，他們在西藏的接觸點已經發現有99具死亡的屍體。這些抗議據信是兩年來最大規模的。

本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
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