伦敦上方的导弹 Missiles over London

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Jennifer and with me today is Neil.
欢迎收听BBC六分钟英语。我是詹妮弗，今天主持节目的还有尼尔。
Hi Jennifer!
你好，詹妮弗!
Today’s story is about providing protection during the Olympic Games in London.The UK government is going to place missile at six sites around the Capital.And it has been controversial.
今天的故事有关伦敦在奥运会期间提供的保护措施。英国政府将在首都6个地区安置导弹。这一直存在争议。
Yes, people have very different opinions about the issue and they don’t shy away from expressing them and arguing. I’m not surprised. If I had some powerful explosives sitting just a few metres above my head I wouldn’t feel safe at all.
是的，人们对这一问题有不同的看法，并不羞于表达想法以及争论。我不感到惊讶。如果在离我几米开外的上方安置一些强大的炸药我也不会感到安全。
Well, but the authorities might have a point when they say they are concerned about threats to security in London. Since the London Underground bombings in 2005, threat levels in the city have been high and the Olympics will be watched by millions around the world.
但政府可能可能也有理由，因为他们关心的是伦敦的安全威胁。自从2005年伦敦地铁爆炸案，城市威胁等级已经很高，而世界各地数百万人会来观看奥运会。
Indeed, it is a high profile event.
事实上，这是一个引人注目的事件。
Let’s make the Olympic Movement the theme for our traditional quiz today before we talk further about these weapons – the missiles.The question for our listeners is: What inspired the creation of the Paralympic Games? Was it:a) A tradition from Ancient Olympia,b) The Crimean Warc) World War II
在开始这些武器炸弹的主题之前，首先进行一个有关奥林匹克运动的传统小测验。我们给听众的问题是：是什么启发了残奥会的创建？答案是：a)来自于奥林匹克的一个传统b)克里米亚战争c)第二次世界大战
I know this one. The answer is…
我知道答案。答案是...
No! Please don’t Neil. I know you know this one and we have to give our listeners a chance to guess. So this time, you keep quiet.
不，尼尔不要回答。我知道你知道答案，让我们给观众一个猜测的机会吧。所以这次，你保持安静。
Not easy, I’m bursting to tell everybody as we have been getting loads of information about these fascinating games here in Britain.But I’ll be good to keep the suspense going...
这真不容易，我急于告诉大家，因为我们已经获知大量有关英国这些迷人比赛的信息。但我会保持好悬念...
And meanwhile let’s get back to our story about the missiles. Listen out for who is particularly unhappy about the missiles. This is a report by the BBC correspondent Rob Broomby.
同时，让我们回到导弹的主题吧。留心听谁对导弹尤为不满。这是BBC记者罗伯的报道。
The surface-to-air missiles would be placed at six sites around London including in a public park and the most controversial – on top of a residential tower block. The intention is to boost London’s existing air defences and send a signal to the public, and would-be plotters, that the Olympic sites will be protected. But the residents of the 117 apartments in one affected block say it imposes what they called a ’high explosive missile salvo’ on the roof, which puts their lives at risk.
地对空导弹将被放置在伦敦6个地点，包括公共公园和最具争议的——住宅大厦上方。其目的是为了提高伦敦的现有防空系统以及向公众和潜在的策划者发出信号，以使奥运举办地受到保护。但居住在受影响大厦上的117套公寓居民表示这强行将他们所称的“高爆炸药导弹齐射”安置在屋顶上，将他们的生命至于危险之中。
The people who live in a residential tower block.
这些人居住在一个住宅大厦上。
Tall buildings full of apartments were one of the choices to place the weapons.The authorities want to send a signal to the public that they will be protected!
布满住宅公寓的高楼大厦是安置武器的选择地之一。当局想要向公众发送信号使他们受到保护。
The signal sent to me – the message – was not exactly of protection…
发送出的信号并不全是保护。
But the signal goes also to would-be plotters …
该信号也被发送给潜在策划者。
People who might be making terrorist plans like in 2005.
这些可能就像是在2005年实施恐怖计划那些人们。
But the BBC reporter points out that the 117 residents feel a bit like you in this case. They think that the missiles have been imposed on them and that their presence on their roof could put their lives at risk.
但BBC记者指出，在这种情况下，这117名居民的感觉跟你的有点类似。他们认为这些导弹被强行安置在他们的屋顶上，这让他们的生命处于危险之中。
It is a government decision and they feel they have no choice in the matter.They feel that they can’t say: no, thanks!
这是政府决定，他们觉得自己没有选择的余地。他们认为不能说：不，谢谢！
And they’ve got themselves a solicitor. Let’s hear what he has to say about this ’imposition’.
但他们有自己的律师。让我们听听他是怎样描述这一‘强行’行为的。
’These tenants are not used to having soldiers coming in and out their front door, going up and down their lifts, having soldiers with high velocity missiles on top of the roof. That really does affect their private life, their family life and their home. That’s a fundamental right and they had a right to be consulted about that before such a move was taken.’’
这些居民不习惯有士兵从他们的大门进进出出，通过电梯上上下下，并将高速导弹安置在他们的屋顶上。这确实会影响他们的私人生活、他们的家庭生活和他们的家庭。这是一项基本权利，在这一工程开始之前他们有权协商。”
A person that is a professional specialised in defending people’s rights says that there is a fundamental right that hasn’t been upheld.
一位专业研究保卫人民权利的人士表示，有一项并未获得支持的基本权利。
A right that is basic, one that is part of the most immediate rights a person can have.
这项权利是基本的、一个人可以拥有的最直接权益之一。
The right to be consulted about a matter of such importance!
协商的权利是如此的重要！
They wanted to be asked about that – to have had an opportunity to have their opinion heard.
他们希望被询问——有机会发表自己的意见。
And will they be listened to now?
现在他们的意见会被听取吗？
You’ll have to listen to the BBC’s correspondent Rob Broomby.
听听BBC记者罗伯的报道。
The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the ground-to-air defence systems were just one part of what he called a ’comprehensive, multi-layered air security plan’ intended to both reassure and deter. He said the deployment would go ahead despite objections from what he called a ‘small number of activists’.
国防部长菲利普·哈蒙德表示，此地对空防御系统只是他所谓的“全面的、多层次的空气安全计划”中的一部分，该计划旨在安抚和阻止。他说，尽管遭到他所谓的“小数量的激进分子”的反对，部署将会继续。
Oh, no, it doesn’t look like it. The Defence Secretary said that the plan has been devised to deter.
哦不，这不应该这样。国防部长表示该计划设计目的是阻止。
To prevent - or deter - the would-be plotters.
预防或阻止潜在的策划者。
And will go ahead in spite of the complaints of what he calls activists.
尽管遭到他所说的积极分子的反对，这仍将继续。
He says the residents are people involved in causes rather than ones acting just on a case-by-case basis.
他说居民是指参与进来的人们，而不是视情况而定采取行动的人们。
Well I’m sure the controversy will not stop there. We are running out of time but let’s go back to our quiz. The question for you and our listeners is: What inspired the creation of the Paralympic Games? Was it:a) A tradition from Ancient Olympia,b) The Crimean Warc) World War II
我肯定争议不会就此停止。但节目即将结束了，让我们揭晓问题答案吧。我们给听众的问题是：是什么启发了残奥会的创建？答案是：a)来自于奥林匹克的一个传统b)克里米亚战争c)第二次世界大战
Let me tell them! It is c) World War II!
让我告诉大家！答案是c)第二次世界大战！
It is indeed and it was created by Sir Ludwig Guttmann.He was brought to Oxford as a refugee fleeing Nazi Germany and from there he was asked to run the spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville, here in Britain, for injured soldiers returning from World War II. He started the competition! And before we say goodbye, let’s remind you of some of the words we’ve heard today.
的确，这是由路德维格古特曼爵士首创的。为逃避纳粹德国，他被作为难民带到牛津，在那里他被要求管理位于英国斯托克曼德维尔的脊髓损伤单位，救助第二次世界大战归来的受伤士兵。他开启了这一竞技！节目结束前，你帮我们提示下今天的单词吧。
They were:
今天的单词有：
controversial
有争议的
missiles
导弹
tower block
高层建筑
send a signal
发送信号
would-be plotters
准策划者
to impose
强制
fundamental
基本的
consulted
咨询
to deter
制止
activist
积极分子
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