VOA慢速英语:Will UN Peace Plan Work in Syria?

A ceasefire proposed by the United Nations is supposed to take effect in Syria in the coming days. But Syrian government forces continued to attack opposition targets across the country on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than twenty people were killed -- most of them civilians. Opposition activities say tens of thousands of Syrians took part in anti-government protests.
由联合国提出的一项停火协议被认为将于未来几天在叙利亚生效。但是叙利亚政府周五仍继续在全国范围内攻击反对派目标。叙利亚人权观察称，20多人死亡，大多数是平民。反对派活动人士称，成千上万的叙利亚人参加了反政府的抗议活动。

The Syrian government says it has begun withdrawing its troops from major cities. But on Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that Syria's conflict was growing. He said attacks by government forces on civilian areas showed no signs of slowing. He urged President Bashar al-Assad "to show leadership and vision" and keep his promise to end the violence by this Tuesday. The opposition is supposed to do the same within forty-eight hours after that.
叙利亚政府表示，它已开始从主要城市撤出其部队。但周四，联合国秘书长潘基文警告说，叙利亚冲突在升级。他说政府军对平民地区的袭击并没有放缓的迹象。他呼吁叙利亚总统巴沙尔•阿萨德“彰显领导能力和远见”，并信守承诺于下周二前结束暴力。反对派则应该在这之后的48小时内同样停火。

Hilal Khashan teaches political science at the American University of Beirut. He thinks President Assad is unlikely to follow the peace plan because that would give the opposition new strength.
Hilal Khashan 在贝鲁特美国大学政治学教授。他认为，阿萨德总统是不可能遵循和平计划的，因为这将给反对派新的力量。

HILAL KHASHAN: "This means that Syrians will feel free to demonstrate against the regime with impunity. This is unthinkable. Assad will never allow such developments to occur. Therefore, he will find reasons to defeat the mission of Kofi Annan."
HILAL KHASHAN：“这意味着叙利亚人将随时示威反对政府而不受到处罚。这是不可想象的。阿萨德绝不允许出现这样的情况。因此，他会找理由击败安南的使命。”

Professor Khashan says he think Mr. Annan's diplomatic efforts represent the "last chance" that Mr. Assad will receive from the international community. The Syrian leader agreed to the U.N. peace plan on March twenty-fifth.
Khashan教授称，他认为安南先生的外交努力表示阿萨德先生将收到国际社会的“最后的机会”。该叙利亚领导人于3月25日同意了联合国的和平计划。

Growing numbers of Syrians fleeing the violence have poured into neighboring Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called the U.N. secretary-general on Friday to express concern about the growing number of refugees.
越来越多的叙利亚人逃离暴力，涌入邻国土耳其。土耳其外长达乌特奥卢周五呼吁联合国秘书长关注越来越多的难民。

The United Nations says more than nine thousand people have been killed since the uprising against Mr. Assad began thirteen months ago.
联合国表示，自13个月前开始反对阿萨德先生的起义以来，超过900万人被杀害。

Anti-government opposition groups held protests in a number of towns and cities after Friday prayers.
星期五的祷告结束后，反政府的反对派团体在一些城市和城镇举行了示抗议动。

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Opposition videos showed hundreds of protesters demonstrating on Friday in the northern city of Aleppo. Videos also showed large protests in several other areas and in Damascus.
反对派的视频显示，数百名示威者周五在北部城市阿勒颇举行示威活动。视频还显示，其它几个地区以及大马士革的大规模抗议活动。

Witnesses reported heavy government shelling in the city of Homs Friday. Parts of Homs have come under government shelling for weeks.
目击者称，叙利亚政府于周五对霍默斯市进行了猛烈的炮击。霍姆斯市部分地区已经被政府炮击了数周。

Al Arabiya television reported that government troops stormed Douma outside Damascus and made large numbers of arrests. Government forces have temporarily retaken parts of Douma several times, only to lose control later.
阿拉比亚电视台报道，政府军冲进大马士革城外的Douma地区并大肆逮捕。政府军数次暂时夺回了Douma的部分地区，但随后又失去控制。

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed the peace plan. He said Thursday that there was little progress on ending the conflict. Russia and China, both allies of the Syrian government, have increased pressure on Syrian officials to follow the plan.
前联合国秘书长科菲•安南提出了这项和平计划。他周四表示，有关于结束冲突的进展甚微。叙利亚的两个盟国，俄罗斯和中国，增加对叙利亚政府施压要求其遵守和平计划。

Syria blames much of the violence on what it calls "terrorists" supported by "Arab and Western countries." It says terrorist acts increased after the government reached an agreement on Mr. Annan's peace plan.
叙利亚将大部分暴力归咎于它所谓的被阿拉伯和西方国家支持的“恐怖分子”。它说，在政府与安南先生的和平计划达成协议后，恐怖行动也增加了。