VOA慢速英语:India Looking for Answers After the deadly Rape of a Young Woman in New Delhi

The recent gang-rape of a young woman in India has caused major protests by those outraged by the crime. The woman later died of her injuries. The crime has also brought attention to the issue of women’s rights in India.
最近印度一名女子遭轮奸案令人们群集激愤并举行抗议，这位女性随后因伤势过重死去，该案件还引发人们对印度妇女权利的关注。

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has repeated that the government will bring to justice those guilty of the violent rape. Prime Minister Singh said he and ruling Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi share the country’s anger over the crime.
总理曼莫汉•辛格重申，政府会将这起暴力强奸案的罪犯绳之以法，辛格说，他和执政的国大党领袖索尼娅•甘地都对这起案件感到愤怒。

Police have arrested six people accused of the attack which took place on December sixteenth. The driver of the bus was also seized. The victim was a twenty-three-year-old medical student. She and a male friend received a ride on the private bus where a group of men severely beat her for an hour and then threw her off. Her male friend was also beaten. 
警察逮捕了被控实施12月16日这场案件的人员，公共汽车司机也已逮捕。受害者是位23岁的医学生，她和男性朋友乘上一辆私人公交车，结果一群男子对她毒打一小时，然后扔她下车。她的男性朋友也遭到毒打。

After receiving treatment in a hospital in the capital, the victim was taken by air to Singapore where she died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Doctors said the woman suffered severe brain injury.
受害者在首都一家医院接受治疗后，被飞机送往新加坡，随后在伊丽莎白医院死去。医生称这名女子头部遭受重伤。

 Prime Minster Singh told a conference Thursday that attacks against women happen in all states and areas. He said they require greater attention by national and local officials.
总理辛格周四在发布会上表示，各省各地区都有女子遇袭案，这需要国家和地方官员的高度重视。

“The safety and security of women is of the highest concern to our government. A commission of inquiry is being set up to look into precisely these issues in the capital.”
“妇女的安全和保障是我国政府的关注重点，我们已经启动调查委员会，来调查首都发生的这起案件的始末。”

Officials say two committees will be set up in reaction to the protests. One group is to investigate the possibility of faster trials in cases of sexual violence. Another will examine police reaction to the crime and suggest measures to improve women’s safety.
官员称将成立两个委员会来应对抗议事件，其中一个将调查性侵案件中快速审判的可能，另一个将审查警察对犯罪的反应，并提出改善妇女安全的建议。

India’s junior home minister announced another new measure. The official said people who have been found guilty of rape will be publicly dishonored. They are to have their names and pictures placed on a ministry Web site.
印度内政部长宣布了另一项新举措，他说强奸犯将遭到公开羞辱。同时将他们的名字和图片公布在该部网站上。

In West Bengal State Friday, the chief minister announced plans for establishing sixty five all-female police stations. Mamata Banerjee leads the Trinamool Party. She said stations will be set up across the state to deal with crimes against women. Ten stations are already operating. Ms. Banarjee spoke to a public gathering in the state’s north.
周五在孟加拉邦，首席部长宣布建立65个全女警警察局的计划。班纳吉是崔纳木国大党领袖，她说将在各省各地建立警局以应对针对妇女的犯罪事件。目前已有10处警察在运作中，班纳吉在该国北部的公众集会中发表讲话。

Thousands of people protested the attack in widespread demonstrations this week in New Delhi and across the nation. On Thursday, hundreds tried to march on government buildings in the capital. But riot police armed with tear gas and water cannon stopped them.
本周，在新德里和全国各地，数千民众发起广泛的抗议活动。周四，数百人试图在首都政府大楼里游行，但防暴警察用催泪弹和水枪阻止了他们。

At least sixty-five demonstrators were injured in protests earlier in the week. One policeman was killed in the violence and almost eighty security officials were hurt.
本周早些时候，至少65名游行者受伤。一名警察在冲突中丧生，近80名安全官员受伤。

Last year, New Delhi alone reported more than five hundred seventy rapes. More than 600 of the crimes have been reported this year.
去年，仅新德里就报道发生了500多起强奸案，今年已报道了600多起此类案件。

Some lawmakers in India have now suggested that rape should be punished by death.
印度的一些议员建议用死刑来惩治强奸案。