看新聞，學英語--毒奶粉死亡嬰兒數未被報導

　　Infant Deaths from Tainted Chinese Milk Not Reported
因中國毒奶粉死亡的嬰兒數未被報導

　　Anchor： The Chinese communist regime has officially reported 3 infants death related to melamine-contaminated milk powder. But a November 15th Associated Press Report says there have been more deaths--at least five more--than the Chinese regime acknowledges.

　　新聞主播： 中國共產政權官方報導3名和三聚氰胺奶粉有關的嬰兒死亡，但是美聯社11月15日報導有更多嬰兒死亡，至少比中共承認的還要多5個。

　　According to the families, medical records or state media accounts, babies in the five unreported cases died from kidney failure attributed to being fed poison milk formula.

　　根據這些家庭的醫療紀錄，5個未報導的嬰兒死亡案例是腎衰竭，因為餵食有毒的嬰兒奶粉。

【新聞關鍵字】

　　1. melamine： n. 三聚氰胺

　　2. acknowledge： v. 承認

　　3. failure： n. 衰竭

　　4. attribute to：v.phr, 歸因於

　　5. formula： n.嬰兒奶粉

　　No systems are in place to investigate deaths and illnesses not yet counted by the Chinese regime. And this worries families who won't be able to file lawsuits or seek compensation without an official verdict.

　　沒有任何組織研究相關死亡和疾病，中國政府更不用說，讓這些家庭擔心沒有官方判決他們就無法提出訴訟或尋求賠償。

　　Beijing's sluggish response is reinforcing an image of a regime that seems to be more concerned with covering up a scandal and dodging responsibility than helping grief-stricken families.

　　北京政府遲緩的回應強化了當權似乎更專注掩飾醜聞的形象，寧願逃避責任也不願幫助這些悲傷欲絕的家庭。

　　Lawyers, doctors and reporters have admitted off the record that they have been pressured by authorities not to play up seeking compensation or the human cost of the melamine scandal.

　　律師、醫生及記者都承認了檯面下他們被當權施壓不要過份強調三聚氰胺醜聞、協助尋求賠償或人事訴訟費。
 
【新聞關 鍵字】

　　6. investigate： v.調查

　　7. lawsuit： n. 訴訟

　　8. compensation： n.賠償

　　9. sluggish： adj. 緩慢的；拖延的

　　10. dodge： v. 規避

　　11. grief-stricken： adj. 悲傷欲絕的

　　12. play up： v. phr. 強調◇

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