2022年12月09日 VOA慢速英語：美國籃球明星格里納交換俄羅斯軍火商

 

The American basketball star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner is being released from prison. She had been held in Russia for almost 10 months.
美國籃球明星和奧運冠軍布里特尼格里納即將出獄。她在俄羅斯被關(guān)押了將近 10 個月。
 
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that Griner was on an airplane back to the U.S. She was arrested in February.
美國總統(tǒng)拜登的政府周四表示，格里納當時正乘飛機返回美國。她于 2 月被捕。
 
Russian officials said they found two small containers of marijuana oil in her bags as she arrived at the airport in Moscow.
俄羅斯官員說，當她抵達莫斯科機場時，他們在她的包里發(fā)現(xiàn)了兩個小容器的大麻油。
 
She pleaded guilty to the charge in July and then faced trial. Griner said she mistakenly packed the objects in a rush to get to the airport. In August, she was sentenced to a prison term of nine years.
她在 7 月對指控認罪，然后面臨審判。格里納說，她在匆忙趕往機場時錯誤地收拾了這些物品。 8 月，她被判處 9 年有期徒刑。
 
After months of negotiations between Russian and American officials, Griner was released in a prisoner swap. Russian weapons seller Viktor Bout is being sent home. Bout was serving a sentence of 25 years.
經(jīng)過俄羅斯和美國官員數(shù)月的談判，格林納在交換囚犯中獲釋。俄羅斯武器銷售商 Viktor Bout 被遣送回國。布特服刑 25 年。
 
American officials said they had been hoping to also gain the release of businessman Paul Whelan. He was charged with spying in December 2018 and given a 16-year sentence in 2020.
美國官員表示，他們一直希望也能讓商人保羅·惠蘭獲釋。他于 2018 年 12 月被指控從事間諜活動，并于 2020 年被判處 16 年徒刑。
 
In announcing the release of Griner, Biden spoke about Whelan. He said: "we've not forgotten about Paul Whelan…We will keep negotiating in good faith for Paul's release."
在宣布釋放格里納時，拜登談到了惠蘭。他說：“我們沒有忘記保羅·惠蘭……我們將繼續(xù)本著誠意為保羅的獲釋進行談判。”
 
Whelan's brother, David, said the U.S. made the right choice to bring Griner home instead of waiting for a trade "that wasn't going to happen."
惠蘭的兄弟大衛(wèi)說，美國做出了正確的選擇，將格里納帶回家等待交易“那不會發(fā)生”。
 
Officials said the prisoner exchange happened in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
官方稱，交換囚犯發(fā)生在阿聯(lián)酋阿布扎比。
 
Griner was arrested on February 17, but the news did not come out until March. Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
格里納于2月17日被捕，但直到3月才傳出消息。俄羅斯在 2 月下旬入侵了烏克蘭。
Griner traveled to Russia to play basketball for her team, UMMC Ekaterinburg. The fact that Griner, one of the top players in the American basketball league for women – the WNBA - had to play games in Russia had many people asking why the league does not pay its players more.
Griner 前往俄羅斯為她的球隊 UMMC Ekaterinburg 打籃球。格里納是美國女子籃球聯(lián)盟 (WNBA) 的頂級球員之一，不得不在俄羅斯打比賽，這一事實讓很多人問為什么聯(lián)盟不給球員更高的薪水。
 
She is also married to a woman, which made many pay attention to how Russia treats Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer people.
她還嫁給了一個女人，這讓很多人關(guān)注俄羅斯如何對待女同性戀、男同性戀、雙性戀、跨性別者和酷兒。
Lawyers said the nine-year prison term was too much for the offense of bringing a small amount of marijuana oil into Russia. At her sentencing, Griner said she was sorry, and she hoped the ruling "does not end my life."
律師表示，九年徒刑對這一罪行來說太過分了將少量大麻油帶入俄羅斯。在宣判時，格林納說她很抱歉，她希望判決“不會終結(jié)我的生命”。
 
The negotiations related to Griner, however, led to the highest-level communication between Russia and the U.S. in over five months.
然而，與 Griner 相關(guān)的談判導(dǎo)致了俄羅斯和美國之間五個多月以來的最高級別溝通。
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about Griner's case.
美國。美國國務(wù)卿安東尼·布林肯和俄羅斯外交部長謝爾蓋·拉夫羅夫談到了格里納的案件。