BBCnews:保加利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)歐洲最古老城鎮(zhèn)遺址

[00:00.00]BBC News with Marion Marshall. Marion Marshall為你播報(bào)BBC新聞。 [00:03.66]President Obama has told Americans recovering from a huge storm that his administration would be with them for the long haul. 總統(tǒng)奧巴馬向剛從暴風(fēng)中恢復(fù)的美國人表示，政府將一直和他們?cè)谝黄稹? [00:10.92]He made the comment while on a visit to inspect some of the devastation in New Jersey cause by storm Sandy which has battered the northeastern United States. 他是在視察新澤西災(zāi)情時(shí)表態(tài)的，颶風(fēng)桑迪襲擊了美國東北部，也包括新澤西。 [00:18.43]For those people I just said that a chance to meet on this block, throughout New Jersey, and throughout the region whose lives have been abandoned, 我有機(jī)會(huì)與來自新澤西和該地區(qū)的各位在這條街區(qū)見面，你們的生活受到了重創(chuàng)。 [00:27.32]We are here for you, and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you rebuilt. 我們會(huì)和你們?cè)谝黄鸬?，我們不?huì)忘記，我們將跟進(jìn)確保在重建之前得到所需幫助。 [00:35.83]More than 50 people have died and millions are still without electricity. In New York city, trading resumed on the financial markets, and two airports have reopened. 已有50多人喪生，數(shù)百萬人沒有電力。在紐約市，金融市場(chǎng)的交易恢復(fù)了，兩座機(jī)場(chǎng)重新開放。 [00:44.92]Mayor Michael Bloomberg has promised that his administration would continue to work hard and fast to get New York back on its feet. 市長邁克爾·布隆伯格承諾，市政府將繼續(xù)工作，盡快使紐約恢復(fù)到正軌。 [00:51.98]Many people's lives were turned upside down by the storm, and you have my word that everyone in city government at every level is working 24 hours a day to get the city back on track, 許多人的生活被這場(chǎng)風(fēng)暴搞砸了，我向大家保證，市政府各部門的工作人員正在一天24小時(shí)不間斷地工作，努力使紐約恢復(fù)正常， [01:01.25]including working with the MTA and Con Ed, to meet the two biggest challenges that we face: mass transit and electric power. 我們還與交通運(yùn)輸管理局和聯(lián)合愛迪生公司合作應(yīng)對(duì)我們面臨的兩大挑戰(zhàn)：公共交通和電力。 [01:08.63]Libya's parliament has approved a new cabinet put forward by the Prime Minister Ali Zidan after weeks of political wrangling which led the dismiss of his predecessor. 利比亞議會(huì)通過總統(tǒng)阿里·宰丹提出的新內(nèi)閣，此前已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了數(shù)周的政治角逐，并導(dǎo)致總理前任被解雇。 [01:17.73]The session was cut short but the security forces firing into the air to disperse protesters outside the building. 會(huì)議被縮減了，但安全部隊(duì)想天空開槍，驅(qū)趕大樓外的抗議者。 [01:24.00]The BBC Tripoli correspondent says the new cabinet is widely viewed as a broad coalition bringing together liberals, Islamists and independence. BBC駐的黎波里記者說，大家普遍認(rèn)為新內(nèi)閣是將自由派、伊斯蘭和獨(dú)立主義者集合一起的廣泛聯(lián)盟。 [01:32.73]In Britain, the government had suffered an embarrassing defeat over EU funding. 英國政府在歐盟基金問題上遭受尷尬挫敗。 [01:37.96]A rebellion by MPs from the governing conservatives saw parliament vote for a cut to the EU's budget. 執(zhí)政的保守派議員投票削減歐盟預(yù)算， [01:43.61]The government had wanted parliament to approve a freeze in the budget ahead negotiations between Britain and other member states later this month. 政府原希望議會(huì)通過凍結(jié)預(yù)算的提議，本月晚些時(shí)候，英國和其他成員國將進(jìn)行協(xié)商。 [01:51.11]Here is our political correspondent Rob Watson. BBC政治記者Rob Watson報(bào)道。 [01:54.21]This is not a binding vote on the government and doesn't tie its hands in its negotiations with other EU states. 這并非政府的無約束投票權(quán)，也沒有考慮到與其他歐盟國家的協(xié)商。 [02:00.86]But it is, nonetheless,a humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister David Cameron. 但這對(duì)首相戴維德·卡梅隆來說確實(shí)很羞辱， [02:05.32]Critics say it suggests he's not in full control of his own Conservative Party, and doesn't command the respects of all his MPs. 批評(píng)者稱這表明卡梅隆無法完全控制自己的保守黨，也沒有得到其全部議員的尊重。 [02:14.07]Beyond that, it's a reminder of the decades-long divisions within the Conservative Party over Europe, and the parties increasingly sceptical approach to the EU. 同時(shí)，這也提醒我們保守黨內(nèi)部就歐洲問題存在的數(shù)十年之久的爭議，以及各黨派越來越懷疑對(duì)歐盟問題采取的措施。 [02:24.21]Worryingly, for Mr Cameron it may also be a sign of further rebellions to come over Europe. 令卡梅隆擔(dān)心的是，這也是個(gè)信號(hào)，表明未來在歐洲問題上還會(huì)遇到更多反抗。 [02:30.49]South African police say two striking mine workers have been shot dead by security guards as they tried to break into an armoury at a mine in the province of KwaZulu Natal. 南非警方稱在夸祖魯納塔爾省，兩名罷工礦工被安全警衛(wèi)開槍打死，當(dāng)時(shí)他們正試圖沖進(jìn)礦場(chǎng)的軍械庫。 [02:39.92]The two men were part of a group of miners who have gathered to demand better pay. Police say they are investigating two charges of murder. 這兩人是一個(gè)要求加薪的組織的成員。警方稱正在調(diào)查兩起謀殺案， [02:47.30]The mine owner the Canadian firm Forbes & Manhattan have temporarily suspended operations there. 加拿大礦主Forbes & Manhattan公司暫時(shí)停止運(yùn)營， [02:53.11]South Africa's mining sector has been rocked by a series of strikes this year.World news from the BBC. 南非礦業(yè)今年因罷工事件遭受了打擊。 [03:00.27]The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called for major changes to the leadership of the Syrian opposition. 美國國務(wù)卿希拉里·克林頓呼吁對(duì)敘利亞反對(duì)派的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層實(shí)施重大改革， [03:06.86]Mrs Clinton said talks planned for next week in Qatar should ensure that those who were inside Syria fighting against President Assad's government were represented. 克林頓說下周在卡塔爾的會(huì)談將確保在敘利亞與總統(tǒng)阿薩德政府作戰(zhàn)的反對(duì)派能夠有代表參加， [03:16.27]She said many other leaders at the Syrian National Council hadn't been inside Syria for decades. 她說敘利亞全國委員會(huì)的許多其他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人幾十年來都不在敘利亞。 [03:21.89]This cannot be an opposition represented by people who have many good attributes, but have in many instances not been inside Syria for 20, 30 or 40 years. 那些雖然有很多好品質(zhì)，但20、30、40多年來都不在敘利亞國內(nèi)的人是不能代表反對(duì)派的。 [03:34.32]There has to be a representation of those who are on the front lines fighting and dying today to obtain their freedom. 參加會(huì)議代表反對(duì)派的必須是那些為了爭取自由作戰(zhàn)在第一線的死士。 [03:43.42]A group of Ecuadorians say they'll sue the oil company Chevron in Argentina in an attempt to seize Chevron's assets there. 厄瓜多爾一組織稱將起訴阿根廷雪佛龍石油公司，試圖扣押雪佛蘭在該國的資產(chǎn)。 [03:51.47]The Ecuadorian plaintiffs accused Chevron of polluting land in the Amazon region for almost three decades. 厄瓜多爾原告起訴雪佛蘭近30年來污染了亞馬遜地區(qū)的土地。 [03:57.79]Last year, an Ecuadoran court ordered Chevron to pay $19 billion in damages. 去年，厄瓜多爾法院下令要求雪佛蘭支付190億美元的賠償。 [04:03.73]Archaeologists in eastern Bulgaria say they've unearthed the oldest prehistoric town ever found in Europe. Our central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe reports. 保加利亞考古學(xué)家稱發(fā)掘出歐洲迄今為止最古老的史前城鎮(zhèn)。BBC駐中歐記者Nick Thorpe報(bào)道。 [04:14.67]A dome of rock-salt descents almost 4,000 meters beneath the deep Karst gorge of Provadia, 普羅瓦迪亞喀斯特峽谷4000米下是巖鹽， [04:20.99]above it,Archaeologists have uncovered a fortified town with massive stone walls dated to between 4700 and 4200 BC. 地表上面，考古學(xué)家發(fā)掘出由高大的石墻筑成的要塞城鎮(zhèn)，可追溯到公元前4700到4200年。 [04:30.55]The settlement was home to about 350 people, who boiled salt water from springs nearby into salt bricks. 當(dāng)時(shí)大概有350人在這里生活，他們將泉水里的鹽水煮沸制成鹽磚。 [04:38.05]The salt was used to preserve meat which began to be traded in large quantities in the late stone age. 在當(dāng)時(shí)的晚石器時(shí)代，鹽被用作保存肉食，并拿這些肉食做大量交易。 [04:44.44]The discovery almost certainly explains the wealth found exactly 40 years ago at a cemetery on the outskirts of Varna 35Km away, the oldest hoard of gold objects found anywhere in the world.BBC News 發(fā)現(xiàn)還解釋了40年前在35公里外的瓦爾納公墓發(fā)現(xiàn)的財(cái)富，這是全世界發(fā)現(xiàn)的最古老的金制品。

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