【看新闻学英语】台湾前第一夫人健康检查决定是否入监

【新唐人2011年2月23日讯】【看新闻学英语】

Taiwan’s Former First Lady Health Check to Determine Jail Sentence
台湾前第一夫人健康检查决定是否入监

By Jessie Chen, David Lee

【新闻关键字】

1. determine v. [dɪˋtɝmɪn]决定
2. sentence n./v. [ˋsɛntəns] 判决
3. escort v. [ˋɛskɔrt]护送
4. evaluation n. [ɪ͵væljʊˋeʃən]评估
5. graft n. [græft]贪污
6. money laundering n. [ˋmʌnɪ] [ˋlɔndɚ]洗钱
7. confine v. [kənˋfaɪn]限制
8. paralyze v. [ˋpærə͵laɪz]瘫痪
9. report v. [rɪˋport]报到
10. remain v. [rɪˋmen]留下
11. unsatisfactory adj. [͵ʌnsætɪsˋfæktərɪ]不符合要求的
12. smoothly adv. [smuðlɪ]顺利地

Taiwan’s former first lady, Wu Shu-chen, has been escorted to a prison hospital for health evaluations on Friday.
台湾前第一夫人吴淑珍，周五被护送到监狱医院接受健康评估。

The results will determine if she will begin her 17-and-a-half-year prison term.
评估结果将决定她是否开始17年6个月的刑期。

Wu, along with her husband, former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian, were sentenced last December on charges of graft and money laundering.
吴淑珍与她的丈夫，前台湾总统陈水扁，去年十二月因为贪污和洗钱被判刑。

The frail former first lady has been in poor health and confined to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed due to a vehicle accident in the 1980s.
身体虚弱的前第一夫人，健康状况一直不佳，1980年代的一次车祸意外，使她瘫痪受限于轮椅。

Wu first reported to the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor’s Office for questioning, then traveled on the high-speed rail to report to the Taichung Prison’s Pei Teh Hospital.
吴淑珍先到高雄地检署报到，接受询问，随后搭高铁，前往台中监狱附属培德医院。

She will remain at the hospital if her health result is unsatisfactory.
如果她的健康报告并不理想，她将留在医院。

[Chen Chih-chung, Wu Shu-chen’s Son]:
“My mother is very thankful, and she has asked me to thank everyone. We cannot do very much right now. We don’t have any choice, and we feel helpless. The only thing we can do is to ask God to protect my mother, and hope everything will go smoothly."
吴淑珍的儿子陈致中说：
“我的母亲非常感恩，她要我谢谢大家。我们现在能做的不多。我们感到无奈也没有任何选择。我们唯一能做的就是祈求上帝保祐我妈妈，希望一切顺利。”

Once decided, Wu could become the first former First Lady jailed in Taiwan.
一旦决定下来，吴淑珍可能成为台湾首位入监的前第一夫人。

本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2011-02-18/170728529235.html

【佳句精选】
The only thing we can do is to ask God to protect my mother, and hope everything will go smoothly.
我们唯一能做的就是祈求上帝保祐我妈妈，希望一切顺利。