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著名美国黑人女权主义者贝尔·胡克斯去世

2021-12-21来源:和谐英语

The US Congress has passed a 5% increase in the annual defense budget, but most of the extra funds were not requested by the Biden administration.

美国国会已批准年度国防预算增加5%,但大部分额外资金并不是拜登政府要求的。

With strong bipartisan support, the Senate confirmed last week's vote in the House for spending to rise to 770 billion dollars.

在两党强烈支持下,参议院确认了上周众议院的投票结果,将国防支出提高到7700亿美元。

Bangladesh is marking the 50th anniversary of victory day when it cemented its independence by defeating the forces of Pakistan with the help of India, whose president will be guest of honor at the celebrations.

孟加拉国正在庆祝胜利日 50 周年,50年前,孟加拉国在印度的帮助下打败了巴基斯坦军队,巩固了国家独立,印度总统将成为庆祝活动的主宾。

Charles Havilland reports.

请听查尔斯·哈维兰的报道。

The 9-month war to secure the independence of Bangladesh, the Bengali-speaking and Muslim majority region, formerly known as East Pakistan, was blood-soaked.

为确保孟加拉国独立而进行的长达9个月的战争充满了血腥,该国曾是一个以孟加拉语为母语、穆斯林占多数的地区,以前被称为东巴基斯坦。

Supporters of the Bangladeshi Awami League killed tens of thousands of civilians whose loyalty they doubted.

孟加拉人民联盟(Awami League)的支持者杀害了数万名他们怀疑不忠于他们的平民。

But the atrocities and war crimes of the Pakistani army were far bigger in scale.

但巴基斯坦军队的暴行和战争罪行的规模要大得多。

Between 300 thousand and 3 million people died.

导致30万到300万人死亡。

With violence escalating through 1971 and refugees flooding into India, India intervened militarily in December, and the Pakistani military surrendered on the 16th of that month.

1971年,随着暴力升级和难民涌入印度,印度在12月进行了军事干预,巴基斯坦军队在该月16日投降。

The influential black American feminist known as bell hooks has died at the age of 69.

著名的美国黑人女权主义者贝尔·胡克斯去世,享年69岁。

The author, professor, and activist whose real name was Gloria Jean Watkins wrote about 40 books.

这名作者、教授兼活动家的真名是格洛里亚·简·沃特金斯,她写了大约40本书。

Her best-known work was Ain't I a Woman?published in 1981.

她最著名的作品是1981年出版的《我不是女人吗?》。

Bell hooks helped push feminism beyond its white middle-class origins with her writings on gender and race, focusing on the voices of black and poor women.

贝尔·胡克斯的作品以性别和种族为主题,关注黑人和贫困女性的心声,推动了女权主义不再仅限于白人中产阶级。

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