美国枪击再次惹起枪支恐权争议(中英字幕).doc

BBC News with Marion Marshall Marion Marshall为你播报BBC新闻。 The White House has said that President Obama will support the legislation to reinstate a ban on assault weapons following Fridays mass shootings at a school in the US state of Connecticut. The elementary school in Newtown where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults remains closed. From Washington, Paul Adams. 白宫表示，自周五康涅狄格州一所学校发生大规模枪击案后，总统奥巴马将支持重启禁止攻击性武器的法令。枪手杀死了纽镇一所小学的20名儿童和6名成年人，这所学校现已关闭。Paul Adams在华盛顿报道。 Barack Obama has already said hell do what he can to prevent another tragedy like the killings at Newtown. Now according to his spokesman Jay Carney, hes ready to lend his support to a law being proposed by the California Senator Dianne Feinstein which would reinstate and probably modify the 1994 assault weapons ban. Mr. Carney also says the president is keen to close what some call the gun show loophole, where people are able to buy weapons without the sort of background checks that licensed dealers are obliged to run. 巴拉克·奥巴马称将尽一切努力阻止纽镇惨案再度发生，据发言人杰伊·卡尼说，奥巴马将支持加州参议员黛安·范士丹的提案，即重启并可能修改1994攻击性武器禁令。卡尼称总统一心想堵住所谓的枪展会滥售枪支的漏洞，因为在枪展会上，人们可以不经背景调查就可购买武器，而奥巴马认为经销商必须进行背景调查。 The credit rating agency Standard Poors has raised the sovereign debt rating of Greece by six levels. The agency said the move reflected the strong determination of European countries to help Greece stay in the Eurozone. Last week Greece started to receive the latest tranche of international bailout funds. From Athens, heres Mark Lowen. 信用评估机构标准普尔将希腊的主权债务提高了6个等级，该机构称此举反映欧洲国家帮助希腊留在欧元区的坚定决心。上周，希腊开始收到最后一批国际援助资金。Mark Lowen在雅典报道。 Credit rating agencies are seen as a key gauge for the health of an economy. For months, Greece had only been downgraded, stuck in the realm of default. But now in a significant change it has been taken up six levels by Standard and Poors to B-. That combined with a so-called stable outlook means the agencys fear of Greece leaving the Euro has subsided and it will substantially reassure the government here and the Eurozone