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The world this year
2024年度回顧
In a remarkable comeback Donald Trump was elected as America’s president for a second time.
唐納德·特朗普再次當(dāng)選美國總統(tǒng)，造就一次引人注目的回歸。
Six months before the vote Mr Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in a hush-money case, the first criminal conviction handed to anyone who has sat in the Oval Office.
投票前6個月，特朗普因在一起封口費案中偽造商業(yè)記錄而被判有罪，這是曾入主橢圓形辦公室的人第一次被判的刑事定罪。
In July a gunman tried to assassinate the Republican at a campaign event, slightly wounding him; Mr Trump’s rallying cry of “Fight, fight, fight!” energised his base.
今年7月，一名槍手試圖在競選活動中暗殺這位共和黨人，他受了輕傷；特朗普的戰(zhàn)斗口號是“戰(zhàn)斗，戰(zhàn)斗，戰(zhàn)斗！”這句話鼓舞了他的選民。
Kamala Harris’s “brat summer” turned out to be a damp squib for the Democrats, who also lost control of the Senate at the election.
卡瑪拉·哈里斯的“幼稚夏天”對民主黨來說就是一個失敗的笑話，民主黨在選舉中也失去了對參議院的控制。
Ms Harris became the Democratic candidate when Joe Biden pulled out of the race after a disastrous debate for him.
在一場災(zāi)難性的辯論之后，喬·拜登退出競選，哈里斯成為了民主黨候選人。
I could never be president
我永遠不可能成為總統(tǒng)
Elon Musk aligned himself with Mr Trump and spent $277m backing the Republicans.
埃隆·馬斯克與特朗普并肩而戰(zhàn)，并花費2.77億美元支持共和黨。
His wealth has risen by $170bn since the election, thanks mostly to the increase in the value of his Tesla stock.
自大選以來，他的財富增加了1700億美元，這主要得益于他所持特斯拉股票的增值。
Israel invaded Lebanon, after Hizbullah intensified its rocket attacks.
真主黨加強火箭彈襲擊后，以色列入侵黎巴嫩。
In preparation for its offensive Israel injured or killed thousands of Hizbullah operatives by tapping and exploding their pagers and Israeli forces went about eliminating the Iranian-backed militia’s leadership, including Hassan Nasrallah, its long-serving head.
在準(zhǔn)備發(fā)動進攻時，以色列通過竊聽和引爆傳呼機，打傷或炸死了數(shù)千名真主黨成員，以色列軍隊著手消滅伊朗支持的民兵領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，包括長期任職的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人哈桑·納斯魯拉。
The leadership of Hamas was also all but wiped out.
哈馬斯的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層也幾乎被消滅。
Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the terror attacks on October 7th 2023, was killed sitting in a chair.
2023年10月7日恐怖襲擊的策劃者葉海亞·辛瓦爾坐在椅子上被殺。
In April Iran launched its first direct missile attack on Israel.
今年4月，伊朗對以色列發(fā)動了第一次直接導(dǎo)彈襲擊。
America, Britain, France, Jordan and other Arab states contributed to Israel’s defence.
美國、英國、法國、約旦和其他阿拉伯國家為以色列的防御做出了貢獻。
The war in Gaza ground on, even though Hamas found itself increasingly isolated and boxed in.
加沙的戰(zhàn)爭仍在繼續(xù)，盡管哈馬斯發(fā)現(xiàn)自己越來越孤立并被困住了。
There was no let-up in the misery for ordinary Gazans caught up in the fighting, and aid agencies warned of possible famine.
陷入戰(zhàn)斗的普通加沙人的痛苦沒有得到緩解，援助機構(gòu)警告說可能會發(fā)生饑荒。
In December Israel and Hamas seemed to be moving closer to a ceasefire.
去年12月，以色列和哈馬斯似乎已經(jīng)接近了停火。
Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash.
伊朗總統(tǒng)易卜拉欣·萊希在一次直升機墜毀事件中喪生。
The new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, brought a change of tone to the government, suggesting he would like to restart negotiations with the West.
新總統(tǒng)馬蘇德·佩澤什基安讓政府的態(tài)度發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)變，表明他希望重啟與西方的談判。
At the start of the year Islamic State bombed an event commemorating an Iranian general assassinated by America in 2020, killing 95 people.
今年年初，伊斯蘭國轟炸了一場紀(jì)念2020年被美國暗殺的伊朗將軍的活動，造成95人死亡。
Syrian rebels rolled into Damascus, bringing an end to the 53-year rule of the Assad regime.
敘利亞叛軍涌入大馬士革，結(jié)束了阿薩德政權(quán)長達53年的統(tǒng)治。
The speed of the advance took everyone by surprise, not least Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow.
推進速度讓所有人都很驚訝，尤其是逃往莫斯科的巴沙爾·阿薩德。
The rebels are led by an Islamist group, which has appointed an interim prime minister until March 2025.
叛軍由一個伊斯蘭組織領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，該組織任命了一名臨時總理，任期至2025年3月。
Election day
選舉日
Labour won Britain’s election with a stonking majority, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
工黨以壓倒性多數(shù)贏得英國大選，結(jié)束了保守黨長達14年的統(tǒng)治。
But things quickly turned sour for Sir Keir Starmer’s new government.
但對基爾·斯塔默的新政府來說，情況很快就變得糟糕起來。
Anti-migrant riots soon broke out and a decision to end winter-fuel aid for pensioners was widely criticised.
反移民騷亂很快爆發(fā)，終止對養(yǎng)老金領(lǐng)取者冬季燃料援助的決定受到了廣泛批評。
Businesses took fright at a tax-raising budget.
企業(yè)對增稅預(yù)算感到害怕。
The Tories chose Kemi Badenoch as their new leader, the first black person to head one of Britain’s big parties.
保守黨選擇凱米·巴德諾赫作為他們的新領(lǐng)袖，他是英國第一位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)大黨的黑人。
In February Michelle O’Neill became the first Irish-nationalist to lead Northern Ireland’s executive.
今年2月，米歇爾·奧尼爾成為首位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)北愛爾蘭行政當(dāng)局的愛爾蘭民族主義者。
Ukraine lost ground in its fight against Russia.
烏克蘭在與俄羅斯的戰(zhàn)斗中失利。
In a bold move, Ukrainian troops took the fight across the border into Russia’s Kursk province.
在一項大膽的行動中，烏克蘭軍隊越過邊境進入俄羅斯的庫爾斯克省。
But Russia turned to North Korea for soldiers to replenish its forces, the first time in a century it has invited a foreign force into the country.
但俄羅斯向朝鮮尋求士兵支援，以補充其軍隊，這是一個世紀(jì)以來俄羅斯首次邀請外國軍隊進入本國。
NATO allies sent F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine for the first time and America allowed it to use long-range ATACMS missiles.
北約盟國首次向烏克蘭派遣了F-16戰(zhàn)斗機，美國也允許烏克蘭使用遠程陸軍戰(zhàn)術(shù)導(dǎo)彈系統(tǒng)導(dǎo)彈。
Meanwhile, Sweden at last joined NATO.
與此同時，瑞典終于加入了北約。
Mark Rutte became the military alliance’s new secretary-general.
馬克·呂特成為該軍事聯(lián)盟的新任秘書長。
