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House of Representatives votes to end bulk collection of phone records
眾議院投票終止大規(guī)模收集電話記錄
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to end the government's bulk collection of telephone records. The so-called "USA Freedom Act" is the first legislative effort at surveillance reform since former contractor Edward Snowden disclosed the program a year ago. Some lawmakers argue the NSA program is legal and an essential tool for the intelligence community. Others say it is a violation of Americans' right to privacy under the U.S. Constitution.
周四，美國眾議院投票，終止政府大規(guī)模收集電話記錄的行為。所謂的《美國自由法案》是自一年之前雇傭工愛德華·斯諾登披露電話監(jiān)控項目以來針對監(jiān)控改革的首次司法努力。一些議員辯稱國安局的項目是合法的，是情報部門必不可少的工具。其他人則表示，這侵犯了美國憲法規(guī)定的美國公民的隱私權。
SOUNDBITE (English) REP. JIM SENSENBRENNER, WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN SAYING: "Let me be clear, I wish this bill did more. To my colleagues who will lament the changes, I agree with you. The privacy groups who are upset about lost revisions, I share your disappointment. The negotiations for this bill were intense. We have to make compromises. But this bill still does deserve support. Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good."
威斯康星州共和黨眾議員JIM SENSENBRENNER：“讓我明確表述一點，我希望該法案能夠起到更大的作用。對于那些痛惜這種改革的同事來說，我贊同你們。而對于那些為修訂失敗感到傷心的隱私權利組織來說，我也和你們一樣感到失望。該法案的談判工作非常緊張。我們必須做出讓步。但是該法案仍然值得獲得我們的支持。不要讓完美成為變好的敵人。”
SOUNDBITE (English) REP. RUSH HOLT, NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAYING: "But it still falls woefully short. This legislation still allows the government to collect everything they want against Americans: to treat Americans as suspects first and citizens second."
新澤西州民主黨眾議員RUSH HOLT：“但是該法案仍然存在很大的不足。該法案仍然允許政府收集關于美國人的一切信息：首先把美國人視為嫌疑人，然后才是公民。”
The bill would end the government practice of gathering information on calls made by millions of Americans and storing them for at least five years. Instead, it would leave the records with telephone companies for 18 months and the NSA could file a judicial order to collect them for security investigations. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
該法案將終止政府收集數(shù)百萬美國人電話信息并存儲至少五年時間的行為，而是允許電話公司保存電話記錄18個月，國家安全局出于安全調查的目的可以申請法庭命令來收集信息。該法案現(xiàn)在正送往美國參議院進行討論。
Thai army chief announces government takeover
泰國陸軍司令宣布接管政府
Two days after declaring martial law in Thailand, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha announced he was taking over officially. In a national broadcast, he explained his objective.
宣布戒嚴令兩天之后，陸軍司令巴育·占奧差宣布正式接管政府。在全國廣播中，他解釋了自己的動機。
(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) ARMY CHIEF GENERAL PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA SAYING: "To reform the social structure economically, socially and in other ways, to create equality for everybody and for every side. The peace-maintaining committee which consists of the army, navy and air force as well as the national police has to take control of power to administrate the country from 22nd of May 2014 onward."
陸軍司令巴育·占奧差(PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA)：“為了從經濟，社會和其他途徑對社會結構進行全面的改革，為了為每個人，為各方創(chuàng)造平等，從2014年5月22日開始，由陸軍，海軍，空軍和國家警察組成的維和委員會必須接管執(zhí)政權利。”
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the meeting at Bangkok's Army Club shortly before announcement and could be seen confiscating weapons. Earlier in the week, Chan-ocha called rival factions to a meeting --- whose goal he said was to end the protests and violence that have gripped the country. That ended with no agreement. Shortly after Thursday's coup was confirmed, the military issued a national curfew, banning people from leaving their homes between 10pm and 5am.
該決定宣布之前不久，數(shù)百名士兵包圍著曼谷軍隊俱樂部會議現(xiàn)場，并沒收了武器。本周早些時候，巴育·占奧差呼吁敵對的各方參加會議，終止全國各地蔓延的抗議和暴力活動。會議沒有取得任何結果。周四的軍事政變得到確認后不久，軍方宣布了全國宵禁令，禁止人們在晚上10點至早上5點之間外出。
Extreme thunderstorms in Colorado cause flooding, hail
科羅拉多極端雷暴造成洪水冰雹
Colorado submerged. Torrential rain on Wednesday night is to blame for this morning's scene. A super-cell thunderstorm traveled through Denver's northeast suburbs, bringing large amounts of hail and tornado warnings.
科羅拉多州被淹沒了。周三晚上的暴雨造成了今天早上的場景。一道閃電劃過丹佛東北部郊區(qū)，帶來大量冰雹和龍卷風預警。
(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN, SAYING: "Well I got an alert on my phone saying that there was a tornado warning in the area. I told my wife about the tornado warning and told her to get into the basement. I then came out, took a few pictures - made sure I had pictures of the house to make sure I could record its condition in advance. I saw what looked like rotation in the sky - a possible funnel forming, but I never saw one. And then the wind picked really bad. The hail was constant, it just went on for some time.And as you can see, it piled up quite a bit."
未透露身份的男子：“我的手機上收到一條預警信息，說這個地區(qū)發(fā)布了龍卷風預警。我告訴了我的妻子，讓她躲到地下室。然后我自己到外面照了一些照片，確保我擁有房子的照片，提前記錄下龍卷風前房屋的狀況。我看到天空好像在旋轉，可能會形成漏斗云，不過我從來沒有看到。然后刮起大風。冰雹也持續(xù)不停，連下了一段時間。你可以看到，已經堆積了很多。”
It brings back recent memories of a seemingly endless winter. Hail the size of ping pong balls caused problems on the roads. In the city of Aurora, rain and hail flooded lawns and streets. Thunderstorms -- packed with hail and lightning -- also moved their way across Illinois and Indiana.
這讓人回想起最近無止境的冬季的記憶。乒乓球大小的冰雹給道路帶來問題。在奧羅拉市，雨水和冰雹給草坪和街道造成洪水。夾雜著冰雹和閃電的雷暴天氣也襲擊了伊利諾伊州和印第安納州。
