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路透社：孟加拉国19岁女孩被埋17天获救
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Bulldozer rampage in Washington State
男子因邻里纠纷竟开推土机“铲平”四邻房屋
A man angry with his neighbors went on a rampage on a Bulldozer in Washington State, damaging four homes. One home was knocked off its foundation. Two homes had to be demolished because of the damage that knocked out power for thousands of people.
在华盛顿，一名男子因对邻居不满开着推土机到处乱撞，造成四户家庭被破坏。有一户家庭连墙基都被撞倒了。有两家也因损坏连带数千人断电而不得不被拆毁。
UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING: "It was fast. It was fast --surprisingly. When he started moving that -- it just kept moving. It never stopped." A 51-year old suspect has been arrested for malicious mischief. Authorities told local media that the suspect had a long-running dispute with his neighbors but they were not clear about what the dispute was over. No injuries were reported.
身份不明的当地居民说：“开的太快了，太快了，不可思议。当他开动推土机后，就一直在开。没有停下来。”51岁嫌疑人因故意损害他人财产罪已被逮捕。当局告诉当地媒体，嫌疑人和他的邻居长期以来发生纠纷，但他们不清楚纠纷的内容。索性没有人员伤亡的报道。
U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint drills
美国航母访问韩国参加联合军演
The U.S nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz makes a port call on Saturday for joint naval drills with South Korea. The 97,000 ton carrier - one of the world's largest warships - is at the southern harbour city of Busan. The ship's strike group includes guided-missile cruisers and destroyers as well as fighter jets and anti-submarine helicopter squadrons. Rear Admiral Michael White said the drills - which have been denounced by North Korea - were part of routine exercises.
周六，美国核动力航空母舰尼米兹号停靠在港口，参加与韩国的联合军事演习。这架吨位为97,000吨的航母目前停靠在釜山南部港口城市，它是世界上最大的战舰之一。航母战斗群包括导弹巡洋舰、驱逐舰以及战斗机和反潜直升机中队。海军少将迈克尔·怀特说，一直以来被朝鲜谴责的演习只是日常演练的一部分。
U.S. COMMANDER OF THE NIMITZ STRIKE GROUP, REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL S.WHITE SAYING: "we exercise routinely with South Korea and our presence in the Asian area facilitated this particular time so we continue to hope it shows our alliance to promote the peace and prosperity in the region." The arrival of the ship also drew some protests from Busan residents with more than 30 gathering to demand the end of the war exercises. South Korea and the US ended their annual joint military exercises last month, amid a period of high inter-Korean tensions following threats from Pyongyang.
美国尼米兹号战斗群指挥官，海军少将迈克尔·怀特说：“我们和韩国进行常规化演习，在这个特殊的时刻，我们在亚洲的出现有利于促进（事态发展），因此我们一如既往的希望我们的联盟能促进该地区的和平与繁荣。”航母的到来也引发30多名釜山居民聚集在一起要求停止战争演习。上月因受朝鲜威胁韩朝关系高度紧张，韩国和美国结束了他们的年度联合军事演习。
"You take your time and rescue me"
孟加拉国19岁女孩被埋17天获救
Nineteen year-old Reshma Begum is now recovering in the hospital in Bangladesh. She spent 17 days trapped in a lightless, tomb-like chamber, under a collapsed building. Her brother rushed to her side as soon as he heard the news.
现在，19岁的Reshma Begum正在孟加拉国一医院接受康复治疗。建筑发生坍塌后，她被困住一个黑暗、坟墓般的空间里达十七天之久。听到消息后，她的哥哥急忙赶到了她身边。
ZAHIDUL ISLAM, ELDER BROTHER OF RESHMA, SAYING: "Yesterday I was standing in front of a shop and watching TV, and it was showing that rescue workers had found a woman named Reshma alive and were trying to rescue her. I instantly rushed to the spot and saw the rescue workers carrying my sister from the debris and taking her to the hospital.I then called my younger sister to come to the hospital with her Reshma's picture. We then we went to the hospital with the picture and then I saw that is my sister. She saw me and said 'oh, my brother,' then I cried loudly and the army soldiers escorted me out of the hospital." Her rescue is being called a miracle.
Reshma Begum的哥哥Zahidul Islam说：“昨天我站在一家商店的门口看电视，这时画面上正播放救援人员发现了一个名叫Reshma的妇女还活着，并正在试图营救她。我立即赶到了现场，看到救援人员把我妹妹从废墟中救了出来，并把她带去医院。然后我打电话给我另一个妹妹，叫她带着Reshma的照片去医院。然后我们带着照片赶到了医院，然后我看到就是我的妹妹。她看到了我，说“啊，哥哥”然后我大声的哭了出来，随后一名战士陪着我走出了医院。”她的成功获救被认为是一个奇迹。
MAJOR GENERAL CHOWDHURY HASAN SUHRAWARDY, HEAD OF THE RESCUE OPERATIONS, SAYING: "During the rescue operation I spoke with Reshma through a hole. I asked her 'how are you?', she said 'I'm alright, you take your time and rescue me.' I was standing near there and my officers rescued her. It was a very rare experience of my life. I have never seen anything like it. I talked with Reshma this morning in the hospital, she spoke with me almost like a normal person." The death tolls from the collapsed building now stands above 1,000. For some the wait goes on -- even as hope fades.
救援行动的负责人、少将 Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy说：“救援过程中，从洞缝里我和Reshma说了几句话。我问她“你还好吗？”她说“我很好，慢慢来，把我救出去”我就站在旁边，我的警员把她救了出来。这个经历太不寻常了。我从来没见过这种情况。今早在医院我和Reshma聊了一下，她跟我说话时几乎和正常人一样了。”建筑倒坍造成的死亡人数已经达1,000多人。尽管希望日渐渺茫，但一些人仍在等待。
CCTV:成龙决定捐古建筑给新加坡 打了谁的脸？
Why Jackie Chan donates old houses to Singapore
成龙决定捐古建筑给新加坡 打了谁的脸？
Some people worry that their cultural relics are not being well preserved by the government nd they are not alone. Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan has a collection of old traditional Chinese houses, but frustrated with some local officials and moved by the sincerity of some Singaporeans, he has decided to donate a few to a university in Singapore. But his move has angered many of his compatriots.
Many people were angered when the Kung Fu legend, Jackie Chan, posted on a microblog his plans to donate four of his ancient buildings to a Singaporean university.
One netizen says:" It’s not proper to send China’s own cultural relics abroad." Another one says,"Once they are gone, they become the foreign country’s possession, and it’ll be difficult for Chinese people to see them again."
But Chan is determined.
"They must be in Singapore, because I can’t break my promise. I said I would give and I gave, and I’m very comfortable with that."
Chan says he is comfortable because of their sincerity.
"They sent people over...their tourism minister and cultural minister. They really took it seriously...All the personnel, they came to Hong Kong."
He was touched also by their professionalism. Singapore University of Technology and Design gave Chan a detailed plan for the project. And they carefully disassembled the houses and packed them up. They then shipped them to Singapore, and placed them in this special house...
"You see, how beautifully they’ve laid the logs."
Since Chan posted on the microblog, many Chinese officials have asked for his donation. But why did he only donate to Singapore, why not others?
"Now they send me proposals for preservation projects, but not in the past. And often when I was about to strike a deal, they tried to lure me with a real-estate project. Often, I found out this "Jackie Chan" park is actually beside a neiborhood of villas."
Chan’s plan for his collections, are not for profit, but preservation and cultural exchanges.
"It will be helpful to promote cultural exchanges between Singapore and China. Just bringing things back to China doesn’t necessarily mean patriotism. What I’m doing is letting others understand Chinese culture."
Though there are still some misunderstandings and criticism, Chan says he’s doing the right thing, and he is following his heart. And that’s what’s most meaningful.
奥巴马演讲:奥巴马谈美国合理医疗费用法案
Remarks by the President on the Affordable Care Act
奥巴马谈美国合理医疗费用法案
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everybody, and welcome to the White House. I want to thank Carol for the wonderful introduction.
And let me just start off with a public service announcement to dads, partners, kids of America -- (laughter) -- Sunday is Mother’s Day. (Laughter.) You should not forget. (Laughter.) You can’t go wrong with flowers, a homemade card, giving some mom -- giving mom some relief, some quiet time. That is appreciated. (Laughter.)
So it’s a day when we put moms first. And I still remember one time I said to Michelle -- this is back when we had just gotten married and I think Malia had just been born, and we were fussing around Mother’s Day, and I said, but you know, how come we do so much stuff on Mother’s Day? She says, because every other day is Man’s Day. (Laughter.) So this is like one day. And there was, as usual, profound insight in Michelle’s remarks because moms so often put themselves last; so often they put everything else before themselves.
And that’s particularly true when it comes to things like health care. Moms take care of us. (Baby cries.) Yes, see? (Laughter.) Case in point. Sick kids, aging parents, grumpy husbands. And I know there are lots of moms out there who often go without the care that they need, or the checkups they know they should get, because they’re worrying that co-pay has to go to gas, or groceries, or the new soccer uniform instead. Or worse, they know the unfairness of being charged more for their health care just because they’re a woman, or the stress of trying to manage a family budget when health care costs are impinging on it, or trying to insure a sick child only to be told “no” over and over again.
So we decided that needed to change. In a country as wealthy as this one, there was no reason why a family’s security should be determined by the chance of an illness or an accident. We decided to do something about it.
Thanks to the women in this room and people all across the country, we worked really hard -- and it’s now been more than three years since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and I signed it into law. (Applause.) It’s been nearly a year since the Supreme Court upheld the law under the Constitution. (Applause.) And, by the way, six months ago, the American people went to the polls and decided to keep going in this direction. So the law is here to stay. (Applause.)
And those of us who believe that every American deserves access to quality, affordable health care have an obligation to now make sure that full implementation moves forward the way it needs to.
Basically, there are two main things that the American people need to know about this law and what it means. First, if you’re one of the nearly 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance -- whether it’s through your employer, or Medicare or Medicaid -- you don’t have to do a thing. This law already provides you with a wide array of new benefits, tough new consumer protections, stronger cost control measures than existed before the law passed. And those things are already in place -- you’re benefiting from, you just may not know it. Making sure that insurers can't take advantage of you. Making sure that your child can stay on your health insurance until they're 27 years old. So a lot of those provisions are already in place providing help and assistance to people all across the country.
Now, second, if you’re one of the tens of millions who don’t have health insurance, beginning this fall, you’ll finally be able to compare and buy quality, affordable private plans that work for you. (Applause.) So that’s what you need to know. If you've already got health insurance, this has just enhanced it. And if you don't, you're going to be able to get it.
For three years now, this law has provided real and tangible benefits to millions of Americans. Women in particular now have more control over their own care than ever before. And I’m pleased to be joined today by many women who wrote in to tell us what the Affordable Care Act means to them.
Carol Metcalf told us, “My oldest child is 22, recent college grad, a traumatic brain injury survivor with a rare genetic lung disease. Without the Affordable Care Act, he would have been removed from our family health insurance policy this year. And his health is excellent, but the cost of maintenance is overwhelming. And given his history, he would be virtually uninsurable under the old set of ‘rules.’ Instead of contemplating law school, all of his resources would have been channeled into somehow, somewhere, finding health insurance.” That’s what Carol wrote.
So Carol and her son Justin are why the Affordable Care Act lets young people stay on their parent’s plan until they turn 26. And today, as she put it, “now Justin’s future is governed by what he wants to achieve, not what health insurance mandates.” And, by the way, Justin is here -- a fine-looking young man right here. (Applause.) Sunday is Mother's Day. (Laughter.) Just wanted to make sure you remembered that.
Alycia is the mother of Avey, who is a beautiful, sweet, 3-year-old girl who also happens to have Leukemia. Imagine what that’s like for a parent. While you’re just figuring out how to take care of a baby, you’ve got to figure out how you’re going to pay for expensive treatment that could save your baby’s life.
Any parent knows that there is nothing we won’t do to take care of our kids. And it’s nice to have somebody getting your back. And that’s why the Affordable Care Act made it illegal for bad actors in the insurance industry to discriminate against kids like Avey. And today, Avey is doing just great. She was here just a second ago, where is she? There's Avey -- hey, sweetie! (Applause.) So Alycia wrote in -- she said, “The health care law is about people like me. It’s AlyciaCare.” (Laughter.)
And because of AlyciaCare -- the Affordable Care Act -– insurance companies can no longer impose lifetime limits on the amount of care you receive, or drop your coverage if you get sick, or discriminate against children with preexisting conditions. And women now have access to free preventive care like checkups, and mammograms, and cancer screenings, so you can catch preventable illness on the front end. And that provision has already helped more than 70 million Americans with private insurance. That’s already happening. A lot of people don’t know it, but you've got those protections.
Because of the Affordable Care Act, young adults under the age of 26, as we talked about, are able to stay on their parent’s health insurance plan -- and that’s already helping more than 6 million young adults.
Because of the Affordable Care Act, seniors on Medicare receive free checkups and preventive care with no co-pay or deductible, and get a discount on their prescription drugs. That has already saved over 6 million seniors more than $700 each. That’s already been happening. Seniors may not know that they've been getting $600 discounts, but it's there.
Because of the Affordable Care Act, insurers now have to justify double-digit rate increases publicly, for everybody to see. And most states have new authority thanks to incentives under this law to reject unjustifiable rate increases. Insurers are now required to spend at least 80 percent of the money you pay in premiums on actual health care -– not on profits, not on overhead, but on you. And if they fail to meet that target, they actually have to reimburse you -- either with a rebate or lower premiums. Millions of Americans discovered this last year -- they opened an envelope from their insurance company that wasn’t a bill, it was a check. That’s already happened. A lot of people don’t know it, but that’s what the Affordable Care Act is all about.
Beginning this week, as part of the law’s price transparency tools, we made public the prices that different hospitals charge you for most common services, so you can see if you’re getting what you pay for. And soon, bad actors in the insurance industry will never again be able to discriminate against you just because you’ve gotten sick in the past. (Applause.) They can't discriminate against you because you've got a preexisting condition. And, by the way, they can’t charge you more just for being a woman. (Applause.) Pregnancy will no longer be considered a preexisting condition. (Applause.)
And finally, beginning this fall, if you’re one of the millions of Americans who don’t have health insurance, you’ll finally have the chance to buy quality, affordable care just like everybody else.
So here’s how this is going to work. We’re setting up a new online marketplace where, beginning October 1st, you can go online, or talk to organizations in every state that are going to have this set up, and you can then comparison shop an array of private health insurance plans. You can look at them side-by-side, just like you’d go online and compare cars. And because you’ll now be part of a new pool of millions of other Americans, part of this exchange, insurance companies will actually want to compete for your business the same way they compete for the business of a big company with a lot of employees.
So once these marketplaces are up and running, no one can be turned away from private insurance plans. Period. If you’re sick, you’ll finally have the same chance to buy quality, affordable health care as everybody else. If you can’t afford to buy private insurance, if it's still too expensive -- even though you're getting much better prices through these exchanges than you would in the individual market, going out there by yourself, or if you work for just a small company that doesn’t have a lot of leverage with insurance companies you’re going to have a better deal through these exchanges -- but if you still can't afford it, then you're going to get help reducing your out-of-pocket premiums with the largest health care tax cut for working families and small businesses in our history. (Applause.)
So what does all this mean? It means that if you lose your job, or you change your job, or you start that new business, you’ll still be able to purchase quality, affordable care that’s yours -- and you'll have the security and peace of mind that comes with it. If you’re a young person expecting to try many different jobs and careers until you find one that suits you, you’ll be able to buy insurance that goes with you, travels with you, that gives you the freedom to pursue whatever you want without the fear that illness or accident somehow derails your dreams.
So there’s a lot that this law is already doing for Americans with insurance, and there is a lot more that is going to happen for folks who don’t have insurance. But we’ve still got a lot of work to do in the coming months to make sure more Americans can buy affordable coverage. And with something as personal as health care, I realize there are people who are anxious, people who are nervous, making sure that we get this done right.
So I'm here to tell you, I am 110 percent committed to getting it done right. It’s not an easy undertaking, but if it were easy, it would have already been done a long time ago. Undoubtedly, there will be some mistakes and hiccups as the thing gets started up, but we’re learning already from them. For example, when the prototype of the application to join the marketplace came in at 21 pages -- the initial first cut at it -- we said, you know what, we can do better than that. It’s now three pages long. Three pages. By the way, the industry standard is actually about 17 pages. So three pages is good. (Laughter.) That’s a lot shorter than the application you generally have to fill out now for private insurance.
But this is going to be a lot of work. And obviously, there is still a lot of political bickering over this law. The same folks who fought tooth and nail four years ago and tried to make political hay out of Obamacare, they’re still telling tall tales about its impact. Some small businesses are being told their costs are going to go up, even though they’re exempted from the law or they actually stand to benefit from it. And whenever insurance premiums go up, you’re being told it’s because of Obamacare -- even though there’s no evidence that that’s the case. So right now there are a whole bunch of folks out there, their insurance company decided to jack up rates, and they’re automatically assuming, well, somehow the law had something to do with it. No, that had to do with a decision the insurance company made. In some cases, employers may be shifting more costs onto employees because they think that will help their bottom line. It’s convenient to somehow say, well, it must be the new law. It’s not the case.
So precisely because there’re been so much misinformation, sometimes people may not have a sense of what the law actually does. And that misinformation will continue -– at least through the next Election Day.
But what all the people on this stage understand is this is too important for political games. Most moms and dads don’t think about politics when their kid gets sick. (Applause.) They’re thinking about doing whatever it takes to make sure that child is well. (Applause.) This is an issue of personal security. This is personal to Carol and Alycia and anybody who’s ever known the injustice and anxiety of a broken health care system. That’s what this is about. That’s why we fought so hard to make this happen. And that’s why we’re determined to get it done right.
And we’re going to need everybody out there to make sure --get the right information. Don’t just read a blog -- (laughter) -- or some commentary from some pundit that has a political agenda. Make sure you know what the actual facts are, because you stand to benefit if you’re not already benefiting from this thing. Don’t let people confuse you. Don’t let them run the okiedoke on you. (Laughter.) Don’t be bamboozled. (Laughter.)
Now, there’s one more person I want to mention here today -– somebody who I’ve spoken of several times over the past few years. When I first received a letter from Natoma Canfield, she was a self-employed cancer survivor from Ohio; she’d always done the responsible thing by buying her own insurance on the private market, even though it was very expensive.
A few years ago, her insurance company charged her over $6,000 in premiums, paid for only $900 worth of care, told her they’d jack up her rates another 40 percent anyway -- even though she’d been cancer-free for more than a decade. Despite her desire to keep her health insurance -- despite her fears that she would get sick again -- she finally just had to surrender her coverage. Couldn’t afford it. Hung her fortunes on chance. And just a few weeks later, she fell ill, and was diagnosed with Leukemia. Just days before health care reform became a reality.
And I kept Natoma’s story with me as we fought to pass this law, and I hung her letter on one of my walls in the Oval Office. And while she couldn’t be there the day I signed the Affordable Care Act into law, Natoma is here today. And because of this law -- here’s Natoma right here. Give her a big round of applause. (Applause.) Because of this law, there are millions of other Americans -- moms and dads, and daughters and sons -- who no longer have to hang their fortunes on chance.
Because we are not going to inflict that hardship on the American people again. The United States of America does not sentence its people to suffering just because they don’t make enough to buy insurance on the private market. (Applause.) Just because their work doesn’t provide health insurance. Just because they fall sick or suffer an accident -- that could happen to anybody. And regular access to a doctor or medicine or preventive care -- that’s not some earned privilege, it is a right.
So I understand the politics of this stuff sometimes, but there are times when I just want people to step back and say, are you really prepared to say that 30 million Americans out there shouldn’t have health insurance? Are you really prepared to say that’s not a worthy goal? Because of politics?
That’s why we're going to keep fighting with everything we've got to secure that right, to make sure that every American gets the care that they need when they need it at a price that they can afford. That’s what our families deserve. That’s what the vast majority of Americans believe in. That’s what we're going to make sure that we deliver. And we're going to do it with your help.
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. Thank you. (Applause.)
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