VOA慢速英語:Reformer Wins Surprise Victory in Iranian Presidential Election

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這里是美國之音慢速英語新聞報道。

Last week, voters in Iran elected 64-year-old Shi'ite clergyman Hassan Rowhani president. The reform candidate had criticized Iran's current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and repression of civil society. Days before the vote, Mr. Rowhani promised Iranians he would bring major changes.

上周，伊朗選民選出64歲的什葉派神職人員哈桑·魯哈尼(Hassan Rowhani)作為總統(tǒng)。這名改革派候選人曾批評伊朗現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)內(nèi)賈德鎮(zhèn)壓公民社會。在投票前幾天，魯哈尼先生承諾他將會帶來重大變革。

President-elect Hassan Rowhani had not been considered likely to win. But, Iranians gave him more than 51 percent of the vote. He described the election as a "victory of moderation over extremism."

當選總統(tǒng)魯哈尼從未被認為有可能勝出。但是伊朗人給了他超出51%的選票。他稱這次選舉是“溫和派對極端主義的勝利”。

He promised to undo all of the locks that he said had been placed on the Iranian people in the past eight years.

他承諾解開他所說的過去8年伊朗人民身上套著的枷鎖。

Western diplomats have praised the new president for his diplomatic skills when he served as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator. Mr. Rowhani resigned that position after the election of President Ahmadinejad. Negotiations over the country's disputed nuclear program did not progress during Mr. Ahmadinejad's presidency.

西方外交家紛紛贊揚這名新當選總統(tǒng)在擔任伊朗首席核談判代表期間的外交技巧。魯哈尼先生在內(nèi)賈德當選后辭去了該職位。在內(nèi)賈德總統(tǒng)任期期間，就該國爭議核計劃的談判未獲進展。

Iran says it has an undisputed right to nuclear development. It says its nuclear enrichment activities are for its own medical and energy uses. Israel, the United States and some other western nations suspect that Iran is attempting to build nuclear weapons.

伊朗表示自己擁有核發(fā)展的權(quán)力，并表示自己的鈾濃縮活動是用于醫(yī)療和能源用途。以色列、美國和其他一些西方國家懷疑伊朗正試圖制造核武器。

Mr. Rowhani began his campaign as one of eight men approved to run for president by the religious and legal experts of Iran's Guardian Council. The Council blockedmore than 600 other candidates. All the women candidates were blocked, as was former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

魯哈尼先生作為伊朗憲法監(jiān)護委員會宗教和法律專家批準參與總統(tǒng)競選的8名男子之一，開始了他的競選活動。該委員會駁回了600多名其他候選人。所有女性候選人被駁回，同樣被駁回的還有前總統(tǒng)阿亞圖拉·阿里·阿克巴爾·哈什米·拉夫桑賈尼(Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani)。

When two of the eight approved candidates withdrew, Mr. Rowhani became the only reform candidate.

當8名被批準的候選人中的兩人退出后，魯哈尼成為唯一的改革派候選人。

During the campaign, Mr. Rowhani spoke of Iran's separation from the rest of the world and the economic effects of the nuclear dispute. Western restrictions that limit Iran's oil exports have severely reduced Iran's foreign income. The official inflation rate is 30 percent and increasing yearly. Many young people in Iran are unemployed.

在競選期間，魯哈尼談到了伊朗從世界的脫離以及核爭議的經(jīng)濟影響。西方限制伊朗石油出口的限制措施嚴重減少了伊朗的外匯收入。官方公布的通脹率為30%，并有逐年上升的趨勢。許多伊朗年輕人失業(yè)了。

Mr. Rowhani also spoke to voters of the need to free political prisoners and guarantee civil rights. He had been very critical of government attacks against peaceful demonstrations that followed the disputed presidential elections in 2009. Iranians marched for days to protest what they believed to be a dishonest vote count.

魯哈尼先生還對選民談到了釋放政治犯和保障公民權(quán)利的需要。他一直批評政府攻擊緊隨2009年爭議性總統(tǒng)選舉而來的和平示威。伊朗人游行數(shù)天抗議他們認為的計票作弊。

News reports said Iranians seemed uninterested in this presidential election until reform leaders from the 2009 elections declared support for Mr. Rowhani. Statements from former president Mohammad Khatami and former president Rafsanjani pushed Mr. Rowhani to a strong lead.

新聞報道稱，伊朗人似乎對總統(tǒng)選舉毫不關(guān)心，直到2009年選舉中的改革派領(lǐng)導人宣布支持魯哈尼。前總統(tǒng)哈塔米和前總統(tǒng)拉夫桑賈尼的聲明將魯哈尼推向強勢領(lǐng)先。

Although his campaign statements were critical of current conditions, President-elect Rowhani has been part of the country's leadership since 1979. At that time, a revolution created the Islamic Republic of Iran.

雖然他的競選宣言是批評當前局勢，當選總統(tǒng)魯哈尼成為1979年以來伊朗領(lǐng)導層的一部分。當時，一場革命造就了伊朗伊斯蘭共和國。

Mr. Rowhani is to be sworn in on August 3. Iranians hoping for reforms are waiting to see who the new president will include in his cabinet.

魯哈尼將于8月3日宣誓就職。期望改革的伊朗人都在觀望這位新任總統(tǒng)將把哪些人納入內(nèi)閣。