VOA慢速英语2016 联合国前秘书长加利去世

AS IT IS 2016-02-17 Former UN Chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali Dies 联合国前秘书长加利去世

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the United Nations Secretary General in the first part of the 1990s.

布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利是20世纪90年代初联合国秘书长。

He died in Egypt on February 16. He was 93. His name became one of the top trending topics worldwide on Twitter on Tuesday.

他于2月16日去世，周二，他的名字成为推特上的全球热点话题。

An Egyptian newspaper, al-Ahram, reported Boutros-Ghali died due to complications from a broken pelvis. An Egyptian diplomat 1, Boutros-Ghali was elected to a five-year term as U.N. Secretary General in 1991.

埃及《金字塔报》报道称加利因骨盆骨折并发症去世，1991年，埃及外交官布特罗斯-加利被当选为联合国秘书长，任期5年。

The Washington Post wrote Boutros-Ghali presided over the U.N. during two of the world’s worst genocides.

华盛顿邮报撰文称加利主持联合国期间发生了全世界最严重的大屠杀事件。

Hundreds of thousands of people from the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic 2 groups in Rwanda were killed during his term. Boutros-Ghali called it, “my worst failure.”

在他任职期间，卢旺达图西族和胡图族成千上万人被杀，加利称这是“我最严重的失误”。

About 100,000 also died during the civil war in Bosnia.

波斯尼亚内战期间还有大约10万人死亡。

The New York Times called his term “a chaotic 3 period.”

纽约时报称他的任期是“混乱时期”。

It was marked by diplomatic conflicts with the United States over Bosnia and a failed raid in Somalia that resulted in the death of 15 Americans. The event was documented in a film called “Black Hawk 4 Down.”

期间因波斯尼亚与美国发生了外交冲突，还发生了突袭索马里失败并导致15名美国人死亡一事，这一事件被拍成一部名为《黑影降落》的影片。

The Washington Post also noted 5 there were regular disagreements between the U.S. and the U.N. over unpaid 6 dues, totaling close to $1.5 billion.

华盛顿邮报还指出，美国和联合国还因未支付的大约15亿美元会费产生分歧。

After leaving the U.N., Boutros-Ghali wrote in his memoir 7 of the difficulty in dealing 8 with American President Bill Clinton. He wrote, “His mocking pronunciation of my name – Boo-trus, Boo-trus – sounded like a jeering 9 mob.”

离开联合国后，加利在自传中写到与美国总统比尔·克林顿打交道的困难，他写道：“他嘲笑我名字的发音，布-特罗斯，布-特罗斯，听起来像是起哄的暴民。”

While there were many tweets and messages of support for Boutros-Ghali’s family upon the news of his death, there were also some references to his unique name.

加利死后，很多人发表推文和信息向他的家人表示支持，但也有人提到这个独特的名字。

One person wrote “God, I loved that man’s name.”

一个人写道“天啊，我爱这个男人的名字。”

Others were quick to reference a viral video that Boutros-Ghali appeared in after his term ended.

也有人很快提到一个热门视频，视频记录的是加利任期结束后的情况。

Boutros-Ghali did an interview with comedian 10 Sacha Baron 11 Cohen. Baron Cohen was known in the late 1990s and early 2000s for playing a character called Ali G.

加利接受过喜剧演员沙查·巴隆·科恩的采访，巴隆·科恩因出演名叫Ali G的角色而在20世纪末、21世纪初知名。

Cohen, as the loud, ill-informed street personality Ali G, interviewed celebrities 12 and politicians on his television show. Many of them were flustered 13 by his act, but Boutros-Ghali was praised for handling the interview with poise 14.

科恩就像他所饰演的角色那样大嗓门且缺乏教养，他在电视秀中采访过名人和政客，很多人都被他的举止触怒，但加利因冷静接受采访而受到赞扬。

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chaotic – adj. in a state of complete confusion or disorder 15

pelvis – n. the wide curved bones between the spine 16 and the leg bones

poise – adj. showing a calm, confident manner

flustered – adj. upset or nervous