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欢迎来到“为学习者准备的英语新闻”以及“IELTS语法练习”栏目！
Study English the smart way and learn English fast with our daily English news headlines.
通过我们每日发布的英文新闻标题，以高效的方式学习英语，并快速掌握英语知识。
Let's get started.
我们开始吧。
The US is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Venezuela.
美国正在委内瑞拉海岸外的国际海域追捕一艘油轮。
An official said the US Coast Guard tried to board the ship as it moved toward Venezuela to pick up oil.
一位官员表示，美国海岸警卫队在那艘船驶往委内瑞拉以装载石油的过程中试图登船进行检查。
But the tanker refused to stop.
但是那艘油轮拒绝停下来。
The ship is called Bella 1 and is under US sanctions for its links to Iranian oil.
这艘船被称为“Bella 1”，由于其与伊朗石油产业有关联，因此受到了美国的制裁。
And this is now the third American operation on tankers related to Venezuela's oil industry this month.
这是本月美国针对与委内瑞拉石油产业相关的油轮开展的第三次行动。
The US Coast Guard intercepted the sentries tanker on Saturday, while the skipper was seized on December 10th.
美国海岸警卫队于周六拦截了那艘正在执行任务的油轮；而该油轮的船长则于12月10日被拘留。
Venezuela's foreign minister has condemned what he calls acts of piracy by the US government.
委内瑞拉外交部长谴责了美国政府所实施的、他称之为“海盗行为”的举动。
While President Donald Trump's crackdown on the Venezuelan oil industry has sparked criticism from lawmakers in his own party,
虽然唐纳德·特朗普总统对委内瑞拉石油行业的打压引发了其所在党派内议员的批评，
Republican Senator Rand Paul spoke to ABC yesterday.
共和党参议员兰德·保罗昨天接受了美国广播公司（ABC）的采访。
I considered a provocation and a prelude to war, and I hope we don't go to war with Venezuela.
我认为这种行为是一种挑衅，也是战争的前奏；我希望我们不要与委内瑞拉开战。
Look, at any point in time there are 20,
你看，在任何时候，都有 20 个（某种东西）存在。
30 governments around the world that we don't like that are either socialist or communist or have human rights violations.
世界上有 30 个我们不喜欢的政府；这些政府要么属于社会主义或共产主义政权，要么存在侵犯人权的行为。
But it isn't the job of the American soldier to be the policeman of the world.
但美国士兵的职责并不是充当世界的“警察”。
We've got more news coming up, including how the government's release of the Epstein Files is facing major blowback.
我们还有更多新闻要发布，其中包括政府公布爱泼斯坦相关文件后所面临的重重阻力（或：政府公布爱泼斯坦相关文件后引发的强烈反对）。
Lawmakers are accusing the Justice Department of flouting the law by releasing only some of the Epstein Files.
立法者指责司法部违反了法律，因为只公开了爱泼斯坦案的部分文件。
Since Friday, the agency has released thousands of documents related to the convicted sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein,
自上周五以来，该机构已经公布了数千份与已被定罪的性交易犯杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关的文件。
many featuring heavy redactions.
其中许多文件都经过了大量的删减（即内容被大幅修改）。
Democrat Ro Khanna says he's spoken to survivors.
民主党人罗·卡纳表示，他已经与那些幸存者进行了交谈。
One of the survivors said they released
其中一名幸存者表示，他们已经将（某物）释放了。
her name accidentally, but they still have not released the FBI file about the people who abused her at her request.
她的名字被不小心说出来了，但他们仍然没有按照她的要求，将联邦调查局（FBI）关于那些虐待她的人的档案公之于众。
The problem here is that there are rich and powerful people.
这里的问题在于，存在着一些富有且有权势的人。
We all know this.
我们都知道这一点。
They're 1200 victims.
共有 1200 名受害者。
They're rich and powerful people who either engage in this abuse, covered it up, or were on this island.
他们都是富有且有权势的人：要么参与了这些虐待行为，要么对这些问题视而不见（选择了掩盖事实），要么就是当时就在这个岛上。
And what the American people want to know is who are these people, and instead of holding them accountable,
美国人民想知道的是：这些人到底是谁？然而，政府却没有让他们承担任何责任。
Pam Bondi is breaking the law.
帕姆·邦迪正在违法。
Meanwhile, at least 16 files that were released Friday were then seemingly removed from the database as of Sunday,
与此同时，至少有16份在周五被公开的文件似乎在周日时已被从数据库中删除了。
one of them containing an image of President Donald Trump has been restored.
其中一部包含唐纳德·特朗普总统照片的设备已经修复完毕。
Here's how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche explained the removals.
以下是副司法部长托德·布兰奇对相关人员被撤职事件的说明：
There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday.
有一些照片在周五发布后很快就被撤下了。
That's because a judge in New York
那是因为纽约的一位法官……
has ordered us to listen to any victim or victim rights group if they have any concerns about the material that we're putting up.
上级已经要求我们，如果任何受害者或受害者权益组织对我们发布的材料有任何意见或疑虑，都必须认真听取他们的意见。
CBS has made a last -minute decision to shelve a 60 -minute story on Trump to Paul Tease.
CBS在最后一刻决定取消这个关于特朗普的60分钟专题报道。
And staffers tell CNN some employees are threatening to quit.
工作人员告诉 CNN，一些员工威胁要辞职。
The segment features the accounts of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador.
该报道讲述了那些被特朗普政府驱逐到萨尔瓦多一所臭名昭著的、安保极其严密的监狱中的委内瑞拉男子的遭遇。
But the two sources say CBS News editor -in -chief Barry Weiss weighed in with questions on Saturday morning,
但这两位消息人士都表示，CBS新闻主编巴里·韦斯（Barry Weiss）在周六上午提出了相关问题。
her main issue being the lack of a response from the Trump administration.
她面临的主要问题是特朗普政府没有给予任何回应。