VOA慢速英语:马克卢比奥宣布竞选总统

United States Senator Marco Rubio of Florida told his supporters Monday he is running for president in 2016. He said that he feels "uniquely qualified" to represent the Republican Party.

美国佛罗里达州参议员马克卢比奥周一时候对其支持者表示将参与2016年总统竞选。他说他非常有资格代表共和党参加总统竞选。

Mr. Rubio, 43, is the son of Cuban immigrants. He made an official public announcement Monday in Miami. The announcement took place at the site where officials first registered Cubans fleeing the government of Fidel Castro in the 1960s.

卢比奥今年43岁，是古巴移民者的儿子。周一的时候在迈阿密发布官方公告宣布竞选。公告发布地点即上世纪60年代，美国当局在该地点首次对逃离菲德尔•卡斯特罗政权的古巴人进行入境登记。

Mr. Rubio is a first-term senator. If elected, he would become the United States' first Hispanic leader.

卢比奥是第一届任期议员。如果选举胜出，他将成为美国首位拉美裔领导人。

He joins Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz in seeking the party's presidential nomination. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush are also expected to seek the Republican nomination.

他和共和党议员兰德保罗，德特克鲁兹都在争取共和党派总统候选人提名。威斯康星州州长斯科特沃克和前佛罗里达州州长杰布布什也将寻求共和党派提名。

Iran suspends pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia

Iranian officials said Monday they will stop sending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the Islamic pilgrimage, Umra. Iran says Saudi officials mistreated two Iranian pilgrims last month at Jeddah airport.

伊朗官员周一时候表示将停止向沙特阿拉伯地区伊斯兰朝圣地区Umra输送朝圣者。伊朗方面表示沙特方面在上个月吉达机场虐待两名伊朗朝圣者。

Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati told Iranian TV that Saudi Arabia must punish border guards who reportedly mistreated the pilgrims last month.

伊朗文化部长Ali Jannati在伊朗电视台表示沙特阿拉伯必须对上周虐待朝圣者的边境警卫进行惩罚。

Russia lifts ban, may supply Iran with missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a ban on supplying Iran with S-300 surface to air missiles.

俄罗斯总统普京取消了对伊朗提供S-300防空导弹的禁令。

The ban was put in place in September 2010. The policy change comes less than a week after Iran and six nations reached a deal on Iran's nuclear program.

这一禁令在2010年9月开始实施。在伊朗与六国达成伊朗核协议框架不到一个星期时间里，俄罗斯即改变此政策。

The United States expressed concern Monday of Russia's possible sale of the missiles to Iran.

美国周一时候对俄罗斯欲向伊朗方面出售火箭行为表示担忧。

Nobel-winning German writer dies at 87

Günter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer, has died. A spokesman for his publisher confirmed that Mr. Grass died on Monday in a hospital in Germany. He was 87 years old.

Günter Grass，德国作家，诺贝尔文学奖获得者。出版商发言人证实Günter Grass周一的时候在德国一家医院死亡，享年87岁。

Mr. Grass's books described growing up under the Nazi-led government in Germany. He briefly served as a Nazi soldier while a teenager. He was captured by American forces and held in a war camp.

Günter Grass的作品讲述的是在德国纳粹政府控制下的成长历程。他在少年时期曾担任过纳粹士兵，后被美军抓获，并关押在军营。

Many have praised his part in reviving German literature after World War II. Mr. Grass also helped give voice and support to democracy in Germany after the war.

许多人赞扬了他在二战之后复兴德国文学的成就。Günter Grass还在战争结束之后声援支持德国民主。

He earned the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999 for his most famous novel, "The Tin Drum," published in 1959.

他凭借1959年出版的《铁皮鼓》荣获1999年诺贝尔文学奖。

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unique – adj. unlike anyone or anything else (adverb form: uniquely)

qualified – adj. having the necessary skill, experience, or knowledge to do a particular job or activity

site – n. a place where something important has happened

pilgrim – n. someone who travels to a holy place

pilgrimage – n. a journey to a holy place

revive – v. to make (someone or something) strong, healthy, or active again