VOA慢速英语：中国指控加拿大间谍，窃取国家机密

China said Friday it has charged a Canadian with spying and stealing state secrets.

周五，中国表示指控一位加拿大人从事间谍活动并窃取中国国家情报。

Kevin Garratt was arrested in August 2014 with his wife, Julia. She was released after six months but is not allowed to leave China. She and her husband ran a coffee shop in Dandong in northeastern China. They also conducted Christian aid work for North Koreans.

Peter Garratt, one of the sons of Canadian couple Kevin and Julia Dawn Garratt, who are being investigated in China for threatening national security, stands outside his parents' coffee shop as he talks to Reuters journalists in Dandong, Liaoning province

凯文与他的妻子朱莉娅于二零一四年八月被捕。茱莉亚半年后获释，但不准离开中国。她和她的丈夫在丹东经营一家咖啡店，位于中国东北部。他们还为朝鲜组织基督教救援工作。

"During the investigation, authorities found that Kevin Garratt may also be involved in gathering information for Canadian information agencies," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in Beijing.

外交部发言人华春莹在北京表示：“在调查过程中，中国当局发现，凯文也参与为加拿大新闻机构收集信息。”

Garratt's parents said their son was arrested because he is Christian.

Garrett的父母声称，他们的儿子被逮捕是因为他是基督徒。

Hua rejected that it has anything to do with religion. She said "he was indicted because of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets." China's concept of state secrets can be very broad. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

华春莹驳回该说法，这与宗教没有关系。他受到指控是因为从事间谍活动窃取中国国家机密。中国国家机密的概念非常广泛。

Canada said it was concerned about the Garratt indictment. It has raised the issue with the Chinese government "at high levels." A week ago, Canada accused Chinese hackers of breaking into a key computer network.

加拿大称它时刻关注对于凯文的指控。它已向中国政府高层提出这个问题。一周前，加拿大指责中国黑客侵入其重要计算机网络。

News of the indictment reached Canadian officials one day after they attended a lavish party hosted by China in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. It marked the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

加拿大官员们参加完由中国在加拿大首都渥太华主办的盛大宴会一天后，起诉书被公布。该盛大宴会标志着两国建交第四十五周年。

I'm Anne Ball.

我是安妮。

Kathleen Struck adapted this story for Learning English from VOA news. Hai Do was the editor.

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Words in This Story

indicted –v. to be formally charged with a crime

concept –n. the idea of what something is or how it works

hacker –n. person who secretly gets access to a computer system to get information, or cause damage

lavish –adj. giving or using a large amount of something