[字幕+翻译]VOA慢速双语附字幕:中国开发无人机产业
日期:2013-03-08 09:01

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English.

China said last week that it had considered launching a drone strike against a major Burmese drug trafficker wanted in the killings of 13 Chinese sailors.

China's top drug official, Liu Yuejin, said the plan was to bomb the drug lord's hideout in northeastern Burma using unmanned aircraft.

The official said the drone strike idea was eventually passed over in order to capture Naw Kham alive. He was captured last April in a joint operation with Laos.

The comments by the official are a sign of China's increasing development of unmanned aerial technology. They also suggest that China is seriously considering drone attacks outside its borders.

Peter Dutton is with the United States Naval War College. He says China is moving away from its earlier policy of non-interference in international affairs.

"This is a new change. This is China behaving more actively in the international sphere to protect its interests beyond its borders than it had in the past."

For years, the United States has led the global drone market. It is known to use UAV, or unmanned aerial vehicle, strikes against foreign targets.

In recent years, China has greatly improved its drone technology. It showed off many of its new models at recent air shows in the country. One of the drones reaches distances of over 3,200 kilometers.

The country is also modernizing its global navigation system to compete with those of the United States, Russia and Europe.

The United States has justified drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia by saying their governments have been unwilling or unable to suppress the threats from the individuals targeted.

American University law professor Stephen Vladeck says Washington needs to be much more specific about its conditions for using armed UAVs.

"Part of the problem is that because the U.S. government is engaged in what seems like so many drone strikes, and has not exactly been forthcoming about the criteria it uses, it's possible for countries like China to point at the U.S. example and say, 'if they're doing it, so can we.'"

The United States exports unmanned aircraft to only a few of its closest allies. China is now seen as an increasingly reliable and cheap supplier. Several countries have bought or built their own UAVs, mostly for surveillance. Professor Vladeck finds this concerning.

"The problem is that this technology is becoming so widely available and so cheap, that I think it is only a matter of time before countries with far smaller militaries, countries with far less responsible regimes, are in a position where they want to use these technologies as well."

词汇解释

1.pass over 越过;忽略;宽恕;回避

I can't pass over this problem unnoticed.
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2.navigation n. 航行;航海

The compass is an instrument of navigation.
罗盘是导航仪器D@kFWW~pLA|rv

3.surveillance n. 监督;监视

He is still under police surveillance.
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参考译文

这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道At~6tdsxD@

中国上周宣称,曾考虑向杀害13名中国船员而被通缉的缅甸毒品走私者发动无人机袭击tFdBE;e5qe

中国缉毒最高官员刘跃进说,该计划意在使用无人机轰炸毒枭在缅甸东北部的藏身处7F|rKNgd|i

该官员说,用无人机活捉诺康的计划最终流产,去年诺康终于在去年4月中国和老挝的联合行动中被捉znBRQsP&#F.jytU^[rAn

用这位官员的话说,这件事标志着中国的无人机技术日益发展,还说明中国严肃考虑用无人机进行境外袭击3lGoLXvx=8;

彼得·达顿就职于美国海战学院,他说中国正逐步摆脱原来不干预国际事务的政策c]QWM,ivk|Idg1Ji,TEX

“这是新的变化,中国在国际上日益活跃,与以往相比,中国正努力保护边境之外的利益.gV@B];=,*nwJ。”

多年来,美国一直在全球无人机市场中处于主导地位Wt*XKve,|CdlbC&H^+.v。众所周知,美国使用无人机袭击外国目标n)[VS;F+_=uErz6A

近年来,中国在无人机技术上取得重大进展,最近在国内的空展中展示了最新机型,其中一架可达到3200公里的距离#m_9SWJd6m6jrbd4lP.j

中国还使其全球导航系统现代化,努力与美国、俄罗斯和欧洲竞争IqH%[zQSO9#onUz!qEs!

美国为自己在巴基斯坦、也门和索马里使用无人机辩护,称这些国家的政府不愿或不能压制这些个体目标的威胁O7*ey-kMXeRf,2hMAZ

美洲大学法律教授斯蒂芬·弗拉德克说,华盛顿需要将使用武装无人机袭击的条件具体化xU*y4zdJd=hQf

“部分问题在于,美国政府使用这么多次无人机袭击,但却没有具体规定其使用标准,这样中国这样的国家就可能以美国为例子说,‘既然他们能这样做,我们也可以Qd*KZUutyzt。’”

美国只向少数亲密盟国出口无人机,中国目前日益被视为可靠和廉价的供应商,CZ,M*cv%eW)A*。几个国家也购买或自造了无人机,主要是为监视之用.*P[)HVf!g!X*qKNm,g@。弗拉德克教授认为这令人担忧DOftr)Rj&l

“问题在于,这种技术越来越容易获取,又很廉价,我想不需很久,一些很小的国家、一些很不负责的政权也有条件使用这个技术Vl1tH@R)m[-。”

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重点单词
  • competevi. 竞争,对抗,比赛
  • reliableadj. 可靠的,可信的
  • compassn. 指南针,圆规 vt. 图谋,包围,达成
  • suppliern. 供应者,供应厂商,供应国
  • suppressvt. 镇压,使 ... 止住,禁止
  • eventuallyadv. 终于,最后
  • specificadj. 特殊的,明确的,具有特效的 n. 特效药,特性
  • availableadj. 可用的,可得到的,有用的,有效的
  • jointadj. 联合的,共同的,合资的,连带的 n. 关节,接
  • globaladj. 全球性的,全世界的,球状的,全局的