考研英語(yǔ)美文賞讀（22）：腰果太難吃 斯里蘭卡總統(tǒng)發(fā)飆

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　　?President Maithripala Sirisena has complained that， during a recent trip with Sri Lankan Airlines， he was treated to some cashews which were not fit for human consumption.

　　斯里蘭卡總統(tǒng)邁特里帕拉·西里塞納抱怨稱，近日從加德滿都返回國(guó)內(nèi)的航班上品嘗的腰果十分難吃。

　　In fact， the irate leader added， they were not even suitable for dogs.

　　事實(shí)上，這位憤怒的總統(tǒng)還說(shuō)，這些腰果連狗都不肯下咽。

　　The airline， which has at least $1bn (770m pounds) of debt， has yet to comment on Mr Sirisena’s outburst.

　　這家航空公司至少負(fù)債10億美元(合7.7億英鎊)，其尚未對(duì)西里塞納的怒氣置評(píng)。

　　The airline has been dogged by allegations of corruption in recent years， and is currently under investigation by a special presidential commission of inquiry.

　　該航空公司近年來(lái)一直受到腐敗指控，目前正在接受特總統(tǒng)特別調(diào)查委員會(huì)的調(diào)查。

　　However， exactly what was so offensive about the nuts is unclear.

　　然而，至于為何要對(duì)這些腰果發(fā)這么大火，原因尚不清楚。

　　Speaking at a farmers’ event in southern Sri Lanka on Monday， Mr Sirisena said the offending products were served to him during a flight from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu to Colombo， Sri Lanka， last week. "When I returned from Nepal， they served some cashew nuts on the plane [that]， let alone humans， even dogs can’t eat， who approves these things？" he told a group of farmers in Southern Sri Lanka.

　　周一，西里塞納在斯里蘭卡南部的一場(chǎng)農(nóng)民活動(dòng)上發(fā)表講話，他說(shuō)上周從尼泊爾首都加德滿都飛回斯里蘭卡科倫坡的航班上，他吃到了這些讓人不開(kāi)心的東西，他對(duì)斯里蘭卡南部的一些農(nóng)民說(shuō)：“當(dāng)我從尼泊爾回來(lái)時(shí)，他們?cè)诤桨嗌辖o我提供了一些腰果。別提人了，連狗都不能吃。誰(shuí)批準(zhǔn)生產(chǎn)的這些腰果？”

　　"Who approved the cashew？ Who is responsible for this？"

　　“誰(shuí)批準(zhǔn)的這些腰果？這是誰(shuí)的責(zé)任？”

　　This is not the first time a packet of nuts on a plane has made headlines.

　　無(wú)獨(dú)有偶，這并不是飛機(jī)上的堅(jiān)果第一次引起媒體關(guān)注了。

　　Four years ago， a Korean Air executive made a plane turn back to the gate after an air stewardess attempted to serve her a packet of macadamia nuts in a packet rather than on a plate.

　　四年前，由于空乘人員提供的澳洲堅(jiān)果是裝在袋子里，而不是放在盤(pán)子里，一名韓國(guó)航空公司的高管一怒之下迫使飛機(jī)返回登機(jī)口。

　　Heather Cho， the daughter of company boss Cho Yang-ho， was later convicted of violating plane safety， spending a number of months in jail before being freed to serve a suspended sentence on appeal.

　　隨后，該航空公司老總趙陽(yáng)浩的女兒趙顯娥因違反飛機(jī)安全規(guī)定而被判有罪，她在監(jiān)獄里呆了幾個(gè)月直到上訴被判緩刑。

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