翻译二班 group 7

1.

ISIS

(Islamic State of Irag and al- Sham

)/(

Islamic State in Irag and Syria

)

伊拉克和沙姆伊斯兰国（一个极端宗教圣战组织）

The highly regarded nonprofit, non- partisan outfit, which seeks to stop the spread of nukes

to other countries and to terrorists, posted a plea Tuesday on its Web site under the heading

“Needless Collateral Damage.” It asked that everyone please stop using its acronym, ISIS, “as

a shortening for the name of the jihadist terrorist group named, in transliterated Arabic, the

Al-Dawla Al- Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-

Sham.”

(Washington Post) 2014.9.3

The hostage, Steven J. Sotloff, is shown in the video kneeling like the previous victim, James

Foley,

while

his

masked

killer

stands

above,

wielding

a

knife.

Mr.

Sotloff

addresses

the

camera and

describes

himself

as

“

paying

the

price

”

for Mr. Obama

’

s

decision

to

strike

the

group, the Islamic State in Irag and Syria, in northern Irag.

(The New York Times) 2014.9.3

Although currently limited to Iraq and Syria, IS has promised to

and Lebanon and to

demands

that

all

swear

allegiance

to

its

leader

-

Ibrahim

Awad

Ibrahim

Ali

al-Badri

al-Samarrai, better known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

(BBC) 2014.9.3

The two leaders also exchanged their views on regional and international issues of mutual

interests

and

concerns,

such

as

the

developments

of

the

situation

in

Syria,

Iraq,

and

particularly with the emergence of the radical Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

(China Daily) 2014.9.6

2.

the Occupy Wall Street movement

占领华尔街运动

From THE NEW YORKER:If anyone could claim responsibility for the Zuccotti situation, it was

Lasn: Adbusters had come up with the idea of an encampment, the date the initial occupatio

n would start, and the name of the protest

—

Occupy Wall Street.

From CNN Money: It's been two years since the launch of Occupy Wall Street, the New York-

based social movement that quickly spread to encompass headline-grabbing protests aroun

d the globe.

From :Monday marks one month since the start of

3.

Foreclosures

弃房断供

“

弃房断供

”

就是

forecl osure

，意思是业主不再按期还款，房屋作为抵押品被银行

收回。

由于部分城市房价下跌，

房产价值已经低于抵押贷款，< /p>

因此一些业主选择

损失首付和部分还款，把房价下跌风险转嫁给银 行。这些因

residential mortgage

loan defaults

（

按揭贷 款逾期未还）

被起诉的业主中，

多数人都声称

< br>unable to repay

their loans

（无力还款）

。

From ChinaDaily:Currently there is no data indicating that foreclosures have become

a common phenomenon nationwide, but officials have warned the risks of default.