2017考研英語熱點時事閱讀翻譯:中國首例民事公益訴訟案

 　　2017考研英語熱點時事閱讀翻譯:中國首例民事公益訴訟案

　　今天大家繼續跟著文都考研英語老師一起來欣賞英語新聞，今天的新聞仍然是與考研英語重點話題——環境保護相關的文章，即2016年4月12日一篇對污染環境的造紙廠進行處罰的英語新聞。通過這篇文章2017考研的小伙伴們將會學習到許多與環保和法律有關的考研高頻詞匯和短語，比如pollution, trial, accuse of等。

　　China's first public-interest litigation case takes on a major polluter

　　污染案成為中國首例民事公益訴訟案

　　China’s first public interest litigation civil lawsuit on environment pollution hasgone to trial in Xuzhou City of east China’s Jiangsu province. A paper factory accused ofsevere violation of the environmental law has been charged a total compensation of more than 1 million yuan.

　　中國首例污染民事公益訴訟案在中國東部的江蘇省徐州市開庭審理，一家被指控嚴重違反環境法的造紙廠，被判承擔賠償金額一百多萬元人民幣。

　　It might once have been a clear, sparkling river, but it is now a stinking sewer or evengarbage dump. For about two years, Xuzhou Hongshun Paper Manufacturing Factory had dischargedtons of waste water into the river. And now it is payback time. The Xuzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate sued the factory as a public interest litigator.

　　曾經是條清澈、波光粼粼的河流，但是現在卻成了一條發惡臭的臭水溝甚至垃圾堆，大約兩年的時間，徐州鴻順造紙廠排放了數以噸計的污水到河流中，現在是該償還的時候了。徐州市人民檢察院以公益訴訟人身份對鴻順造紙廠提起訴訟。

　　“The company has caused severe ecological damage by discharging waste water into nearby rivers, and the damage is still affecting the environment. We, the Xuzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate, sued the company and took the case to trial to demand the company pay compensation for the damage and to restore the environment,” said Chen Shili with Xuzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate.

　　“這家公司向附近的河流排放污水引起了嚴重的生態破壞，這種破壞仍然影響著環境，我們徐州市人民檢察院，對這家公司提起訴訟，并要求這家公司賠償損失以及環境修復費用。”徐州市人民檢察院Chen Shili說。

　　According to the investigation by the procuratorate, the company built drain pipes between April 2013 and February 2015 to discharge over 2,600 tons of waste water. The damage to the environment is valued at some 270,000 yuan.

　　根據檢察院的調查，這家公司在2013年4月至2015年2月期間架設管道排放了2600多噸污水，所造成的生態環境損害數額約為27萬元。

　　The case went to trial and was concluded Monday. Compensation has been set at 1.06 million yuan and the company must repair the environmental damage.

　　這次案件在星期一開庭并作出判決，這家公司被判賠償金額共計人民幣106萬元而且必須修復環境。