>Sweden drops Assange probe
阿桑奇性侵指控被撤銷

Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010.
瑞典檢方近日放棄對(duì)維基解密聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人朱利安·阿桑奇2010年強(qiáng)奸指控的調(diào)查。

The reason for this decision is that the evidence has weakened considerably due to the long period of time that has elapsed since the events in question, the Swedish prosecution authority said.
瑞典檢方稱，由于案件已過去太長時(shí)間，證據(jù)已大大"削弱"，因此決定不再繼續(xù)追查這一案件。

The end of Assange's legal troubles in Sweden leaves him facing an extradition hearing from the US.
阿桑奇在瑞典的司法麻煩的終結(jié)意味著他將面臨美國的引渡聽證會(huì)。

The anti-secrecy campaigner faces 18 criminal charges in the US, including conspiring to hack government computers and violating espionage laws. If convicted, he could face decades in jail.
這位解密者面臨美方18項(xiàng)刑事指控，包括密謀侵入政府電腦和違反間諜法等，一旦定罪將面臨數(shù)十年的牢獄生涯。

Assange is currently being held at a British high-security prison.
阿桑奇目前在英國一所警備森嚴(yán)的監(jiān)獄服刑。

He was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in May for breaching bail conditions when he took up residence in Ecuador's London embassy, where he lived for seven years in order to avoid being sent to Sweden.
今年5月，他因違反保釋條例被英國法庭判處50個(gè)星期的監(jiān)禁。之前為了不被引渡至瑞典，阿桑奇在厄瓜多爾駐倫敦使館里度過了7年時(shí)間。

That political refuge ended unceremoniously in April, when he was dragged out by British police.
今年4月，厄瓜多爾大使館突然結(jié)束了對(duì)阿桑奇的政治庇護(hù)，他被英國警方從大使館里拖出。

>Cambodia bans elephant rides
明年起吳哥窟禁騎大象

One of Asia's most famous tourist attractions is taking a major stand for animals.
亞洲最著名的一處景點(diǎn)將做出保護(hù)動(dòng)物的重要表態(tài)。

Following pressure from animal activist groups, Apsara, the management authority for the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia announced in June 2019 it would ban elephant rides in early 2020.
在受到動(dòng)物保護(hù)團(tuán)體施加的壓力后，柬埔寨暹粒吳哥考古公園的管理當(dāng)局Apsara于今年6月宣布，將在2020年初禁止騎大象。

Now, the process has already begun.
現(xiàn)在，這一程序已經(jīng)啟動(dòng)。

In 2016, an elephant named Sambo died at Angkor, drawing worldwide attention.
2016年，一頭名為桑博的大象在吳哥公園死亡，吸引了全世界的關(guān)注。

Her death was blamed on a combination of heat stroke and exhaustion from ferrying so many human beings around.
她的死亡被歸咎于中暑和接載太多游客。

The local outlet the Khmer Times reported that two of the 14 elephants currently at the park, site of the famed Angkor Wat temple, have been relocated to the nearby Bos Thom community forest.
當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w《高棉時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道稱，目前在該公園服務(wù)的14頭大象中已有兩頭被轉(zhuǎn)移到附近的博斯托姆社區(qū)森林中。吳哥考古公園是著名的吳哥窟廟宇的所在地。

"The elephant is a big animal, but it is also gentle and we don't want to see the animals being used for tourism activities anymore," said Long Kosal, an Apsara press representative. "We want them to live in their natural surroundings."
Apsara的新聞發(fā)言人龍庫索說："大象是體積龐大的動(dòng)物，但也是溫和的動(dòng)物，我們不想再看到大象被用于旅游活動(dòng)。我們希望它們能在自然環(huán)境中生活。"

>Early Mozart minuets sold
莫扎特早期手稿被拍賣

An original score of two minuets composed by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 16 blew past estimates at a Sotheby's auction in Paris on Monday, going under the hammer for 372,500 euros.
18日，奧地利作曲家莫扎特16歲時(shí)創(chuàng)作的兩支小步舞曲的原創(chuàng)樂稿以37.25萬歐元的價(jià)格在蘇富比于巴黎舉行的拍賣會(huì)上拍出，遠(yuǎn)高出該公司預(yù)估的價(jià)格。

The unpublished, autographed score of the minuets - a stylized dance - contains a few corrections and minor modifications, including one or two that might be in the hand of Mozart's father, Leopold.
這份未曾發(fā)表、附有簽名的程式化小步舞曲的樂譜手稿內(nèi)有幾處修正和小幅修改，其中的一兩處可能出自莫扎特的父親利奧波德之手。

The manuscript was kept in Mozart's birthplace Salzburg by the composer's sister, Nannerl, before finding its way into the collection of a fellow Austrian, the writer Stefan Zweig. The score is the only one of the composer's "Six Minuets K.164" to still be in private hands.
該手稿此前由莫扎特的姐姐南內(nèi)爾保存在他們的故鄉(xiāng)薩爾茨堡，后被其"同鄉(xiāng)"奧地利作家茨威格收藏。這是莫扎特6首小步舞曲K.164中，唯一仍在私人藏家手中的樂譜。

>Fewer students heading to US
赴美留學(xué)增幅逐年縮小

China was the world's top contributor to international students in the US for the 10th consecutive time in the 2018/2019 academic year, but the rate of increase has been coming down as both institutions and students fret over their ability to get necessary visas.
2018/2019學(xué)年，中國赴美留學(xué)繼續(xù)保持增長，連續(xù)十年位列美國最大的留學(xué)生來源國。但由于機(jī)構(gòu)和個(gè)人均對(duì)能否獲取所需簽證感到擔(dān)憂，赴美留學(xué)人數(shù)增長率持續(xù)下降。

Chinese students in the US rose by 1.7% to 369,548 in the latest full academic year, accounting for about a third of all foreign students in the country, according to the Institute of International Education's "2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange" released on Monday in the US.
美國國際教育協(xié)會(huì)18日發(fā)布的《2019年國際教育交流門戶開放報(bào)告》顯示，2018/2019整個(gè)學(xué)年，中國赴美留學(xué)總?cè)藬?shù)增長1.7%，至369548人，約占美國國際學(xué)生總量的1/3。

Within that number, undergraduates rose 0.2% to 148,900, while graduate students rose 2% to 133,400.
其中，本科生14.89萬人，增長0.2%；研究生13.34萬人，增長2%。

But while the Chinese total was up, the rate of increase has been coming down steadily from 8.1% in 2015/2016 academic year to 3.6% in 2017/2018.
雖然中國留學(xué)生總?cè)藬?shù)有所增加，但增幅卻逐年縮小，2015/2016學(xué)年中國赴美留學(xué)人數(shù)增幅為8.1%，2017/2018學(xué)年該數(shù)字為3.6%。

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