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Violent protests in Greece have added to tensions over the debt crisis affecting Europe.
在希腊的暴力抗议活动增加了影响欧洲的债务危机的紧张情绪。

(SOUND: Protests)

Tens of thousands of people marched in Athens Wednesday to protest the government’s latest proposals for budget cuts. The deep spending cuts have been demanded by the nation’s creditors.
周三，数以万计的人在雅典游行，抗议政府削减预算的最新提案。希腊的债权人要求希腊深度削减开支。

Many government workers and union activists oppose the measures, which include plans to cut thirty thousand government jobs.  Greece also wants to cut wages for government workers and increase taxes.
许多政府工作人员和工会活动人士反对该措施，其中包括计划削减3万个政府工作岗位。希腊还希望削减政府工作人员工资和增加税收。

Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled to win support from his own party to pass the unpopular legislation.  And public anger has been widespread.  The two largest labor unions in Greece have called for another strike on October nineteenth.
希腊社会党总理帕潘德里欧一直在努力获取自己政党的支持以通过这一不受欢迎的立法。而公众愤怒已经蔓延开来。希腊两个最大的工会呼吁在10月19号举行另一次罢工。

This week, the Greek government announced that it would not meet the deficit reduction targets it had promised its lenders.  This increased doubts that Greece will be able to pay its creditors.  And it has European bankers worried. Many European banks hold Greek debt securities.
本周，希腊政府宣布，可能将无法满足之前向债权人承诺的赤字削减目标。这增加了人们对希腊是否能够偿还其债权人的怀疑，这也引起了欧洲银行家们的担忧。许多欧洲银行持有希腊债券。

Finance Ministers from countries using the euro met in Luxembourg early this week to discuss issues including the Greek debt crisis.  European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said it is important to examine the measures that Greece has in place.
本周初，欧元国家财长在卢森堡举行会议，讨论包括希腊债务危机等问题。 欧盟货币事务专员Olli Rehn称，重要的是审查希腊的措施已经到位。

OLLI REHN: “"It seems that Greece is likely to miss the target this year, next year and concrete measures agreed to so far are going a long way to meet all the fiscal targets.  As I said, it is essential now that we will assess the measures, we will review the figures."
OLLI REHN：“希腊看起来似乎无法完成今年的目标。明年和迄今通过的具体措施要满足所有财政目标还有很长的路要走。正如我所说，现在我们将评估各种措施，重审数据是必不可少的。”

Olli Rehn says it is too early to tell if Greece will be able to meet its deficit reduction targets.  European finance ministers put off a decision on whether to provide an eleven billion dollar loan to Greece that is part of a rescue plan agreed to last year.
Olli Rehn称，现在讨论希腊是否能够完成其削减赤字的目标尚还为时过早。欧洲各国财长们推辞决定是否提供作为去年达成的救助计划一部分的110亿美元贷款。

The Greek debt crisis has already severely hurt the French-Belgian bank Dexia.  The bank has lost more than four hundred million dollars because of Greek debt.  But those losses could increase if Greece fails to pay on its debts in the coming months.
希腊债务危机已经严重伤害了法国比利时合作开办的德克夏银行。因为希腊债务问题，该银行已经损失4亿多美元。如果希腊在未来几个月内无法支付其债务，损失可能还会增加。

Dexia is one of Belgium’s biggest lenders.  Now French and Belgian officials are discussing how to split the bank up and create a so called “bad bank” that would hold its worst assets.
德克夏银行是比利时最大的贷款机构之一。现在，法国和比利时官员正在讨论如何分拆该银行，并建立一个所谓的“坏账银行”来持有其最差的资产。

Dexia is not alone.  Two big banks in France, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, have reported losses of more than one billion dollars.
德克夏银行并不孤单。法国两大银行，法国巴黎银行和兴业银行，已报告超过10亿美元的损失。

On Thursday, the European Central Bank said it would offer new emergency loans to Europe’s banks to help them deal with losses from Greek debt.
上周四，欧洲央行表示，它将向欧洲银行提供新的紧急贷款以帮助他们处理来自希腊债务上的损失。

 From: http://www.hxen.com/englishlistening/voaenglish/voaspecialenglish/2011-10-07/156648_4.html