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　　Brazil's economy grew by 0.1% last year, slightly better than had been thought. One reason for this was that it counted R&D as an investment rather than as a cost, in line with international accounting standards. This year output will be depressed by spending cuts and higher interest rates. The economy is expected to contract by about 1%.

　　巴西经济去年增长0.1%，稍好于预期。原因之一是该国采用国际通行的会计标准，将研发视作投资，而非成本。去年由于削减开支和利率提高，巴西的生产总量受到抑制。该国经济据信将萎缩0.1%。

　　Out of the frying pan…?

　　才出狼穴…?

　　The government in Thailand said it would soon end the martial law it introduced last May. But it wants to bring in possibly more draconian restrictions under Article 44 of a new constitution that will give it wide-ranging powers to detain anyone who threatens to “disrupt or suppress” national security.

　　泰国政府宣布，将结束自去年五月开始的戒严。但是可能将根据新宪法第44条，施以更严苛的限制。这部新宪法赋予政府广泛的权力，任何人如涉嫌“危及国家安全”，皆得拘捕之。

　　A blogger who posted writings criticising Islam was hacked to death in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Washiqur Rahman's murder comes just a month after Avijit Roy, a liberal Bangladeshi writer based in America, was killed in a machete attack during a visit to Dhaka to attend a book fair.

　　瓦什可·拉赫曼在孟加拉首都达卡遇袭身亡。拉赫曼先生是知名博主，素来批评伊斯兰教。仅仅一个月之前，达喀尔还发生过一次类似事件：当时阿维吉特·罗伊(自由派孟加拉作家，旅居美国)在出席一次书展时，被弯刀砍死。

　　In Singapore a teenager was arrested after a video he posted celebrating the death of Lee Kuan Yew, the city-state's long-serving prime minister, appeared to criticise Christianity. The 16-year-old was charged with breaking Singapore's strict hate-speech laws and will be tried as an adult.

　　新加坡一位青少年发布视频庆祝开国总理李光耀离世，似乎还顺带黑了基督教一把，结果被捕。新加坡对言论向来严加管控，这位少年显然触犯国法，并将以成年人身份受审。

　　Not doing their homework

　　没做作业

　　A deadline passed for countries to submit their proposals on tackling greenhouse-gas emissions in time for a big conference in Paris in December at which a new climate treaty will be signed. Disappointingly, only a handful of countries, including America, but not China, have handed in their plans, making negotiations ahead of the conference all the more tricky.

　　12月将于巴黎召开联合国气候大会，届时将签署一个新的气候协议。各国曾同意在某个时点之前提交本国关于处理温室气体排放的计划，以期大会能取得实质成果。遗憾的是，只有一小部分国家(包括美国但无中国)提交了本国的计划，这使会前协商更显黯淡。

　　Harry Reid of Nevada, who has led the Senate Democrats since 2005, said he would not seek re-election in 2016. He endorsed Chuck Schumer of New York to succeed him as minority leader. His Senate seat is now up for grabs; and there is a chance that America will finally be able to store nuclear waste safely in Yucca Mountain, a site in Nevada that Mr Reid long blocked.

　　内华达州的哈利·雷德自2005年起担任参议院民主党领袖。他说自己不会在2016年寻求连任，并支持纽约州的查默·舒默作为接班人。这样一来，雷德先生的参议院席位就算是插上草标了。值得一提的是，亚卡山脉颇适于储藏核废料，而雷德先生态度鲜明的反对这一构想。如今他虽然还未离任，可已经有人打起了亚卡山脉的主意。

　　Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, asked the state legislature to amend the state's new “religious freedom” act to make it clear that it does not allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. The law has sparked protests and boycott threats. The governor of Connecticut banned state-funded travel to Indiana, although Connecticut also has a nearly identical law, as do about 20 states in all. Arkansas's legislature passed a similar bill on March 31st.

　　印第安那州长迈克·彭斯要求州立法机关修订该州的“宗教自由”法案，以明示在商业行为中不允许歧视同性恋人士。这一法案曾激起抗议，甚至有人声称要抵制它。康奈狄格州长禁止使用州立资立前往印第安那，虽然该州也刚刚通过了同样的法案，并且两个州并非特例，而是加入了一个近20个州的大家庭。阿肯色州于3月31日通过了类似法案。

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