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印度泰伦加纳邦官邸占地九千平方米 内设防弹厕所

时间：2016-12-07 04:11:08

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 　　The chief minister of the south Indian state of Telangana has caused outrage1 after moving into a palatial2 new home that cost taxpayers3 $7.3m.

　　印度南部泰伦加纳邦的首席部长近来搬入了一所花费纳税人730万美金的豪宅官邸，这一事件引起了当地人的极度不满。
　　The building is spread over 9,000 square metres (100,000 sq ft) of prime real estate in Hyderabad city.
　　这所新官邸占地9000平米（折合10万平方英尺），位于海得拉巴市最好的地段。
　　It has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium4 which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.
　　该豪宅内有一个防弹厕所，还有一个可容纳250人的礼堂和一个可容纳500人的会议厅。
　　印度泰伦加纳邦官邸占地九千平方米 内设防弹厕所
　　The house was blessed by the minister's special guru while the bulletproof bathroom has been roundly mocked.
　　这位部长曾请来法师作法祈福，不过它的防弹厕所还是遭到了公众的奚落。
　　Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao moved into the house last Thursday after a series of religious rituals led by his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy.
　　在法师Chinna Jeeyar Swamy进行了一系列仪式后，钱德拉塞卡·拉奥于上周四搬进了这个新住所。
　　The house, named Pragathi Bhavan, was built in close consultation5 with vaastu (similar to Feng shui) experts. Mr Rao is a great believer in vaastu, which is an ancient Hindu custom used in construction.
　　这所豪宅名叫Pragathi Bhavan，是经过vaastu（印度版风水）专家商讨之后兴建的。vaastu是古印度在建房子时的一种习俗，拉奥部长非常迷信它。
　　He has also been in the news for trying to demolish6 the state's secretariat complex because he believes its vaastu is bad for the state.
　　此前他也因想要拆除该州的秘书大楼而被媒体报道，原因是他认为大楼的vaastu对该州不利。

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1 outrage hvOyI     
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
2 palatial gKhx0     
adj.宫殿般的，宏伟的
参考例句：
  • Palatial office buildings are being constructed in the city.那个城市正在兴建一些宫殿式办公大楼。
  • He bought a palatial house.他买了套富丽堂皇的大房子。
3 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
4 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂
参考例句：
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。
5 consultation VZAyq     
n.咨询；商量；商议；会议
参考例句：
  • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
  • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
6 demolish 1m7ze     
v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)
参考例句：
  • They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
  • He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。