CNN原文：

A massive new US embassy complex in Lebanon is causing controversy for its sheer size and opulence in a country where nearly 80% of the population is under the poverty line. Located some 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) from the center of Beirut and built on the site of the current embassy, the US' new compound in Lebanon looks like a city of its own. Sprawling over a 43-acre site, the complex in the Beirut suburb of Awkar is almost two-and-a-half times the size of the land the White House sits on and more than 21 soccer fields.

美国在黎巴嫩新建的一座大型使馆大楼因其巨型规模和豪华程度引发争议，黎巴嫩当地近80%的人口都生活在贫困线以下。美国在黎巴嫩的新建筑群距离贝鲁特市中心约13公里（约8英里），建在现在的大使馆旧址上，看起来就像一座自己的城市。这座位于贝鲁特郊区奥卡的建筑群占地43英亩，几乎是白宫所在土地的2.5倍，面积超过21个足球场。

1.embassy complex 大使馆大楼（complex n.综合大楼，建筑群）

2.Lebanon 黎巴嫩

3.cause controversy for 因......引发争议

4.be under the poverty line 生活在贫困线以下

Many Lebanese on Twitter questioned why the US needs such a large embassy in their capital. Lebanon is smaller than Connecticut and has a population of just six million. Few American tourists go to the country as the State Department has placed it on the third highest travel advisory level, but it does have a sizeable population of Lebanese American residents.

许多黎巴嫩人在推特上质疑，为什么美国需要在黎巴嫩首都设立这么大的大使馆。黎巴嫩比美国的康涅狄格州还要小，人口只有600万。很少有美国游客去黎巴嫩旅游，因为美国国务院将黎巴嫩的旅游警告级别列为第三高，但黎巴嫩确实有相当多的黎巴嫩裔美国居民。

5.have a population of 有多少人口

6.travel advisory level 旅游警告级别