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U.S. government partially shuts down
美国政府部分关闭 联邦雇员薪水削减
The United States federal government partially shut down as the clock struck midnight Monday, after Congress failed to pass a budget to fund the federal government into fiscal year 2014. House Republicans and Senate Democrats were unable to reconcile their differences on the Affordable Healthcare Act, known as 'Obamacare'. President Barack Obama released this message to U.S. troops, moments after the clock struck midnight.
随着时钟指到周一凌晨零点，国会未通过资助联邦政府至2014财年的预算案，美国联邦政府关闭。众议院共和党人和参议院民主党人未能就“可支付医疗法案”——所谓的“奥巴马医改”的分歧达成妥协。时钟划过凌晨后，奥巴马总统向美国军队发表了讲话。
SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING: "I know the days ahead could mean more uncertainty, including possible furloughs...And I know this comes on top of the furloughs that many of you already endured this summer. You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we're seeing in Congress."
美国总统奥巴马：“我知道未来的日子将更加充满不确定性，包括可能出现休假。我知道你们中的很多人今年夏季已经遭遇了这种情况。你们和家人应该获得更好的待遇，而不是国会这种运作不良的状况。”
The consequences of the shutdown mean at least 1 million federal employees could face see cuts in their paychecks. Military personnel are set to continue on normal duty status but many department of defense civilian employees could be furloughed. National parks are set to close resulting in 750,000 daily visitors being shut out and an economic loss of $30 million dollars per day. D.C. tourists attractions including all Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and perhaps the Lincoln Memorial, are set to possibly close as well. It is unknown how long the first federal shutdown in 17 years could last.
政府关闭的结果意味着至少100万名联邦雇员面临薪水削减。军事人员将继续正常任务，但是国防部许多平民雇员可能会休假。国家雇员将关闭，导致每天750,000名游客被拒之门外，每天的经济损失高达3000万美元。包括史密森尼博物馆，国家动物园，国会图书馆和林肯纪念碑在内的特区旅游景点可能也会关闭。这是17年来联邦政府首次关闭，目前还不清楚会持续多长时间。
US tourist sites face shutdown hit
美国旅游景点面临关闭风险
Up to a million federal workers face enforced unpaid leave because of the U.S. government shutdown. National parks like Yellowstone are among the facilities facing closure until the budget crisis is sorted out. Those who run businesses in the park say they can only wait and see what happens next.
由于美国政府关闭，多达100万联邦工作人员面临被迫无薪休假的局面。黄石公园这样的国家公园等设施面临关闭，直到预算危机解除。在公园内做生意的人表示，他们只能拭目以待事态如何发展。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) UNIDENTIFIED STORE OWNER SAYING: "If the government shuts down we're going to give it either 24 or 48 hours to see if it opens back up. If not we'll have to close down."
未透露姓名的店主：“如果政府关闭，我们将等待24小时或48小时的时间来看是否会重新开放。如果没有重新开放，我们也会关门。”
At the Gettysburg battlefield site in Pennsylvania visitors were equally dismayed.
在宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡野战场，游客们同样迷茫。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR SAYING: "It's sad. Look how many people died for this cause for them to shut it down and can't come together at all. It's kind of bad."
未透露姓名的游客：“非常让人伤心。多少人为了这项事业而牺牲，而现在却要关闭，难以聚集起来。非常糟糕。”
(SOUNDBITE)(English) UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR SAYING: "When you plan a vacation for six, nine, 12, months, and you come to the location that you want to visit and you can't visit it...it's upsetting."
未透露姓名的游客：“当你计划未来6个月，9个月或者12个月的假期的时候，你来到一个向往已久的景点却发现关闭了，心情肯定非常沮丧。”
The shutdown could last days or months until Congress gets the wheels turning to break its political deadlock on funding the government.
政府关闭可能持续几天或者几个月，直到打破政治僵局，为政府运营提供足够的资金。
Two die as Singapore crane fails
新加坡起重机失灵 两人遇难
Two people were killed and three injured when this crane partially collapsed on a construction site in Singapore. Witnesses said concrete counterweights at the back of the crane fell off as it was lifting building material.
在新加坡一个建筑工地，一辆起重机局部坍塌，造成2人死亡，3人受伤。目击者表示，起重机在提升建筑材料时，背部的混凝土平衡物脱落。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) N. RAJAH, SECURITY GUARD WORKING NEAR COLLAPSE SITE SAYING: "What I see was, there was a very loud bang noise - like an aircraft had crashed down. And then, I saw the workers all started to run to the back of this building. I thought it is going to be more serious, so I ran together with them. They were screaming. Very fast, everything was under control. Police was here, Civil Defence was here."
在坍塌地点附近工作的保安N. RAJAH：“我看到的情况是，首先听到很响的噪音——就好像飞机坠毁一样。接着看到工人跑到建筑物后面。我 认为可能出现了更加严重的情况，所以和他们一起跑。他们边跑边尖叫。很快，一切都处于控制之中。警察来了，民兵也来了。”
Distraught workers were comforting each other in the wake of the accident. It happened at the site of the former Supreme Court building which is being converted into the National Art Gallery. Local media reports said there was another incident at the site in July when a crane tilted and part of it landed in the street.
惊慌失措的工人们在事故后互相安慰。事故发生在以前的最高法院大楼，现在正在改建为国家艺术馆。当地媒体报道称，7月份这里还发生过一起事故，一辆起重机倾斜，部分滑落到街道上。
