安倍晋三枪击案嫌疑人认罪

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1. Why does the author mention Takaichi's meeting with Trump and their exchange of compliments about Abe?

A. To show how Abe's influence still shapes Japan's current diplomacy

B. To demonstrate that Trump was deeply affected by Abe's death

C. To criticize Japan's overreliance on U.S. political approval

D. To contrast Takaichi's leadership style with Abe's

无注释原文：

Shinzo Abe's killer says 'I did it' as trial begins

From: The Wall Street Journal

A 45-year-old man admitted to killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022, and his defense team asked the court for leniency at the opening of his trial.

Tetsuya Yamagami fired a homemade gun at Abe while the former leader addressed a campaign rally in the city of Nara, Japan. He was immediately arrested. Abe was hit twice and died shortly afterward, aged 67.

It took more than three years for Yamagami's trial to begin, in part because of delays for a psychiatric evaluation.

After the prosecutors' charges were read out in Nara District Court on Tuesday, Yamagami was asked by the chief judge to respond. “It is all true. There is no question that I did it,” he said, according to Japanese news organizations in the courtroom.

The trial started just days after an Abe acolyte, Sanae Takaichi, became Japan's prime minister with a platform strongly influenced by Abe's views, including support for higher military spending. The beginning of Takaichi's term has brought back memories of Abe, with the new leader enjoying high poll ratings and a stock-market surge resembling the one when Abe took office in 2012.

Takaichi stressed her longtime friendship with Abe when meeting President Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday. “Prime Minister Abe often told me about your dynamic diplomacy,” she said to Trump. The two leaders signed hats with a slogan used by Abe, “Japan is back.”

“Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine, sad to see what happened. It was so shocking, but he spoke so well of you,” Trump told Takaichi.

Yamagami's defense team is focusing on reducing his sentence after admitting that he is guilty of murdering the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history.

At Tuesday's trial, both the prosecutors and the defense confirmed the basic outlines of Yamagami's motive, which became known in the weeks after the killing.

Yamagami's uncle told The Wall Street Journal at the time that Yamagami's mother had donated large sums to the former Unification Church founded by the late Moon Sun-myung.

Yamagami and his siblings sometimes didn't have enough to eat as children, and he saw his hopes of higher education dashed, the uncle said. Yamagami's brother later died by suicide after battling cancer.

Blaming the church for his troubles, Yamagami initially thought of targeting Moon's relatives but then trained his sights on Abe after seeing a 2021 speech at a church-related event in which Abe praised Moon's widow, prosecutors said, affirming Yamagami's own account in a letter he sent shortly before the murder.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Shinzo Abe's killer says 'I did it' as trial begins

From: The Wall Street Journal

A 45-year-old man admitted to killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022, and his defense team asked the court for leniency at the opening of his trial.

一名45岁的男子承认在2022年7月杀害了日本前首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)，他的辩护团队在庭审开始时请求法庭宽大处理。

leniency /ˈliː.ni.ən.si/ 表示“宽大；仁慈”，英文解释为“treatment in which someone is punished or judged less strongly or severely than would be expected”举个🌰：The defending lawyer asked for leniency on the grounds of her client's youth. 辩护律师以其当事人还年轻为由请求宽大处理。

📍lenient 表示“宽大的，仁慈的”，英文解释为“not strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect”。

trial /traɪəl/ 可以作动词，也可以作名词，1）表示“审讯，审理，审判”，英文解释为“A trial is a formal meeting in a law court, at which a judge and jury listen to evidence and decide whether a person is guilty of a crime.”举个🌰：I have the right to a trial with a jury of my peers. 我有权要求由和我一样的平民组成的陪审团参加审判。

2）表示“（对能力、质量、性能等的）试验，试用”，英文解释为“the process of testing the ability, quality or performance of sb/sth, especially before you make a final decision about them”

区分：

📍trail作名词则表示“小路，小径”，如：a forest/mountain trail 林间/山间小道，以及“臭迹；踪迹；痕迹；蛛丝马迹，线索”等意思（the smell or series of marks left by a person, animal, or thing as it moves along；various pieces of information that together show where someone you are searching for has gone）举个🌰：The dogs are trained to follow the trail left by the fox. 这些狗经过特别的训练，能够追踪狐狸留下的气味。

Tetsuya Yamagami fired a homemade gun at Abe while the former leader addressed a campaign rally in the city of Nara, Japan. He was immediately arrested. Abe was hit twice and died shortly afterward, aged 67.

山上彻也(Tetsuya Yamagami)在安倍晋三于日本奈良市参加竞选集会发表讲话时，用一把自制枪支向其开枪。山上彻也当场被捕。安倍晋三身中两枪，不久后死亡，终年67岁。

rally /ˈræl.i/ 作动词，1）表示“召集；集合”，英文解释为“to come together or bring people together in order to help or support sb/sth”举个🌰：Many national newspapers rallied to his support. 许多全国性报纸一致对他表示支持。

2）表示“恢复；复原；重新振作；好转”，英文解释为“to return to a better condition; an improvement”举个🌰：The team played badly in the first half of the game but rallied in the second. 球队在上半场比赛中表现很糟糕，但在下半场重整旗鼓，表现很好。Share prices fell again today after yesterday's rally. 股票价格在昨天回升后再次下跌。

📍在体育比赛中，它通常用来描述一个队伍或运动员在落后或遭受打击后，通过集中精力和努力，反击或反超对手的情况。

3）作名词，表示“（尤指为表明支持某种主张的）集会，群众大会”，英文解释为“a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a particular opinion”

It took more than three years for Yamagami's trial to begin, in part because of delays for a psychiatric evaluation.

山上彻也的审判之所以在三年多后才开始，部分原因是精神鉴定造成的延误。

psychiatric /ˌsaɪkɪˈætrɪk/ 表示“精神病（学）的”，英文解释为“of or relating to the study of mental illness”如：psychiatric treatment 精神病治疗。

After the prosecutors' charges were read out in Nara District Court on Tuesday, Yamagami was asked by the chief judge to respond. “It is all true. There is no question that I did it,” he said, according to Japanese news organizations in the courtroom.

周二，在奈良地方法院宣读了检方的指控后，主审法官要求山上彻也作出回应。据在场日本新闻机构报道，他说：“全都是真的。是我干的，没有疑问。”

prosecutor /ˈprɒs.ɪ.kjuː.tər/ 1）表示“公诉人；检察官”，英文解释为“a public official who charges sb officially with a crime and prosecutes them in court”如：the public/state prosecutor 公诉人；州检察官。

2）表示“原告律师；控方律师”，英文解释为“a lawyer who leads the case against a defendant in court”

The trial started just days after an Abe acolyte, Sanae Takaichi, became Japan's prime minister with a platform strongly influenced by Abe's views, including support for higher military spending. The beginning of Takaichi's term has brought back memories of Abe, with the new leader enjoying high poll ratings and a stock-market surge resembling the one when Abe took office in 2012.

此次审判开始的几天前，安倍晋三的追随者高市早苗(Sanae Takaichi)刚刚就任日本首相，她的施政纲领深受安倍晋三观点的影响，包括支持增加军费开支。高市早苗任期伊始的情形也让人不禁回想起安倍晋三，这位新领导人享有很高的民调支持率，日本股市也出现了类似于安倍晋三2012年上任时的大涨。

acolyte /ˈæk.əl.aɪt/ 表示“追随者；侍者，助手；侍僧，教士助手”，英文解释为“anyone who follows or helps another person, or someone who helps a priest in some religious ceremonies”

platform /ˈplæt.fɔːm/ 熟词僻义，表示“纲领，政纲，宣言”，英文解释为“all the things that a political party promises to do if they are elected”举个🌰：We campaigned on a platform of low taxation. 我们竞选的纲领是降低税率。 

surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。

3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

resemble /rɪˈzem.bəl/ 作动词，表示“像；看起来像；与…相似”，英文解释为“to look like or be like someone or something”举个🌰：You resemble your mother very closely. 你长得很像你妈妈。

Takaichi stressed her longtime friendship with Abe when meeting President Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday. “Prime Minister Abe often told me about your dynamic diplomacy,” she said to Trump. The two leaders signed hats with a slogan used by Abe, “Japan is back.”

周二，高市早苗在东京会见美国总统特朗普(Trump)时，强调了她与安倍晋三的长期友谊。她对特朗普说：“安倍首相经常向我提起您充满活力的外交。”两位领导人在帽子上签下了安倍晋三曾用过的口号——“日本再兴”(Japan is back)。

diplomacy /dɪˈpləʊ.mə.si/ 表示“外交”，英文解释为“the management of relationships between countries”举个🌰：Diplomacy has so far failed to bring an end to the fighting. 外交活动迄今未能结束那场战事。

slogan /ˈsləʊɡən/ 表示“口号；广告语”，英文解释为“A slogan is a short phrase that is easy to remember. Slogans are used in advertisements and by political parties and other organizations who want people to remember what they are saying or selling.”

“Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine, sad to see what happened. It was so shocking, but he spoke so well of you,” Trump told Takaichi.

特朗普对高市早苗说：“安倍晋三是我很好的朋友，发生这样的事令人悲伤。太让人震惊了，但他对你评价很高。”

Yamagami's defense team is focusing on reducing his sentence after admitting that he is guilty of murdering the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history.

在承认谋杀了日本历史上在位时间最长的首相后，山上彻也的辩护团队正专注于为他减刑。

At Tuesday's trial, both the prosecutors and the defense confirmed the basic outlines of Yamagami's motive, which became known in the weeks after the killing.

在周二的庭审中，检方和辩方都确认了山上彻也作案动机的基本轮廓，该动机在刺杀事件发生数周后为人所知。

outline /ˈaʊt.laɪn/ 作名词，表示“大纲，概要，提要”，英文解释为“a description of the main facts about something”举个🌰：If you read the minutes of the meeting, they'll give you a broad outline of what was discussed. 如果你看了会议记录，就会知道讨论的大概内容。

作动词，表示“略述，概括”，英文解释为“to give the main facts about something”举个🌰：At the interview she outlined what I would be doing. 面试时她简要介绍了一下我将要从事的工作。

Yamagami's uncle told The Wall Street Journal at the time that Yamagami's mother had donated large sums to the former Unification Church founded by the late Moon Sun-myung.

山上彻也的叔叔当时告诉《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)，山上彻也的母亲曾向已故的文鲜明(Moon Sun-myung)创立的前统一教(Unification Church)捐赠大笔资金。

Yamagami and his siblings sometimes didn't have enough to eat as children, and he saw his hopes of higher education dashed, the uncle said. Yamagami's brother later died by suicide after battling cancer.

这位叔叔说，山上彻也和他的哥哥、妹妹小时候有时食不果腹，他上大学的希望也破灭了。山上彻也的哥哥后来在与癌症作斗争后自杀身亡。

sibling /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/ 表示“兄；弟；姐；妹”，英文解释为“a brother or sister”

Blaming the church for his troubles, Yamagami initially thought of targeting Moon's relatives but then trained his sights on Abe after seeing a 2021 speech at a church-related event in which Abe praised Moon's widow, prosecutors said, affirming Yamagami's own account in a letter he sent shortly before the murder.

检方称，山上彻也将自己的困境归咎于统一教，最初想把文鲜明的亲属作为目标，但在看到安倍晋三在2021年一场与该教有关的活动上发表讲话、称赞文鲜明的遗孀后，便将目标转向了安倍晋三。这证实了山上彻也在行凶前不久寄出的一封信中的说法。

1）表示“证实；确认；断言”，英文解释为“to state something as true”举个🌰：The suspect affirmed (that) he had been at home all evening. 犯罪嫌疑人声称他整个晚上都呆在家中。

2）表示“（公开）声明”，英文解释为“to publicly show your support for an opinion or idea”举个🌰：The government has affirmed its commitment to equal rights. 政府声明了其致力于权利平等的承诺。

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