CNN News: 委内瑞拉面临重大政治危机 出现反政府暴力抗议

Venezuela is where we start today's show. The South American country is having a major political crisis and seeing violent protests against the government. Now, President Nicolas Maduro wants to rewrite the country's constitution.
今天的首要新闻是委内瑞拉。南美国家委内瑞拉目前面临重大政治危机，并出现反政府的暴力抗议。目前，委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗想要修改该国宪法。
Venezuela's government has one legislative branch. It's called the National Assembly. Since an election in 2015, it's been controlled by the party that opposes that of President Maduro.
委内瑞拉政府拥有一个被称为“国民议会”的立法机构。自2015年大选后，国民议会一直由反对马杜罗总统的政党控制。
In late March, Venezuela's supreme court took away the National Assembly's powers. That put the government under the control of Maduro's own socialist party. And he just called for a new legislative branch to be created, what he calls the constituent national assembly.
三月下旬，委内瑞拉最高法院剥夺了国民议会的权力。这使得政府被马杜罗所在的社会党全权掌控。马杜罗呼吁成立一个新的立法机构，他称其为“制宪国民大会”。
It would include about 500 people, some of whom would be elected. It would rewrite Venezuela's constitution and reshape the president's powers. A large crowd of Maduro's supporters seem to welcome the announcement. But in other parts of the country, protesters were out in force.
制宪国民大会将由500人组成，其中一些席位将由选举得出。这将修改该国的宪法，重塑总统的权力。大批马杜罗的支持者似乎都对这一声明表示欢迎。但该国的其他地区则爆发了抗议。
The leader of the current National Assembly called Maduro's plans a fraud and coup against the current Venezuelan constitution. He asked people to rebel and refuse to accept it.
国民议会现任领袖称马杜罗的计划是“一个骗局”，是违反委内瑞拉现行宪法的行为。他要求民众进行反抗，拒绝接受这项计划。
The last time the Venezuelan government did something like this was under former President Hugo Chavez in 1999. This time, skyrocketing prices, food and medical shortages and a severe recession are threatening Venezuelans.
上次委内瑞拉政府做出类似事件还是1999年前总统乌戈·查韦斯（Hugo Chavez）执政期间。而这一次，委内瑞拉民众面临物价飞涨、食品药品短缺以及严重的经济衰退的威胁。