CNN News:以色列举行大选两大政党不分伯仲

CARL AZUZ, HOST: Yesterday was election day in Israel. It`s a Middle Eastern nation of almost eight million people. It`s only slightly larger than New Jersey, but the vote was watched around the world.

昨天是以色列大选的日子。这是一个有着8百万人口面积仅仅比新泽西州大一点中东国家的选举却受到了全世界的瞩目。

This will determine the makeup of the Israeli parliament, called the Knesset. That will determine who will be Israel`s prime minister. It could impact the nation`s security, economy, its relationships with other countries in the Middle East and with Western nations, including the US.

此次选举将决定以色列议会的组成，我们称之为以色列议会。此次选举将会决定出谁来担任下届以色列总理。这将会影响国家的安全，经济和与中东邻国和西方国家的外交关系，包括美国。

CNN does not have any official estimates of the outcome, but a major Israeli TV channel indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s party had a one seat lead over that of his main challenger, Isaac Hertzog. While two other TV channels estimated their parties to be neck and neck.

CNN新闻中心没有任何官方估计结果，但是以色列主要电台显示总理内塔尼亚胡政党以一票的优势压制住了其主要竞争对手艾萨克赫佐格。同时还有其他两个电台报道估计两政党其投票率不分上下。

Israelis don`t vote directly for their prime minister. They choose the parties that ultimately determine the country`s leader. You can find a full explainer on Israel`s Knesset in Monday`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS.

以色列人不会直接进行总理选举。他们选择某一政党来作为最终的国家领导人。大家可以在CNN学生新闻上找到周一以色列议会的详细解释。

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, three nations in West Africa that have been hardest hit with last year`s outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Of the estimated 24,300 people who have caught it, almost 10,000 have died. The virus also threatens medical workers, anyone who has been in contact with the body fluids of an Ebola victim.

几内亚，利比亚和塞拉利昂是去年爆发埃博拉疫情后受灾最严重的三个国家。据估计有24300人感染了病毒，大约有10000人丧命。该病毒还威胁到了与埃博拉患者有过体液接触的医护人员。

An American health care worker who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone is being treated at a National Institutes of Health facility in Maryland. The patient is said to be in critical condition.

一名在塞拉利昂感染埃博拉病毒的美国医护人员正在马里兰州国家卫生研究院接受治疗。该病人目前处于关键时期。

Several of the worker`s colleagues, people who had contact with the sick person, are now being monitored in the US. They`re not sick, but they`ve likely been exposed.

与这位医护人员有过接触的数名同事现在都在美国接受观察。他们现在没有出现病症，但是他们可能在病毒环境中暴露。