《中英對照讀新聞》Philippines’ Duterte meets alleged drug lord 菲律賓總統杜特蒂會見所謂的毒梟

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President Rodrigo Duterte met with a businessman he accused of being one of the Philippines’ top drug lords and threatened to kill him to his face.

總統杜特蒂會見一名被指為菲國大咖毒梟之一的商人，當面威脅要處決他。

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"I will execute you.... I will finish you off," Duterte said during the meeting.

「我會處決你…把你整得很慘。」杜特蒂在會面時表示。

But the businessman denied that he was the alleged Chinese-Filipino drug dealer Peter Lim.

不過，這名商人否認自己就是所謂的菲籍華人毒梟彼得．林。

"My family is really in a deep problem now in Cebu. We are getting all the threats," Lim said.

「我宿霧全家現在麻煩大了，各類威脅朝我們而來。」林說。

But Duterte shot back： "I will not say I’m sorry because the reason you’re here is you’re a suspected drug lord."

不過，杜特蒂反嗆：「我不可能說抱歉，你之所以在這裡，正是因為你是可疑的毒梟。」

During his meeting with Duterte, which took place at a drug enforcement agency office in the southern city of Davao, Lim denied any involvement in illegal drugs, but admitted he was investigated in 1997 for alleged links to narcotics.

在這場與杜特蒂於菲國南部城市達沃的緝毒局辦公室進行的會晤中，林否認與非法毒品有關，但承認1997年曾因涉及毒品被調查。

"Our nation is very lucky to have you. You’re the only president who could save our nation. You really mean business," Lim added.

「選您當總統是我國之幸。您是唯一能挽救我國的總統。你是說話算話的人。」林進一步表示。

新聞辭典

allege：動詞，宣稱、指稱（無充分證據）。例句：She is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drug ring.（她被指曾進入國際販毒集團核心。）

finish sb. off：動詞片語，使某人很不開心、筋疲力竭。例句：That game of tennis really finished me off.（那場網球賽讓我累壞了。）

mean business：動詞片語，玩真的。例句：She means business, I can tell by her eyes.（她可是來真的，從眼神就看得出來。）