2017考研英语拓展阅读：泰国新国王登基后大赦15万囚犯

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    　　2017考研英语拓展阅读：泰国新国王登基后大赦15万囚犯
    BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Bodindradebayavarangkun has issued a mass prisoner pardon, a first act of
"mercy" as monarch as he reaches out to his subjects following the death of his
beloved father.
    曼谷(法新社)——泰国新国王哇集拉隆功日前宣布大赦囚犯，这是自其父亲、前国王普密蓬逝世，新国王登基后，首次展示他的慈悲。
    Revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died in October aged 88 after a
seven-decade reign, leaving the politically febrile nation without its unifying
figure.
    广受爱戴的普密蓬国王于今年10月病逝，享年88岁，他已在位70年，使得这个政治狂躁的国家失去了灵魂人物。
    His only son was proclaimed king in early December.
    12月初，他唯一的儿子被提名为国王。
    But the thrice-divorced monarch is yet to draw the same level of devotion
from a public well-versed in rumours over his private life.
    然而，由于私生活丑闻，这位有着三次婚姻的王储没有得到公众同样的爱戴。
    The prisoner pardon was King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s "first chance since he
succeeded the throne to show the king’s mercy," according to a statement
published on Sunday in palace mouthpiece the Royal Gazette.
    据泰国《王室公报》在星期天发表的一份声明，大赦囚犯是新国王成功继承王位后“首次有机会展示他的慈悲。”
    Pardons were annual events under the late king.
    已故国王生前每年都会大赦囚犯。
    Women jailed for first offences, some inmates who have served one third of
their sentences, and prisoners with disabilities or serious illness were among
those pardoned.
    被提前释放的囚犯包括：首次服刑的女性犯人，一些至少已服三分之一刑期以上的犯人，残障人士，重症患者等。
    The decree did not say how many prisoners will be freed.
    法令并未说明会有多少罪犯被释放。