CCTV9英语新闻12月：远东国际军事法庭审理南京大屠杀事件之经过

In September 1946, a U.S. priest John Magee testified before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East against the crimes Japan committed during the Nanjing Massacre¹. He also brought films and pictures he took during the massacre.

Procurator asked: "What is your name?"

"John Gillespie Magee," Magee answered.

"Were you in Nanking from December 1937 to February 1938?" Procurator asked.

"I was," Magee answered.

"What was the action of Japanese soldiers towards the civilians² Chinese men?" Procurator asked.

"After their occupation of Nanking in 1937, the killing³ began immediately. He was drowned before her face." Magee answered.

The tribunal also accepted other evidence, including a secret telegram from the then Nazi⁴ Germany embassy in Nanjing to the German Foreign Ministry⁵.

The telegram said, "it is not this Japanese or that Japanese who committed the crime; it is the entire Japanese Imperial Army. It is a beast machine."

On March 1947, the tribunal said in its verdict that a total of more than 300,000 victims had been killed by the Japanese army in the Nanjing massacre.

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。