泰国警方近日逮捕一名涉嫌诱骗佛教僧侣发生关系，并借机勒索钱财的女子。该案已导致至少九名涉案寺院住持及高级僧侣被解除僧职，引发佛教界震动。下面请看双语报道。
Turning now to Thailand, where a sex scandal involving allegations that several Buddhist monks were blackmailed over affairs with the same woman has led to her arrest.
现在来报道泰国。 一名女子与多名高僧发生性关系并对他们进行勒索，最终被警方逮捕。
Authorities say the 35-year-old is believed to have blackmailed the monks by threatening to expose them. Based on evidence from video clips and chat messages, she's accused of helping them "commit wrongdoing," receiving stolen property, and money laundering.
泰国有关当局称，这名35岁的女子威胁要揭露这些高僧，以此勒索他们。 根据视频片段和聊天信息提供的证据，她被指控涉嫌协助高僧犯下严重过失、收受赃物， 以及洗钱。
Police say the woman has admitted having sexual relations with a total of nine monks and that they paid her off. Officials say most have already left the monkhood.
警方表示，这名女子已经承认与9名高僧发生过性关系，事后付钱给这名女子。 有关官员称，其中多数高僧已经离开了寺院。
The scandal has inflamed public sentiment in Thailand, where Buddhist rules require monks to be celibate and even refrain from touching women.
这一丑闻激怒了泰国的公众情绪，泰国佛教规定要求僧侣保持独身，甚至禁止触摸女性。
重点词汇
sex scandal 性丑闻 ; 绯闻 ; 桃色新闻 ; 性绯闻
Buddhist monks 佛教僧侣 ; 佛教僧人
Based on evidence 基于证据 ; 以求制定一部基于证据
video clips 视频剪辑 ; 短片 ; 视频短片 ; 影片剪辑
money laundering 洗钱
sexual relations 性关系
a total of 共 ; 总数为
public sentiment 民情 ; 舆情 ; 公众情绪 ; 公众意见
and even 甚至 ; 乃至
refrain from 戒
