從總統到囚犯
Filipino police arrested former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on March 11 at Manila International Airport.
菲律賓警方於3月11日在馬尼拉國際機場逮捕了前總統羅德里戈·杜特蒂。
be taken into custody被監禁、被拘留apprehend(v.)逮捕detain(v.)拘留、扣留
The 79-year-old was then flown to the Netherlands, where he will be put on trial for crimes related to his “war on drugs.”
這位79歲的前總統隨後被送往荷蘭，他將在那裡因與「禁毒戰爭」相關的罪行而受審。
put sb. on trial使某人受審be realted to與…有關=be connected (associated) with／be tied todrug(n.)毒品、藥品declare／wage war on sth.向…宣戰
The International Criminal Court says these crimes likely happened between November 2011 and March 2019.
國際刑事法院表示，這些罪行可能發生在2011年11月至2019年3月之間。
court(n.)法院、法庭food court美食廣場occur(v.)發生
During this time, Duterte was first mayor of Davao and then president of the country.
在此期間，杜特蒂先後擔任達沃市市長和菲律賓總統。
mayor(n.)市長run for mayor參選市長mayoral(adj.)市長的mayoral duties市長的職責
He allowed Filipino police and others to kill thousands of drug dealers and drug users as part of his war on drugs.
杜特蒂允許菲律賓警方和其他人殺害數千名毒品販子和吸毒者，以掃蕩毒品。
allow／permit sb. to do sth.允許某人做某事dealer(n.)商人、販子
Although many people in the Philippines supported these actions, the international community has criticized them.
儘管菲律賓國內有許多人支持這些行動，國際社會則予以批評。
while(conj.)雖然support(v.)支持=be supportive ofcriticize(v.)批評criticism(n.)批評harsh criticism嚴厲的批評be critical of批評…=criticize
Because of this, the ICC wanted Duterte arrested.
因此，國際刑事法院要求逮捕杜特蒂。
because of因為=owing to／as a result of
However, Duterte has continued to claim that he did nothing wrong. He said this even though he made many threats to kill drug dealers while he was in office.
然而，杜特蒂仍堅稱自己並未做錯任何事，儘管他在任內曾多次威脅要殺害毒販。
claim(v.)聲稱threat(n.)威脅pose a threat to sb.對某人構成威脅threaten(v.)威脅in office任職期間
The current President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., agreed to let the police arrest Duterte.
現任總統小馬可仕同意讓警方逮捕杜特蒂。
current(adj.)目前的、當前的incumbent(adj.)現任的agree to do sth.同意做某事
Marcos probably made this decision because he had many disagreements with Duterte and his family.
馬可仕做出這一決定很可能是因為他與杜特蒂及其家族有許多分歧。
probably(adv.)很可能probable(adj.)很可能發生的it is probable that...很有可能…=it is highly likely that...disagreement(n.)分歧、意見不一致agree to disagree同意彼此有不同的意見
These disagreements include problems with Duterte’s daughter, Sara Duterte, who is now the vice president of the Philippines.
這些分歧包括與杜特蒂的女兒、現任菲律賓副總統莎拉·杜特蒂的問題。
serve(v.)任職