NPR边听边练99:奥巴马宣布移民法案

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　From NPR News in Washington. I'm Lakshmi Singh.President Obama is putting his ideas for immigration _1_ before the people of Las Vegas, Nevada this hour.

　　这里是华盛顿NPR新闻，我是拉克什米·辛格。现在这个时间，奥巴马总统正在内华达州拉斯维加斯的民众面前宣布他的移民改革计划。

　　"I'm here today because the time has come for a commonsense¹, comprehensive immigration reform. The time is now." Obama's visit comes a day after a bipartisan group of senators unveil their own plan for addressing the deeply divisive issue. Jude Joffe-Block, a member of Station KJZZ, reports the bipartisan plan won applause from immigrant advocates.

　　“我今天来到这里是因为合乎常理的全面移民改革时机已经到来。现在就是那时机。”在参议院两党公布争议很大的移民改革提案的第二天，奥巴马便造访拉斯维加斯。据KJZZ电视台的记者裘德·约菲·布洛克报道，两党合作推出的计划赢得了移民倡导者的赞扬。

　　Advocates have applauded the senators' plan for _2_ a pathway to citizenship² for immigrants in the country now without papers. At the same time, their voice concerns that such a path would be contingent³ on additional border security measures. Patrick Coyne with the Grass Root Group promised that originally reform to oppose Arizona's immigration enforcement law.

　　移民倡导者对参议院的计划表示欢迎，该计划包含为美国境内的非法移民者提供获取公民身份的方法。同时，移民倡导者也表示，这种方法也要考虑到额外的边境安全措施。Grass Root Group组织的帕特里克·柯因表示，改革的最初目的是反对亚利桑那州的移民立法。

　　"We don't need more money _3_ on border security. We've got enough out there. We don't need all of these technology to hunt down people like animals."Coyne says policies that promote family unity⁴ should _4_ a final immigration bill and her group will _5_ to advocate for that. For NPR News, I'm Jude Joffe-Block in Phoenix⁵.But there is still a fair amount of skepticism surrounding the bipartisan proposal. Jessica Zuckerman with the Heritage Foundation says in principle all seems well.

　　“我们不需要在边境安全上花费更多的金钱。我们在那上面的投入已经足够了。我们不需要把人当作动物一样的搜捕技术。”柯因表示，推广家庭和睦的警察应该关注最终的移民法案，而她的组织将会继续提倡移民改革。NPR新闻，裘德·约菲·布洛克凤凰城报道。但是参议院的移民改革提案仍面临相当多的质疑。美国传统基金会的杰西卡·朱克曼表示，总体来说一切进展顺利。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、 be contingent on 视…而定，取决于

　　eg. It would be far more sensible to make plans for fiscal⁶ retrenchment⁷ that are explicitly⁸ contingent on how the economy recovers.

　　更为明智的做法是根据经济复苏情况制定财政紧缩计划。

　　eg. Our arrival time is contingent on the weather.

　　我们的抵达时间取决于天气情况。

　　eg. However, those savings⁹ are contingent on a host of new systems being used in businesses, homes and products around the world.

　　但是，这些节约有赖于新系统在全球范围内大量应用于商业、家庭和产品。

　　2. hunt down 追捕到，穷追直至找到（罪犯、敌人等）

　　eg. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters¹⁰.

　　去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙。

　　eg. Those who do not come forward should be hunted down.

　　对于那些不肯自首的罪犯应予缉拿归案。

　　eg. It took her four months to hunt him down.

　　她花了4个月才把他找出来。

　　3. in principle 原则上，大体上，基本上，总体来说

　　eg. In principle, both problems have the same solution.

　　原则上，这两个问题都拥有一个相同的解决方案。

　　eg. We agree with the scheme in principle, but we think it needs modification¹¹ on certain details.

　　我们大体上同意这个计划，但在某些细节方面我们认为尚需修改。

　　eg. As long as the fault is not in principle, through dialogue, generally can be resolved.

　　只要不是原则性的过失，通过对话，一般都可以解决。

　　参考答案：

　　1、overhaul 2、including 3、being spent

　　4、be the focus of 5、continue

1 commonsense   

adj.有常识的；明白事理的；注重实际的

参考例句：

• It is commonsense to carry an umbrella in this weather.这种天气带把伞是很自然的。
• These results are no more than a vindication of commonsense analysis.这些结果只不过是按常理分析得出的事实。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

4 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

6 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

7 retrenchment   

n.节省，删除

参考例句：

• Retrenchment will be necessary. 有必要进行紧缩。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment. 国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。 来自辞典例句

8 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

9 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

10 gangsters   

匪徒，歹徒( gangster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。
• One of the gangsters was caught by the police. 歹徒之一被警察逮捕。

11 modification   

n.修改，改进，缓和，减轻

参考例句：

• The law,in its present form,is unjust;it needs modification.现行的法律是不公正的，它需要修改。
• The design requires considerable modification.这个设计需要作大的修改。