双语趣听精彩世界 第7期:没有狱警的监狱

 　　阿联酋国家报:阿联酋首都阿布扎比计划建一座革命性新式监狱-----囚犯在整个服刑期间可能见不到任何一个狱警.与囚犯打交道的将只有社工,培训者,心理学家,顾问和医务人员.狱警将退居幕后,除非必要时才会介入.当地官员称,监狱的作用应该是改造人,而不是惩罚人.

　　没有狱警的监狱

　　The National: Prison authorities in Abu Dhabiare planning a revolutionary new jail in which inmates¹ could serve their whole sentences without ever seeing a prison guard.

　　Officials say the purpose of prison should be rehabilitation² rather than punishment, that they believe in a restorative and humane³ correctional system in which inmates are not simply prisoners, and that the new jail will revolutionize the relationship between inmates and guards.

1 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

3 humane   

adj.人道的，富有同情心的

参考例句：

• Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗？
• Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。