VOA常速英语2022 美国最高法院抗议者聚集

This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Diane Roberts.

这里是美国之音新闻，黛安·罗伯茨为您远程报道。

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed into law the most sweeping¹ American gun violence legislation in decades.

美国总统拜登签署了美国几十年来最全面的枪支暴力立法。

AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports.

美联社记者本·托马斯发来报道。

Saturday morning at the White House, President Biden signed the bipartisan compromise bill that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre² of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

周六上午，拜登总统在白宫签署了一项两党妥协法案，这在最近发生的一系列大规模枪击事件之前似乎是不可能的，其中包括德克萨斯州一所小学发生的枪杀19名学生和两名教师的事件。

"While this bill doesn't do everything I want, it does include actions I've long called for that are gonna save lives."

“虽然这项法案没有做到我想要的一切，但它确实包括了我长期以来呼吁的拯救生命的行动。”

It toughens background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keeps firearms from more domestic violence offenders³ and helps states put in place laws making it easier for authorities to take weapons from people who are judged to be dangerous.

它加强了对最年轻的枪支购买者的背景调查，防止更多的家庭暴力犯罪者拥有枪支，并帮助各州制定法律，使当局更容易从被判断为危险的人手中夺取武器。

Most of its $13 billion cost will help bolster⁴ mental health programs and aid schools.

130亿美元的大部分将用于支持心理健康项目和援助学校。

"I know there's much more work to do, and I'm never gonna give up. But this is a monumental day."

“我知道还有更多的工作要做，我永远不会放弃。但这是一个具有纪念意义的日子。”

Ben Thomas, Washington.

本·托马斯来自华盛顿的报道。

Another day, protests around the country after Friday Supreme⁵ Court ruling overturning Roe⁶ v.Wade⁷.

另一天，在最高法院周五推翻罗伊诉韦德案后，全国各地举行了抗议活动。

AP correspondent Mike reports from outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

美联社记者迈克在华盛顿最高法院外发来报道。

Here outside the Supreme Court where barricades⁸ are up and police stand guard, protesters continue to gather.

最高法院外，路障竖起，警察站岗，抗议者继续聚集。

Sarah Bentley says abortion⁹ is healthcare.

莎拉·本特利表示，堕胎是一种医疗保健。

"If the Supreme Court is going to strike down the right to privacy and the right for women to access healthcare, I think that's a very dangerous precedent¹⁰ for everyone."

“如果最高法院要推翻隐私权和女性获得医疗保健的权利，我认为这对每个人来说都是一个非常危险的先例。”

Claire says overturning Roe v.Wade puts other laws in jeopardy¹¹.

克莱尔说推翻罗伊诉韦德案会危及其他法律。

"They're coming after contraception, they're coming after marriage equality."

“他们追求的是避孕，追求的是婚姻平等。”

She is a lawyer who drove from Pittsburgh to protest.

她是一名从匹兹堡驱车前来抗议的律师。

"I had to come here because otherwise I would have sat in my house and cried."

我必须来这里，否则我就会坐在家里哭了。

This is VOA News.

这里是美国之音新闻。

1 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 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！

3 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

4 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

5 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

6 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

7 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

8 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

9 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

10 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。

11 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。