美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Remarks Eclipse Sessions' Talk Before Black Law Enforcement Group

 

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

National law enforcement officials have had an awkward few days. You see, they're part of President Trump¹'s administration. And last week in a speech, the president asked police to be a little rougher with criminal suspects. The acting² head of the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a memo³ saying the president condoned⁴ misconduct and the DEA does not, saying agents should, quote, "act honorably." The same episode loomed⁵ over a speech yesterday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to black law enforcement officials. Here's Stephannie Stokes from our member station WABE in Atlanta.

STEPHANNIE STOKES, BYLINE⁶: When Attorney General Jeff Sessions walked into the Atlanta hotel ballroom⁷, the reception was professional, polite. Sessions spoke⁸ to members of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and lamented⁹ the damage crime does to struggling neighborhoods.

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JEFF SESSIONS: So that's not right. Regardless of wealth or race, every American deserves to live without the constant fear of violence into their lives.

STOKES: The attorney general then asked the association to partner with him, to fight this crime and build community trust.

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SESSIONS: We have your back. You have our thanks. God bless you all.

STOKES: Many in the audience stood up and applauded Sessions' remarks. But the reception was a little less warm when Sessions headed into a closed-door discussion with leaders of the organization because of President Trump's comments last week to law enforcement officers in Long Island.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I said, please don't be too nice. Like, when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head - you know, the way you put their hand over - like, don't hit their head. And they've just killed somebody. Don't hit their head. I said you could take the hand away, OK?

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PERRY TARRANT: It was heard around the country by the very communities that we're trying to build relationships with. And I believe it had an impact.

STOKES: That's association President Perry Tarrant, speaking in a press conference after meeting with Sessions. His group confronted the attorney general about the president's off-the-cuff statement. He says it goes against what they stand for - fair and equal treatment.

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TARRANT: So we have to take this opportunity to underscore the value of civil rights and the requirement of all law enforcement to behave professionally and protect everyone's civil rights, whether they're in custody¹⁰ or not.

STOKES: A Department of Justice spokesperson wouldn't comment about the closed-door meeting. The White House has said the president's remark was a joke. But Tarrant says the attorney general was receptive to his group's concerns. And members of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives say they're open to working with the Trump administration, so long as it treats all people in the correct way. For NPR News, I'm Stephannie Stokes in Atlanta.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

4 condoned   

v.容忍，宽恕，原谅( condone的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Terrorism can never be condoned. 决不能容忍恐怖主义。
• They condoned his sins because he repented. 由于他的悔悟，他们宽恕了他的罪。 来自辞典例句

5 loomed   

v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 lamented   

adj.被哀悼的，令人遗憾的v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
• We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。