PBS高端访谈:拜登出台计划应对美国暴力犯罪上升问题

A new issue has pushed its way onto President Biden's agenda tonight, the current rise in violent crime, including homicides, in the United States, especially crime involving guns.

今晚，一个新的问题被提上了拜登总统的议事日程，就是“美国目前暴力犯罪的上升”问题，包括杀人案，特别是涉及枪支的犯罪。

He laid out his proposals today for what to do about it. White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor reports.

他今天提出了如何解决这个问题的建议。下面由白宫记者亚米切·阿尔辛多为我们报道。

Today at the White House, President Biden called the uptick in gun violence in America unacceptable.

今天在白宫，拜登总统称美国枪支暴力的上升是不可接受的。

We need to keep building on the gun violence and crime prevention strategy we're laying out today.

我们需要继续加强我们今天提出的枪支暴力和犯罪预防战略。

Folks, this shouldn't be a red or blue issue. It's an American issue. We're not changing the Constitution. We're enforcing it, being reasonable.

各位，这不应该是一个红色或蓝色问题，这是美国问题。我们不是在修改宪法，我们在执行宪法，合情合理地执行。

We're taking on the bad actors doing bad and dangerous things in our communities and our country.

我们正在打击那些在我们的社区和国家做坏事和危险的事情的坏人。

The president announced a five-part plan. It is aimed at tackling gun violence and other violent crimes by using funds from the American Rescue Plan.

总统宣布了一项由五部分组成的计划。该计划旨在利用美国救援计划的资金解决枪支暴力和其他暴力犯罪问题。

Some of the initiatives in the plan include giving money to cities to hire more law enforcement officials including past pre-pandemic levels,

该计划中的一些举措包括向城市提供资金以雇佣更多的执法官员，包括过去大流行前的水平，

buy new equipment and technology for police departments, help formerly¹ incarcerated² individuals reenter society,

为警察部门购买新设备和技术，帮助之前被监禁的人重新进入社会，

use resources to hold gun dealers³ accountable, and invest in community violence intervention⁴ programs.

利用资源追究枪支经销商的责任，投资社区暴力干预项目。

Over the past year, major cities, such as New York City, have seen a spike⁵ in violent crime, including shootings.

在过去的一年里，纽约市等主要城市的暴力犯罪激增，包括枪击事件。

Every time you turn on the news, there's killings⁶, nothing but killings, or someone getting beaten up or someone getting shot.

每次打开新闻看到的都是杀戮，除了杀戮还是杀戮，不是谁谁被打了就是谁谁被枪杀了。

The New York Times reported that homicide rates in large cities across the U.S. were up by more than 30 percent, on average, last year, are rising significantly again this year.

《纽约时报》报道说，美国大城市的谋杀率去年平均上升了30%以上，今年再次显著上升。

Meanwhile, ahead of the midterm elections, conservatives are capitalizing on this issue and ramping⁷ up pressure on Democrats⁸.

与此同时，在中期选举之前，保守派正在利用这个问题加大对民主党的压力。

It is impossible to ignore that these terrible trends are coming precisely⁹ as so-called progressives have decided¹⁰ it's time to denounce and defund local law enforcement.

我们不能忽视的是，这些可怕的趋势恰恰发生在所谓的进步人士决定是时候谴责地方执法机构并撤资的时候。

That includes former President Donald Trump¹¹, who spoke¹² at North Carolina's Republican Convention earlier this month.

其中包括前总统唐纳德·特朗普，他本月早些时候在北卡罗来纳州的共和党大会上发表了讲话。

Look at what's happening where they're defunding the police.

看看他们取消对警察的资助后都发生了什么。

President Biden has said over and over again that he does not support defunding the police.

拜登总统一再表示他不支持取消对警察的资助。

In the meantime, the Biden administration's new crime plan has some activists¹³ concerned about increasing tension between police and communities of color, especially after last year's murder of George Floyd.

与此同时，拜登政府的新犯罪计划让一些活动人士担心警察和有色人种社区之间日益紧张的关系，尤其是在去年乔治·弗洛伊德被谋杀之后。

They're also worried a crackdown on crime may lead to even more mass incarceration¹⁴.

他们还担心打击犯罪可能会导致更大规模的监禁。

They must be taken off the street.

必须把他们从街上带走。

That's what happened after the 1994 crime bill, which then Senator Biden supported.

这是1994年的犯罪法案之后发生的事情，当时参议员拜登支持该法案。

White House officials, though, insist that will not happen this time around. The 1994 law imposed harsher federal prison terms including mandatory¹⁵ sentencing.

不过，白宫官员坚称这一次不会发生这种情况。1994年的法律规定了更严厉的联邦监狱刑期，包括强制量刑。

And it provided funding for states to build more prisons and increase policing.

它还为各州建立更多监狱和加强治安提供资金。

The legislation has been criticized for its contributions to mass incarceration targeting Black Americans.

这项立法因导致针对美国黑人的大规模监禁而受到批评。

As the Biden administration lays out their plan to curb¹⁶ shootings and homicides, some activists are sounding the alarm about the unintended consequences.

随着拜登政府制定计划以遏制枪击和凶杀，一些活动人士对其意想不到的后果敲响了警钟。

But White House officials tell the "NewsHour" President Biden is not focused on arresting his way out of this problem. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Yamiche Alcindor.

但是白宫官员在“新闻一小时”节目上说拜登总统并没有把重点放在通过逮捕来解决问题上。这里是PBS新闻一小时节目，我是亚米切·阿尔辛多。

1 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

2 incarcerated   

钳闭的

参考例句：

• They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间，他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
• I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白

3 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

4 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

5 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

6 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

7 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

11 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。

12 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。

13 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 incarceration   

n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭

参考例句：

• He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句

15 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

16 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。