时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2018年NPR美国国家公共电台4月


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DAVID GREENE, HOST:


Wendy Vitter. It's possible that some of you recognize that last name. She is the wife of former Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, who was implicated 1 in the D.C. Madam sex scandal in 2007. Mrs. Vitter stuck by her husband when that scandal became public. Now President Trump 2 has nominated her to a federal trial judgeship. And at her Senate confirmation 3 hearing today, she's expected to face some difficult questions about her statements on abortion 4 and birth control. Here's NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.


NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE 5: Wendy Vitter joined the New Orleans district attorney's office after law school, serving there for eight years including three as chief of trials. Shortly thereafter, she left the practice of law for 19 years, instead, helping 6 to run her husband's political campaigns. In 2012, she returned to the law, becoming general counsel for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Vitter's confirmation problem is that she failed to disclose a number of her public speeches and panel appearances, appearances in which she made highly controversial statements. Among the appearances Vitter failed to disclose was a panel she led in 2013 at which she endorsed 7 a brochure that made a variety of unsubstantiated claims linking birth control pills to breast cancer, cervical and liver cancers, and to, quote, "violent death." All of these claims have been debunked 8 by leading medical and scientific organizations, including the American Cancer Society. But Vitter urged the women at the conference to get their doctors to distribute the brochure.


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WENDY VITTER: Go to Dr. Angela's website, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. Download it, and at your next physical, you walk into your pro-life doctor and say, have you thought about putting these facts or this brochure in your waiting room? Each one of you can be the pro-life advocate to take that next step.


TOTENBERG: At the same conference, Vitter spoke 9 admiringly about laws adopted in Texas regulating abortion, laws that were then being challenged in the courts. At the time, Texas argued that the laws were enacted 10 to protect women's health. But Vitter appeared to understand the real purpose of the Texas laws that were later struck down by the U.S. Supreme 11 Court.


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VITTER: They are making great strides in making it very difficult to get abortions 12 in Texas, and we're going to be right there.


TOTENBERG: These and other controversial statements were omitted from Vitter's Senate questionnaire and were instead turned up by Democrats 13 on the committee and women's health groups. As Democrats note, Republicans had a zero-tolerance policy for such admissions during the Obama years. When Professor Goodwin Liu, a prolific 14 speaker and writer, left out dozens of his often repetitious speeches, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were so outraged 15 that they blocked his nomination 16. Indeed, then-senator now Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested Liu's omissions 17 could be a felony.


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JEFF SESSIONS: Title 18 section 1001 makes it a criminal offense 19 to make a false statement to the government. Two years in jail. A felon 18.


TOTENBERG: Vitter's omissions, though fewer in number are, in the eyes of her critics, more serious. They see them not only as an attempt to hide her most controversial statements, but some of those statements go to the heart of what a trial judge is supposed to do, evaluate evidence. The American Bar Association gave Vitter's nomination its lowest qualified 20 rating, with a minority of those reviewing her record rating her unqualified. But with the filibuster 21 rule now abolished for all judicial 22 nominees 23, Vitter needs only 51 votes to win confirmation, and Republicans so far have not bucked 24 the president on any judicial nomination that's come to a vote. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.



adj.密切关联的;牵涉其中的
  • These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • 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。
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
n.流产,堕胎
  • 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。
n.署名;v.署名
  • 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。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
  • The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.揭穿真相,暴露( debunk的过去式和过去分词 )
  • His theories have been debunked by recent research. 最近的研究揭穿了他的理论的真相。
  • Some advertising slogans should be debunked. 某些夸大的广告用语应予揭露。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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
  • 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。
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
  • legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
  • Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • 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。
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 );小产胎儿;(计划)等中止或夭折;败育
  • The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人:不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
  • Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论:染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • 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》
adj.丰富的,大量的;多产的,富有创造力的
  • She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家,写了很多小说和短篇故事。
  • The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。
a.震惊的,义愤填膺的
  • Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
  • He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
n.省略( omission的名词复数 );删节;遗漏;略去或漏掉的事(或人)
  • In spite of careful checking, there are still omissions. 饶这么细心核对,还是有遗漏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • It has many omissions; even so, it is quite a useful reference book. 那本书有许多遗漏之处,即使如此,尚不失为一本有用的参考书。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.重罪犯;adj.残忍的
  • He's a convicted felon.他是个已定罪的重犯。
  • Hitler's early "successes" were only the startling depredations of a resolute felon.希特勒的早期“胜利 ”,只不过是一个死心塌地的恶棍出人意料地抢掠得手而已。
n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪
  • I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
  • His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
n.妨碍议事,阻挠;v.阻挠
  • A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来,作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
  • The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。
adj.司法的,法庭的,审判的,明断的,公正的
  • He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
  • Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
n.被提名者,被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )
  • She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
  • A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
adj.快v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的过去式和过去分词 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • When he tried to ride the horse, it bucked wildly. 当他试图骑上这匹马时,它突然狂暴地跃了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The plane bucked a strong head wind. 飞机顶着强烈的逆风飞行。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
学英语单词
adspeak
anal crypt
Andrias
antiflu
antirevolutionary
Ash Wednesdays
ate crow
auditopsychic area
azocyanidc
benzvalene
black egg
blue-sensitive emulsion
c.o.a.
C3BINA
cement-spacer-mud compatibility
claw crab meat
compressibile fluid
copowers
criket
deluge proof motor
differential ultrasonic velocimeter
digizines
diphenylmethyl disulfide
dishorsed
do over something
dolite
drafter
epiblast
equality between the sexes
equation of momentum
executive review
fatigue life model
feinleib
firing level
floating point accumulator
focus-to-film distance (ffd)
friendship group
fuel tanker
gomenol
Google stalk
granulation tumor
Guinchos Cay
Güeňes
height to paper
hematopoietic effect
historical sociology
honey-colored
host connection facilities
houphouet
international spheroid
iron mordant
latch bit test
letronne
like jam on it
loop pass
loss efficiency
low-density polyethylene
marchment
maritime satellite services
mediateur
miech
Molinosist
molten globule
nimkin
oil pointer
open-loop remote control
outbreaks
paint nozzle
parachute response
pay-stations
pelargonamide
peterlins
petroleum storage depot
pinfields
planning,shaping
plfas
Plimouta
potgun
Prosternon tesselatum
pulled the plug
rational integer
reference bulb
S.S.W.
Saint-Julien
scintillation-counter energy resolution
serous abscess
sialophagia
specific impulse efficiency
starch-iodide paper
successlessness
surface solubility
text editing interface
the rate of flow
three jet
Tillich, Paul Johannes
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan
TN-762
ungo
uniform coverage ability
vesico-genital pouch
Witzel gastrostomy
zaramo