时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月


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AS IT IS 2016-03-02 Asians Eager to Hear of Obama's Supreme 1 Court Choice 美最高法院亚裔继任者希望听到奥巴马的抉择


Two immigrants from Asia are possible nominees 3 for the United States Supreme Court.


Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died February 4 in his sleep. That left a chair open for a new justice. Possible nominees are judges Sri Srinivasan and Jacqueline Nguyen.


Pamela Thakur is a former president of a South Asian Bar Association in California. She said the possible nomination 4 of Srinivasan is “all over every South Asian newspaper.”


She added, “Asians in general are becoming more involved in the political system as judiciary members of the bench, so it really is just a testament 5 of the times for Asians to now be nominated for this open seat that’s available.”


Sri Srinivasan


Born in India, Srinivasan is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. The court is often called the second-most important court in the U.S. Many U.S. Supreme Court nominees have come from this lower court. In 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment to the court with a 97-0 vote.


Srinivasan was a clerk for Judge Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. He also argued 25 times before the Supreme Court, representing both Republican and Democratic administrations.


At a ceremony to honor him as India Aboard Person of the Year in 2013, Srinivasan said:


“When we became citizens, we took an oath to support and defend the constitution and laws...What a profound privilege to go from one who took the oath from a judge to one who now is in the position to administer the oath as a judge.”


Jacqueline Nguyen


More than 50 kilometers south of Los Angeles is Little Saigon. The area is also known as the “capital of the Vietnamese refugee community.”


There is excitement there about Jacqueline Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American, as a possible Supreme Court nominee 2.


Dzung Do is managing editor of the Vietnamese newspaper, Nguoi Viet. He said Vietnamese-Americans who escaped the Communist regime want to see a Vietnamese immigrant on the U.S. Supreme Court.


“They want to have somebody over here achieve something … so they can tell [communists], ‘Hey, we ran away from you, but now we’re successful.’ ” Do said.


Nguyen and her family fled their homeland when the communists took over South Vietnam. As refugees in the U.S., Nguyen first lived in a tent city before settling in Los Angeles.  


“My parents were in shock because not only did they have to deal with the loss of their homeland, but also with the prospect 6 of starting all over again, trying to figure out how to provide food and shelter and raise six children in a foreign land. Whenever job opportunities came our way my mom would take it,” said Nguyen in a video produced by United States Courts.


Nguyen is serving as a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.


Bao Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American, said the two Asian-Americans who are possible nominees reflect U.S. society in 2016.


“I think this is a point in America where we value the immigrant experience, we value the diversity of what America is all about cause that’s really our foundation. It’s really the roots of our nation,” said Nguyen. 



1 supreme
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。
2 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
3 nominees
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
4 nomination
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。
5 testament
n.遗嘱;证明
  • This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
  • It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明,编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。
6 prospect
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
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