布什发表关于不歧视运动讲话(2008-05-21)
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：美国总统每日发言
英语课
THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the members of Congress who've joined us as I sign the Genetic 1 Information Nondiscrimination Act, a piece of legislation which prohibits health insurers and employers from discriminating 2 on the basis of genetic information. In other words, it protects our citizens from having genetic information misused 3, and this bill does so without undermining the basic premise 4 of the insurance industry.
I also want to pay homage 5 today to -- and not only to members of the Congress who are behind me, but also to Senator Ted 6 Kennedy, who has worked for over a decade to get this piece of legislation to a President's desk. All of us are so pleased that Senator Kennedy has gone home, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
Now it's my honor to sign the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
(The Act was signed.)
Thank you. (Applause.)
I also want to pay homage 5 today to -- and not only to members of the Congress who are behind me, but also to Senator Ted 6 Kennedy, who has worked for over a decade to get this piece of legislation to a President's desk. All of us are so pleased that Senator Kennedy has gone home, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
Now it's my honor to sign the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
(The Act was signed.)
Thank you. (Applause.)
adj.遗传的，遗传学的
- It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
- Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
a.有辨别能力的
- Due caution should be exercised in discriminating between the two. 在区别这两者时应该相当谨慎。
- Many businesses are accused of discriminating against women. 许多企业被控有歧视妇女的做法。
v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用
- He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.前提；v.提论，预述
- Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
- We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。
n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬
- We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
- The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。