2006年VOA标准英语-Blair Wins Victory on Anti-Terror Law
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（二月）
By Michael Drudge 1
London
15 February 2006
Britain's PM Tony Blair leaves no. 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for prime minister's questions
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a key vote in the Parliament, which has approved a government-backed bill to outlaw 2 the "glorification 3" of terrorism. Critics had called the law an unneeded curb 4 on free speech.
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The House of Commons has passed the bill by a vote of 315 to 277. That sends the measure back to the House of Lords, which has resisted making it a crime to "glorify 5" terrorism.
Ahead of the vote, the acting 6 leader of the opposition 7 Conservative Party, William Hague, accused Mr. Blair of political grandstanding in order to appear tough on terror with an unneeded law.
"Wouldn't it be better to have a water-tight law designed to catch the guilty than a press release law designed to catch the headlines," he asked.
Mr. Blair responded by saying opposition amendments 9 to remove the phrase "glorification of terror" would jeopardize 10 British security.
"If we take out the words glorification, we are sending a massive counter-productive signal. It is a word that I think members of the public readily know and understand and juries would understand. And it is to send completely the wrong signal to take it out," he said.
The House of Commons approved a Terrorism Bill in November making it a crime to glorify terrorism, but the House of Lords rejected the bill. The Lords removed the word "glorification" and inserted language that would criminalize speech that encourages people to copy terrorist acts. The amended 11 bill was then returned to the Commons for reconsideration.
The Lords' amendment 8 was supported in Wednesday's vote by the Conservatives and Britain's third major party, the Liberal Democrats 12.
Opponents of the "glorification" clause say it is vague and limits free speech. They point out that radical 13 Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri recently was convicted under current laws that criminalize incitement 14 to murder and racial hatred 15.
Proponents 16 say the word "glorification" is needed against those who issue images and written statements that could inspire terrorist acts, and that the Lords' amendment would apply only to the spoken word.
- I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
- I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。
- The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
- The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。
- Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism. 对国家的军事效忠以及美化；狂热的爱国主义。
- Glorification-A change of place, a new condition with God. 得荣─在神面前新处境，改变了我们的结局。
- 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。
- Politicians have complained that the media glorify drugs.政治家们抱怨媒体美化毒品。
- We are all committed to serving the Lord and glorifying His name in the best way we know.我们全心全意敬奉上帝，竭尽所能颂扬他的美名。
- 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。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
- The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
- Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
- Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
- If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。
- 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》
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
- Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
- Reviewing courts were among the most active proponents of hybrid rulemaking procedures. 复审法院是最积极的混合型规则制定程序的建议者。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- Proponents of such opinions were arrested as 'traitors. ' 提倡这种主张的人马上作为“卖国贼”逮捕起来。 来自辞典例句