时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(六月)


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Legislation to revise U.S. surveillance law survived a key test vote in the Senate Wednesday, despite opposition 1 from some majority Democrats 3 to a provision protecting telephone companies from possible privacy lawsuits 4. The Senate could give final approval to the bill and send it to President Bush for his signature before a congressional recess 5 next week. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
 
Satellite wiretapping


Senators voted 80 to 15 to proceed to the legislation - 20 more than the 60 votes necessary under Senate rules.


The bill, which updates the 1978 Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA), would expand the government's powers to eavesdrop 6 on terrorism suspects while at the same time take steps to safeguard civil liberties.


"We have produced a strong, smart policy that will meet the needs of our intelligence community and protect America's cherished civil liberties," said Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat 2 and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.


The bill would grant retroactive legal immunity 7 to telephone companies that allegedly took part in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - but only after a federal court determines they received legitimate 8 requests from the government to participate in the program.


That provision has some Democrats furious. "This bill is not a compromise. It is a capitulation. This bill will effectively and unjustifiably grant immunity to companies that allegedly participated in an illegal wiretapping program," said Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat.


Phone companies face some 40 lawsuits over their reported participation 9 in the wiretap program.


The bill also would require government authorities to obtain individual court orders to wiretap Americans who are outside the United States and require a special court to give advance approval to the government's procedures for wiretapping operations.


At least one Republican, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, takes issue with that provision. "The idea that the executive branch of the government needs the explicit 10 approval of the judiciary branch before collecting foreign intelligence information from foreign citizens in foreign countries is simply wrong-headed, and is contrary to our constitutional principles," he said.


The bill would allow electronic eavesdropping 11 on American targets without court orders in what are designated as emergency situations, allowing the government to submit justifications 12 within one week.


The legislation was overwhelmingly approved by the House of Representatives last week, and President Bush has said he would sign it. The measure would replace a temporary surveillance law that had expired in February.


 



n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
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》
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
  • Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权,耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
  • I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多,赢的也多,输的也多。 来自辞典例句
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
v.偷听,倾听
  • He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里,以便偷听。
  • It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。
n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
  • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
  • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
n.参与,参加,分享
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
adj.详述的,明确的;坦率的;显然的
  • She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
  • He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。
n. 偷听
  • We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
  • Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间,一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。
正当的理由,辩解的理由( justification的名词复数 )
  • If he a vulgar person, she does not have justifications for him. 如果他是个低级趣味的人,她早就不会理他了。
  • It depends on their effect on competition and possible justifications. 这则取决于它们对于竞争的影响和可能存在的正当抗辩理由。
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a famous performance
Academy for the Advancement of Science
Acholiland
acid resistance test
air supply opening
Al Qubayyāt
alarm limit overrides
Allium funckiifolium
anti-bacterial fiber
archard
arm-based
arming distance
automaps
balance armature
Bekitro
biomedical photogrammetry
bogheads
bonsmots
boring spindle
bottom-up implementation
buggeries
bull-whip
burn centers
by pass filter
cartridge actuated initiator
central circulation tube evaporator
chaetodon auripes
commodity retail turnover
common proprietor
communications and transport
corpuscula nervosa terminalia
Cotoneaster dielsianus
coupon swap
cross-compound gas turbine
detelectasis
Diameter-increment
dielectric curing
digital microcircuit
disapplications
disch.
Dubai City
endosporia
erythro form
ethyl silicane
exposition
full section ballast consolidating machine
gasplasma
ghost sig-nal
Haribhadra
hoist pump cover
ikiru
incudectomy
inequivocal
kataforite (catophorite)
labor markets
legal geology
local automatically operated
long-time bill
luff the helm
mannatee
moisture-free sample
moving electron
naked cluster
Newton series
non-fashion
nothingy
oldwife
Paludrine
pathics
paulkerrite
Petersen's operation
phenelzines
postindustrial
production language theory
Q-machine plasma
rainfall reappearing period
receive tax
Safune
serengeti plains
single couple
skeleton facies
smashes up
SPARQL
spermatogemma
spring coupling plate
streamfunction
sudangrasses
superdirectory
sympathochromaffin cells
take to be
the Imperial System
thyroid storm
tidal flat sediment
tightly-packeds
tiled system
tower silo
trapezohedral tetartohedry
trass cement
us rv
Ustinov
you mean
zipper conveyer