VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Immigration Reform, Benghazi Attack
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(五月)
Washington Week: Focus on Immigration Reform, Benghazi Attack
A push to overhaul 1 U.S. immigration laws has been gaining momentum 2 in the Senate, where a bipartisan reform bill was unveiled last month. This week, senators could decide whether the bill extends equal protections to homosexual immigrants whose relationships are not recognized under current federal law.
Last week, President Barack Obama spoke 3 in favor of gay-inclusive immigration reform. “The LGBT [lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgendered] community should be treated like everybody else. To me, that is the essential core principle behind our founding documents - the idea that we are all created equal," he said.
The issue? Gay Americans cannot sponsor a foreign spouse 4 for U.S. residency and eventual 5 citizenship 6. Bi-national married gay couples, like American Heather Morgan and Spaniard Maria del Mar 7 Verdugo, could be torn apart at any time.
“We have that complete uncertainty 8 and the idea that at a moment’s notice, Maria could be forced to leave," she said.
But some Republican lawmakers warn against injecting gay rights into immigration reform, saying to do so would put the entire bill in jeopardy 9. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to consider the issue when it meets later this week.
Meanwhile, the terrorist attack that killed four Americans - including the ambassador - in Benghazi, Libya will be examined once again by an oversight 10 committee in the House of Representatives. Republicans like Darrell Issa remain dissatisfied with the Obama administration’s explanations of its actions before and after the assault.
“We need to operate in a country like Libya erring 11 on the side of security," he said.
Tuesday, President Obama will receive South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the White House. The visit follows a period of dramatically-escalated tensions surrounding North Korea, and amid a reassessment of America’s security posture 12 in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- 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。
- Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
- What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？
- Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
- Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
- It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。
- I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
- Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。
- Instead of bludgeoning our erring comrades, we should help them with criticism. 对犯错误的同志， 要批评帮助，不能一棍子打死。
- She had too little faith in mankind not to know that they were erring. 她对男人们没有信心，知道他们总要犯错误的。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹