PBS高端访谈:中国放宽二胎政策
时间：2019-01-27 作者：英语课 分类：PBS访谈社会系列
英语课
JUDY WOODRUFF: After decades of global condemnation 1 over the practices, China today announced the easing ofone controversial government policy and the abolishment of another.
Jeffrey Brown explains.
JEFFREY BROWN: The announcement heralded 2 the biggest change in China's one-child policy in three decades. Millions more couples will be allowed to have two children, provided at least one parent was an only child.
The existing policy, enforced by mandatory 3 abortions 4 and sterilization 5, was deeply unpopular. And so was the system of forced labor 6 camps that Communist Party leaders announced they're abolishing. That system, established in 1957, allows police to imprison 7 people for up to four years without formal arrest or trial.
The reforms came out of a four-day meeting of top communist officials, led by President Xi Jinping, who took office earlier this year. Xi consolidated 8 his power at the gathering 9 with the formation of a national security committee to oversee 10 the party, government and military. The party meeting also agreed to let the private market play a more important role in the world's second-largest economy.
n.谴责; 定罪
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 )；宣布（好或重要）
- The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育
- The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
- Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
n.杀菌，绝育；灭菌
- Sterilization by filtration is subject to one major theoretical limitation. 过滤灭菌具有一个理论上的局限性。 来自辞典例句
- Sterilization is a treatment that frees the treated object of all living organisms. 灭菌处理是从处理对象排除一切生活的生物。 来自辞典例句
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
vt.监禁，关押，限制，束缚
- The effect of this one is going to imprison you for life.而这件事的影响力则会让你被终身监禁。
- Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。
a.联合的
- With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
- Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。
n.集会，聚会，聚集
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。