时间:2019-01-30 作者:英语课 分类:双语有声阅读


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Court rejects'stolen children' claim 澳“被偷走的孩子”败诉


The policy aimed to "civilise" Aborigines


当时的政策是为了“教化”土著居民


An Australian court has rejected a landmark 1 claim for compensation by two Aborigines who claimed they were taken from their families as young children by the government.


The ruling will be a major setback 2 to hundreds of other claimants from the so-called "stolen generation", as well as to the Aboriginal 3 community, which is fighting for the government to acknowledge past injustices 4.


The Northern Territory Federal Court said the government was not liable to pay Peter Gunner and Lorna Cubillo compensation and punitive 5 damages.


Mr Gunner and Ms Cubillo sued for psychological trauma 6, emotional distress 7 and isolation 8 from the cultural lives of their Aboriginal mothers.


Thousands of Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and raised by whites in a government policy to "civilise" them.


The policy lasted for nearly a century until the 1960s.


两名澳大利亚土著居民称他们小时候被政府从家中带走,因此提出了有标志意义的赔偿诉讼。法庭判他们败诉。


这一裁决对于其他许多被称作“偷走的一代”的告状者,以及一直在斗争并要求政府承认自己过去的不道义行为的土著居民团体都是一个很大的打击。


北方联邦法庭说政府不能给予彼德-古纳和劳纳-库比劳补偿或是伤害赔偿。


彼德-古纳和劳纳-库比劳的控告理由是心理伤害、精神上的压抑以及与土著母亲的文化氛围分离所带来的孤独。


按照政府“教化”土著居民的政策,成千上万的土著孩子曾被强行从家中带走并交由白人抚养。


这一政策持续了近一个世纪,一直到20世纪60年代才结束

 



n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
n.退步,挫折,挫败
  • Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
  • She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的
  • They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
  • The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。
不公平( injustice的名词复数 ); 非正义; 待…不公正; 冤枉
  • One who committed many injustices is doomed to failure. 多行不义必自毙。
  • He felt confident that his injustices would be righted. 他相信他的冤屈会受到昭雪的。
adj.惩罚的,刑罚的
  • They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
  • The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。
n.外伤,精神创伤
  • Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
  • The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离
  • The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
  • He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后,生活比较孤寂。
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A Rake's Progress
Abegondo
account of executors
AFB1
airport road
Alt-Tab
aneurin(e)
arteriae circumflexa ilium superficialis
avakian
axle generator regulator
ayana
balneal
bargain renewal option
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bowerwomen
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carrier communication station
choroido-
comprehensive judgment
constant-current distribution
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cross the road
data processing manager
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discontinuous hypotheses
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domain substitute
emptiest
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finite-amplitude convection
floating power
foil electroscope
force of habit
full-fed
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gross private capital
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Hawaiianized
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hydrocarburet
hypophorine
kaduya
lamagal
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logical fallacy
magnetic flaw detection
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megasporoporia cavernulosa
mesmerising
mimic photosynthesis
mobile staying
monsoonal
nanosecond life radioisotope
Narammale
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
nonmythological
Orto-Balagan
outdoor conditions
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pan in
partes tensa
patents
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Phenylpseudohydantoin
pipeline system milking parlor
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pleezer
polyvinyl chloride coating
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r.z
renalsplenic venous shunt
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Spongostan
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vorkosigan
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weather ageing
Yellowstone County