VOA常速英语2007年-UN Calls for Moratorium on Death Penalty
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
Washington
19 December 2007
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for a moratorium 1 on the death penalty with the ultimate goal of abolishing the practice. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the vote, calling it a bold step by the international community. The non-binding resolution calls on all countries that still allow capital punishment to respect international standards that safeguard the rights of condemned 2 inmates 4.
The vote follows the passage of a law banning executions in the U.S. state of New Jersey 5. VOA's Robert Raffaele has more.
New Jersey is the first U.S. state in more than four decades to outlaw 6 capital punishment. Governor Jon Corzine signed the ban on Monday. "I think it is the winning side, because it is moral, in my heart and in my soul, and that's why I feel the way I do," Corzine said.
The new measure spares the lives of eight men on New Jersey's death row, including Jesse Timmendequas, a sex offender 7 who murdered seven-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994. That case helped lead to Megan's Law, requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders 8 living in their communities.
Megan's father, Richard Kanka, voiced his outrage 9 to New Jersey lawmakers. "She was suffocated 10, she was raped 11 post-mortem, her body was dumped in a park. Now if that doesn't constitute gross and heinous 12, I don't understand what you people are thinking about. "
Capital punishment opponents are praising the state's decision. Among them: Sister Helen Prejean, the author of "Dead Man Walking," a book about her experience with a death row inmate 3. She said, "And the word will travel around the globe, that there is a state in the United States of America that was the first to show that life is stronger than death, that love is greater than hatred 13."
Lethal 14 injections have come under increased scrutiny 15 in the United States since recent executions in Florida and California took up to 30 minutes to kill the condemned inmates. The U.S. Supreme 16 Court is reviewing the constitutionality of such executions and is expected to issue a ruling in the next few months.
- The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.政府已要求暂停武器试验。
- We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。
- I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
- The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- 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。
- They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
- The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
- Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
- Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
- Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
- I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
- I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。
- 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。
- A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。