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英语课
By Jim Fry
Washington
04 May 2007
 


Two days after thousands of people rallied in several American cities to call for change in U.S. immigration laws, President Bush again spoke 1 out for what he calls comprehensive reform. Members of the president's own Republican Party in the House of Representatives scuttled 2 his efforts last year.  But Mr. Bush today spoke optimistically of chances for action this year.  VOA's Jim Fry reports:






Immigration demonstrators in New York


Immigration demonstrators in New York



May Day rallies in cities throughout the U.S. dramatized the passions that remain over the divisive issue.


Demonstrators mostly supported easing immigration laws and legalizing many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already in the country.


Two days later, President Bush spoke out at a Washington D.C. church where immigrants learn English.  Mr. Bush pointed 3 to Franciso Lara, a political refugee from Nicaragua who is now a U.S. citizen, and told the audience, "Francisco said,  'When you learn English, doors open up for you.'  And I appreciate that beautiful sentiment, because it is true.  I strongly support comprehensive immigration reform."


Mr. Bush says those reforms should include not only tighter border security but also a guest worker program.  He has proposed inviting 4 a limited number of workers into the country each year.


Democrats 5 in Congress last year also pushed for illegal immigrants to eventually earn citizenship 6. Opponents instead passed legislation to build a wall along the southwestern border of the U.S.  .


In Los Angeles, police clashed with pro-immigration demonstrators Monday. Crowds gathered in New York City, and protesters expressed their impatience 7. One demonstrator, Enrique Lica, said, "Please, please, Mr. Bush or anybody that is listening.  It is about time we do something about it."


In Chicago, at a downtown park, the city's mayor, Richard Daley, appealed for action. "When we look at the skyline, it was built by immigrants in the past and present and future.  We will not be deterred 8 by Democrats or Republicans.  We want a compromise before the 2016 Olympic games in the City of Chicago.  We want it now."


"I am looking forward to working with both Democrats and Republicans to get a comprehensive immigration bill done this year.  We have a good chance to get it done" Mr. Bush said.


The White House and key lawmakers have been negotiating privately 9, seeking a compromise. But so far, no sign of an agreement.




n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • 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。
v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 );快跑,急走
  • She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声,她赶紧跑开了。
  • The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
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.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份)
  • 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。
n.不耐烦,急躁
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
v.阻止,制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣,可他却不罢休。
  • Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
学英语单词
administrative readjustment
alaudidaes
arshile gorky
Balagne
Biver
Bulzi
buzzes in
cardmember
castlemaine
certified instrument
colletotrichum rhoinum tassi
complection
concentrate feed
configuration data control
constrained kinematic chain
consummateth
continuous casting
curly-haired
cutaway dive
depth-chargeds
Dictyoclostus
Domodossola
doxing
El Higuerón
electrically-operated platform truck
erosion mountains
erythroblastotic
erythropoeisis
feeler spring pin
Finucane Ra.
fix point
garment leather
generator unit stator
gourlie
greywacke schist
H.D.L.W.
hartnell
herdmate comparison
high volume sampler
hollow packing
hoogenband
humetted
incisiver suture
inviters
language data
line frequency generator
link-local address
long-term government bonds
Länsi-Suomen Lääni
marine atmosphere corrosion-resisting structural steel
maritime buoyage system agreement
methylone
middleburgh
mindelo
Mošnov
nanningensis
non-pensionable supplements
nondeterministic finite automation
Orthosiphon spicatus
overrunner
Parophidion
perfumes
pilosis
plaster jeckets
Podkarpackie
posthabit
power-downs
presidentiables
proportional intensifier
pyridizin
pyrometric cone equivalent value
rail cambering machine
regular surface gauge
Roundwood Res.
scarlatina latens
shanghaiing
skin irritation assay
spaghetti strap
St. Gervasius' disease
stantly
steam turbine rotor
strong gluten
subfamily Triglinae
Sud, Pte.
thalamic medullary stria
the shakes
thermometer dial
thoracispinal
three-dimensional model
timeframes
tractor mounted
transposition pin
Tyssedal
u-tube hydrometer
ulcerable
vault money
Wanner optical pyrometer
water-carrying
wavelength spectrometer
whelping
yekke
yellow globe lily