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英语课
By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
11 May 2007


The U.S. Senate is to begin debate on immigration reform next week.   But prospects 1 for passage of any legislation remain unclear amid partisan 2 wrangling 3 over what to do about the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country.   VOA's Deborah Tate has this report from Capitol Hill.


Immigration reform is a key priority for the Senate's top Democrat 4, Majority Leader Harry 5 Reid of Nevada.






Rep. Harry Reid (16 Feb 2007)


Rep. Harry Reid (16 Feb 2007)



"I believe immigration is one of the most important issues facing our country today.  Our immigration system is broken and needs fixing," he said.


Immigration reform is also a priority for President Bush, who has proposed establishing a guest worker program that could give the estimated 11 to 12 million undocumented workers in the United States a path to U.S. citizenship 6.


The Senate passed immigration reform legislation last year with the guest worker provision, but the legislation died because the House of Representatives never acted on the measure.


Senator Reid plans to reintroduce the bill next week.  But many Republicans oppose the measure because they believe the proposed guest worker program with its promise of citizenship amounts to rewarding immigrants who broke the law when they crossed the U.S. border.


"Will we continue to see people all over the world get the idea in their heads, correctly today basically, that if they can just get into America sooner or later we will make them citizens and give them everything even if they came here illegally?" asked Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions.  "Is that the kind of message we want to continue to say or not?"


Republicans are signaling they may block any attempt to have last year's bill come to a vote again in the Senate.


Instead, they favor a possible bipartisan compromise that has been under discussion for weeks between the White House and senators in both parties.


"This exercise needs to be a bipartisan one or it will not, it will not, succeed," said Republican Senator Mitch McConnell.  "That is an indisputable fact.  Any effort to move legislation on this issue that is not the result of an ongoing 7 bipartisan discussion would be a clear signal from the Democrats 8 that they are not yet serious about immigration reform."


News reports say the possible deal calls for establishing greater control of the U.S. border with Mexico and implementing 9 an identification system for immigrant workers.  Those measures would be put in place before allowing illegal immigrants already in the United States an opportunity to pursue legal status.  Reports also say the plan would limit immigrants' ability to bring their families to the United States. 


It is not clear if the compromise legislation can be concluded in time for the Senate debate next week.




n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
adj.党派性的;游击队的;n.游击队员;党徒
  • In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中,他们忘掉一切党派之争。
  • The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。
v.争吵,争论,口角( wrangle的现在分词 )
  • The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
  • The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具(互相)争吵。 来自辞典例句
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
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。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
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》
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
adversary inspection
al-faisal
ambe
Ammannia baccifera
annual rate of profit
availabilities
baby's-breath
base ost
beer-cellar
benefit of inventory
bentsides
Bertrandville
BigLaw
bills of rights
breviaries
brymer
Buxus mollicula
cavazos
channel hopping
Class Days
confocal ellipsoid
crinoid
DAW (dry active waste)
dead to sb's feeling
deflourish
delayed blanking signal
descaling agent
dorsal ramus (or dorsal branch)
drop-error
elatum
electrokinetically
Elsholtzia saxatilis
envyfreeness
ergostanol
export-based
extension of algebra
fell home
filling-water monitoring
fix-point induction method
fling away on
flotation concentraction method
gemingas
general specifications
glance sideways
grassing up
Haliri
handyman
hexylthiophenes
itai-itai diseae
konarite (connarite)
launch games
live-steam
local oscillation frequency
Lyon-Horgan's operation
maximum limit of size
moisture-density relationship
moon blindnesses
mountain arc
N-acetyl-dl-methionine
neuropathic
northern suburbs
Norzine
one last time
out-of-balance voltage
palpatopercussion
paramphistome
Patrinia speciosa
period of element in group
pneumatic system for drilling-production equipment
public liability insurance
pyloric
recreational geography
region of runoff
remondite-(Ce)
sacko
Sao Tome
schiffner
search coil
shell still
singular orbit
skin layer
slag patch
solution procedure
sopherics
spare memory cell
spie-woman
spilling
Stepnoy
supra-national authority
Suzukia luchuensis
symmetric(al)
tear his away
teardowns
total capacity of resin
true blackberries
ultracrisp
watneys
whacked off
wilkeite
wygeon
yoderite