美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: In Judge Sullivan's Courtroom, A Reminder Of American Values
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：2018年NPR美国国家公共电台12月
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
A name not normally in the news figured in some of it this week. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan delayed Michael Flynn's sentencing and questioned the suggestion of prosecutors 1 that he receive a lenient 2 sentence. I can't make any guarantees, he told President Trump's former national security adviser 3, but I'm not hiding my disgust, my disdain 4 for this criminal offense 5. He pointed 6 to the flag in his courtroom and said, arguably that undermines everything this flag over here stands for. A day later, Judge Sullivan halted the administration policy that made it difficult for immigrants to ask for asylum 8 because of domestic abuse or gang violence. Judge Sullivan called those policies arbitrary, capricious and unlawful. One judge can make that difference.
Emmet Sullivan's been a jurist since he was appointed to the Superior Court of D.C. in 1984 by President Reagan and the U.S. district judge for the district in 1994 by President Clinton. Over that time, he has pleased and/or upset both Republican and Democratic administrations. He threw out the federal corruption 9 case against the late Republican Senator Ted 7 Stevens of Alaska. He told the government in August to turn that plane around when a mother and daughter from El Salvador were flown out of the country before their asylum case could be decided 10. It's outrageous 11, the judge added.
I was once called for jury duty in Judge Sullivan's courtroom. He was unfailingly and conspicuously 12 courteous 13 to lawyers, courtroom staff and the jury pool. We're grateful for your service, he told us. You men and women make democracy work. You hold the fate of a fellow citizen in your hands. There is no more important duty. I was excused from the jury before the case began. I am not only a journalist, which makes attorneys uneasy, but also the stepson of a man whom I loved who was once convicted of a crime. Judge Sullivan called me back into his chambers 14. I'm sure you could be a fair juror, he told me. It's just wise to avoid any side issue when a man is on trial for a serious charge. I was touched by Judge Sullivan's regard for a defendant 15 and an individual juror. I was impressed by his innate 16, even slightly old-fashioned courtesy and wound up putting his name on a character in a novel. He sent me a note with characteristic humility 17.
In a week Washington, D.C., bristled 18 with showdowns, a shutdown, pleas and threats, Judge Sullivan's independence and sense of duty reminded us what the flag in his courtroom stands for.
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
- It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
- A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
- 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。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
- Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
- France remained a conspicuously uneasy country. 法国依然是个明显不太平的国家。
- She figured conspicuously in the public debate on the issue. 她在该问题的公开辩论中很引人注目。
- Although she often disagreed with me,she was always courteous.尽管她常常和我意见不一，但她总是很谦恭有礼。
- He was a kind and courteous man.他为人友善，而且彬彬有礼。
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
- The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
- The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。
- You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
- Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。