VOA标准英语2012--Occupy Movement Turns Anger Towards Individual Corporations
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
Occupy Movement Turns Anger Towards Individual Corporations
Pfizer, the world’s biggest pharmaceutical 1 company, is among the activists 3' targets. Protesters rallied at Pfizer world headquarters in New York this week, alleging 4 it sometimes charges $50 for medications that cost five cents to produce. Pediatrician Steve Auerback says consumers in Canada and New Zealand pay for less.
“Americans are paying from anywhere between two to four times the price for the same drug from the same drug companies as [in] other industrialized countries," Auerback said.
A protester carried a briefcase 5 overflowing 6 with play money to illustrate 7 the demonstrators’ contention 8 that big corporations buy off lawmakers to gain unfair political advantage. The protesters, like Gabriel Johnson, focused on the American Legislative 9 Exchange Council, or ALEC.
“It’s an organization set up by these big corporations to try and get state legislators to vote their way on bills," Johnson alleged 10.
ALEC's web site says the council is a lobbying group that advances free markets and limited government.
About 200 Occupy demonstrators also protested against Bank of America, alleging that the financial institution profited by knowingly giving mortgages to people who could not afford them.
Then the banks foreclose on people's homes, says Occupy activist 2 Anthony Robledo.
“So they’ve been selling the American dream to a lot of people. They’re a huge corporation; they have a lot of lobbyists,” Robledo noted 11.
Occupy Wall Street protesters are also targeting corporations in other cities.
- She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
- This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
- He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
- He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。
- The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
- This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。