评论
打印
第393期：主餐一道：泛听练习
以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
一、泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。
Federal Appeals Court _1_ the child porn conviction of a man in Washington State because he's a civilian who caught by navy policy. NPR's Martin Kaste reports the court says the man's computer was illegally scanned by the navy.
联邦上诉法庭推翻了华盛顿州一名男子的儿童色情罪，原因是该男子是名平民，可是却被海军抓获。据NPR新闻的马丁·凯斯特报道，法庭表示，海军非法浏览了这名男子的电脑。
Longstanding federal law bars the military from _2_ civilians, but this case has revealed that the naval criminal investigative service or NCIS routinely scans civilian-owned computers when it searches the Internet for military personnel that _3_ in child porn. One of those searches near Michael Dreyer. When NCIS determined him wasn't military, they reported him to civilian authorities. His lawyer is Erik Levin. He says the court likened that to having MP stopping cars in downtown Seattle.
长期存在的联邦法律禁止军方管制平民，但是这起案件表明，美国海军犯罪调查局（简称NCIS）在搜索军方人员计算机中的儿童色情内容时经常入侵平民的私人电脑。其中一个搜索点位于迈克尔·德雷尔家附近。海军犯罪调查局查明他不是军方人员以后，将他报告给民政当局。他的律师埃里克·莱文表示，法庭将这一行为比作在西雅图市中心截停迈克尔·德雷尔的车。
"On the off chance that someone's driving a car, maybe connected to the military."
“某个开车的人只有微乎其微的可能会与军方有联系。”
The Appeals Court threw out Dreyer's 18-year sentence; though _4_ judge said he didn't see enough reason to release _5_ child pornographer. Martin Kaste, NPR News, Seattle.
上诉法庭推翻了德雷尔的10年刑期；不过一名法官表示，他认为没有足够的理由释放一个儿童色情作品制作者。NPR新闻，马丁·凯斯特西雅图报道。
词汇解析：
1. liken sth. to sth.
把…比作；把…比拟为；
eg. I can only liken current experience to a terrible dream.
我只能把这次经历比作一场恶梦。
eg. Many researchers liken it to addiction, and some think it has been a growing problem in the modern consumerism society.
很多研究人员认为这相当于上瘾，一些人认为在现代消费社会中这一问题愈加明显。
2. on the off chance
万一，对…抱着微小的希望；
eg. He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
他搭飞机去了巴黎，心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。
eg. I didn't think you'd be at home, but I just called on the off chance.
我想你不会在家的，只是抱著一线希望给你打个电话。
3. throw out
（法官）不受理，不立案；
eg. But the judge refused to throw out the case, saying it was up to the jury to decide whether as a witness she could be trusted.
但是法官还是拒绝翻案，让陪审团自己决定她是否可以作为可信的证人。
eg. I hope you win their appeal and throw this asinine verdict out.
我希望你可以赢得这场官司，把这个莫名其妙的判决推翻.
