日前,美國總統川普簽署的旅遊禁令(travel ban)二度遭法院凍結,理由是「國家安全考量」說法薄弱。「穆斯林禁入」是1月底川普上任就忙著兌現的選舉支票,多州法院卻提出司法挑戰,指稱歧視濃厚,違反《憲法》精神 。
【旅遊禁令淺談】
travel ban 旅遊禁令
A:Trump's travel ban has been rejected again by the court.
(川普的旅遊禁令又再度被法院駁回了。)
B:Why am I not surprised? It's unconstitutional.
(為何我一點也不驚訝?因為這完全違憲啊。)
consequence 後果
A:He's targeting predominantly Muslim countries again. He's really not a quitter.
(他又在針對穆斯林國家了,還真不肯放棄。)
B:The consequences of the ban could hamper US tourism, business and even academic exchange.
(苦果卻是可能阻礙美國旅遊、商業,甚至學術交流。)
to justify 為……辯護
A:A Trump administration official has seized on a recent terrorist attack in Britain to justify the ban.
(川普團隊還想拿近期的英國恐攻事件為禁令辯護。)
B:Ironically, the attacker was neither an immigrant nor a refugee but a British-born extremist.
(諷刺的是,嫌犯並非移民或難民,而是土生土長的極端分子。)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. revised:修改的
2. to prompt:激起;促使
3. to restrain:抑制
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