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 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權