Supreme Court
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Big Dream.
内容表 A Big Dream.
4 The Dream Comes True.
4"梦来真".
6 Picking a New Justice.
6 选一出"新正义".
8 Finding the Right Person.
8 寻找合适的人。
10 The Judiciary Committee.
10 司法委员会。
12 The Senate Votes.
12 参议院投票。
13 The Job of the New Justice.
13 新正义的工作。
14 Conclusion.
14 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 A Big Dream Sonia Sotomayor dreamed of becoming a detective when she was a girl.
16个大梦索尼娅 Sotomayor在她还是个女孩时梦想成为一名侦探.
Doctors told her when she was eight that she had Type 1 diabetes.
医生在她八岁时告诉她她患有一型糖尿病.
She had to learn to take good care of herself because this is a serious disease.
她必须学会好好照顾自己 因为这是一种严重的疾病。
Doctors told her that she should not be a detective.
医生告诉她,她不应该是一个侦探。
Sonia changed her dream.
索尼娅改变了她的梦想。
She began to dream of becoming a lawyer instead.
她开始梦想成为一名律师。
Sonia, age 6 or 7 above, grew up in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City.
索尼亚(Sonia),6岁或7岁以上,在纽约市布朗克斯街区长大.
Sonia had to try her best to make her dream of being a lawyer come true.
索尼娅不得不尽力使自己成为律师的梦想成真.
Her parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico.
她的父母从波多黎各搬到了纽约.
They did not have much money to help her pay for school.
他们没多少钱帮她付学费。
Sonia’s father died when she was nine.
索尼娅的父亲在她9岁时去世.
Her mother worked more than one job to support Sonia and her brother.
她的母亲为了支持索尼娅和她的哥哥,做了多份工作.
Sonia studied hard in school.
索尼娅在学校里认真学习.
She tried to be the best student she could be.
她想成为她最好的学生
She made good grades and won many awards.
她成绩优异,并获得许多奖项.
She won scholarships, or money for school, to attend Princeton University and then Yale Law School.
她获得了奖学金,或上学的钱,就读于普林斯顿大学,后入耶鲁法学院.
She was an excellent student at both schools.
她是两所学校的优秀学生.
The Dream Comes True After graduating from law school, Sonia got her first job as a lawyer.
梦想成真了 从法学院毕业后,索尼娅获得了她的第一个律师工作.
Her dream had come true.
她的梦想实现了。
After several years as a lawyer her dream changed again.
做律师几年后 她的梦想又变了
She dreamed of becoming a judge.
她梦想成为一名法官。
Her dream to become a judge came true in 1991.
她成为法官的梦想于1991年实现。
Sonia visits the high school she attended to talk to students about their career goals.
索尼娅访问她就读的高中,向学生讲述他们的事业目标.
President George H.
乔治·H总统.
W.
维.
Bush nominated Sonia Sotomayor to be a federal judge in 1991.
布什于1991年提名索尼娅·索托马约尔为联邦法官.
President Bill Clinton nominated her for a higher federal judge job in 1998.
比尔·克林顿总统于1998年提名她为联邦高级法官。
In May 2009, President Barack Obama had to choose a new justice of the U.
2009年5月,巴拉克·奥巴马总统不得不选择新的U司法.
S.
师曰.
Supreme Court.
最高法院。
One of the justices, David H.
法官之一,大卫·H.
Souter, was retiring.
苏特, 正在退休。
The president announced Judge Sotomayor was his choice to replace Justice Souter.
总统宣布索托马约尔法官是他的人选,接替苏特法官.
The president said she had done a great job as a judge and would be a wise justice.
总统说,她作为一名法官做了出色的工作,并将是一个明智的公正。
Picking a New Justice Presidents often choose a justice who agrees with them on important ideas.
挑选出一位新法官的总统,常常选择一位同意他们重要想法的法官。
All U.
全欧.
S.
师曰.
Supreme Court justices have worked as lawyers.
最高法院法官一直担任律师。
Many justices have not been judges in other courts, as Sonia has.
许多法官不像索尼娅那样在其他法院担任法官。
A justice can be any age.
正义可以是任何年龄。
The youngest justice was 32 when chosen.
最年轻的法官是32名。
The oldest was 65 when chosen.
年龄最大的是65岁。
Presidents often choose a younger person so he or she can work on the court for many years.
院长往往选择一个年轻的人,以便他或她可以在法院工作多年。
Sonia was 55 when President Obama chose her.
索尼娅55岁时奥巴马总统选择她.
Justice David H.
大卫·H.
Souter retired from the Supreme Court in summer 2009.
苏特于2009年夏天从最高法院退休.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Justices of the U.
乌有之官.
S.
师曰.
Supreme Court are very important.
最高法院非常重要。
They decide if laws follow the U.
他们决定法律是否遵循U.
S.
师曰.
Constitution.
宪法。
The Constitution is the country’s set of rules and laws that protect our rights.
《宪法》是国家保护我们权利的一套规则和法律。
The nine justices of the Supreme Court make decisions that affect many people.
最高法院的九名法官做出影响许多人的决定。
Thurgood Marshall, center, helped end segregation in schools as a lawyer in 1954.
中央Thurgood Marshall在1954年帮助结束了学校作为律师的隔离.
He became a Supreme Court justice in 1967.
1967年成为最高法院法官.
The Supreme Court is over two hundred years old.
最高法院已有二百多年的历史。
For most of that time all of the justices on the Court were white men.
在大部分时间里,法院的所有法官都是白人。
Yet the justices make decisions that affect all kinds of people in different areas of the country.
然而,法官做出的决定影响到该国不同地区的各类人。
Some presidents now try to make the court more representative of the country.
一些总统现在试图使法院更能代表国家。
Thurgood Marshall joined the court as its first African American justice in 1967.
瑟古德·马歇尔于1967年作为第一位非裔美国法官入院.
Sandra Day O’Connor joined the court as its first female justice in 1981.
桑德拉·戴·奥康纳于1981年作为第一位女法官入院.
Finding the Right Person President Obama, like other presidents before him, asked for help to find the best justice.
寻找正确人选的奥巴马总统,像在他之前的其他总统一样,要求帮助找到最佳正义。
Lawyers and advisers to the president made a list of people who would make good justices.
总统的律师和顾问们 列出了一个会做出公正判决的人名单
They checked to make sure the people on the list were fair and followed the law.
他们检查以确保名单上的人是公平的,并遵守法律。
Sonia Sotomayor was on the list.
索尼娅·索托马约尔在名单上
She had been a lawyer and judge for many years.
她多年来一直是一名律师和法官。
She would be the third woman ever to be a Supreme Court justice.
她将成为第三位担任最高法院法官的妇女。
Sonia would join Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman on the court.
索尼娅会加入卢斯·巴德·金斯堡(Ruth Bader Ginsburg),她是第二位上场的女性.
Judge Sotomayor would be the first Latina and the first person with diabetes to be chosen as a justice.
索托马约法官将是第一个拉美人,也是第一个被选为公理的糖尿病患者.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the only other woman on the Supreme Court in 2009.
露丝·贝德·金斯堡是2009年最高法院上唯一一位其他女性.
Justice Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice on the Supreme court.
Thurgood Marshall法官是最高法院的首位非裔美国人法官。
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was the first female justice.
桑德拉法官 奥康纳日是第一位女性法官。
After President Obama talked to Judge Sotomayor, he picked her to be a justice.
在奥巴马总统与索托马约尔法官交谈后,他选择她为公道.
However, the president doesn’t decide who becomes a justice on his own.
但总统并不自行决定谁成为法官。
A majority of the U.
多数U.
S.
师曰.
Senate must agree with his choice.
参议院必须同意他的选择。
The Judiciary Committee A group of senators called the Judiciary Committee investigated Sonia.
司法委员会 一群名为司法委员会的参议员调查了索尼娅.
She answered the senators’ questions about decisions she had made as a judge.
她回答了参议员关于她作为法官所作决定的问题。
She talked about things she had said in speeches.
她谈到她在演讲中说的话。
Sonia talked about how she would be fair when deciding cases in the future.
索尼娅谈到她将来判决案件时会如何公平.
The committee reported its findings to the rest of the Senate.
该委员会向参议院其他部分报告了调查结果。
The president would have to choose someone else if the Senate did not confirm Judge Sotomayor.
如果参议院不确认索托马约尔法官,总统必须另选一人.
Sonia answered many questions about herself and how she did her job as a judge in front of a roomful of people.
索尼娅回答了很多关于她自己的问题,以及她是如何在一室人面前完成法官的工作的.
A Change in the Supreme Court New justice takes the oath.
最高法院改革 新法官宣誓就职.
A justice serves as long as he or she wants or is able.
只要他或她愿意或有能力,正义就能发挥作用。
A justice retires or dies.
公道退休或死亡。
Senate votes “No.”
参议院的选票是“不”。
Senate votes “Yes.”
参议院投了“赞成”票。
Judiciary Committee investigates the choice.
司法委员会负责调查这一选择。
Committee advises the Senate.
委员会向参议院提供咨询意见。
President chooses a new justice.
总统选了新的法官
The Senate Votes Some people who disagreed with President Obama’s ideas also disagreed with choosing Judge Sotomayor.
参议院投票 有些人不同意奥巴马总统的主张,
But when the Senate voted on August 6, 2009, the majority voted to confirm Judge Sotomayor.
但2009年8月6日参议院表决时,多数议员投票认可了索托马约尔法官.
Two days later Sonia Sotomayor took an oath, or made a promise, to follow the Constitution.
两天后,索尼娅·索托马约尔宣誓或承诺遵守宪法.
She was now the 111th justice of the U.
她现在是美国第111位法官
S.
师曰.
Supreme Court.
最高法院。
The Job of the New Justice Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an office in the Supreme Court Building.
新法官职位 最高法院法官索尼娅·索托马约尔在最高法院大楼设有办公室.
She had to hire people to work in her office.
她不得不雇人去她的办公室工作.
She also had to learn the rules of the Supreme Court just as you would learn the rules at a new school.
她也必须学习最高法院的规则 就像你在一所新学校学习的规则一样
Sonia’s main job is now to listen to cases that are brought to the Supreme Court and to make wise decisions.
索尼娅现在的主要工作是听取提交最高法院的案件,并作出明智的决定。
Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts.
索尼娅·索托马约被首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨宣誓就职.
Sonia said President Obama gave her “the most humbling honor” of her life by asking her to be a justice.
索尼娅说,奥巴马总统通过要求她成为一名正义者,给了她生命中"最屈辱的荣誉".
Conclusion Justice Sotomayor has made many dreams in her life come true.
索托马约法官使她生活中的许多梦想成真。
Being a justice is a very important job.
做正义是一件非常重要的工作。
Most presidents only get to choose one or two Supreme Court justices during their time in office.
大多数院长在任职期间只能选择一至两名最高法院法官。
It is a very important decision.
这是一个非常重要的决定。
Justice Sotomayor will try to be the best justice she can be.
索托马约法官会尽力成为她最好的公正
She could make decisions that affect all of us for twenty or thirty years, or maybe even longer!
她可以做出影响我们二三十年的决定 或者甚至更长
Glossary: advisers (n.)
词汇:顾问(不详)
people who offer advice about decisions (p.
提供决策建议的人(p.
10) cases (n.)
10)案件(不详)
situations acted upon in law (p.
(第2页)
12) confirm (v.)
12)确认(五.
to approve (p.
页:1
12) diabetes (n.)
12) 糖尿病(n.)
a medical disorder that causes excessive thirst and the production of a large amount of urine (p.
造成过度口渴并产生大量尿液(p.
4) investigated (v.)
4)被调查(五.
to have tried to have found out about something (p.
试图发现一些事情(p.
12) lawyer (n.)
12)律师 (n.
a person whose job is to give advice about the law or represent people in court (p.
其工作是就法律提供咨询意见或在法庭上代表人民的人(p.
4) majority (n.)
4) 多数(无)
more than half of something (p.
超过一半的东西(p.
11) representative (adj.)
11) 代表(adj.)
serving as a symbol or acting for another (p.
充当另一个符号或代行另一个符号(p.
9) The justices of the Supreme Court with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in September 2009.
9) 2009年9月最高法院法官与巴拉克·奥巴马总统和副总统乔·拜登.
From left to right justices: Samuel A.
从左到右的正义: 塞缪尔·A.
Alito, Jr.
小亚利多.
, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G.
,鲁斯·巴德·金斯堡,安东尼·肯尼迪,约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯,首席大法官约翰·G.
Roberts Jr.
小罗伯茨.
, President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Vice President Biden, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen G.
,奥巴马总统,索尼娅·索托马约尔,副总统拜登,安东宁·斯卡利亚,克拉伦斯·托马斯,和斯蒂芬·G.
Breyer.
布莱尔。