真题文章 (2001年完型)
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases such as the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant tightening of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a draft bill that will propose making payments to witnesses illegal and will strictly control the amount of publicity that can be given to a case before a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee， Lord Irvine said he agreed with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not offer sufficient control.
Publication of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a storm of media protest when he said the interpretation of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges rather than to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which makes the European Convention on Human Rights legally binding in Britain, laid down that everybody was entitled to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
"Press freedoms will be in safe hands with our British judges," he said.
Witness payments became an issue after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised that witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ensure guilty verdicts.
考研核心词汇
ban / bB:n / n. 禁令 vt. 禁止, 取缔(书刊等)
[例] Smoking is banned in school. 在学校禁止吸烟。
[同义] bar, block ,exclude, forbid, obstruct ,outlaw, prohibit
[反义] approval / E5pru:vEl / n. 赞成, 承认, 正式批准
permission / pE(:)5miFEn / n. 许可, 允许
witness / 5witnis / n. [律]证人, 目击者, 证据, 证明, 证词 vt. 目击, 为...作证, 证明, 表明 vi. 作证, 成为证据
[例] His tears witnessed the shame he felt. 他的眼泪说明他感到羞愧。
[同义] behold, discern, glimpse ,observe ,perceive, see , sight
prominent / 5prCminEnt / adj. 卓越的, 显著的, 突出的
[例] A single tree in a field is prominent . 田地里一棵孤零零的树是很显眼的。
[同义] celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, great ,important
[反义] anonymous / E5nCnimEs / adj. 匿名的
[派生] prominently / `prCmInEntlI / adv. 显著地
prominence / 5prRmInEns / n. 突出, 显著, 突出物
significant / si^5nifikEnt / adj. 有意义的, 重大的, 重要的
[例] a significant speech 意味深长的讲话
[同义] important
[反义] insignificant / 7insi^5nifikEnt / adj. 无关紧要的, 可忽略的, 无意义的
[派生] significance / si^5nifikEns / n. 意义, 重要性
tighten / 5taitEn / v. 变紧, 绷紧, 拉紧
[例] Will you tighten this screw; it's very loose.
你把这个螺丝拧紧好吗，它太松了。
[反义] loosen / 5lu:sn / v. 解开, 放松, 松开
[派生] tightening / 5taitniN / 上紧, 固定, 紧密
legal / 5li:^El / adj. 法律的, 法定的, 合法
[例] a legal holiday 法定假日
[同义] admissible, authorized, just ,lawful
[反义] illegal / i5li:^El / adj. 违法的, 不合规定的
[派生] legality / l i(:)5^Aliti / n. 合法, 墨守陈规, 法律上的义务
chancellor / 5tFB:nsElE / n. 长官, 大臣
[例] the Lord Chancellor 大法官
draft / drB:ft / n. 草稿, 草案, 草图 vt. 起草, 为...打样, 设计 v. 草拟
[例] draft a bill 起草法案
[同义] air, bill ,call-up ,check ,drawing ,enlistment ,enrollment ,induction ,note
[派生] drafting / 5drB:ftiN / 起草
[固定搭配] on draft 散装的，直接汲取的从一个大容器中汲取的，如酒桶；
committee / kE5miti / n. 委员会
[例] Our club has a committee on entertainments.
我们俱乐部有一个管理娱乐事宜的委员会。
[同义] council ,delegation, group
[派生] committeeman / kE`mItImEn / n. 委员
protest / prE5test / n. 主张, 断言, 抗议 v. 主张, 断言抗议, 拒付
[例] The people made a protest about the rise in prices.
人们对价格上涨提出抗议。
[同义] challenge ,disapprove ,dispute, dissent, object, squawk
[反义] agree / E5^ri: / vi. 同意, 赞成...的意见, 与...一致, 承认, 适合 vt. 同意
[派生] protestatory / prEJ`testEtErI / adj. 表示抗议(或异议)的
privacy / 5praivEsi / n. 独处而不受干扰, 秘密
[例] We must respect other's privacy.
我们应该尊重别人的隐私。
[同义] cloister, hideaway, intimacy, isolation, retreat, sanctum, seclusion, secrecy
[派生] private / 5praivit / adj. 私人的, 私有的, 私营的, 秘密的 n. 士兵
convention / kEn5venFEn / n. 大会, 协定, 习俗, 惯例
[例] social conventions 社会习俗
[派生] conventional / kEn5venFEnl / adj. 惯例的, 常规的, 习俗的, 传统的
verdict / 5vE:dikt / n. [律](陪审团的)裁决, 判决, 判断, 定论, 结论
[例] The verdict was that the prisoner was guilty. 判决是犯人有罪。
[同义] decision, decree, determination, finding, judgment, pronouncement
[派生] verdictive / `v:dIktIv / n. <罕>裁定用词, 审判用语
