(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to roll back climate change regulations.
周三，一个由17个美国州组成的联盟提出一项法律挑战，反对唐纳德·特朗普总统政府削减气候变化法规的努力。
The law is clear, the EPA must limit carbon pollution from power plants, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the challenge.
法律是明确的，环保署必须限制发电厂的碳污染，纽约总检察长埃里克·施奈德曼在一份声明中宣布挑战。
The order's main target was Obama's Clean Power Plan, a law that would require states to slash carbon dioxide emissions from power plants,
该命令的主要目标是奥巴马的清洁电力计划，这项法律要求各州削减电厂二氧化碳排放量，
but which was never implemented because it was challenged in court by 26 Republican-led states.
但它从未实施，因为这遭到26个共和党为首的州在法庭上的质疑。
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词汇解析
1、challenge
挑战;难题
I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.
我喜欢大的挑战，而所有挑战中再没有比这更大的了。
The new government's first challenge is the economy.
新政府面临的第一个难题是经济问题。
(成功地)应对挑战，迎接挑战
The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.
一个崭新的德国必须迎接挑战，承担更多的责任。
They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.
他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。
怀疑，质疑(真实性、价值、权威等)
Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.
民主党领袖对总统签署这项法案提出了质疑。
The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics.
此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。
2、statement
(正式或明确的口头或书面)陈述
Andrew now disowns that statement, saying he was depressed when he made it.
安德鲁现在推翻了那个说法，说那是自己在情绪低落时说的话。
'Things are moving ahead.'I found that statement vague and unclear.
“事情正在取得进展。”我认为这个说法含糊不清。
(嫌疑人或证人向警方提供的)陈述，证词
The 350-page report was based on statements from witnesses to the events.
这份 350 页的报告是根据各位证人对这些事件的证词写成的。
