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听力文本
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to legalise the marijuana trade, from the drug's production to its distribution. This means it is the only nation where the government has total control of the commercialisation of marijuana (also known as cannabis). Uruguay's President Jose Mujica said his goal is totry and disrupt the activities of drug traffickers and possibly put them out of business altogether. He hopes that his legalisation, together with the close monitoring of marijuana sales by the state, will reducedependence on the drug and drug-related crime. Mr Mujica said he was well aware that the new legislation was "an experiment," which had no guarantee of being successful.
The legalisation has fallen foul of an international treaty on drug control. Uruguay is a signatory to the1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The Convention limits the use of cannabis "to medical and scientific purposes". The president of the International Narcotics Control Board, Raymond Yans, said he was "surprised"that Uruguay had "knowingly decided to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed legal provisions of the treaty". He warned the move could backfire, saying: "It will not protect young people, but rather have the perverse effect of encouraging early experimentation, lowering the age of first use, and thus contributing to…earlier onset of addiction and other disorders."
中文翻译
乌拉圭成为了全球首个大麻交易(从大麻制作到流通)合法化的国家
。这就意味着乌拉圭成为了首个政府拥有完全掌控大麻商业化的国家 。乌拉圭总统何塞·穆希卡说他的目的是要破坏贩毒者的活动,并有可能将他们清除出商业领域 。他希望这次的合法化,加之政府对大麻销售的严格监控能够减少毒品犯罪 。何塞·穆希卡称他清楚地意识到新法是“试验田”,并没有百分百成功的保障 。新法与国际毒品控制条约背道而驰
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重点讲解
1.fall foul of 与…冲突
例句:I don't want to fall foul of the police.
我不想得罪警察
。2.drug trafficker 毒品贩子
例句:Children play in a pool at the house of an alleged drug trafficker at the Complexo do Alemao slum,in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
在巴西里约热内卢的阿莱芒街区,儿童们在被捕获的毒贩家的泳池里玩耍
。3.decide to 决定
例句:It all depends on what you decide to believe.
这一切都取决于你决定要相信什么
。4.be well aware 意识到
例句:In addition, private-sector creditors will be well aware that they are second-class citizens.
此外,私营部门债权人将清楚地认识到,他们是二等公民
。听力题目
1. How many countries had legalized the marijuana trade before Uruguay?
a) three
b) two
c) one
d) none
2. What does Uruguay have total control of?
a) the War on Drugs
b) the commercialisation of marijuana
c) drug traffickers
d) drug addicts
3. What does the president of Uruguay want to disrupt?
a) plantations
b) legislation
c) drug traffickers' activities
d) cannabis
4. What does he hope the new legislation will reduce?
a) crime resulting from drug use
b) the price of marijuana
c) traffic
d) legislation
5. What is the president well aware of?
a) success
b) guarantees
c) the legislation is an experiment
d) dependence on drugs
6. What has Uruguay's legislation fallen foul of?
a) limits
b) an international drug-control treaty
c) legislation
d) drugs
7. What did the 1961 treaty allow governments to do?
a) produce alternative drugs
b) commercialise the cannabis trade
c) imprison people for using cannabis
d) use cannabis for medical purposes
8. What was Raymond Yans' reaction to Uruguay's actions?
a) surprise
b) delight
c) wonder
d) horror
9. What did Mr Yans warn could happen to the legislation?
a) it could backup
b) it could back away
c) it could backfire
d) it could back down
10. Who did Mr Yans say the legislation would not protect?
a) legislators
b) young people
c) drug traffickers
d) Uruguay's president
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.c
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.a
9.c
10.b