VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):美国政客就互联网新规定进行争论
日期:2014-12-24 11:48

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听力文本

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

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Another political fight is taking shape in Washington, D.C. At issue: proposed changes to the way the Internet is regulated in the United States. One side wants rules to suspend plans to charge extra for some heavy users of the Internet. The other side says new rules will slow the economic growth fueled by online services. Both sides say their way of thinking will lead to continued innovation.

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Earlier this year, U.S. regulators proposed big changes in the way the Internet operates in the country. The Federal Communications Commission voted to offer a plan that could affect Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Under the plan, the service providers could make deals with companies like Google and Facebook to provide them with faster paths to get their content to consumers.

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Some consumer groups and Internet companies oppose the plan. So do a majority of people questioned in a new University of Delaware study. President Barack Obama also dislikes the proposed changes. He spoke recently about how the Internet should be organized around ideas like openness, fairness and freedom.

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"There are no gatekeepers deciding which sites you get to access, there are no toll roads on the information superhighway. This set of principles, the idea of net neutrality, has unleashed the power of the Internet and given innovators the chance to thrive. Abandoning these principles would end the Internet as we know it."

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The Federal Communications Commission is an independent regulator. So President Obama cannot order the FCC to make changes. Last week, the President sought to persuade commission members to regulate consumer Internet services like a public utility.

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth is an economist and former FCC commissioner. He says the Internet adds hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy. He adds that new rules would be unnecessary and unwise.

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"American online companies are the leading on-line companies in the world in practically every field. I think that is in part a result of our lighter regulatory approach relative to a lot of other countries."

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He says proposals to govern the Internet as if it was a telephone company would interfere in many decisions, including pricing. He says those decisions should be made by people who operate the business.

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The former commissioner says even the threat of new rules is bad for the investments needed to support innovation on the Internet. Some Republican members of Congress and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are in agreement with Mr. Furchtgott-Roth. The Chamber of Commerce speaks for many major businesses.

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The issue will likely be fought over by regulators, the courts and Congress.

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And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.

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词汇解释

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1.toll road 收费公路

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The area has been earmarked for a toll road and titanium mining by an Australian company, though the development is said to be on hold due to the recession.
该地区已被一家澳大利亚公司指定用于建设一条收费公路以及钛矿场,但是,据说由于这场全球经济衰退,这一项目的开发被搁置了fQ,RW0*-2q,KQ7

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2.neutrality n. 中立;中性;中立立场

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Some of the nations declared neutrality.
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3.unleash vt. 发动;解开…的皮带;解除…的束缚 vi. 不受约束;自由自在;放荡不羁

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The announcement unleashed a storm of protest from the public.
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内容解析

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1.Another political fight is taking shape in Washington, D.C.

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take shape 形成;成形;体现;具体化

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The new building is beginning to take shape.
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In 1912 women's events were added, and the modern Olympic programme began to take shape.
1912年增加了女子比赛项目,现代奥林匹克运动会开始初具雏形QZG|oKa@POkkZ#aT

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参考译文

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这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道F;utA%LFppcoiY-

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华盛顿特区另一场政治争斗逐渐开始显现,针对的问题是美国互联网监管方式改革议案l]m^26BQpWv9&6Ms3|VD。一方希望颁布规则以终止向互联网重度用户征收额外费用的方案,另一方称新规定将放缓互联网服务推动的经济增长n.8Mbv^[q#bh7;jby)。双方都称自己的思考方式将促进既继续创新blJ,qcqt03&[p^

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今年早些时候,美国监管部门提出对本国互联网运作方式进行重大改革,联邦通讯委员会投票通过一项可能会影响到AT&T,Verizon和Comcast等互联网服务供应商的方案_;tY*TI,]O=b~u2hFm!E。根据该方案,这些服务供应商将与谷歌和脸书等公司签署协议,使这些公司向消费者更快地提供内容-%|4&@-cO_6Ll#y=

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一些消费者组织和互联网公司反对该方案,德拉瓦大学一项新的调查中的大部分受调查者也表示反对x&|s,XX.-jlWX。巴拉克·奥巴马总统也不喜欢拟议的改革,他最近提到在开放度、公正和自由方面如何管理互联网QH%UuNOHiGM#!viWXPJ

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“没有看门人来决定你上哪个网站,信息高速公路上也没有收费公路,这些网络中立原则释放出了互联网的力量,给创新者繁荣的机会,而放弃这些原则会以我们所熟知的方式来扼杀互联网,HxVGs-@5RRVfCvJ7。”

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联邦通讯委员会是个独立的监管机构,所以奥巴马总统不能命令该机构来做出改变7oFT8n6p.@=JC+7)ONhI。上周,奥巴马希望说服委员会成员来将消费者互联网服务当做公共事业来监管mg5,vGt=Mt3[(V

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哈罗德·菲西特格特-罗斯是一位经济学家,也曾是联邦通讯委员会委员,他说互联网给美国经济带来了数千亿美元,他说新规定将是没有必要和不明智的c~obJjV3d@_!vaq@wG&v

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“美国的网络公司在几乎每个领域都领先于全世界的网络公司,我想这部分是因为与很多其他国家相比我们采取了较为宽松的监管措施tY&|8(&|K^9rak[u=_H。”

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他说,把互联网当做电话公司来监管的提议将会干扰很多决定,包括定价^o0=P_sbYX49C[5KZ]。他说,这些决定应该由运作这些业务的人来决定pWPQ&[Hg&AYKl3U

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这位前委员称即使是制定新规定的威胁也会对支撑互联网创新的投资者不利,国会中一些共和党人和美国商务部都认同菲西特格特-罗斯先生的意见,商务部代表很多大型公司的利益SMJ#rn*zZXDp

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监管机构、法院和国会可能就这个问题进行辩论u&@8Cz+s|afw(ZS

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这就是美国之音慢速英语科技报道,我是乔纳森·伊万斯z)J3zttWg@B-l!wQOfX

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