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听力文本
British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for women immigrants to Britain to learn English within 30 months or be deported.
The plan targets Muslim women joining their husbands already in Britain. Cameron said his plan would help Muslim women immigrants who spend most of their time at home.
Cameron wrote Monday that 190,000 Muslim women speak poor English and 38,000 Muslim women speak no English, although they have lived in Britain for years. Their lack of English socially isolates them, he said.
Cameron said his plan will help all migrants. Critics said he was "singling out" Muslims.
Cameron said people who do not speak English often live apart from British society. He said they are more likely to be radicalized. He said he believes his plan will help keep the country safe.
He says there is no connection between a lack of English and being radicalized. But, he said, "if you are not able to speak English, not able to integrate, you may find, therefore, you have challenges understanding what your identity is and therefore you could be more susceptible to the extremist message."
He said the government will spend more than $28 million for English classes for migrants. The classes would focus on immigrant woman living in isolated communities. The government said classes would take place in homes, schools and community centers. Travel and childcare costs would be paid.
The government says the plan would take effect in October. Female immigrants must pass an English test within two-and-a-half years of their arrival, or face removal from the country. That threat would remain even if they have children in Britain.
No plans are in place to remove migrants who fail the test. But officials said the government may refuse to extend visas or could deny the immigrants permission to stay in the country permanently.
Andy Burnham is a senior member of the opposition Labor Party. He called the plan a "simplistic, headline-driven approach to extremism (that) risks unfairly stigmatizing a whole community, thereby making the problem worse."
He said all women -- religious or secular -- should be helped to learn English, not just Muslim women.
Burnham noted that the government had cut spending on English-language classes in 2011.
The Ramadhan Foundation, a Muslim group, also criticized Cameron. It said very few of the 3 million Muslims in Britain are extremists. It said the best way to fight terrorism "is to build support (with) Muslims and support the work done across the country," not denigrating Muslims.
But Naz Shah, a Muslim and a Labor member of parliament, supports the plan. Shah noted that "too many children...are starting school with no English because it is not spoken at home." He says that has an effect on their learning ability because "education starts in the home."
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
词汇解释
1.deport vt. 驱逐出境；举止；放逐
The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.
内政部通常会迅速地将不受欢迎人士驱逐出境。
2.radicalize vt. 使…激进；使…偏激 vi. 激进化；成为过激论者
He says the opposition will radicalize its demands if these conditions aren't met.
他说如果这些条件得不到满足，反对派的要求就会变得更加激进。
3.stigmatize vt. 诬蔑；玷污；给…打上烙印
Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.
单亲家庭的孩子不应该受到侮辱。
4.denigrate vt. 诋毁；使变黑；玷污
Never allow your partner or yourself to denigrate the other.
永远不要让你的配偶或你自己诋毁对方。
内容解析
1.Cameron said his plan will help all migrants. Critics said he was "singling out" Muslims.
single out 挑出；挑选
The gunman had singled Debilly out and waited for him.
枪手单单挑出德比利，并等着他出现。
His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.
他的顶头上司专门提到他。
2. you have challenges understanding what your identity is and therefore you could be more susceptible to the extremist message.
be susceptible to 对…敏感；易患…；易受…影响
Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible to injury.
负重行走时肩膀很容易受伤。
He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women.
她认为他对女人毫无招架之力。
参考译文
英国首相戴维·卡梅伦要求来英国的妇女移民在30个月内学习英语，否则将被驱逐。
该计划针对的是和已在英国的丈夫团聚的穆斯林妇女，卡梅伦称他的计划将帮助那些大部分时间呆在家里的穆斯林女性。
卡梅伦周一撰文称有19万穆斯林女性的英语很差，3.8万穆斯林妇女根本不会讲英语，尽管她们在英国已经生活多年。他说不会讲英语让她们与社会隔离。
卡梅伦称他的计划将帮助所有人，批评者称他只是把穆斯林挑出来。
卡梅伦称不会讲英语的人通常与英国社会相脱节，他们更容易变得激进，他说他的计划有助于让英国更安全。
他说不会英语与激进之间没有关联，但他说，“如果你不会英语，不能融入社会，你可能会发现在理解自己的身份方面遇到困难，因此你可能更容易受到极端主义信息的影响。”
他说政府将耗资2800万美元用于移民的英语课程，课程帮助的重点是生活在隔离社区的移民妇女们。政府称上课地点将在家中、学校和社区中心，政府将支付路费和儿童看护费。
政府称该计划将于10月份开始实施，女性移民必须在抵达英国的两年半内通过一项英语考试，否则将被驱除，即使她们有孩子在英国，该威胁也一样生效，
目前没有出台有关考试不通过而驱逐移民的计划，但官方称政府可能会拒绝延长签证，或拒绝给移民永久居留国内的许可。
安迪·伯纳姆是在野党工党的资深成员，他说该计划“过于简单化，对极端主义采取强硬做法，冒着丑化整个社区的风险，因此会让问题更糟。”
他称所有妇女，不管是信教人士还是世俗者，都应该得到学英语方面的帮助，而不仅仅是穆斯林妇女。
伯纳姆指出，政府已于2011年削减了英语课程的开支。
穆斯林组织斋月基金会也批评了卡梅伦，称在英国的300万穆斯林中只有极少数是极端分子，称对付恐怖主义最好的办法是“得到穆斯林的支持，在全国各地巩固已取得的成果，”而不是诋毁穆斯林。
但作为穆斯林和工党成员的纳兹·沙阿支持该计划，他说“因为家里没有人讲英语，太多孩子开始上学时就不会英语。”他说这就影响了他们的学习能力，因为“教育是从家里开始的。”
我是克里斯朵夫·琼斯·克鲁斯。
