2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Renews Call for Immigration Reform Plan

By VOA News
24 January 2007
 
watch speech excerpt¹ on immigration 
watch commentary by correspondent Jim Malone 

President Bush is calling on the new Democratic-controlled Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

During his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, Mr. Bush said the United States needs an immigration system that extends "hope and opportunity" to millions of people seeking a better life. He called for the creation of a temporary guest worker program, and bolstering² security along the porous³ U.S.-Mexican border.

The president backed a plan approved by a Republican-led U.S. Senate last year that would have provided eventual⁴ citizenship⁵ to the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. But that plan was derailed in the Republican-controlled House, which favored a bill focusing on tighter border security, including a long fence along the Mexican border to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the U.S.

1 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？

2 bolstering   

v.支持( bolster的现在分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
• He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句

3 porous   

adj.可渗透的，多孔的

参考例句：

• He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
• The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。

4 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

5 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。