VOA标准英语2011--Ethics Get Workout in College Bowl Game

Ethics¹ Get Workout in College Bowl Game

 

美国大学橄榄球比赛重视道德培养

College football teams are preparing for postseason play in events such as the venerable Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Orange Bowl.

大学足球队正在为季后赛的玫瑰杯赛事,糖果杯赛事及橘子杯赛事等庄严的各种赛事积极备战。

And the not-so-venerable Beef O’Brady’s Bowl, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Yes, those are real college football games.

还有不是很知名的像Beef O'Brady's Bowl, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl这样的赛事。是的,那些是真正的大学橄榄球比赛。

But they are not the only bowl competitions underway.Preliminary matches are in full swing for the next annual Ethics Bowl.

但这些并不是唯一的在进行中的超级赛事。各种初级赛事也为下一年度的Ethics Bowl（伦理杯）如火如荼的进行中。

Thirty-two university teams, whose members wear dresses or suits and ties, not helmets and cleats, will face off until one winner is declared at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, to be held next March at the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.

三十二个大学队伍,这些队员们身着裙子或者西服及领带,而不是传统的头盔和钉鞋，他们将静静等待在明年3月举行的校际伦理杯这项赛事中其中的一支队伍被宣布获得冠军的那一激动时刻。

These competitions are more like a television quiz show than a gridiron collision. Moderators pose questions to teams of three to five students about moral problems such as classroom cheating, choices between right and wrong on the job, and political ethics.

这些比赛,更像一个电视问答节目,而不是一次橄榄球的激情碰撞。节目主持人对三到五名队伍的学生提出各种道德问题,如课堂作弊,选择适合与否的工作及政治伦理。

Of course, some would say the last of those - political ethics - is an oxymoron: an impossible, contradictory² term and therefore some sort of trick question.

当然,有些人会说，最后的政治伦理是一种矛盾修饰法:一种不可能的，矛盾的术语,因此是某种恶作剧的问题。

The University of Central Florida sports teams are called the “Knights.” We might call this 2011 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl championship team from UCF the “Brights!”

Ethics Bowl questions posed to contestants³ will be taken from 15 case studies posted on the Practical and Professional Ethics Association’s Web page in January.

所提出的问题将被从15个案例研究中选择，这些案例全部在一月份Practical and Professional Ethics Association（实用和专业伦理协会）的网站上公布。

One such study concerned ethical⁴ dilemmas⁵ at Virginia Commonwealth⁶ University, which faced spiraling costs and funding cuts in 2010. It accepted research grants from a big Virginia tobacco company, and agreed to give that company the intellectual property rights to the results of that research.

在弗吉尼亚联邦大学，一项这样的研究也面临着道德困境,2010年他们曾面临着成本上升和经费减少。而在从一个大的维吉尼亚烟草公司接受了科研赞助后,他们也同意给这家公司研究结果的知识产权。

A panel of judges evaluates the students’ answers to Ethics Bowl questions and declares a winner in each round. The 2011 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl champion was a team from the University of Central Florida.

一位评委评估学生回答的问题，并且在每一轮都宣布获胜者。2011年获得校际伦理杯冠军的是来自中央佛罗里达大学的一个研究小组。

Instructions for Ethics Bowl participants, also printed on the Ethics Association’s Web site, include a section called “Rules for Acceptable Behavior.” So just as in football, referees⁷ will be vigilantly⁸ watching these intellectual tussles⁹.

对于伦理杯的参赛者说明也公布在道德协会的网站上,其中一段称为“可接受行为的规则”。就像在足球比赛中,裁判将警觉的看着这些高智商人群的争执。

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

3 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

5 dilemmas   

n.左右为难( dilemma的名词复数 )；窘境，困境

参考例句：

• They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew. 他们――也许是无意地――把爆炸性的佐料混合在一起，以此来应付困难处境。 来自辞典例句
• Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam. 十年后，我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面。 来自辞典例句

6 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

7 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句

8 vigilantly   

adv.警觉地，警惕地

参考例句：

• He was looking ahead vigilantly. 他警惕地注视着前方。 来自互联网
• Why didn't they search more vigilantly? 那他们为什么不再仔细地搜一搜呢？ 来自互联网

9 tussles   

n.扭打，争斗( tussle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They need no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits. 它们不必奔跑着与大又凶的老鼠搏斗了，也不必跟大兔子扭斗了。 来自辞典例句
• The magazine has had a series of tussles with Asian governments. 该杂志曾与亚洲多国政府发生争执。 来自互联网