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PAGE PAGE 43 新闻英语的五大特点 1. brevity 简洁 2. popularity 大众性 3. interest 趣味性 4. freshness 新颖性 5. objectiveness客观性 Unit 1 Politics 第一单元 政治 Text The higher Education of Washington 华盛顿高等教育 Universities step up lobbying to protect funding interests 大学为保护资金利益 而大肆游说 By Dan Morgan 丹.摩根 When the University of California at Los Angeles put Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) on the cover of this winter’s alumni bulletin, it was a tribute to a distinguished graduate who is so close to his alma mater that he named his dog Bruin, after UCLA Words: lobbying游说拉票；step up增加，促进，加速；University of California at Los Angeles美国加州大学洛杉矶分校Rep.＝Representative众议员；alumni毕业生男校友；bulletin期刊，公告, 公报；tribute贡品, 礼物, 颂词, 殷勤；alma mater母校；Bruin吉祥物熊（布轮熊）；revere尊敬，敬畏 参考译文：美国加州大学洛杉矶分校在今年冬季毕业生期刊封面刊登美国国会议员杰尔. 刘易斯（加州共和党人），对与其母校的关系密切得能用美国加州大学洛杉矶分校吉祥物将其宠狗取名为布轮熊的杰出毕业生大肆颂扬。 But the cover story, which was engineered in part by the University of California’s government relation office in Washington, was also a shrewd ploy to cement relations with a key member of the House Appropriations Committee. Words：in part部分地，在某种程度上；shrewd ploy机敏的，精明的，奸诈的计策，手段；cement水泥，粘结；House Appropriations Committee（HAC）美国国会众院拨款委员会 参考译文：但是在某种程度上由加州大学华盛顿政府关系办公室策划的这一封面故事也是密切与美国国会众院拨款委员会某一关键委员的精明手段。 As Congress takes up President Bush’s fiscal 2005 budget proposal, which cuts some basic research programs vital to universities, the higher education community is using every lobbying tool at its disposal to protect its interests. 参考译文：在美国国会受理布什总统提交的砍掉了对大学至关重要的一些基本研究计划的2005财政年度预算案之际，高等教育团体无不竭尽游说之能来保护自己的利益。 On the line are billions of dollars in federal support for medical, defense, space and physics research, as well as special “earmarks” for agricultural research stations, buildings and other local projects. Words：earmarks指拨（款项），标志 参考译文：列入年度预算的是联邦支持医疗，国防，空间和物理研究的数十亿美元以及农业研究站，建筑和其它地方项目的指拨款项。 As recently as the 1980s, lobbying by higher education was a two-horse operation, involving a few large universities and a handful of K Street firms. Word