为推动移民制度改革,支持者集会于国会山

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to an issue that had been expected to move through Congress this year, immigration reform, but which has instead become stalled.Ray Suarez has our report.

　　RAY SUAREZ: Thousands of fans cheered on Los Tigres del Norte, in English, Tigers of the North, as theMexican immigrant superstars sang about the plight¹ of undocumented workers on the National Mall Tuesday.

　　RAY SUAREZ: The group's free performance was part of a daylong rally, a rally that was allowed to go forward in the face of the government shutdown because public areas like the National Mall are open forFirst Amendment-related activities, whether the government's up and running or not.The gathering² was sponsored by labor³ groups and immigrant rights organizations. It was meant to bring attention to the drive for immigration reform.

　　WOMAN: In spite of my brown skin and black hair, I am American. American really means that you're an immigrant and that you left where you were at because it was a struggle and you came to America for a better future.

　　RAY SUAREZ: These thousands arrived on the National Mall on the heels of more than 100 weekend demonstrations⁴ around the country. Chants of "Si, se puede," "Yes, we can," were heard from Phoenix⁵, Arizona,to a march toward the Rhode Island state capitol.The crowd wasn't large by the standards of demonstrations that have used the National Mall over the years. Supporters said the coordinated⁶ nationwide effort was meant to send a message to Congress.

　　ANJELICA OTERO, protester: My message is let's just make sure that we create a bill that moves people to a path to citizenship⁷, that stops deportations and that really helps to reunite families.

　　RAY SUAREZ: House Democrats⁸ have introduced new comprehensive immigration reform legislation. It basically mirrors the bipartisan Senate bill passed last June, calls for a pathway to citizenship, along with heightened border security. The one hiccup¹⁰, Republicans say, is, the bill is dead on arrival.

　　REP. TREY GOWDY, R-S.C.: We really do need to get fiscal¹¹ issues behind us, because for whatever reason, we just don't seem to be able to multitask very well in this town.

　　RAY SUAREZ: Despite a major push by advocates after the Senate bill passed, the government shutdown and, before that, events in Syria have taken center stage since Congress returned from its summer recess¹².And Republican Trey Gowdy acknowledges that even before the current partisan⁹ battles, passing comprehensive reform was a long shot.

　　TREY GOWDY: There is a joke in the House that comprehensive is Latin for too big to read. I think theword comprehensive has a pejorative¹³ connotation in today's political world, and folks would rather -- at least from my vantage point, rather us take it issue by issue.

　　RAY SUAREZ: Gowdy, like most of his Republican counterparts, favors peeling off issues, like border security and work visas, one at a time, although he did leave the door open to the idea of a larger compromise bill down the road.

　　TREY GOWDY: So, the fact that we debate them and vote on them separately doesn't mean they will not becobbled together at some point for one vote.

　　MAN: Will you march with us?

　　RAY SUAREZ: In the meantime, Democrats are getting creative in their fight to keep up the pressure. After marching from the Mall to the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Luis Gutierrez was one of eight members of Congress to be arrested for civil disobedience, along with more than 150 others.

　　REP. LUIS GUTIERREZ, D-Ill.: The intensity¹⁴ and the hunger and the passion for comprehensive immigration reform is not waning¹⁵ in the immigrant community.

　　RAY SUAREZ: And while Gutierrez admits immigration reform is unlikely to pass anytime soon, he insiststhat, behind the scenes, both parties are trading ideas.

　　LUIS GUTIERREZ: Every day, every day, there are conversations, negotiations¹⁶, trading of ideas between Republicans and Democrats. Maybe it is that quiet diplomacy¹⁷, without headlines, and a kind of quiet --without the kind of pressure that the fifth estate sometimes places on us for momentum¹⁸ and energy, that we find our own momentum and our own energy, and in the end surprise you all and say, wow, this isthe one you didn't expect.

　　RAY SUAREZ: For now, lawmakers are still in a fiscal deadlock¹⁹. One of the few things Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington is that an immigration debate won't begin until the shutdown and debtceiling battles end.

1 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

6 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 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。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

10 hiccup   

n.打嗝

参考例句：

• When you have to hiccup,drink a glass of cold water.当你不得不打嗝时，喝一杯冷水就好了。
• How long did he hiccup?他打嗝打了多久？

11 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

12 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。

13 pejorative   

adj.贬低的，轻蔑的

参考例句：

• In the context of ethnic tourism,commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.摘要在民族旅游语境中，商品化经常带有贬义色彩。
• But news organizations also should make every effort to keep the discussion civil and to discourage the dissemination of falsehoods or pejorat

14 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

15 waning   

adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

17 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

18 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

19 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。