英语新闻听写 美国副总统妻子重回学校教艺术

 

The Huffington Post reports that Karen Pence, the wife of Vice¹ President Mike Pence, has started a job teaching art at Immanuel Christian² School in Northern Virginia.

据《赫芬顿邮报》报道，副总统迈克·彭斯的妻子凯伦·彭斯在弗吉尼亚州北部的以马内利基督教学校开始了一份教艺术的工作。

However it's not a school where everyone is welcome.

然而，这个学校并不是为所有人敞开校门。

The 2018 employment application posted online makes candidates sign a pledge not to engage in homosexual activity or violate the unique roles of male and female.

根据这所学校发布在网上的2018年的就业申请表，该学校要求求职者签署一份承诺，承诺不参加同性恋活动，也不能侵犯男性和女性的独特角色。

The application says the school believes marriage unites one man and one woman.

表上写道，学校认为婚姻是由一男一女结合构成的。

And that a wife is commanded to submit to her husband as the church submits to Christ.

还有，妻子得服从她的丈夫，就像教会服从基督一样。

Karen Pence previously³ worked at the school for 12 years while her husband was in Congress.

凯伦·彭斯曾在这所学校工作过12年，那时，她的丈夫迈克·彭斯在国会工作。

The couple's daughter Charlotte Pence also attended the school.

他们的女儿夏洛特·彭斯也上过这所学校。

In Virginia and dozens of other states it is legal for private employers to discriminate⁴ on the basis of sexual and gender⁵ identity.

在弗吉尼亚州和其他许多的州，私人雇主基于性别和性别身份对人进行歧视是合法的。

Pence says that she is excited to be back in the classroom and has missed teaching art.

彭斯说，她很高兴自己回到教室，她也想念教艺术的时光。

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

5 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。