奥巴马电台演讲:Protecting Press Freedoms Worldwid
【Speech Video】
President Obama signs the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act in the Oval Office. The act helps reinforce the Nation’s commitment to press freedom around the world by directing the State Department to compile a report listing countries where such freedoms are violated.
【Read the Transcript】
Well, hello, everybody. I am very proud to be able to sign the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, a piece of legislation that sends a strong signal about our core values when it comes to the freedom of the press.
All around the world there are enormously courageous journalists and bloggers who, at great risk to themselves, are trying to shine a light on the critical issues that the people of their country face; who are the frontlines against tyranny and oppression. And obviously the loss of Daniel Pearl was one of those moments that captured the world’s imagination because it reminded us of how valuable a free press is, and it reminded us that there are those who would go to any length in order to silence journalists around the world.
What this act does is it sends a strong message from the United States government and from the State Department that we are paying attention to how other governments are operating when it comes to the press. It has the State Department each year chronicling how press freedom is operating as one component of our human rights assessment, but it also looks at countries that are — governments that are specifically condoning or facilitating this kind of press repression, singles them out and subjects them to the gaze of world opinion in ways that I think are extraordinarily important.
Oftentimes without this kind of attention, countries and governments feel that they can operate against the press with impunity. And we want to send a message that they can’t.
So this legislation, in a very modest way, I think puts us clearly on the side of journalistic freedom. I want to thank Adam Schiff in the House and Senator Chris Dodd in the Senate for their leadership. And I particularly want to thank the Pearl family, who have been so outspoken and so courageous in sending a clear message that, despite Daniel’s death, his vision of a well-informed citizenry that is able to make choices and hold governments accountable, that that legacy lives on.
So we are very grateful to them. I’m grateful to the legislative leaders who helped to pass this. It is something that I intend to make sure our State Department carries out with vigor. And with that, I’m going to sign the bill.
(The bill is signed.)
There you go. Thank you, everybody. Appreciate it.
Q Speaking of press freedom, could you answer a couple of questions on BP?
THE PRESIDENT: You’re certainly free to ask them, Chip.
Q Will you answer them? How about a question on Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: We won’t be answering — I’m not doing a press conference today, but we’ll be seeing you guys during the course of this week. Okay?
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重点单词查看全部解释impunity[im’pju:niti]
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n. 不受惩罚，免罚
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单词impunity联想记忆：
punity＝penalty（n 处罚；罚款）
vigor[‘vigə]
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n. 活力，精力
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单词vigor联想记忆：
读：伟哥，吃了以后有精力。
repression[ri’preʃən]
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n. 抑制，压抑，制止
conference[‘kɔnfərəns]
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n. 会议，会谈，讨论会，协商会
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单词conference联想记忆：
con共同+fer带来，拿来+ence→商量；会议
enormously
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adv. 巨大地，庞大地；非常地，在极大程度上
oppression[ə’preʃən]
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n. 压抑，沉闷，压迫手段
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源于：press（n /v 压）
legislation[.ledʒis’leiʃən]
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n. 立法，法律
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legis法律+late放→放出法律→立法+ion→立法
intend[in’tend]
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vt. 想要，计划，打算，意指
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in内+tend伸展→内心伸出→打算
commitment[kə’mitmənt]
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n. 承诺，保证; 确定，实行
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com共同，mit送－共同送东西到指定处－对方接受后便要承诺责任。
valuable[‘væljuəbl]
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adj. 贵重的，有价值的
n. (pl.)贵
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单词valuable联想记忆：
val强壮+uable→因为强壮，所以有价值→有价值的
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