CNN news 2012-01-27 加文本

stand for代表, 表示
例句：UN stands for the United Nations.
UN是联合国的缩写。

2. Both of them are focused on stopping Internet piracy.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

3. If you went to Google`s front page yesterday, you saw this big black box covering up the logo.

cover up盖起来, 裹住, 盖严
例句：He covered the child up with a blanket.
他用一条毯子把孩子盖严。

4. The companies that run those sites were protecting against these bills.

protect against保护, 保卫
例句：You need warm clothes to protect you against the cold.
你需要暖和的衣服来御寒。

5. On one side of this debate, you have people who argue that online piracy leads to lost income and lost jobs for companies that create content. . The critics argue that SOPA and PIPA could turn into censorship.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。
turn into(使)变成
例句：Joan is turning into quite a skilled musician.
琼正在变成一个技艺精湛的音乐家。

6. But it`s tough for U.S. companies to take action against overseas websites.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

7. It`s a proposed House bill that aims to crack down copyright infringement by restricting sites that host pirated content.

crack down采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句：The police are really beginning to crack down on drivers who park their cars just where they like.
警察真要对那些随便停放汽车的司机采取严厉措施了。

8. Under SOPA, if The Pirate Bay were found to be hosting pirated content, a judge could order U.S.-based ad networks and payment processors that serve The Pirate Bay to cut off the website completely.

cut off切〔隔〕断, 阻碍
例句：Our troops cut off the enemy's retreat.
我们的军队切断了敌人的退路。

9. But SOPA`s opponents say that the way SOPA is written effectively promotes censorship and is rife with unintended consequences, and that it blames websites for its individual users` actions.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：He blamed his brother for breaking the window.
他责备他兄弟打破了窗玻璃。

10. The copyright holder could then contact the website and ask them to take it down in a reasonable amount of time.

take down记录, 记下; 拆卸
例句：The reporters took down the speech in shorthand.
记者们迅速记下讲话的内容。