VOA慢速英语:Debating the Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools and Buildings

1.The county thought that posting the Ten Commandments, along with the first part of the United States Constitution, might help increase moral values.

along with除...以外(还)，连同...一起,随同...一起

例句：Tobacco is taxed in most countries, along with alcohol.
      除酒以外, 烟草在多数国家都要征税。

2.The United States Supreme Court permits the Ten Commandments to be on public property so long as the goal of displaying them is not to gain support for religion.

so long as只要

例句：You will do all right so long as you follow my advice.
      只要你听我的建议, 你一定会做好的。

3.Putting up the Ten Commandments in a way that promotes the Jewish and Christian scriptures is a violation of the Constitution, and especially if they do it in a public school.

put up张贴

例句：We'd better put up a notice here.
      我们最好在这儿贴一张通知。

      It's time we put up the Christmas decorations in the living room.
      我们该在起居室里张贴一些圣诞装饰物了。

4.Parents are entitled to send their children to school without having to proselytize somebody having somebody else's religion.

be entitled to有…的资格,有权

例句：A voidable contract is one that a party will be entitled to rescind.
      在可撤销合同中，合同一方有权废止合同。