和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Ruling on GPS Tracking by Police Leaves a Big Question

2012-01-30来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Police put a GPS device on his car and tracked his movements for almost a month.

put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句:Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

2. And his argument was in essence that use of the tracking device was an unconstitutional search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that the government may not engage in unreasonable searches and seizures.

engage in参加; 从事; 忙于
例句:He engaged in a serious study of the problem.
他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。

3. But the ruling only dealt with the physical act of placing the GPS device on the vehicle and tracking Mr. Jones.

deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句:He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

4. Justice Sotomayor, actually in talking about the modern society that we live in, said, you know, we really have to perhaps rethink what it means for things to be private in a world where we voluntarily give up so much information.

give up泄露
例句:When will the desert give up its secrets to mankind?
沙漠何时才会向人类显露它的秘密呢?

5. In a world where there's Facebook and GPS on your cell phone and GPS in your car, how should the court be thinking about constitutional protections in a world like that?

think about考虑…; 捉摸…; 对…有(某种观点)
例句:Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。