VOA慢速英语:Should You Be Jailed Simply for Lying?

bar from禁止(某人)做(某事)；阻止
例句：She was barred from the competition.
她未获准参加比赛。

2. They say this shows he was “engaged in political speech.”

engage in从事
例句：He has engaged in farming for 20 years.
他从事耕作已有二十年。

3. He soon became one of the first people charged with violating the Stolen Valor Act.

charge with指控，控告
例句：The police charged him with harbouring stolen goods.
警方指控他窝赃。

4. Xavier Alvarez appealed his conviction to a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

appeal to向...呼吁,恳求; 诉诸;求助于
例句：You should not appeal to force.
你们不应该诉诸武力。

5. So we want to make sure nobody goes around saying they do when they don’t. What about that case?

go around四处走动
例句：He went around alone.
他独自走来走去。

6. And I, what I think with respect to the government’s interest here and why there is a harm to that interest is that, the point of these medals is that it’s a big deal.

with respect to有关
例句：And I, what I think with respect to the government’s interest here and why there is a harm to that interest is that, the point of these medals is that it’s a big deal.

7. And for the government to say this is a really big deal and then to stand idly by when one charlatan after another makes a false claim to have won the medal does debase the value of the medal in the eyes of the soldiers.

stand by坐视不管，袖手旁观
例句：A man doesn't stand by and watch another insult him.
一个男子汉不会听任别人的侮辱。

8. What we’ve argued is there needs to be harm associated with the lie in order for it to be uNPRotected under the First Amendment.

associate with把…与…联系在一起；和…联想在一起
例句：One usually associates poverty with misery.
人们一说到贫穷，常常就联想起悲惨的境遇。

9. If there’s imminent harm that results from the lie, then you know that’s something that Congress has the right to worry about.

result from起因于
例句：His illness resulted from bad food.
他的病是由于吃了变质的食物所致。
worry about担心，烦恼
例句：Don't worry about the matter, take it easy.
别担心那件事,轻松一点。