Directions: In this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five sentences underlined into Chinese and write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Since the advent (尤指不寻常的人或事)出现, 到来 of the automobile, the drunk driver has plagued (折磨, 使得灾祸)our society. Alcohol-related offenses accounted for untold man hours in police departments nationwide, regardless of size.61. Effective steps for slowing or reducing the incidents of drunk driving had all but failed, and until recently, advocates’ cries to keep drunk drivers off the streets fell on deaf ears or were tied up in bureaucratic indecisiveness.转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
Recognizing the potential threat of the drunk driver, programs have been re-instituted in many areas to combat this age-old problem. Something new, something different, or something old with a “new approach” was needed. The City of Creve Coeur, Mo. adopted a new approach, mainly through the efforts of the mayor, board of alderman, and chief of police. The program consists of two phases——the traditional and the electronic.
Like most other agencies throughout the country, the police department in Greve Coeur, a suburb of St. Louis, stepped up its enforcement actions directed at the intoxicated(喝醉的,极其兴奋的) driver because of the efforts of such organizations as R.I.D. (Rid Intoxicated Drivers) and the Missouri Division of Highway Safety to increase public awareness of this potential killer. 62. The chief not only ordered stricter enforcement of closing hours for all bars, lounges, and small hotels within the city but also increased patrols around such establishments during closing hours. In addition, a policy was adopted to print the names of persons arrested and charged with drunk driving in a major Louis newspaper.
Implementation of the electronic phase required bold measures by the mayor and board of aldermen and has stirred interest and inquires from police agencies throughout the United States and several foreign countries.63. An ordinance was passed which required all restaurants and cocktail lounges in the city having a license to sell liquor by the drink and sales of $ 1,000,000 or more annually to install a breath analyzing machine for use by their customers. This machine allows customers to test the alcohol concentration in their blood so that they can make the determination of whether they should get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.
Reinstitution of the “car with the camera” program is another phase in the intoxicated driver program. In 1971, the Creve Coeur Police Department attached a video camera to the dashboard of a traffic enforcement unit. 64. Video taping traffic offenses as they occur particularly to the drunk driver, met with praise and approval of prosecutors and judges. However, video equipment in the early 1970’s was expensive to purchase and maintain, bulky, and easily damaged. For these reasons, budgetary constraints, and other priorities, the program was abandoned. However, with advances made in video equipment, plans are now in the making for the reactivation of this electronic phase, with the addition of a new dimension.
Now an officer will not only video tape traffic violators but also record subsequent conversations through a wireless microphone attached to his shirt. All events are electronically collected and permanently maintained for evidence in court.
65. Since there are few violations that can escape the watchful eyes of the camera, the main restriction being the inability to detect those traveling at excessive speeds, capturing the audio and video portions of the confrontation between the officer and violator enhances courtroom presentation. Judges and prosecutors are able to see and hear what actually took place from the first detectable violation, to be field sobriety(清醒)test, to the arrest. The value to the judicial process is obvious.
Because of its recent implementation, the impact of this program cannot be calculated. However, the ultimate goal of any campaign initiated against the drunk driver is to keep the intoxicated person from getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.
61. 降低或减少酒后开车意外事故的有效步骤几乎都以失败而告终,直到最近,把酗酒司机赶出公路的呼声仍受到重视,或是在官僚主义的优柔寡断中束之高阁。
62. 警察头头不仅对城内所有的酒吧、休息室、小旅馆发出命令,强制它们推行此项严格的关门时间,而且在关门时间内在这些场所的四周增加巡逻。
63. 通过了一条法令,这条法令要求城内有销售酒类饮料执照、年销售量达到或超过
$1,000,000的饭店和旅馆的雅座酒吧安装一台呼吸分析仪,用以测验顾客酒精的含量。
64. 录下重大的交通事故,特别是酒后开车司机的交通事故,获得了执行官和法官们的褒奖和赞同。可是70年代初购买和保养录像设备很昂贵,设备大而且易损。
65。违反交通的行为很少逃过摄像镜头,其主要的限制在于难以侦察到超速行驶的汽车事
故,因此,要拍录到警官和违反交通法规者之间的对抗的图像和音响。这就增加了法庭上的陈述内容。
