2017考研英语阅读理解题材解析欧洲权利宫心计.docVIP

2017考研英语阅读理解题材解析——欧洲权利宫心计 每年考研英语阅读篇章很多都取材于经济学人，因此2017年考研复习之初，一定要从基础打好，稳扎稳打。凯程在线分享《经济学人》文章，希望大家能够多看、多练，提升阅读能力！ 　　Human rights and Europe 　　人权和欧洲 　　Playing to the right 　　为权利上演的“宫心计” 　　The Conservativesplans to reform human-rightslaws are a muddle 　　保守党针对人权法案的改革计划如今还是一团糟 　　“UNWORKABLE”, “contradictory” and “incoherent”.Those were among the epithets that have greeted the Conservative Partys plans to reformBritains human-rights laws. The Tories have long wanted to scrap the Human Rights Act HRA , passed in 1998 by a Labour government. On October 3rd Chris Grayling, the justicesecretary, promised to do just that as the Tories gear up for a May election in which theEurosceptic UK Independence Party UKIP threatens to lure away voters. In fact, the reformswill change less than supporters hope or critics fear. 　　“不切实际”、“相互矛盾”又“杂乱无序”。这些词汇都是舆论对保守党改革英国人权法案计划的反应。一直以来保守党都想废除人权法案 HRA ，该法案于1988年被工党政府通过生效。司法部长克里斯格雷林于10月3日承诺此种举动仅是保守党为了一个“五月的选举”做准备，对此选举最反欧的英国独立党 UKIP 扬言会拉拢选民。实际上，此项改革能改变的远不到支持者所期望的或是批评者所担忧的那样。 　　The HRA incorporated into British law the European Convention on Human Rights ECHR , whichBritain signed and helped to draft more than half a century ago. The act allowed Britons topursue human-rights violations in British courts, rather than going to the European Court ofHuman Rights in Strasbourg. Although demonised by the Tories as European interventionism,the HRA actually made it more likely that human-rights cases would be heard in domesticcourts, albeit in the light of internationally agreed principles. 　　英国HRA将纳入大英律法，它于半个多世纪前签署 并协助起草 后缔结成欧洲人权公约 ECHR 。此项法案允许英国人在英国法庭之上追究人权侵害之责，而免于奔赴位于斯特拉斯堡的欧洲人权法院。虽然保守党将该法案歪曲成了欧盟干涉主义，但是根据国际公认的原则，HRA实际上更加使得有关人权的案件能在国内法院受审。 　　Several decisions by the European court have particularly upset the Conservatives. The courtruled that Britains ban on any prisoners voting was unlawful; it laid down that whole-lifesentences should be subject to review; and it insisted that Abu Qatada, accused of terroristoffences, should not be deported to Jordan