💬 新概念英语第三册

Lesson 53 In the public interest

Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from highhanded or incompetent public officers.

在瑞典，已逐渐形成了一种完善的制度以保护每个公民不受专横的和不称职的政府官员的欺压。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The system has worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too.

由于这种制度行之有效，已被其他国家采纳。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.

是瑞典人首先认识到政府工作人员如文职人员、警官、卫生稽查员、税务人员等等也会犯错误或者自以为在为公众服务而把事情做过了头。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual.

早在1809年，瑞典论会就建立一个保护公民利益的制度。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State.

议会内有一个代表各政党利益的委员会，由它委派一位称职的人选专门调查个人对国家的意见。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The official title of the person is 'Justiteombudsman', but the Swedes commonly refer to him as the 'J. O.' or 'Ombudsman'.

此人官衔为“司法特派员”，但瑞典人一般管他叫“J。O ”，即“司法特派员”。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.

司法特派员不受任何政治压力的制约。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

He investigates complaints large and small that come to him from all levels of society.

他听取社会各阶层的各种大小意见，并进行调查。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

As complaints must be made in writing, the Ombudsman receives an average of 1,200 letters a year.

由于意见均需用书面形式提出，司法特派员每年平均收到1，200封信。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

He has eight lawyer assistants to help him and examines every single letter in detail.

他有8位律师作他的助手协助工作，每封信都详细批阅。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman's work for his correspondence is open to public inspection.

司法特派员的工作没有什么秘密可言，他的信件是公开的，供公众监督。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

If a citizen's complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.

如果公民的意见正确，司法特派员便为他伸张正义。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The action he takes varies according to the nature of the complaint.

司法特员采取的行动因意见的性质不同而有所不同。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

He may gently reprimand an official or even suggest to parliament that a law the altered.

他可以善意地批评某位官员，也可以甚至向议会提议修改某项法律。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The following case is a typical example of the Ombudsman's work.

下述事件是司法特派员工作的一个典型例子。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner.

一个住在瑞典乡村的外国人写信给司法特派员，抱怨说他受到警察的虐待，原因就是因为他是个外国人。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The Ombudsman immediately wrote to the Chief of Police in the district asking him to send a record of the case.

司法特派员立即写信给当地警察局长，请他寄送与此事有关的材料。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner's complaint was justified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusation.

材料中没有任何文字记载证明外国人所说的情况符合事实，警察局长矢口否认这一指控。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

It was impossible for the Ombudsman to take action,

司法特派员难以处理。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

but when he received a similar complaint from another foreigner in the same village, he immediately sent one of his layers to investigate the matter.

但是，当他又收到住在同一村庄的另一个外国人写的一封内容类似的投诉信时，他立即派出一位律师前去调查。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The lawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners on several occasions.

律师证实有个警察确实多次粗鲁地对待外国人。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The fact that the policeman was prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files.

警察歧视外国人的事在官方档案中不可能加以记载，

Lesson 53 In the public interest

It was only possible for the Ombudsman to find this out by sending one of his representatives to check the facts.

司法特派员只有派他的代表去核对事实才能了解真相。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The policeman in question was severely reprimanded and was informed that if any further complaints were lodged against him, he would prosecuted.

当事的警察受到严厉的斥责，并被告知，如果再有人投诉他，他将受到起诉。

Lesson 53 In the public interest

The Ombudsman's prompt action at once put an end to an unpleasant practice which might have gone unnoticed.

司法特派员及时采取的行动，迅速制止了这一起不愉快的事件，不然这件事可能因未得到人们注意而不了了之。

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

We have been brought up to fear insects.

我们自幼就在对昆虫的惧怕中长大。

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.

我们把昆虫当作害多益少的无用东西。

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops.

人类不断同昆虫斗争，因为昆虫弄脏我们的食物，传播疾病，吞噬庄稼。

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat ageist our lighted windows.

它们无缘无故地又叮又咬；夏天的晚上，它们未经邀请便飞到我们房间里，或者对着露出亮光的窗户乱扑乱撞。

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless one like moths.

我们在日常生活中，不但憎恶如蜘蛛、黄蜂之类令人讨厌的昆虫，而且憎恶并无大害的飞蛾等。