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1.    ban sb from doing sth
2.    buy up尽量收购，全部买下
Speculators are thick on the ground-literally speaking. They buy up  land, sit on it for a year of two and resell for several times what they paid.
不夸张地说，投机商多得很，他们买下土地，然后放它个一两年，再以几倍于以前的价格卖出去。
3.    Prominent  adj. 杰出的，显著的，突出的
The house is in a prominent position on the village green.
这间屋子在村子的中心草地上，处于引人注目的位置。
Einstein was a prominent scientist.
爱因斯坦是一位卓越的科学家。
4.    Propose  v. 计划，打算，向 ... 提议; 求婚
I wish to propose a toast to our friendship.
我提议为我们的友谊干杯。
He proposed that a change should be made.
他建议做一些改变。
Did he propose to you?
他向你求婚了吗？
5.    Select committee
6.    Self regulation
7.    Parliament  n. 议会，国会
Parliament won't be in session again until after Christmas.
国会将等到圣诞节后才再进入会期。
Parliament will debate the nationalization issue next week.
议会将在下周辩论国有化议题。
The Parliament decided to impeach the President.
国会决定弹劾总统。
He lost his seat in the Parliament at the election.
他在选举中失去了议会中的席位。
The President announced the dissolution of Parliament.
总统宣布了议会解散。
Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the killing of rare animals.
国会通过了一项法令，禁止捕杀珍稀动物。
The Conservative Party won 230 seats in Parliament.
保守党在议会获得了230 个席位。
8.    Protest  n/v. 抗议，反对，声明
His protests on human rights sound hollow.
他就人权问题提出的抗议听来很空洞。
9.    Legislation  n. 立法，法律
The committee proposed that new legislation should be drafted.
委员会建议著手起草新法规。
10.    Binding  adj. 必须遵守的；有法律约束力的
The agreement is binding on both parties.
协议对双方具有约束力。
11.    Lay down 规定
12.    Be entitled to 有……的资格
13.    Public figures 公众人物
14.    Go to court上法院，打官司
15.    Be in safe hands完全在控制之下
16.    Be sentenced to被判处…刑
17.    verdict  n. 裁定，定论
The jury returned a verdict of (ie reached a decision that the accused was) not guilty.
陪审团做出被告无罪的裁决。
The jury brought in a verdict of guilty.
陪审团作出有罪的裁决。

 

The government is to ban payments to witnesses  by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases such as the trial of Rosemary West.

In a significant tightening of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a draft bill that will propose making payments to witnesses illegal and will strictly control the amount of publicity that can be given to a case before a trial begins.

In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he agreed with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not offer sufficient control.

Publication of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a storm of media protest when he said the interpretation of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges rather than to Parliament.

The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which makes the European Convention on Human Rights legally binding in Britain, laid down that everybody was entitled to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

"Press freedoms will be in safe hands with our British judges," he said.

Witness payments became an issue after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised that witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ensure guilty verdicts.