第九十八讲

    Text Study
    Para. 4a The only other federal law that addresses welfare of animals raised for food or food production is the “28 hour law”, which generally requires that livestock being transported be humanely unloaded into pens for food, water and at least 5 hours of rest every 28 hours.

    address
    1. n.住址；地址 Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
    2. verb. 寄往;寄给 If a letter, envelope, or parcel is addressed to you, your name and address have been written on it
    (usu passive)Applications should be addressed to:
    The business affairs editor. 申请表应寄给:商务编辑。
    3. verb. 称呼（某人）；给…冠以（某种称呼） If you address someone by a name or a title such as 'sir', you call them that name or title when you talk or write to them.

    I heard him address her as darling.
    我听见他称她为“亲爱的” 。
    The Duchess should be addressed as Your Grace.
    公爵夫人应被称为“大人”。
    4. verb.向…作正式讲话;对…发表演说 If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them.
    He is due to address a conference on human rights next week.
    他下星期将在一个大会上发表关于人权的演说。

    raise
    1. vt. 举起；抬高 If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position.
    He raised his hand to wave.
    他举手挥动起来。
    She went to the window and raised the blinds. 她走到窗前，拉起了百叶窗。
    2. vt. 升起，举起（旗帜） If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen.
    They had raised the white flag in surrender... 他们举白旗投降了。
    At midnight, the German flag will be raised over the building.
    半夜时，德国国旗将在大厦升起。
    3. verb.增加；提高 If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it.
    Two incidents in recent days have raised the level of concern. 最近发生的两起事件引发了更多人的关注。

    4. verb.提高（水平）；改善 To raise the standard of something means to improve it.
    a new drive to raise standards of literacy in Britain's schools. 提高英国学校文化水平的新运动
    5. 动词（为慈善组织、机构等）募捐，筹（款） If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf.
    All funds raised will be used by Children With Leukemia. 所有募集到的资金都将用于“白血病患儿”组织。
    6. 养育；抚养 Someone who raises a child looks after it until it is grown up.
    My mother was an amazing woman. She raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedly. 我的母亲是位了不起的女性。她几乎是一个人把我们4个孩子带大的。

    generally
    1. adv. 笼统地；概括地 You use generally to give a summary of a situation, activity, or idea without referring to the particular details of it.
    University teachers generally have admitted a lack of enthusiasm about their subjects.
    高校教师大体上承认对其所教专业缺乏热情。
    Speaking generally, the space enterprise has served astronomy well.
    总的说来，航空企业很好地促进了天文学的发展。

    generally
    2. adv.通常地；一般地；普遍地 You use generally to say that something happens or is used on most occasions but not on every occasion.
    As women we generally say and feel too much about these things.
    作为女性，我们通常在这些事情上谈得过多，过于敏锐。
    It is generally true that the darker the fruit the higher its iron content. 一般来说，水果颜色越深，含铁量就越高。
    livestock
    n. 不可数集合名词（牛、羊等）家畜，牲畜，牲口 Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock.

    The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock. 暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

    livestock husbandry/livestock agriculture畜牧业
    livestock farm牧场
    transport
    1. verb. 运输;运送 To transport people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle.
    There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods. 没有汽油，因此很难运输货物。
    They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles. 他们用油轮把石油输送到洛杉矶。
    The troops were transported to Moscow. 部队被运往莫斯科。
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    transport
    2. n不可数名词 交通运输系统;公共交通(网) Transport is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains.
    The extra money could be spent on improving public transport. 多余的资金可以用于改善公共交通系统。
    The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport… 冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。

    unload
    1. verb. 卸下（货物）；从…上卸货 If you unload goods from a vehicle, or you unload a vehicle, you remove the goods from the vehicle, usually after they have been transported from one place to another.
    Unload everything from the boat and clean it thoroughly. 把所有东西从船上卸下来，然后把船彻底清理一下
    They were reported to be unloading trucks filled with looted furniture. 有人举报说他们正在从满满当当的卡车上卸洗劫来的家具。
    Translation
    Para. 4a 唯一一个旨在保护家畜的联邦法令就是“28小时法案”。该法律规定，在运输过程中，将家畜以人道的方式装载于有食物和饮用水的围栏中，且每28小时要给家畜至少休息5小时。