1. Patricio Ahumade Junior, the mayor of Brownsville, Texas, just across the Rio Grande river from Matamoros, Mexico, says he will deny federal surveyors access to city land to plot locations for the fence.
刚从墨西哥马塔莫罗斯城的RG河过来的德州B城市长PAJ称他会拒绝联邦测量员进入该市进行围墙建设的选址工作.
location
[C] place or position 地方; 位置:
* a suitable location for new houses 适合建设新房屋的地点.
2. Most business leaders in border towns also oppose the plan, saying it would create bad feelings with Mexico, a country on which they rely for most of their commerce.
在边境小城的大多数商业领袖也反对该计划,声称这会造成墨西哥的嫌恶,该国使他们主要的贸易对象.
commerce
trade (esp between countries); buying and selling of goods 商业; （尤指国际间的）贸易:
* We must promote commerce with neighboring countries. 我们必须促进与邻国的贸易.
3. It is impossible to stop that by decree, it is impossible to try to stop that with a fence.
用法令和围墙来阻止这个趋势是不可能的.
decree
order given by a ruler or an authority and having the force of a law 命令; 法令:
* issue a decree 颁布法令
4. He said the ultimate solution is for Mexico to keep these hardworking laborers at home by providing them with good jobs there.
他称最终的解决方法是通过为劳工提供好工作让这些勤劳的劳动者在自己家乡工作.
ultimate
beyond which no other exists or is possible; last or final达到极限的; 最後的; 终极的:
* Management must take ultimate responsibility for the strike. 资方对此次罢工该负完全的责任.
* Nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent. 核武器是终极的威慑力量.
5. I do not want to see Mexico as a permanent provider of workers to the United States.
我不想看到墨西哥永远成为美国的廉价劳动力供给者.
permanent
adj lasting or expected to last for a long time or for ever 永久的; 永恒的; 长久的; 长期的:
* She is looking for permanent employment. 她正在找固定的工作.
* The injury left him with a permanent limp. 他受伤后就一直瘸了.
6. Former President Fox, currently in the United States promoting a book he wrote about his years in office, has appeared on numerous programs calling the fence a mistake that would harm bilateral relations.
前总统福克斯正在美国推销其描写在职期间的新书.他在许多节目中频频亮相称该围墙建设是个错误,会破坏双边关系.
bilateral
adj having two sides; affecting or involving two parties, countries, etc 有两边的; （两党、两国等）双边的:
* a bilateral treaty 双边的协议
7. According to plans disclosed by the federal government late last month, the fence here in Texas would cover 112 kilometers in 21 segments and stand nearly five meters high.
根据上月末联邦政府透露的建设计划,在德州建设的围墙会长112千米,分21段,围墙大约五米高.
disclose
(a) allow sth to be seen 使某物显露:
* He opened the box, disclosing the contents (to the audience). 他打开盒子, 露出里面的东西（给观众看）.
(b) make sth known 公开某事; 透露某事:
* The Government disclosed that another diplomat has been arrested for spying. 政府透露, 又有一名外交官因间谍罪被捕.
* She wouldn't disclose her friend's whereabouts to the police. 她不愿把她朋友的下落告诉警方.
8. Those in favor of the fence say it would demonstrate U.S. resolve to protect the border from smugglers, illegal immigrants and possible terrorists.
那些围墙建设的支持者称这会展示美国保护其边界免受走私犯,非法移民,恐怖分子侵扰的决心.
resolve
[C] thing one has decided to do; resolution 决定要做的事; 决定; 决心:
* make a resolve not to smoke 决定不吸烟