双语阅读英语外刊精讲：美国企业与步枪协会解除关系

2019-04-13 10:15:00来源：酷学英语

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　　A growing number of companies are announcing plans to sever ties with the National Rifle Association following the shooting massacre on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida that killed 17 students and staff, sparking renewed calls for gun control.

　　南佛罗里达州的马乔里·斯通曼·道格拉斯高中2月14日发生了枪击屠杀案，17名学生和教员在此次事件中丧生。在这之后，越来越多的公司开始宣布与国家步枪协会解除关系，激起了对于枪支管控的呼吁。

　　One of the first companies that said it would cut ties with the gun-rights lobbying group was First National Bank of Omaha, which announced Thursday that it would not renew a co-branded Visa credit card with the NRA. A slew of other companies -- including United Airlines, MetLife Inc., Hertz and Best Western -- have followed suit, announcing plans to terminate special discounts and benefits for NRA members. And as petitions circulate online urging companies to #BoycottNRA, the pressure to disassociate from the NRA is growing. #BoycottNRA has already trended on Twitter. The NRA slammed companies who have been cutting ties with the group, calling it a "shameful" move.

　　作为最早一批宣布与国家步枪协会解除关系的公司之一，奥马哈第一国民银行周四宣布会停止签发NRA的信用卡。一系列其他公司，也跟随其步伐宣布将会终止向NRA会员提供折扣,这些公司包括：美国联合航空、大都会人寿、租车公司Hertz以及贝斯特韦斯特酒店。随着网上“联合抵制步枪协会”的请愿不断发酵，这些公司面临着迅速与步枪协会解除关系的压力。“联合抵制步枪协会”的活动在推特上已经火了。步枪协会抨击这些与之解除关系的公司行为可耻。

　　"The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that school’s security preparedness, the failure of America’s mental health system, the failure of the National Instant Check System or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement," the NRA said in a statement Saturday. "Despite that, some corporations have decided to punish NRA membership in a shameful display of political and civic cowardice." The NRA added the "loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend ... individual freedoms."

　　国家步枪协会在周日声明中说道：“步枪协会的守法成员们跟那所学校的安保工作的失败、美国精神健康体系的失败、国家即时检查系统的失败或者是联邦和地方执法的失败毫无任何关系。”声明还说道：“尽管如此，一些公司还是决定以一种政治以及市民怯懦的可耻行为惩罚NRA的成员。”步枪协会补充道：“折扣的损失既不会吓到也不会影响到我们步枪协会的会员坚守和保卫我们个人自由的使命。”

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