Drunk Driving

Most countries in the world have harsh laws aimed at penalizing drunk driving. But until recent years, drunk driving was rampant in China, due to weak legal provisions and enforcement. The past decade has witnessed tremendous increase in the number of motor vehicles, most of which are private cars. The lack of legal traditions targeted at drunk driving and people’s lack of legal awareness have given rise alarming traffic casualties as a result of drunk driving.

Drunk driving has created traffic accidents whose implications extend far beyond the traffic realm. In many cases, the drunken drivers are high-ranking government officials or wealthy businessmen who could use their influence, privileges, connections and bribes to get off unpunished. This has occasioned serious social problems because justice is not done and the value of the lives of ordinary people is not duly respected. Those problems in turn contribute to the already widening inequalities between the poor and the rich in the Chinese society, to such an extent that only the institution and the enforcement of the most stringent laws can answer to the rising public complaints.

According to the law introduced since May 1 this year, anybody guilty of drunk driving would be severely fined, subjected to a 6-month detention, and deprived of his driving license. I am totally in favor of this law because it has dramatically reduced cases of drunk driving. Having committed drunk driving, wealthy businessmen, high-ranking government officials, and celebrated musicians have been arrested, sued for criminal offenses, and sentenced. All these indicate that no one is above law, which ruthlessly enforced, would benefit all of us.

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醉駕入刑

世界上大多數(shù)國家都有嚴酷的法律，旨在懲處酒后駕車。但直至最近幾年，酒后駕車在中國一直甚為猖獗，原因在于無論是所制定的法規(guī)，還是執(zhí)法活動本身，都過于薄弱。過去的十年目睹了機動車數(shù)量的迅猛增長，其中大多是私家車。針對酒后駕車行為，相關法律傳統(tǒng)的缺失，以及民眾法律意識的淡漠， 已造成了令人發(fā)指的醉駕肇事交通傷亡事件。

醉駕所引發(fā)的交通事故，其含義已遠遠超出了交通領域本身。在相當多的醉駕案例中，醉酒的司機是政府高官，或腰纏萬貫的生意人，他們可以利用其影響力、特權、人脈關系以及賄賂來逃脫法律的懲處。這便引發(fā)了嚴重的社會問題，因為正義無法得以伸張，普通百姓的生命的價值得不到應有的尊重。這些問題反過來又加劇了中國社會貧富階層之間早就在日趨擴大的社會不公；其程度之嚴重，唯有制定并實施最嚴厲的法律，方能回應愈發(fā)沸騰的民怨。

按照今年五月一日起執(zhí)行的法律，任何犯有醉駕罪責的人，將會接受高額罰款，處以六個月的拘役，并吊銷駕照。我完全贊同這一法律，因為它已立竿見影地減少了醉駕的個案數(shù)量。在犯下醉駕罪責后，有錢的生意人、政府高官、以及著名音樂人，都紛紛遭到拘留，被提起刑事訴訟，直至判刑。所有這一切表明，沒有人可以凌駕于法律之上。因此，對法律鐵面無私地加以執(zhí)行，必將造福于我們每個人。

【值得熟記的句式與短語】

1. harsh laws嚴酷的法律

2. be rampant猖獗

3. due to weak legal provisions and enforcement原因在于無論是所制定的法規(guī)，還是執(zhí)法活動本身，都過于薄弱

4. witness tremendous increase目睹了……的迅猛增長

5. private cars私家車

6. the lack of legal traditions法律傳統(tǒng)的缺失

7. targeted at以……為目標

8. legal awareness法律意識

9. given rise to引起，產(chǎn)生

10. implications extend far beyond the traffic realm含義遠遠超出了交通領域本身

11. in many cases在相當多的案例中

12. high-ranking government officials or wealthy businessmen政府高官或腰纏萬貫的生意人

13. get off unpunished逃脫法律的懲處

14. occasioned serious social problems引發(fā)了嚴重的社會問題

15. justice is not done正義無法得以伸張

16. in turn反過來

17. widening inequalities between the poor and the rich貧富階層之間日趨擴大的不公

18. to such an extent到達這樣一種程度

19. the institution and the enforcement of the most stringent laws制定并實施最嚴厲的法律

20. answer to對……負責

21. subjected to受到, 經(jīng)受

22. deprived of his driving license吊銷駕照

23. be above law凌駕于法律之上

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