新概念英语第四册64-03

Tentatively it can be suggested that this is :

tentatively :roughly ,generally 大致说来 ；it 指后面的从句；this 指compassion

It is recognition …that:强调句 ,正是意识到 ；

part :role 作用； accuse of 指责/指控 ； in being 在这方面；

4. This is nonsense but with it some organs of the popular Press played upon.. :

but with it :运用前面的论点；

organs: institution 机构组织；popular press :很受欢迎的大众的媒体；

play upon: 玩弄,利用(make use of /take advantage of )；so..that ..；

candidates for Parliament 国会候选人；

MP-member of parliament 国会议员；

PHD(已经毕业的博士生)；

act:法案(英),=bill(美)；

5. That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that..:

illogical 不合逻辑的；

how flimsy is the argument 倒装句；that 引导同位语

6. work on 构思, 构想；

2Tentatively it can be suggested that this is the main influence upon those who urge the abolition of capital punishment. 3It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the upholders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 4This is nonsense but with it some organs of the popular Press played upon the emotions of their readers so successfully that many candidates for Parliament

were afraid to support abolition for fear of losing votes and the result was the muddle-headed Homicide Act of 1957 which made murder with robbery a capital crime and allowed the poisoner to escape the gallows. 5That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that capital punishment is a deterrent to murder. 6The poisoner always works on a calculated plan of action and therefore is able to consider whether or not his taking another's life is worth the risk of his own;