创造历史！杰克逊出任最高法院大法官【吉言英语】

【头条播报】
The US Supreme Court is to include a black female justice for the first time in its 233-year history after the Senate confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nine-member bench. Three Republicans crossed the aisle to seal her appointment by a vote of 53 to 47. Ms Jackson, 51, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, a fellow liberal judge for whom she once clerked, upon his retirement in June. The lifetime appointment will likely see Ms Jackson on the bench for decades, but will not shift the ideological balance of the current court, with its 6-3 conservative majority.

【分句讲解】
①The US Supreme Court is to include a black female justice for the first time in its 233-year history after the Senate confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nine-member bench. 
美国国会参议院确认凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊成为美国最高法院法官席上第9位成员，这是美国最高法院233年历史上第一次让黑人女性法官加入最高法院。

1. supreme adj. 拥有最高权利的
Supreme Court 最高法院

2. female adj. 女性的
male adj. 男性的

3. justice n. 法官；正义，公正
injustice n. 不公正

They are demanding justice.
他们要求公正的待遇。

4. bench n. 长椅，长凳；法官席位或职位

②Three Republicans crossed the aisle to seal her appointment by a vote of 53 to 47. 
三名共和党参议员投出了赞成票，促成了杰克逊以53票对47票的投票结果获得了大法官的职位。

1. cross the aisle 一个党派中的成员做出了出人意料的行为或举动

aisle n. 过道，走道

2. seal n. 印章；蜂蜡 v. 封印；确认，确定

seal one’s appointment 确定任命
seal a deal 确定交易
seal a contract 确定合同

③Ms Jackson, 51, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, a fellow liberal judge for whom she once clerked, upon his retirement in June.
现年51岁的杰克逊女士将在大法官斯蒂芬·布雷耶于今年6月退休后取代她的位置，布雷耶属于最高法院中的自由派，杰克逊曾担任过她的的书记员。

1. liberal judge 自由派法官

liberal adj. 自由的
liberal economy 自由经济
liberal trade relations 自由贸易关系

conservative adj. 保守派的

2. fellow adj. 同伴的（形容两人情况或身份相似）

fellow citizens 公民同胞
fellow politicians 政界同事

3. clerk v. 当职员 n. 职员

bank clerk 银行办事人员
sales clerk 售货员

4. upon prep. 在……后立即（on）

Upon/On entering the room she saw him.
她一进屋就看到了他。
once upon a time 从前

④The lifetime appointment will likely see Ms Jackson on the bench for decades, but will not shift the ideological balance of the current court, with its 6-3 conservative majority. 
杰克逊的大法官一职属于“终身制”，这将让她可能在位供职几十年，但是这并不会改变目前保守派和自由派6比3的悬殊比例。

1. lifetime adj. 终身的
lifetime learning 终身学习

2. see v. （时代等）以……为特点、经历……

These islands have seen a lot of history. 
这些岛屿见证了许多历史事件。
The 5th century saw the end of the Roman Empire in the West.
5世纪是西方罗马崩溃的时期。

4. shift v. 改变（change）

5. ideological adj. 意识形态的
ideology n. 意识形态