广播电视英语短句 第 197 课：公司的言论自由-1

Laws in the United States and other countries treat a corporation like a person. 美国及其它国家的法律以自然人对待公司。

We talked last week about how this idea developed a long time ago. 我们上周讨论了这一理念多年来的演变。

In the United States, the Constitution protects freedom of speech. 在美国，宪法保护言论自由。

The Supreme Court has recognized that this is also true for corporations. 最高法院已经认可公司的言论自由。

But there was still a question about whether corporations could have the same freedom of political speech as real people do. 但是，还有一个问题是公司是否与真正的自然人一样享有相同的政治言论自由。