广播电视英语短句 第 277 课：仇恨法-2

And it will extend protection to those victimized because of their gender or gender identity or a disability. 现在它将会扩展到保护因为性、性别或者残疾受到不正当的待遇的受害者。

The new act passed by Congress is named for two victims of hate crimes. 这项国会通过的新法案被提议出来是因为两个仇恨罪的受害者。

Matthew Shepard was a gay college student murdered in Wyoming in nineteen ninety-eight. 大学学生 Matthew Shepard 是一个同性恋者， 1998 年他在怀俄明州被谋杀。

That same year, three white men in Texas beat a black man, James Byrd Junior, and pulled him to his death behind a truck. 同年三个男人在得克萨斯州殴打一个黑人男子， James Byrd Junior ，并且把他放在卡车后施死。

Democrats attached the new hate crimes legislation to a major defense bill that had to be passed. 民主党把这项新的仇恨犯罪法案和一个必须被通过的主要的防卫法案放到一起。