广播电视英语短句 第 277 课：仇恨法-4

More than seven thousand six hundred incidents were reported nationwide in two thousand seven, the most recent year available. 可得到的最近年是 2007 年，在全国范围内据报道有超过 7600 起犯罪。

Seventeen percent were linked to sexual orientation. 其中百分之七与性倾向有关。

Frederick Lawrence is a dean at George Washington University Law School. Frederick Lawrence 是乔治华盛顿大学法学院的主任。

He says the United States has been somewhat of a leader in passing hate crimes legislation. 他说美国在通过仇恨罪法方面已经相当于是领袖了。

Now such laws are becoming more common internationally. 现在这样的法规在国际上已经很普遍了。