CNN News: 美國大法官斯卡利亞到底是誰？

The unexpected passing of a U.S. Supreme Court justice leads off our show. This is CNN STUDENT NEWS and I`m Carl Azuz.

頭條新聞，美國最高法院大法官突然離世。這是CNN學生新聞，大家好，我是卡爾·阿祖茲。

Antonin Scalia had been characterized as the leading conservative voice on the high court. He`d served since 1986, after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan. Of course, the Senate had to confirm him first and it did so unanimously by a vote of 98-0.

安東寧·斯卡利亞就任以來被普遍認為是目前最高法院中最重要的保守派。1986年斯卡利亞被羅納德·里根任命為大法官，參議院以98:0的選票同意他當選。

Scalia was still serving on the Supreme Court at the time of his sudden death. He recently travelled to Texas for a hunting trip, a government official says he told friends he wasn`t feeling well before going to bed Friday night and that he died in his sleep.

斯卡利亞在去世時仍在最高法院就職。去世時，斯卡利亞去德克薩斯州打獵，一位政府官員稱斯卡利亞曾告訴友人在周五晚上睡覺之前，自己感到身體不適，之后，這位大法官在睡眠中辭世。

A county judge from Texas says Justice Scalia had healthy issues and that he died of natural causes. There were no signs of foul play, according to law enforcement officials at the ranch where he was staying.

德克薩斯縣法官說，斯卡利亞存在健康問題，屬于自然死亡。據牧場上執(zhí)法人員稱，斯卡利亞居住處沒有任何犯罪痕跡。

Scalia believed that judges should follow the exact words of the U.S. Constitution and not apply a modern interpretation to the governing document. He also had great admiration for the U.S. founding fathers who crafted it.

斯卡利亞認為法官應該遵循絕對遵循美國憲法，不應對管理文件作出隨意闡述。斯卡利亞對于起草美國憲法的開國元勛懷有深深的敬仰之情。

I truly believe that there are times in history when a genius bursts forth at some part of the globe, you know, like 2000 B.C. in Athens, or quintessential Florence for art. And I think one of those places was 18th century America for political science.

我堅信會有天才降臨于世，就像公元前2000年，雅典或者佛羅倫薩藝術一樣。我認為對于政治科學而言就是當時18世紀的美國。