20XX托福写作语料库：菲律宾拟立法允许离婚-托福考试.doc

1、2018托福写作语料库：菲律宾拟立法允许离婚-托福考试PhilippinesmovesclosertoallowingdivorceThePhilippineslowerhouseofCongress（菲律宾国会下议院/众议院）haspassedadivorcebill（离婚法案）onthethirdreading,movingthecountryclosertolegalisation（合法化）.Thebillpasseddespiteopposition（反对）fromPresidentRodrigoDuterte,whohadhisownmarriagelegallyannulled（通

2、过法律途径宣布失效）.However,fordivorcetobecomelegaltheSenate（参议院）alsohastopassabillinfavour（赞同）,andeventhenMrDutertecouldstillusehisveto（否决权）tostrikeitdown（将其掰倒，即否决）.Worldwide（全球范围内）,divorceisonlyillegal（违法的）inthePhilippines（菲律宾）andVaticanCity（梵蒂冈）.Over80%ofpeopleinthePhilippinesdescribethemselvesasCatholic（

3、天主教）,andthechurchhasapowerfulinfluence（影响力很大）inthecountry.CongresswomanEmmideJesussaidthebillwasfiledbecauseofaclamour（喧哗）ofwomentrappedin（受困于）abusive（虐待的）relationships,whoneedthegovernmenttogivethemameans（途径）outofirreparable（无法修复的）marriages.TheDivorceBill,orHouseBill7303,passedwith134votesinfavoura

4、nd57against,withtwoabstentions（以134票赞成票，57票反对票和2票弃权票获得通过）.WhatcanFilipinoscurrentlydotogetoutofamarriage?Currently,theonlymeanstoendamarriagelegallyinthePhilippinesisannulment（判决无效）.Sucharuling（判决）requiresacivilcase（民事案件）inwhichspouses配偶）havetoundergomentalhealthtests（接受精神状况测试）andtestifyincourt（出庭作证

5、）,allinabidto（努力争取）haveajudgedeclareamarriageinvalid（宣判婚姻无效）.Suchcasescanlastuptotenyearsandaregenerallyexpensive.PresidentDutertewonhisannulmentbeforeheenteredoffice（扌旨担任总统）.Hisspokesperson发言人）,HarryRoque,saidthepresidentfearedthedivorcebillwouldcauseproblemsforthechildrenofdivorcedcouples.Whatwoul

6、dthenewbillallow?Thisdivorcebillwouldmeanacourtrulingcoulddissolveamarriage（解除婚姻）ifitisdeemed（被看作）irremediablybroken（不可修复的破灭）,allowingindividualstoremarryanotherpersonoftheoppositesex异性）.Thebillwouldalsogivecourtsthepowertodecidecustody（监护权）inaccordaneewith（与相一致）thebestinterestsofminors（未成年人）.Childr

7、enundersevencouldnotbeseparatedfromtheirmothersuniesstherewerecompellingreasons令人信服的理由）todoso.Oppositionleader（反动派领衔）EdcelLagman,oneofthebillssponsors（支持者）,saidthatinsuchdivorcecases,thereisnomoremarriagetoprotectoruniontodestroybecausethemarriagehaslongperished（消失/死亡）.Thebilldoesnotendthesteadfast（

8、坚定的）commitmentofthestatetoprotectandpreservemarriage维持婚姻）,hesaid.Inanycase,divorcewillnotbecomelegalinthePhilippinesuniesstheSenatepassesaso-calledcounterpartbill（通过一部所谓的对等的法案）,whichtheupperhouse（上议院/参议院）hasnotevendrafted（起草）.Legislators（立法者）haveadvaneed推动）numerousdivorcebillssince1999,butuntilnowtheyhaveallfailedtopasscommitteestage无法获得委员会的通