}  The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for their enlightened social policies. Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from highhanded or incompetent public officers. The system has worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too.

}  I reaIIy admire your whoIe studying attitude.
我真的很欣赏你学习的态度。admire 一般大家都认为它有两个意思，一是欣赏；二是佩服，其实把它当成欣赏的意思就行了，因为这两个意思并不冲突。你欣赏一个人，多少都有点佩服。
I’ve admired your work for years. You’ve done some really amazing stuff.

   要注意这里用的是完成时，但没有表达完成时的意思。完成时可以表达完成，持续的发生。像I’ve missed you跟I miss you 差不多；还有一个就是老外经常说的 I’ve missed you already 还没有分开就开始想你了。

}  The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.

}  Lending friends money is always a mistake.
借给朋友钱不是什么好事情。
You must be mistaken. mistake, I should‘ve told you sooner.
如果这里用 it was my fault(过错，错失)，意思就会有点变了。
It was a simple mistake. It could happen to anyone.

It was my

   你犯的这个错误，很多人都有可能犯。这是开导人，安慰人的一句话。

}  As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual. A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State. The official title of the person is ‘Justiteombudsman’, but the Swedescommonly refer to him as the ‘J.O.’ or ‘Ombudsman’. The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.

}  Be subject to

   be subject to 这里to后面的内容，就是在……的笼罩之下，威力之下
What online sales are subject to sales tax?
什么东西在线销售需要销售费？
Fees in this catalog are subject to change without prior notice

   在这个表格里边的费用有可能不提前通知。prior notice 提前通知

}  He investigates complaints large and small that come to him from all levels of society. As complaints must be made in writing, the Ombudsman receives an average of 1,200 letters a year. He has eight lawyer assistants to help him and examines every single letter in detail.

}  you gotta admit that our relationship is ah, is hitting a new level now.
你不得不承认我们的关系现在又进一步。
I want our love to grow before we move on to the next level.
我希望我们的爱能跟上我们关系的发展。
根本就不是一个 level

}  There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman’s work for his correspondence is open to public inspection. If a citizen’s complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf. The action he takes varies according to the nature of the complaint. He may gently reprimand an official or even suggest to parliament that a law be altered. The following case is a typical example of the Ombudsman’s work.

}  On behalf of
On behalf of everyone, I salute you.
我代表大家向你致敬。
I‘m calling on behalf of Jacky, and is Kelly in today?
我是代表Jacky 打电话，Kelly 在吗？

}  A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner. The Ombudsman immediately wrote to the Chief of Police in the district asking him to send a record of the case. There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner’s complaint was justified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusation.

}  simply because :

   同样的意思在口语里边用的更多的是just because
Just because you don’t understand something, doesn’t make it wrong.
你不懂，不理解，但不能说那是错的。
Just because you guys had a fight, it does not justify her sleeping with someone.
不能仅仅因为你们吵了一架，你就和别人睡觉，这是不正当的。

}  It was impossible for the Ombudsman to take action, but when he received a similar complaint from another foreigner in the same village, he immediately sent one of his lawyers to investigate the matter. The lawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners on several occasions. The fact that the policeman was prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files. It was only possible for the Ombudsman to find this out by sending one of his representatives to check the facts.

}  nothing is impossible
anything is possible
同样的意思。有一次我看一个广告，意思一样，但是表达得比较洋气——

}  Impossible is nothing

}  The policeman in question was severely reprimanded and was informed that if any further complaints were lodged against him, he would be prosecuted. The Ombudsman’s prompt action at once put an end to an unpleasant practice which might have gone unnoticed.

}  Prosecute/sue

   这两个是同义词
I’ll sue you.
I am gonna take you to count.
you’ll be hearing from my lawyer.
这几个是同样的意思，表示“我会告你的”“咱们法庭见”
(pending) charges
charges 定罪；pending charges 是指正在调查你，又发现了新的罪名，但是还没找到证据.
Convicted/proved or declared guilty

    被证明，被法官判有罪
the current situation is that no matter what, you’ll be convicted.
现在的情况是，不管怎么样，你都会被判有罪。

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