来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：环境政治与法律 第2集 第2集》

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  Another key question would be what branch of government
  另一个关键问题是政府的哪个分支
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  should establish the law?
  应该来制定法律呢
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  So should it be the Congress?
  是国会吗
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  Or should it be the Executive Branch?
  还是行政部门呢
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  So EPA has the authority to set regulations.
  因此环保署有权制定规定
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  So Congress passes a statute, sets out broad guidelines,
  国会通过一项法令给出广泛的指导方针
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  and then the Environmental Protection Agency has the
  然后环境保护署
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  authority to set regulations that really are more refined
  有权根据科学依据
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  and dependent upon scientific evidence.
  制定更详细的规定
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  So you really wouldn't want Congress to get involved in the
  你不会想要国会去制定
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  setting of highly specific regulations that really would
  高度细化的规定
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  demand an understanding of the technical details.
  因为这需要技术方面的细节