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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  And we'll talk about the Safe Drinking Water Act as
  我们会把《安全饮水法》作为一个绝好的
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  a great example of that, where Congress finally threw up its hands
  例子来讨论 此案中国会最终放弃努力
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  and said, "EPA, you're just not doing your job,
  并说道"环保署不司其职
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  and we are going to specify which chemicals
  我们将会为你们制定法律来规定你们必须
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  you have got to test for in drinking water,
  对哪些饮用水中的特定化学成分进行测试
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  and you have got to set maximum contaminate levels
  和你们必须设置这些化学成分在饮用水
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  for those chemicals in drinking water,
  中的最大含量的标准
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  and you've got to do it by date X."
  你们必须要在某日前做完这些工作"
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  They did that also with the hazardous chemicals law.
  危险化学品法也就是这么产生的
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  So Congress does get upset.
  因此国会的工作就产生了混乱
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  Regulations can be passed by the President
  法律规定可由总统
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  via executive order.
  经行政手段通过