L53-1:In the public interest

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. 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. As long ago as 2009, 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 Swedes commonly refer to him as the'J.O.' or 'Ombudsman'.

evolve /i?vɑ?lv/? 逐漸形成，發(fā)展、進化

high-handed? 高壓的、專橫的

incompetent? /?n?kɑ?mp?t?nt/ 不夠格的，不稱職的

adopt?/??dɑ?pt/??采用(某方法);收養(yǎng);領(lǐng)養(yǎng);采取(某態(tài)度);

civil servant??公務(wù)員，文職人員

health inspector? 衛(wèi)生稽查員

zealous? /?zel?s/? 熱心的，熱情的

over-zealously? 過了頭的，過分熱情地

in the belief that? 自以為

safeguard? 保護

parliament?/?pɑ?rl?m?nt/?議會;國會

in the interest of 符合。。。的利益

introduce 使嘗試;推行

individual?/??nd??v?d?u?l/?個人;

parliamentary? /?pɑ?rl??mentri/? 國會的、議會的

appoint?/??p??nt/?任命;委任;安排，

suitable?/?su?t?bl/?合適的;適宜的;

qualified? 合格的? ?be qualified to do sth.? ? 勝任做某事

grievance?/?ɡri?v?ns/? 冤屈、委屈;抱怨;不平的事;

ombudsman? 瑞典和英國的 司法特派員

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