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Adealisadeal-except,apparently,whenEntergyisinvolved.Thecompany,amajorenergy
supplierinNewEngland,provoked（1.对...挑衅;煽动;激怒,激起[(+to/into)]2.诱导,导致）
justified（有正当理由的;情有可原的【eg：Heisjustifiedingivingupthejob.他有足够理由
放弃这项工作。）outrage（1.恶行,暴行[C][(+on/upon)]2.严重的不道德行为;不法行为
[C][(+against/on/upon)]3.侮辱,凌辱;冒犯[C][(+against/on/upon)]）【justifiedoutrage：有正当
理由的不法行为】inVermont（美国佛蒙特州）lastweekwhenitannounceditwasreneging
（[rɪ'nig]vi.食言;背信;违约）onalongstanding（长期的）commitmenttoabidebythestrict
nuclearregulations.

Instead,thecompanyhasdonepreciselywhatithadlongpromiseditwouldnotchallengethe
constitutionality（符合宪法，合法性）ofVermont’srulesinthefederalcourt,aspartofadesperate
（不顾一切的，艰难的，极度渴望的）efforttokeepitsVermontYankeenuclearpowerplant（【固
定】核能发电厂;核电站）running.It’sastunning（1.令人晕倒的2.震耳欲聋的3.令人震
惊的）move.

Theconflicthasbeensurfacingsince2002,whenthecorporationboughtVermont’sonly
nuclearpowerplant,anagingreactor（1.起反应的人2.反应装置3.原子炉;核反应堆）in
Vernon.Asaconditionof（作为…的条件）receivingstateapproval（批准，认可，赞成，同
意）forthesale,thecompanyagreedtoseekpermissionfromstateregulators（1.调整者;管理者
2.调节器;调节阀3.标准时钟）tooperate（1.作出,工作;运作;运转2.营业,营运3.起作用,
影响,产生效果）past2012.In2006,thestatewentastepfurther,requiringthatanyextensionof
theplant’s（1.植物,农作物[C]2.工厂;车间[C]3.机器设备[U]）licensebesubjectto（受…支
配，服从，遭受）Vermontlegislature’s（['ledʒisleitʃə]）approval.Then,too,thecompanywent
along（1.进行;继续2.同意;合作）.

EitherEntergyneverreallyintendedtoliveby（靠…过活）thosecommitments,oritsimply
didn’tforeseewhatwouldhappennext.Astringofaccidents,includingthepartialcollapseofa
coolingtower（冷却塔）in207andthediscoveryofanundergroundpipesystemleakage（leak
的n.）,raisedseriousquestionsaboutbothVermontYankee’ssafetyandEntergy’smanagement–
especiallyafterthecompanymademisleadingstatementsaboutthepipe.EnragedbyEntergy’s
behavior,theVermontSenate（议会）voted26to4lastyearagainstallowinganextension.

Nowthecompanyissuddenlyclaimingthatthe2002agreementisinvalidbecauseofthe
2006legislation,andthatonlythefederalgovernmenthasregulatory(管理的，控制的，调整的)
power【regulatorypower：管理权