NPR边听边练78:美奥尔良前市长面临贪污指控

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　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　The former mayor of New Orleans in office when hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city _1_ on corruption¹ charges. Eileen Fleming of member station WWNO reports Ray Nagin is now facing 21 federal charges.

　　“The former mayor _2_ wire fraud money laundering², taking bribes⁴ and filing false tax returns. Nagin is accused of profiting from city deals, many after the 2005 hurricane left the city in chaos⁵. Several business men have already pleaded guilty for _3_ Nagin and exchanged for contracts. Nagin, a former business man, took office in 2002. After Katrina, he raged publicly about slow public response.

　　卡特里娜飓风几乎摧毁这个城市时在办公室的这位新奥尔良前市长已被指控犯有贪污罪行。成员广播WWNO新闻的艾琳?弗莱明发回报道，雷?纳金正面临21项联邦指控。“这位前市长被指控汇款欺诈洗钱,收受贿赂及填补虚假纳税申报单。纳金被指控在2005年飓风许多人离开造成城市陷入混乱后从城市交易中获利。一些商人已经认罪承认付款给纳金及交换合约。曾经在商界打拼的纳金于2002年就职。卡特里娜飓风后,他由于公开缓慢引起了公众的激烈反应。

　　Prosecutors⁶ say he _4_ his family granted business, exclusive deals and took money in vacations from vendors⁷. Nagin has consistently denied any wrongdoing. For NPR News, I'm Eileen Fleming, in New Orleans.” House Republican leaders will seek a 3-month extension of the government borrowing authority next week. The plan announced _5_ the House Republican retreat would force the Democratic control Senate to act first on passing a deficit⁸ reducing budget plan. House Majority leader Eric Cantor says if the Senate or House failed to pass the budget by April 15th, members of Congress would lose pay. At last check on Wall Street, Dow is up 13 at 13, 609. NASDAQ off 8. SP&500 down slightly. This is NPR.

　　检察官表示他授予自己的家人业务,独家协议,并且在度假中从供应商处拿钱。而纳金始终否认任何不当行为。NPR新闻,记者艾琳?弗莱明,从新奥尔良发回的报道。”众议院共和党领导人们下个星期将寻求为期3个月的延长政府借款授权。最终宣布的该计划代表众议院共和党的退出将迫使民主党控制的参议院首先通过减少预算赤字的计划法案。众议院多数党领袖埃里克?康托尔表示如果参议院或众议院在4月15日未能通过预算,国会成员将失去工资。最后让我们来看下华尔街,道琼斯指数上涨13点，截至13,609点。纳斯达克指数下降8点0。SP&500指数略有下降。这里是NPR新闻。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、federal a.联邦制的；联邦政府的

　　Switzerland is a federal republic.

　　瑞士是联邦制的共和国。

　　2、bribe³ .贿赂

　　He is so honest that he will not accept bribe.

　　他忠诚老实，不肯受贿。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has been indicted 2、is accused of

　　3、paying 4、gave 5、at the end of

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

4 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

7 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

8 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。