Former Top Chinese Judge Gets Life in Prison
前中国大法官被判无期徒刑
By Justin Lee, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. supreme adj. 最高的；至上的
2. sentence vt. 宣判，判决
3. bribery n. 行贿；受贿
4. equivalent n. 相等物；等价物
5. allegedly adv. 据传闻，据宣称
6. ruling n. 裁决，裁定；规定
7. charge vt. 控告，指控
8. high-profile adj. 倍受瞩目；立场明确的
9. corruption n. 堕落；腐化；贪污；贿赂
10. scandal n. 丑闻，耻辱
A former Chinese Supreme Court judge has been sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement and bribery.
中国前最高法院法官于日前因挪用公款和受贿被判决终身监禁。
52-year-old Huang Songyou was convicted in a Beijing court on Tuesday for taking the equivalent of more than half a million U.S. dollars in bribes. He allegedly accepted the money from a law firm between 2005 and 2008 in exchange for making rulings in their favor. Huang was serving as a judge on the Supreme People’s Court at the time.
52岁的黄松有在星期二北京法院，因收取价值等同于美金超过50万元的贿赂遭判刑确定。据传闻，他在2005-2008年间收受一家法律事务所的金钱，来交换做出对他们有利的裁决。黄在当时担任最高人民法院的法官。
He was also charged with embezzling $176,000 U.S. dollars in government funds while serving as president of lower city-level court in China’s Guangdong Province in 1997.
他也被控在1997年任职广东省中级人民法院院长期间，挪用政府资金17万6000美金。
Huang’s case is one in a string of high-profile corruption and embezzlement scandals in China over the past year.
黄松有的案例是中国近几年来，一连串倍受瞩目的贪污以及挪用公款的丑闻之ㄧ。
本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-01-20/125746118992.html
【听力加强训练】声音词组烙印
以下每个词组请念3次，再听听看是否清楚多了！
1. sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement and bribery
2. for taking the equivalent of more than half a million U.S. dollars in bribes
3. He allegedly accepted the money from a law firm
4. in exchange for making rulings in their favor
5. He was also charged with embezzling $176,000 U.S. dollars
6. in a string of high-profile corruption and embezzlement scandals
【每日一句】
Tom is a hot-tempered boy.
汤姆是性情火爆的男孩
【今日谚语】
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人发光
【看笑话，学英语】
One day, Bill and Tom went to a restaurant for dinner.
有一天，比尔与汤姆去到一家餐厅吃晚餐。
As soon as the waiter took out two steaks, Bill quickly picked out the bigger steak for himself.
当侍者一拿出两份牛排，比尔很快地挑走较大的牛排给自己。
Tom wasn’t happy about that: “When are you going to learn to be polite?”
汤姆对此很不高兴：“你何时才会学会礼貌？”
Bill: “If you had the chance to pick first, which one would you pick?”
比尔说：“如果你有机会先挑，你会挑哪个呢？”
Tom: “The smaller piece, of course.”
汤姆：“当然，小块一点的。”
Bill: “What are you whining about then? The smaller piece is what you want, right?”
比尔：“那你还嘀咕什么呢？你不是想要小块的吗，是吧？”
