美国之音2013--曼宁泄密案迎来终审
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(八月)
Defense 1 Makes Its Case in Manning WikiLeaks Trial 曼宁泄密案迎来终审
曼宁泄密案的审判于当地时间7月25日进入最终环节,在米德堡进行最后的辩护并做结案陈词
In his closing arguments Friday, defense attorney David Coombs said Private First Class Bradley Manning is a whistleblower who acted in the U.S. national interest by exposing what he believed was wrongdoing by U.S. forces during the war in Iraq, where he was deployed 2. The materials he leaked included a video showing U.S. soldiers in Baghdad opening fire on a group of civilians 4 that included journalists working for the Reuters news agency. After showing parts of that video in court, Coombs said the loss of civilian 3 lives shocked and horrified 5 the young soldier.
Manning is charged with 21 offenses 6, but the most serious is aiding the enemy. That charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
In their closing arguments Thursday, prosecutors 7 called Manning a traitor 8 - who released more than 700,000 classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, knowing the material would be seen by the terrorist group al-Qaida. They portrayed 9 Manning as an emotionally troubled individual who was confused about his gender 10, had trouble relating to others, and was seeking fame and attention in releasing classified material.
It is not clear at this stage how Manning’s leaks - as massive as they were - affected 11 national security.
Manning has already pleaded guilty to charges of leaking the documents - charges that could get him 20 years in prison. A military judge - Army Colonel Denise Lind - is hearing the case at Manning's request instead of a jury.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
- We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- 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。
- The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
- He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
- Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。