VOA标准英语2012--Manning Testifies in Wikileaks Pre-Trial Hearing
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Manning Testifies in Wikileaks Pre-Trial Hearing
To Bradley Manning’s supporters, gathered on a cold rainy day outside the base where the hearings were under way, he is a hero.
To U.S. military prosecutors 1, Manning is a traitor 2 who leaked hundreds of thousands of secret documents and aided the enemy. A conviction could mean a life sentence for the 24-year-old former intelligence analyst 3.
Manning is trying to avoid going to trial and has offered to plead guilty to leaking documents to Wikileaks.
Website founder 4 Julian Assange spoke 5 this week about the Manning case, saying it is the U.S. military that is on trial.
Manning's lawyers argue he has been abused while in custody 6. In testimony 7 Thursday, he said that after his arrest he was held in a tiny cell. He described it as a cage where he thought he would die.
Analysts 8 say the argument has boosted public sympathy for Manning and has taken some of the focus away from damage that the leaks may have caused.
Defense 9 analyst Lawrence Korb says it also has raised an ethical 10 dilemma 11.
“We’ve never had a thing like this where all the confidential 12 cables have gotten out," Korb noted 13, "and I think some people are saying you won’t be able to try him rightly because of the way you treated him. Others say, ‘how can you treat someone like this given who we are and what we’re supposed to stand for.'”
While serving in Iraq, Manning voiced opposition 14 to the war, and the classified materials he leaked pointed 15 to alleged 16 atrocities 17 by U.S. troops.
But it is not clear at this stage how Manning’s leaks - as massive as they were - affected 18 national security.
The case is raising questions about whether Manning was psychologically fit to be in the army.
Former superiors describe him as an emotionally troubled individual who was confused about his gender 19 and had trouble relating to others.
For Korb, the case spells a need for reform in the Army’s screening process.
“From 2003 to 2007 when the war, particularly in Iraq, was so unpopular, the army had a very difficult time recruiting people," Korb explained, "so they had to lower their standards and in fact, the army gave 80,000 what they called moral waivers from 2003 to 2007. So, this is a young man who should never have been in the service.”
Pentagon officials have refrained from speaking on the case to avoid prejudicing the outcome.
The trial - if it happens - is expected to begin in about two months.
- 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。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- 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。
- It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
- It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
- I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
- He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
- He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
- We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。