时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2013年(二月)


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Former US Congressman 1 Pleads Guilty to Misspending Campaign Money



The former Chicago-area congressman walked into federal court Wednesday and pled guilty to criminal charges of misusing 2 $750,000 dollars in campaign funds.


Jackson, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2102, entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy 3 and filing false federal tax returns. 


His wife has agreed to plead guilty to the same tax charge.


Prosecutors 4 say Jackson used the campaign funds to buy a Rolex watch, furniture, and a large collection of memorabilia from notables including Martin Luther King, Jr and action movie star Bruce Lee.


His wife Sandra is accused of using the campaign funds to buy furs and other clothing.


After Jackson’s court appearance, his attorney, Reid Weingarten said the former congressman has acknowledged his corrupt 5 behavior


“Jesse needed to come to terms with his misconduct. And, those who were in court saw that he did precisely 6 that. He had to come to terms for conduct that people who care about him find very hard to understand,” Weingarten said.


Prosecutors are recommending a prison sentence for Jackson of 46 to 57 months. 


He will also forfeit 7 $750,000 to reflect the campaign funds taken, and will also hand over a sizeable portion of his memorabilia collection. Formal sentencing will take place on June 28.


Once a rising star in the Democratic party, Jackson’s misuse 8 of publicly collected campaign funds clearly fits the classic definition of corruption 9, according to Georgetown University public policy professor Mark Rom:


“The key thing is - does the transaction produce harm to the public interest? Does that transaction involve a misuse of power, of public authority, for private gain? That’s what makes it a corrupt act,” Rom said.


Jackson has also reportedly suffered from mental health problems. He was on medical leave from Congress from June of 2012 through the November election, after which he resigned his seat for personal reasons. 




n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
v.使用…不当( misuse的现在分词 );把…派作不正当的用途;虐待;滥用
  • This means we must stop misusing them. 也就是说,我们已必须停止滥用抗菌素不可了。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
  • Misusing organic fertilizer may cause a decrease in the soil's quality. 滥用有机肥料可能会导致土地的土质下降。 来自互联网
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • 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。
v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
vt.丧失;n.罚金,罚款,没收物
  • If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎,就会失掉大家对你的好感。
  • Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。
n.误用,滥用;vt.误用,滥用
  • It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能,使我深感不安。
  • He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • 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。
学英语单词
Adhere to reforms and opening to the outside world
amalgambarrel
ancistrum
antideaf otic pill
arietellus aculeatus
articulated pod
ASPHV
astropecten velitaris
beat pin
bipolar type
Brookol
buckling deflection
bummed-out
cable and wireless
castillo de san marcos national monument
castor seed
chipped away
coal shoot
codebtor
combat crew
congruence expression
controlled-beam magnetron
cybermuseum
cylinder body bushing boring-machine
DHg,D.Hg.
diphenylthiourea
double channel catheter
down the river
Dragendorff's test
electronic vacuum dilatometer
enriched-fuel reactor
evil tidings
family-value
Festubert
fetch round
fibre coupling
First life
foot strain
formater
galvanic test
genus mollienesias
genus Polygonia
genus Spizella
grassmann's law
hard-top
honey bantam
house-brand gasoline
Hubschmann's pseudaconitine
imformosome
inside measurement
installation and maintenance
ishii kann
japonica
Khāpa
kinematic(al) equation
lattice isomorphism
LEASAT
lentus
leper lily
linceus
long term planning of power system
manufacture of foreign
mean transverse distance
MHPED
microliterature
mining flameproof electrical rock drill
mitomalcin
mold-formed bottle
nonstop crossing of opposite trains
nucleofuge
object-oriented operating system
pchloroamphetamine
PCKD
person marketing
piezo-electric control
polar sciences
priority access
prolong the period of validity
quadric discriminator
RADR
recopilation
red - eye special
red-neckeds
route indicator
rubbing alcohol
Scleria tessellata
semblables
sequential access memory
shop hours
Smoke Cr.
sound-deadening
spray cooling tower
standard shortened rail
star finite complex
Symplocos ramosissima
transcendentalise
treatment timer
unpractical
valley plain
vesicular stomatitis
weisenheimer
wide wale