时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2015年(七月)


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'New York' Magazine Features 35 Cosby Accusers 纽约杂志采访35名指控考斯比迷奸者


WASHINGTON—


The latest issue of New York magazine features 35 women who say they were drugged and raped 1 by film and television celebrity 2 Bill Cosby.  The women are aged 3 from 44 to 80 and come from different walks of life and races. The magazine interviewed each of them separately, but their stories are similar.


Over the last year, numerous women - including those featured in New York magazine - have come forward to tell their stories of being drugged and raped by Bill Cosby.


On the streets of New York, people react differently to the allegations against the once revered 4 comedian 5 and social activist 6.


"It's obvious that he is guilty. I guess you can just add it to the list of rich and powerful people who have got away with things that they did in the past, which have finally caught up with them," said one woman.


Bill Cosby has denied allegations of illegally giving drugs to women in order to have sex with them. But in 2006, he paid an undisclosed sum to a woman who brought a civil case against him, claiming that Cosby had tricked her into taking drugs before he sexually assaulted her. During testimony 7 in the case, the comedian admitted that he had obtained Qualuudes. But his lawyers say he never gave the drug to anyone without their consent.


One of Cosby's attorneys has accused the media of misinterpreting excerpts 8 from the court documents.


"When the deposition 9 said that there was use of Qualuudes - which was.... Qualuudes, which was done often in the 70s - it was considered a party drug, called disco biscuits, and it was something that was used frequently, not just by Mr. Cosby, but other entertainers," said Monique Pressley, one of Cosby’s lawyers.


Cosby has never been criminally charged over the allegations, but his career has suffered. He has lost commercial endorsements 10, speaking engagements and TV syndication revenue.



1 raped
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
2 celebrity
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
3 aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
4 revered
v.崇敬,尊崇,敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例,现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
5 comedian
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
6 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
7 testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
  • 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。
8 excerpts
n.摘录,摘要( excerpt的名词复数 );节选(音乐,电影)片段
  • Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music. 一些文艺复光时期的弥撒的选节被不适当地加入到了格鲁克平淡无味的唐璜音乐中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is editing together excerpts of some of his films. 他正在将自己制作的一些电影的片断进行剪辑合成。 来自辞典例句
9 deposition
n.免职,罢官;作证;沉淀;沉淀物
  • It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
  • This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。
10 endorsements
n.背书( endorsement的名词复数 );(驾驶执照上的)违章记录;(公开的)赞同;(通常为名人在广告中对某一产品的)宣传
  • He must make much money on those tennis shoe endorsements he does. 他替那些网球鞋珍重广告,就赚了不少钱。 来自互联网
  • But celebrity endorsements remain an important promotional tool for marketers. 尽管如此,邀明星助阵仍是营销人员重要的推广手段之一。 来自互联网
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active gas material
adaptive divergence
advection heat
aggrievedly
Ambesh
Antiqua
arsenicophagy
batting-cage
Bridge City
brookhouses
carcinoma of vulva
cherry spot
close-packed code
coal seam productive capacity
coeve
Coffeeville
collied
conchiolin osteomyelitis
congruence segments
Cornu Saigae
corrected result
d.p.r.
dargues
dartless
diametrally
Diapitan B.
dichocephalic
disgrammatic decomposition method
distance links
Do at Rome as the Romans do.
drive a quill
dweomercraft
educe
electro-static coupling
excitation capacitor
floor-rack
follow ... inclinations
freight to be prepaid
gaucher's cell
gelignites
geneology
Glen Allen
glycoylated
gravity allocation
hepaticoenterostomy
HomeKit
incidently
included angle of weld
Jordan decomposition
jumping standard
Kuznetsovs'k
lipomatous chondroma
make sth into sth
milliw
morphine alkaloid
natural radiation background
normal path
notch by notch withdrawal
nutrient removal
off the books deal
once-feared
onomasticon
Osyris lanceolata
pan gravy
paramesonephric
people-orientation
pool bar
POS scanner
praz
progression scaling
propinquous
pump grease
quasi ex contractu
regional ileitis
RSLD
rubidium peroxoniobate
rule compilation
self sealing capacitor
sensillum
serrated profile
shakeable
Sigillariostrobus
Simontomya
Siofok
sixth grade
spray-paints
squash-court
Squaw I.
statistical stock control
stochastic acceleration
thalheimite
throttling range
tooth-money
torridonians
trimming head
tunnel boat
union-melt welding
unseduce
ununhexiums
visual remote sensing
warn sb of