VOA双语新闻：9、在津巴布韦被控拥有色情材料的前美议员有前科
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：VOA双语新闻 2014年2月
在津巴布韦被控拥有色情材料的前美议员有前科
Former U.S. congressman 1 Mel Reynolds has denied charges of possessing pornographic images and videos two days after his arrest at a hotel in Zimbabwe. This is not the first time the congressman has had run-ins with the law; he was forced to resign his seat in 1995 after being convicted on charges of having sex with a minor 2.
前美国国会众议员梅尔?雷诺兹否认拥有色情图像和视频，在这之前两天，他在津巴布韦的一家旅店被捕。这已经不是他第一次惹上法律麻烦了。1995年，雷诺兹在被判决与未成年人发生性关系的罪名成立之后，被迫辞去议员席位。
On Wednesday, Mel Reynolds smiled as he walked past journalists and into Zimbabwe's Harare courthouse. There he entered a plea of not guilty to two charges, including possessing pornography.
星期三，梅尔?雷诺兹微笑着从记者身边走过，进入津巴布韦首都哈拉雷的法院。随后，他表示要做无罪抗辩，否认针对他的两项控罪，包括拥有色情材料。
His lawyer, Arthur Gurira, spoke 3 to VOA via phone from Zimbabwe.
他的律师亚瑟?古利亚通过电话从津巴布韦对美国之音说：
“He’s overstayed his visa [which] expired on December 2013. The second charge ispossession of articles and it’s being alleged 4 they found nude 5 pictures in his phone,” said Gurira.
“他延期滞留。他的签证在2013年12月到期。第二项指控是他拥有色情材料，据称在他的手机里发现了裸体画面。”
The former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives was born in 1952 in Mississipi, but he grew up in Illinois.
这位前民主党籍美国众议员1952年出生在密西西比州，但是在伊利诺伊州长大。
Lorenzo Morris teaches political science at Howard University and is familiar with Reynolds' career.
在霍华德大学教授政治学的洛伦佐?莫里斯熟悉雷诺兹的职业生涯。
“Well, it’s a sad story, but it’s not all that surprising because very often when we are overwhelmed at an early period, as he was when he started his career; having come from a relatively 6 disadvantaged situation and becoming a Rhodes scholar and then being elected to Congress in a competitive city like Chicago, we forget they have to leave a great deal behind," said Morris.
他说：“这是一个让人伤心的故事。不过也不是特别地让人吃惊。因为很多时候，我们从一开始就承受着太大的压力。他的事业开始的时候，就是这样。他的出身背景相对处于弱势，后来成为罗德奖学金学者，然后又在一个竞争压力很大的城市芝加哥当选为国会议员。我们忘记了：他这样的人被迫要把身后很多东西丢掉。”
Reynolds was once a rising star in the Democratic Party but was forced to resign his seat in 1995 for having sex with an underage campaign worker. He also spent time in prison on fraud charges, but his sentence was commuted 7 by President Clinton in 2001.
雷诺兹曾是民主党内一颗冉冉升起的明星，然而却在1995年因为与一位未成年助选人员发生性关系而被迫辞职。他还因为欺诈指控而被关进监狱，不过2001年，克林顿总统减去了他的刑期。
“He was someone who can deal with the black power community and the civil rights community without being a part of it, because he’s been in the elite 8 part of the dominant 9 society’s educational system. But that very separation also brings with it a degree of insularity 10 and vulnerability,” said Morris.
莫里斯说：“他这样的人可以跟黑人力量社区和民权社区打交道，却不用成为社区一分子，因为他在主流社会教育系统里接受过精英熏陶。可是，这种分割也带了某种程度的孤立性和脆弱性。”
Morris also said that personal weaknesses can remain, whether in Africa or not. Reynolds has been to Zimbabwe many times, apparently 11 on business.
莫里斯还说，不管雷诺兹是不是在非洲，他的个人弱点可能仍然存在。雷诺兹多次去过津巴布韦，显然是做生意。
Last year, he made an unsuccessful bid to return to Congress. That was his second attempt at a political comeback.
去年，他曾争取重返国会，这是他第二次试图在政治上东山再起，但是他的努力未能成功。
- 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。
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- 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。
- 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
- It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
- She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
- The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
- She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
- But at least they have started to break out of their old insularity.但是他们至少已经开始打破过去孤立保守的心态。
- It was a typical case of British chauvinism and insularity.这是典型的英国沙文主义和偏狭心理的事例。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。