美国有线新闻 CNN 前FBI局长科米备忘录曝光 特朗普曾要求其停止调查弗林
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2017年7月
First today, an explanation of a controversy 1 swirling 2 around the Trump 3 administration. It concerns the president, the former director of the FBI and the White House's former national security adviser 4. His name is Michael Flynn.
He's been under investigation 5 by the FBI. The agency has been trying to find out whether Flynn had illegal contact with Russia.
In February, U.S. President Donald Trump had a meeting with James Comey, who was in charge of the FBI at that time. Comey made a memo 6 of something the president said during the meeting and the text of that memo was reported by "The New York Times" on Tuesday night.
Quote: I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy.
The investigation continued and Flynn resigned a few days after the meeting.
So, why is all of this significant?
Democrats 7 in Congress are accusing the president of obstruction 8 of justice, intentionally 9 and illegally interfering 10 with the government carrying out its work, because the memo suggests that President Trump asked Director Comey to quit investigating Flynn. The president eventually fired Comey, that happened last week. And some Republicans are calling for Comey to testify before Congress, about his conversation with President Trump.
The White House says Comey's memo is not a truthful 11 or accurate portrayal 12 of the conversation between Trump and Comey, and that the president has never asked Comey or anyone else to end any investigation.
What happens next, we don't know.
Legal analysts 13 say obstruction of justice is difficult to prove in court and that it's not clear if the president's alleged 14 statements were, in fact, illegal.
President Trump says the controversy is something only the media care about, but it's also dominating many discussions among U.S. lawmakers as the White House interviews candidates to replace Comey at the FBI.
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
- Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
- The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
- I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
- The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。
- You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心，他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
- I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。
- His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
- The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。