Former Top Chinese Judge Gets Life in Prison
前中國大法官被判無期徒刑
By Justin Lee, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. supreme adj. 最高的；至上的
2. sentence vt. 宣判，判決
3. bribery n. 行賄；受賄
4. equivalent n. 相等物；等價物
5. allegedly adv. 據傳聞，據宣稱
6. ruling n. 裁決，裁定；規定
7. charge vt. 控告，指控
8. high-profile adj. 倍受矚目；立場明確的
9. corruption n. 墮落；腐化；貪污；賄賂
10. scandal n. 醜聞，恥辱
A former Chinese Supreme Court judge has been sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement and bribery.
中國前最高法院法官於日前因挪用公款和受賄被判決終身監禁。
52-year-old Huang Songyou was convicted in a Beijing court on Tuesday for taking the equivalent of more than half a million U.S. dollars in bribes. He allegedly accepted the money from a law firm between 2005 and 2008 in exchange for making rulings in their favor. Huang was serving as a judge on the Supreme People’s Court at the time.
52歲的黃松有在星期二北京法院，因收取價值等同於美金超過50萬元的賄賂遭判刑確定。據傳聞，他在2005-2008年間收受一家法律事務所的金錢，來交換做出對他們有利的裁決。黃在當時擔任最高人民法院的法官。
He was also charged with embezzling $176,000 U.S. dollars in government funds while serving as president of lower city-level court in China’s Guangdong Province in 1997.
他也被控在1997年任職廣東省中級人民法院院長期間，挪用政府資金17萬6000美金。
Huang’s case is one in a string of high-profile corruption and embezzlement scandals in China over the past year.
黃松有的案例是中國近幾年來，一連串倍受矚目的貪污以及挪用公款的醜聞之ㄧ。
本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-01-20/125746118992.html
【聽力加強訓練】聲音詞組烙印
以下每個詞組請念3次，再聽聽看是否清楚多了！
1. sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement and bribery
2. for taking the equivalent of more than half a million U.S. dollars in bribes
3. He allegedly accepted the money from a law firm
4. in exchange for making rulings in their favor
5. He was also charged with embezzling $176,000 U.S. dollars
6. in a string of high-profile corruption and embezzlement scandals
【每日一句】
Tom is a hot-tempered boy.
湯姆是性情火爆的男孩
【今日諺語】
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實，交談使人發光
【看笑話，學英語】
One day, Bill and Tom went to a restaurant for dinner.
有一天，比爾與湯姆去到一家餐廳吃晚餐。
As soon as the waiter took out two steaks, Bill quickly picked out the bigger steak for himself.
當侍者一拿出兩份牛排，比爾很快地挑走較大的牛排給自己。
Tom wasn’t happy about that: “When are you going to learn to be polite?”
湯姆對此很不高興：“你何時才會學會禮貌？”
Bill: “If you had the chance to pick first, which one would you pick?”
比爾說：“如果你有機會先挑，你會挑哪個呢？”
Tom: “The smaller piece, of course.”
湯姆：“當然，小塊一點的。”
Bill: “What are you whining about then? The smaller piece is what you want, right?”
比爾：“那你還嘀咕什麼呢？你不是想要小塊的嗎，是吧？”
