CNN 2011-06-06

Pressure is mounting on Congressman¹ Anthony Weiner to answer two questions about that lewd² photo that was posted on his Twitter account.

How hot is it getting? Listen.

How about you do the questions, I do the answers, and this jackass interrupts me? How about that as the new rule of the game?

Let's go back and catch you up on this story. On Friday night, a picture of a man in his underwear briefly³ showed up on Weiner's Twitter account. The lewd tweet was supposedly intended for a 21-year-old woman's site.

That woman, a college student, told the "New York Daily News" that, yes, Weiner followed her on Twitter but the lewd post did not come from the congressman but from somebody who has harassed⁴ her before.

On Monday, Weiner blamed the photo on a hacker⁵. On Tuesday, CNN's Dana Bash asked him, if.. well, that was true, why not go to the police?

You're here, which we appreciate, but you're not answering the questions. Can you just say why you haven't asked law enforcement to investigate what you are alleging⁶ is a crime?

You know, Dana, if I was giving a speech to 45,000 people, and someone in the back of the room threw a pie or yelled out an insult, would I spend the next two hours responding to that? No. I would get back .. I would get back ..This is not that situation. This is not that situation.

I would get back..well, why don't you do? Do you want to do the briefing?

You're.. you've sent..Do you want to do the briefing, sir?

from your Twitter account.. a lewd photograph was sent to a college student.

Sir, sir.

Answer the question. Was it from you or not?

Sir, permit me. Do you guys want me to finish my answer?

Yes, this answer. Did you send it or not?

If I were giving a speech to 45,000 people and someone in the back threw a pie or yelled out an insult, I would not spend the next two hours of my speech responding to that pie or that insult.

But you are the one who said that you were hacked⁷.

I am.. Dana, let me..That you were hacked. And that's a criminal.. potential criminal offense⁸.

Dana, let me.. I'm going to have to ask that we follow some rules here. And one of those is you ask questions, I do the answer. That seems reasonable?

I'd love to get an answer.

That would be reasonable.

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• 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。

2 lewd   

adj.淫荡的

参考例句：

• Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
• I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

5 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

6 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

7 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

8 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。