美国有线新闻 CNN 美国总统特朗普的前竞选经理遭指控

 

I`m Carl Azuz for CNN 10.

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An American businessman, lawyer and campaign worker named Paul Manafort has been formally charged with a number of crimes. It`s significant because

Manafort also temporarily worked as campaign chairman for U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump¹.

美国商人、律师以及活动人士Paul Manafort因一系列罪责被证实指控。事件影响重大，因为他曾在特朗普总统竞选期间担任竞选经理。

Here`s what this is all about. Yesterday, a special counsel for the U.S. Justice Department announced that Manafort and a business partner of his named Rick Gates have been charged with conspiracy² against the United States, conspiracy to launder³ or hide money, making false statements and failing to report that they had foreign bank accounts.

以下是具体新闻。昨日，美国司法部特别顾问宣布，Manafort和其商业伙伴瑞克·盖茨被指控阴谋叛变美国，涉嫌洗黑钱、隐藏资金，制作虚假声明，未上报存有海外银行账户。

Starting in 2006, Manafort had worked on a number of projects in Eastern Europe, which included helping⁴ former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. He was ousted⁵ in 2014.

自2006年，Manafort 在东欧的一些项目中工作，其中包括帮助乌克兰总统亚努柯维契。2014年，亚努柯维契被赶下台。

But a report came out last year that Manafort had secretly been paid millions of dollars by Yanukovych`s political party, which was friendly to Russia. Manafort denied receiving secret payments. But when the report came out, he and Gates were working on the Trump election campaign.

但是去年，出版了一个报告，亚努柯维契政党曾悄悄支付给Manafort数百万美金，而Yanukovych和俄罗斯一向私交慎密。Manafort否认接受了神迷款项。但是这份报告出炉时，他和盖茨正在忙于特朗普的总统竞选活动。

Manafort was its top official for a couple of months and he resigned days after the accusation⁶ was made.

在特朗普竞选期间，Manafort担任竞选经理。被指控数天后，Manafort辞职。

Gates also eventually left the campaign. Both of them pleaded not guilty to the charges announced yesterday. Those charges are not related to the Trump campaign and the White House says all this has nothing to do with the president.

盖茨最终也离开竞选团队。昨日，两人对指控都拒不承认。这些指控与特朗普的竞选活动无关，白宫表示，这一切与总统特朗普毫无关系。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• 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。

2 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

3 launder   

v.洗涤；洗黑钱（把来路可疑的钱弄得似乎合法）

参考例句：

• She wore a freshly laundered and starched white shirt.她穿一件刚刚浆洗熨烫过的白色衬衣。
• The gang launders the steal money through their chain of restaurants.这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。