美国有线新闻 CNN 性骚扰丑闻冲击美国政坛 两名议员因性骚扰指控辞职

 

AZUZ: U.S. Senator Al Franken, a Democrat¹ from Minnesota, announced yesterday he'd be resigning. The 66-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 2008, and he worked as a comedian² before that, performing for years on "Saturday Night Live".

But over the past month, he's been accused of behaving inappropriately toward women, both before and during the time he's been in office. And though Franken has spoken out repeatedly against sexual harassment³ and said some of the accusations⁴ against him are false, other lawmakers pressured him to resign after several people came forward to accuse him. He said he'd leave the Senate in the coming weeks.

After Franken's announcement, another one came last night. Representative Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona, said he'd also resign. The 60-year-old was first elected to the House in 2002, and he worked in the Arizona state legislature before that, promoting laws and programs to protect children.

But the House Ethics⁵ Committee was reportedly looking into claims of misconduct by Representative Franks. He said they were related to discussions he'd had that made two women he used to work with uncomfortable. He said he'd leave the House on January 31st.

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

3 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

4 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

5 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。