NPR边听边练166：美堕胎医生被控谋杀

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一、泛听建议：

1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

3、复述新闻。

Philadelphia abortion doctor _1_ the death penalty after he was convicted today a first degree murder accused of killing 3 babies shortly after they were born.NPR's Jeff Brady reports on the jury's verdict moments ago in Dr. Kermit Gosnell's trial.

费城一名堕胎医生面临死刑，今天他被判处一级谋杀三名刚出生婴儿的罪名成立。NPR新闻的杰夫·布拉迪将报道陪审团对克米特·戈斯内尔医生做出的判决。

Dr. Gosnell was found guilty for 3 of the babies, _2_ not guilty of murder on the first degree for the 4th baby and then found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the female patient who died on his care.

戈斯内尔医生被判谋杀三名婴儿罪名成立，一级谋杀第四名婴儿罪名不成立，因曾在手术中致一名女性患者死亡，过失杀人罪名成立。

That's NPR Jeff Brady reporting. Prosecutors argued that the 72-year-old doctor routinely _3_ illegal later term of abortions beyond Pennsylvania's 24 week limit.The case became a flashpoint on the national debate over abortion.

这是NPR新闻的杰夫·布拉迪带来的报道。检察官表示，这名72岁的医生经常进行晚期堕胎手术，这超过了宾夕法尼亚州24周的限制时间。这起案子引发了全国范围内的堕胎讨论。

The justice department has reached the biggest drug safety settlement today with a generic drug maker, the U.S subsidiary of an Indian pharmaceutical company _4_ guilty to multiple felony charges _5_ making false statements. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports the company will pay 500 million dollars to settle criminal and civil claims.

今天，司法部已与一家仿药制造商就最大的药品安全案达成和解协议，这家印度制药公司在美国的分公司承认了包括伪造文书等多项重罪。据NPR新闻的克里·约翰逊报道，这家公司将支付5亿美元来了结诉讼及民事赔偿。

词汇解析：

1、was convicted 被判有罪

eg:In 1952, he was convicted of ‘Acts of Gross Indecency’, after admitting a sexual relationship with another man.

1952年，他在承认与另一名男子的性关系之后被判以“行为粗俗猥亵”的罪名。

2、prosecutor . 检察官;公诉人;[法] 起诉人;实行者

eg:I was the first to go before the prosecutor.

我是第一个被带到检察官面前的人。

3、subsidiary adj. 附属的;辅助的

n. 子公司;辅助者[ 复数subsidiaries ]

eg:WM Financial Services is a subsidiary of Washington Mutual.

华盛顿互惠银行金融服务公司是华盛顿互惠银行的子公司。

eg:The marketing department has always played a subsidiary role to the sales department.

营销部一直都扮演着销售部的辅助角色。

4、pharmaceutical company 制药公司

5、civil claim 民事权利请求

参考答案：

1、faces 2、have found 3、performed

4、has pleaded 5、including