​四级2015年12月仔细阅读P3(American law）

1.Martha Stewart was charged, tried and convicted of a crime in 2004. As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was “paying her dues,” and that “there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew.”

翻译：Martha Stewart在2004年被指控、审讯并定罪。在她的监狱服刑期接近尾声时，一位知名的专栏作家写到，她正在“付出艰辛的努力”，还写到“任何人都完全没有理由去试图否定她重新开始的权利”。

词汇：

1) charge [tʃɑːdʒ] v. 指控

2) try [traɪ] v. 审讯

3) convict [kən'vɪkt] v. 给…定罪  

4) sentence ['sentəns] n. 判刑

5) columnist ['kɒləmnɪst] n.专栏作家

6) pay one’s dues 通过努力工作或受苦来赢得某权利或地位（本意为“缴纳会费”）

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