VOA 學(xué)英語(yǔ),練聽(tīng)力,上聽(tīng)力課堂! 注冊(cè) 登錄
> VOA > VOA慢速英語(yǔ)-VOA Special English > What\'s trending today? >  內(nèi)容

VOA慢速英語(yǔ):MeToo運(yùn)動(dòng)領(lǐng)頭人阿基多被控性侵

所屬教程:What\'s trending today?

瀏覽:

2018年08月21日

手機(jī)版
掃描二維碼方便學(xué)習(xí)和分享

https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/0009/9871/20180821d.mp3
https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

Asia Argento, a Leader of #MeToo, Accused of Sexual Assault

MeToo運(yùn)動(dòng)領(lǐng)頭人阿基多被控性侵

This is What's Trending Today...

這里是今日熱點(diǎn)節(jié)目。

Italian actor Asia Argento is among the leading activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse in Hollywood. She was one of the first women to publicly accuse film producer Harvey Weinstein of abuse.

意大利演員艾莎·阿基多(Asia Argento)是好萊塢反性侵的MeToo運(yùn)動(dòng)的主要活動(dòng)家。她是第一批公開(kāi)指控電影制片人哈維·韋恩斯坦(Harvey Weinstein)性侵的女性之一。

Now, a young actor and musician says Argento sexually assaulted him.

現(xiàn)在,一位年輕演員和音樂(lè)家稱(chēng)阿基多性侵了他。

The New York Times reports that Argento recently reached a financial settlement with the accuser, Jimmy Bennett.

據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道,阿基多最近與原告吉米·本內(nèi)特(Jimmy Bennett)達(dá)成了經(jīng)濟(jì)補(bǔ)償協(xié)議。

Bennett, who is 22, reportedly had filed documents describing the claim of assault and his plan to sue Argento.

據(jù)報(bào)道,22歲的本內(nèi)特提交了文件,上面列出了對(duì)阿基多的性侵索賠要求以及他的上訴計(jì)劃。

Bennet says Argento had sex with him in a California hotel in 2013. He had just turned 17 years old. Argento was 37 at the time. The age of sexual consent in California is 18.

本內(nèi)特表示,阿基多于2013年在加州一家酒店同他發(fā)生了關(guān)系。當(dāng)時(shí)他剛滿17歲,阿基多37歲。加州發(fā)生性關(guān)系的合法年齡為18歲。

The documents say the experience harmed Bennett mentally and hurt his career, the Times reported.

據(jù)《泰晤士報(bào)》報(bào)道,文件稱(chēng)這種經(jīng)歷給本內(nèi)特造成了精神傷害,并給他的職業(yè)生涯造成了不良影響。

The New York Times says it received court documents that included a picture of Argento and Bennett in bed together. Three people close to the case said the documents were real, the Times reported.

《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》稱(chēng)它收到了法庭文件,其中包括一張阿基多和本內(nèi)特一起躺在床上的照片。據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道,有3位接近此案的人士稱(chēng)這些文件是真實(shí)的。

Argento reportedly agreed to pay Bennett $380,000.

據(jù)報(bào)道阿基多同意向本內(nèi)特賠償38萬(wàn)美元。

Argento and Bennett co-starred in a 2004 film called "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things." In the movie, Argento played a sex worker who was Bennett's mother.

阿基多同本內(nèi)特一同出演了2004年電影《巧克力貓王》。在這部影片中,阿基多扮演一位性工作者,也是本內(nèi)特的母親。

Argento is one of the best-known activists of the #MeToo movement. Last year, she told the New Yorker magazine that Weinstein raped her at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 when she was 21 years old.

阿基多是MeToo運(yùn)動(dòng)中最知名的活動(dòng)家之一。去年,她對(duì)《紐約客》雜志表示,韋恩斯坦1997年在戛納電影節(jié)上強(qiáng)奸了她,當(dāng)時(shí)她21歲。

Argento told the magazine that she continued to have a relationship with Weinstein because she was afraid of angering him.

阿基多對(duì)該雜志表示,她繼續(xù)同韋恩斯坦保持著關(guān)系,因?yàn)樗龘?dān)心會(huì)激怒他。

Weinstein has been charged with sex crimes against three women. Argento is not one of them.

韋恩斯坦被控性侵了三名女性,阿基多不在其列。

And that's What's Trending Today.

以上就是本期今日熱點(diǎn)節(jié)目的全部?jī)?nèi)容。

I'm Ashley Thompson.

阿什利·湯普森報(bào)道。

This is What’s Trending Today…

Italian actor Asia Argento is among the leading activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse in Hollywood. She was one of the first women to publicly accuse film producer Harvey Weinstein of abuse.

Now, a young actor and musician says Argento sexually assaulted him.

The New York Times reports that Argento recently reached a financial settlement with the accuser, Jimmy Bennett.

Bennett, who is 22, reportedly had filed documents describing the claim of assault and his plan to sue Argento.

Bennet says Argento had sex with him in a California hotel in 2013. He had just turned 17 years old. Argento was 37 at the time. The age of sexual consent in California is 18.

The documents say the experience harmed Bennett mentally and hurt his career, the Times reported.

The New York Times says it received court documents that included a picture of Argento and Bennett in bed together. Three people close to the case said the documents were real, the Times reported.

Argento reportedly agreed to pay Bennett $380,000.

Argento and Bennett co-starred in a 2004 film called "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things." In the movie, Argento played a sex worker who was Bennett's mother.

Argento is one of the best-known activists of the #MeToo movement. Last year, she told the New Yorker magazine that Weinstein raped her at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 when she was 21 years old.

Argento told the magazine that she continued to have a relationship with Weinstein because she was afraid of angering him.

Weinstein has been charged with sex crimes against three women. Argento is not one of them.

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

I’m Ashley Thompson

_______________________________________________________________

Words in This Story

assault - v. to violently attack (someone or something)

file - v. to give (something, such as an official form or a legal document) to someone in authority so that it can be considered, dealt with, approved, etc.

sue - v. to use a legal process by which you try to get a court of law to force a person, company, or organization that has treated you unfairly or hurt you in some way to give you something or to do something : to bring a lawsuit against someone or something

consent - n. permission for something to happen or be done

用戶搜索

瘋狂英語(yǔ) 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法 新概念英語(yǔ) 走遍美國(guó) 四級(jí)聽(tīng)力 英語(yǔ)音標(biāo) 英語(yǔ)入門(mén) 發(fā)音 美語(yǔ) 四級(jí) 新東方 七年級(jí) 賴(lài)世雄 zero是什么意思連云港市中央華府(別墅)英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)交流群

  • 頻道推薦
  • |
  • 全站推薦
  • 推薦下載
  • 網(wǎng)站推薦