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Jury Finds Comedian Bill Cosby Guilty of Sexual Abuse
A jury in the American state of Pennsylvania has found actor Bill Cosby guilty of sexual assault. The ruling was announced Thursday.
Cosby, who is 80 years old, is best known as the lovable father from the 1980s American television series "The Cosby Show."
He was found guilty of three charges of drugging and molesting a woman in 2004. He faces up to 10 years in prison for each of the three crimes.
The victim, Andrea Constand, is now 45 years old. She is a former administrator for the women's basketball team at Temple University, the college that Cosby attended. She and Cosby were once friends.
Constand is one of about 50 women who have accused Cosby of sexual assault. Cosby has said any sexual experiences he has had with women were consensual.
The jury's decision comes less than a year after a different jury could not come to a decision. The judge called it a mistrial.
Government lawyers then decided to retry Cosby.
The first trial ended just before sexual abuse accusations against rich and powerful men led to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.
Such movements have led women around the world to go public with their stories of abuse after, in some cases, years of silence.
I'm Alice Bryant.
重点解析
1.less than 少于
The marriage had lasted for less than two years.
这段婚姻维持了不到两年。
2.in some cases 在某些情况下
In some cases, US industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products
某些情况下，美国工业在产品设计上忽略了客户的需求。
3.sexual assault 性侵犯
Like many women, some sex workers have been the victims of a sexual assault during childhood.
与许多女性一样，一些性工作者是童年时性侵犯的受害者。
4.television series 电视剧
Her novel is in the process of being turned into a television series.
她的小说正被拍成电视连续剧。
5.The jury's decision comes less than a year after a different jury could not come to a decision.
come to a decision 作出决定
She turned the matter over in her mind for a long while, but still could not come to a decision.
她忖量了半天，还拿不定主意。
I'm not ready to come to a decision.
我还未准备好作出决定。
6.Such movements have led women around the world to go public with their stories of abuse after, in some cases, years of silence.
go public 公开
He threatened to go public with the slander.
他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。
And I can go public with my proposal.
我可以将我的提议公布于众。
参考译文
比尔·科斯比被判性侵 面临30年监禁
美国宾夕法尼亚州的一个陪审团裁定，演员比尔·科斯比（Bill Cosby）的性侵罪名成立。这一裁决于周四宣布。
现年80岁的科斯比因在上世纪80年代美国电视剧《科斯比一家》中饰演可爱的父亲而成名。
2004年，科斯比被判犯有三项罪名，其中包括下药并猥亵一名女性。每一项罪名都会让他面临最高10年的刑期。
现年45岁的安德烈·康斯坦德（Andrea Constand）是受害者。她曾在坦普尔大学女子篮球队担任管理员，当时科斯比就读于这所大学。她和科斯比曾经是朋友。
康斯坦德是指控科斯比性侵的约50名受害女性之一。科斯比曾表示，他与女性之间的所有性行为都是出于双方自愿的。
在该陪审团做出裁决不到一年之前，另一个陪审团无法做出裁定。法官称，那是无效审判。
随后，政府律师决定重审科斯比案件。
第一次审判结束时，因指控富豪、权贵性侵而引发的metoo和TimesUp女权运动尚未兴起。
这些运动促使全球女性打破多年的沉默，公开自己被侵犯的经历。
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