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中英文本
A Pennsylvania man plagued by opossums in his yard set fire to a pile of leaves, hoping to scare off the marsupials.
宾夕法尼亚州一名男子在自家院子里被负鼠骚扰,他点燃了一堆树叶,希望吓跑负鼠。
We don't know whether it worked, but he did succeed in nearly burning down his home, causing $50,000 worth of damage.
我们不知道这是否奏效,但他确实成功烧毁了自己的房子,造成了价值5万美元的损失。
A woman won $25,000 after entering a sweepstakes at an Illinois gambling parlor.
一名女子进入伊利诺斯州的一家赌场,抽奖赢得了2.5万美元。

Good for her, except that she happens to be a prominent anti-gambling crusader, having gone after casinos, a VFW raffle,
这对她来说是好事,除了她正好是一位杰出的反赌人士,去过赌场,抽了彩票,
and even the parent company of the gambling parlor where she won.
甚至还去了她赢钱的那家赌场的母公司。
Still, she insists she's not a hypocrite: Her winnings are a result of her crusade. "It's God showing his grace on me."
尽管如此,她仍然坚称自己不是伪正人:中奖奖金是她反赌的结果。“这是上帝在向我显示他的恩典。”
A man was arrested after Florida police mistook the glaze on his Krispy Kreme doughnut for crystal meth.
美国佛罗里达州一名男子因将卡卡圈坊上的奶浆错拿成冰毒而被捕。
His sweet revenge: a $37,500 settlement.
甜蜜的代价是:37500美元的赔偿。
重点讲解
1.burn down 烧毁,火力减弱
They threatened to burn down our house.
他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。
2.guilty of 有……之过错;对……感到内疚
From this point of view I want to say ? was Socrates guilty of impiety?
从这个观点看来,我想说的是,苏格拉底亵渎神明有罪吗?
3.commit murder 谋杀
The fetus survived, but she was charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder.
胎儿还是保住了,但是她被控教唆他人实施谋杀。
4.sentenced to 被判处
He was sentenced to death.
他被判处死刑。
5.parent company 总公司,母公司
Earlier this year, the family transferred the parent company shareholding to a new company registered in Delaware, which requires disclosure of only the bare minimum of corporate information.
同年早些时候,该家族把其母公司股权转让给了美国特拉华州一家新成立的公司,并要求只能最低限额地披露公司信息。
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