CCTV9英语新闻10月：对未成年的性犯罪案渐成头条（双语）

Sexual offenses¹ against minors² have been under-reported in the past. But there have been multiple headline-grabbing incidents over recent months of abuse by teachers or public officials.
 在过去，针对未成年人的性侵犯行为鲜被报道。但是，在最近过去的几个月中，由教师和官员实施的该类犯罪行为已经多次登上头版头条。
 
An official in central China’s Henan province was executed in June for raping³ 11 under-age girls. On June 25th, a school principal was sentenced to 18 years in jail for raping and molesting⁴ girls in Qianshan County in eastern Anhui Province.
 河南省某官员于今年6月因强奸11名女童而被判刑。同年6月25日，安徽省潜山县一学校校长因强奸并猥亵女童被判处18年有期徒刑。
 
And in May, a primary school headmaster and a government employee in the city of Wanning⁵ in south China’s Hainan Province were detained by police for allegedly sexually assaulting six female students.
 而今年5月，海南省万宁市一小学校长和一政府职员因被诉性侵2名女学生而被捕。

1 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

2 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

4 molesting   

v.骚扰( molest的现在分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague. 他被指控对一位女同事进行性骚扰。 来自辞典例句
• He was charged with molesting a woman. 他被指控调戏妇女。 来自辞典例句

5 wanning   

v.（使）变苍白，（使）呈病态( wan的现在分词 )

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