[03:56.62]The scandal began after a news magazine revealed that Gilles Bernheim had passed off another writer's work as his own.
[04:03.27]He also admitted to falsely stating that he'd obtained a prestigious qualification from the Sorbonne University in Paris.
[04:10.32]Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.
[04:13.51]Gilles Bernheim started by denying the plagiarism, then he admitted it, but said it was a sin of pride which would not justify him deserting his post,
[04:21.75] but finally he has come to growing pressure from the Jewish community and agree to step down.
[04:26.75]He expressed his apologies for having misled people but said he hoped the scandal would not overshadow his works since 2008 as the country's senior rabbi.
[04:35.19]The Nobel Prize medal awarded to the British scientist Francis Crick in 1962 for his discovery of DNA has sold for more than $2m at auction in New York.
[04:46.43]It was bought by Jack Wang, the chief executive of a bio-medical company based in Shanghai in China.
[04:52.90]Mr Crick's family is selling some of his possessions to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the discovery.
[04:58.52]BBC News
第三页:词汇解析
academic
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
adj.学院的;学术的;理论的