d="This">This d="is">is d="IN">IN d="THE">THE d="NEWS">NEWS d="in">in d="VOA">VOA d="Special">Special d="English">English.
d="This">This d="week">week, d="the">the d="coach">coach d="with">with d="the">the d="most">most d="wins">wins d="ever">ever d="in">in d="major">major d="college">college d="football">football d="in">in d="the">the d="United">United d="States">States d="lost">lost d="his">his d="job">job. d="The">Thed="governing">governing d="board">boardd="of">of d="Penn">Penn d="State">State d="University">University d="in">in d="State">State d="College">College, d="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania, d="dismissed">dismissed d="eighty">eighty-d="four">four-d="year">year-d="old">old d="Joe">Joe d="Paterno">Paterno. d="The">The d="Board">Board d="of">of d="Trustees">Trustees d="fired">fired d="him">him d="after">after d="police">police d="arrested">arrested d="one">one d="of">of d="his">his d="former">former d="assistants">assistants d="last">last d="week">week. d="Jerry">Jerry d="Sandusky">Sanduskyd="is">is d="accused">accused d="of">ofd="sexually">sexually d="abusing">abusing d="at">at d="least">least d="eight">eight d="young">young d="boys">boys d="over">over d="a">a d="period">period d="of">of d="more">more d="than">than d="ten">ten d="years">years.
d="One">One d="of">of d="those">those d="incidents">incidentsd="reportedly">reportedlyd="happened">happened d="at">at d="Penn">Penn d="State">State d="in">in d="two">two d="thousand">thousand d="two">two. d="A">A d="graduate">graduate d="student">student d="assistant">assistant d="said">said d="he">he d="witnessed">witnessed d="Mr">Mr. d="Sandusky">Sanduskyd="assaulting">assaultingd="a">a d="ten">ten-d="year">year-d="old">old d="boy">boy.
d="He">He d="informed">informed d="Mr">Mr. d="Paterno">Paterno, d="who">who d="told">told d="informed">informed d="school">school d="officials">officials. d="But">But d="Mr">Mr. d="Paterno">Paterno d="has">has d="been">been d="criticized">criticized d="for">for d="not">not d="informing">informing d="others">others d="when">when d="no">no d="action">action d="was">was d="taken">taken d="against">against d="Mr">Mr. d="Sandusky">Sandusky. d="He">He d="retired">retired d="from">from d="Penn">Penn d="State">State d="in">in d="nineteen">nineteen d="ninety">ninety-d="nine">nine, d="and">and d="has">has d="denied">denied d="the">the d="charges">charges.
d="Mr">Mr. d="Paterno">Paterno d="is">is d="not">not d="a">a d="target">target d="of">of d="the">the d="criminal">criminal d="investigation">investigation. d="But">But d="the">the d="two">two d="Penn">Penn d="State">State d="officials">officials d="he">he d="informed">informed d="have">have d="been">been d="charged">charged d="with">with d="failing">failing d="to">to d="report">report d="the">the d="incident">incident d="to">tod="law">law d="enforcement">enforcementd="officials">officials.
d="On">On d="Wednesday">Wednesday d="Mr">Mr. d="Paterno">Paternod="release">releaseda statement saying he wished he had done more. He said he would retire at the end of this season after forty-six years as head coach. But later in the day thetrusteesvoted tofire him. Vice chairman John Surma announced the decision.
JOHN SURMA: "Joe Paterno is no longer the head football coach,effective immediately."
Mr. Surma also announced the dismissal of Penn State's president. Graham Spanier led Penn State, a public research university, for sixteen years.
There was violence Wednesday night as some students went into the streets near campus to show their support for Mr. Paterno.
Mr. Paterno spoke to students who gathered in front of his house after his firing.
JOE PATERNO: ''One thing, thanks and pray a little bit for those victims.''
The Education Department says it is investigating whether Penn State failed to report incidents of sexual abuse on campus, as required by federal law.
Mr. Paterno, known as "Joe Pa," turned a rural college into a national sports leader. His so-called Grand Experimentaimed toshow that college players could be both good athletes and good students. He had four hundred nine victories. He guided Penn State to fiveundefeatedseasons and two national championships.
The team is ranked twelfth in the nation. They play their lasthome gameof the season on Saturday against nineteenth-ranked Nebraska.
In other sports news, team owners and the players union in the National Basketball Association completed their latest negotiations on Thursday. Those efforts ended with a proposal for the players tovote on. It wouldallow fora seventy-two game season beginning December fifteenth.
Derek Fisher is the union president.
DEREK FISHER: "On the main six or seven issues, I'm not sure that we can say on any one of them, the NBA cameall the wayto what we like them to come to. All I can say is that on a couple of the issues, there was some revision, there was some change in their position from the last proposal that we saw."
NBA Commissioner David Stern said the owners wouldawaitthe decision from the players union next week.
DAVID STERN: "There comes a time when you have to be through negotiating and we are.''
The season was supposed to have started November first. Thedisputecenters onbasketball-related income. Owners want fifty percent of therevenuewhile players want 52.5 percent.
Owners say the NBA lost three hundred million dollars last year. They say just eight of the thirty teams earned a profit.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise.
难点注释
d="governing">governing d="board">board:理事会,董事会
be accused of: 被指控,被控告犯有
d="law">law d="enforcement">enforcement: 法律的实施
vote to: 投票做某事
vote on: 就……投票
effective immediately: 立即生效
aim to: 目的在于;针对
home game:主场比赛
allow for: 考虑到,顾及到
all the way:天长地久;一路上
center on: 集中于;以……为中心
d="reportedly">reportedly:据报道,据传闻
assault:[ə'sɔ:t]
n. 攻击,突袭
vt. 袭击,突袭
vi. 动武
The enemy assaulted us at darkness.
天黑时敌人向我们进攻。
The commander decided to assault the enemy in the darkness.
指挥官决定夜袭敌军。
d="release">release:[ri'li:s]
n. 释放,让渡,豁免,发行的书,释放证书
vt. 释放,解放,放松,豁免,免除,发表
The actor's new film will be d="release">released next month.
这位男演员的新影片下个月公开发行。
He d="release">released her from his gaze.
他紧盯着她的目光移开了。
Trustee:受托人;托管人
Undefeated:未被击败的
Await:等候,等待
Dispute:[dis'pju:t]
n. 争论,争执
vt. 争论,争执
vi. 争论,争执
I disputed his story.
我怀疑他所说的话是否真实。
Let's refer the dispute to the umpire.
让我们把这争论交裁判处理。
Revenue:税收;收益
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