20180922 Leaders #MeToo, one year on
1：A YEAR ago HarveyWeinstein wasexposed as a sexual predator
Sexual predator 性侵犯者
Hecommitted
sexual assaultsdecades ago as a student
2：A movementsparkedby an alleged rapist could be the most powerful force for equality since women’ssuffrage
a引发触发
the proposal would spark a stormof protest around the country引发抗议浪潮
b spark sth up to begin a conversation, an argument, afriendship etc
I tried to spark up a conversationwith her
3：In every walk of lifepowerful men have been forced out
在各行各业中
4：What began on thecasting
couchhasmade its wayto the Supreme Court bench
a：潜规则 演员在沙发上发生的以性换角色
b：to move forward
usually by following a path：Whenhis name was called, he made his way to the stage.
often
used figuratively：Aftercollege, she set out to make her way in the world as a lawyer.
5：For too long, when awomanspoke outagainst a man, the suspicion was turned back onher
大胆讲出，说出来
+against 公然反对
6：In 1991 when AnitaHill accused Clarence Thomas, now aSupreme Court judge, ofsexual harassment, his defenderssmeared her as“a little bitnutty and a little bit slutty”. The machine backing Mr Kavanaugh is equallydetermined
~ sb/sth 诽谤；诋毁todamage sb's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that are not true
7：But women in collegesand workplaces all over America are harmed by abuse thatfalls short ofrape
不足以；不符合；短缺；称不上
8：Striking a balancebetween accuser and accused is hard
达到平衡
9：Also a problem isthe
grey zone inhabited bymen who have not been convicted in court, butare judged guilty by parts of society.
栖息于——在这个灰色地带内徘徊的男人
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