VOA常速英语2008年-Embattled US Housing Chief Resigns
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
Washington
31 March 2008
The top U.S. housing official, who is under criminal investigation 1, has announced he is resigning. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson says he will step down April 18.
"There comes a time when one must attend diligently 2 to personal and family matters," he said. "Now is such a time for me."
For two years, Jackson has been fighting allegations that he behaved improperly 3 in awarding contracts with his agency. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been probing the relationship between Jackson and a friend who was paid 392,000 by his department as a construction manager in New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina.
Also, the housing authority in the city of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) has filed a lawsuit 4 alleging 5 that Jackson tried to punish the city agency for rejecting a deal involving one of Jackson's friends.
Jackson did not mention the controversies 6 as he announced his resignation. Instead, he concentrated on what his agency has accomplished 7 since he became Secretary in 2004.
"We have helped families keep their homes. We have transformed public housing. We have reduced chronic 8 homelessness. And we have preserved affordable 9 housing and increased minority homeownership."
Alphonso Jackson's resignation will likely leave the Bush administration without a Housing Secretary at a time when a crisis in the housing industry, set off by risky 10 mortgage lending, is causing problems for the U.S. economy.
President Bush, who has had a friendship with Jackson since the late 1980's, accepted his resignation with regret, calling him "a strong leader and a good man."
Jackson says he has spent more than 30 years improving housing opportunities for all Americans, regardless of income or race.
"As the son of a lead smelter and [a] nurse midwife, and the last of 12 children, never did I imagine I would serve America in such a way. I am truly grateful for the opportunity."
Jackson said he is staying on for three more weeks to ensure an orderly leadership transition at his agency.
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
- He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。
- Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！
- He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
- His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
- This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
- We offer no comment on these controversies here. 对于这些争议，我们在这里不作任何评论。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon. 围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。 来自辞典例句
- Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
- Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。