President Obama is urging the Senate to confirm Judge Sotomayor by August. 总统奥巴马督促参议院在八月前确认 Sotomayor 法官。 The new court term begins in October. She would replace Justice David Souter who plans to retire in June. 新一届的法庭将在 10 月开始。她将取代打算在 6 月份退休的 David Souter 法官。 Sonia Sotomayor will be fifty-five in June. She was born in New York City to parents from the American commonwealth of Puerto Rico . Sonia Sotomayor 在六月份将满 55 岁。她出生于纽约市,父母来自美国波多黎各联邦。 She grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx , one of the poorest areas of the city. 她在南布朗克斯(纽约最穷地区之一)【政府掌管的】公共住房【工程】中长大。 She earned highest honors in history from Princeton University . Then she attended law school at Yale University . 她在普林斯顿大学获得了历史学最高荣誉。而后她进入耶鲁大学法学院学习。 |