广播电视英语短句 第 57 课：联邦腐败指控-5

Rod Blagojevich was elected in two thousand two as a reform candidate. Rod Blagojevich在2000年作为改革候选人而获选。

The governor before him, George Ryan, was found guilty of corruption two years ago. 他之前的州长George Ryan 2年前被判腐败罪。

He is now serving a six-and-a-half year prison term. 现在George Ryan他正在服6.5年的刑期。

But the newspaper USA Today says Illinois, for its population, is eighteenth among the fifty states in convictions for public corruption. 《今日美国》报纸说对于伊利诺斯州的人口来讲，在50个因公共腐败而定罪的州中，它位列18。

North Dakota, it says, had the highest rate between nineteen ninety-eight and two thousand seven. But the study looked only at cases won in federal courts. 报纸还报道，在1998年和2007年，北达科他州的公共腐败犯罪率最高。

Two longtime members of Congress, from Alaska and Louisiana, lost re-election in November at least in part because of corruption cases. 来自阿拉斯加和路易斯安那的两位国会的长期成员，至少部分由于腐败案件而在11月失去了连任（的机会）。