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JUDY WOODRUFF: Former Vice President and likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made his first public statements this morning on allegations by a former Senate staffer that she was sexually assaulted by him in the early 1990s. Lisa Desjardins has the story. And a warning: This report contains graphic language.
JOSEPH BIDEN (D), Presidential Candidate: I'm saying unequivocally, it never, never happened.
LISA DESJARDINS: In his interview on MSNBC this morning, Biden strongly denied the allegation that he sexually assaulted a congressional aide in 1993, when he a senator and Judiciary Committee chairman. Biden also said he would not malign his accuser.
JOSEPH BIDEN: Women have a right to be heard, and the press should rigorously investigate claims they make. I will always uphold that principle. But, in the end, in every case, the truth is what matters. And, in this case, the truth is, the claims are false.
LISA DESJARDINS: The former Senate staffer, Tara Reade, says Biden pushed her against the wall in a Capitol Hill office building, reached under her skirt, and penetrated her with his fingers. Here she is in a podcast interview with The New York Times:
TARA READE, Biden Accuser: It happened at once. And that's what's so hard about telling this story. Like, he's talking to me, and his hands are everywhere. And everything's happening at once, and very quickly. This happened, like, in under two minutes.
LISA DESJARDINS: This is different than her account last year, when she told The Union newspaper in Nevada that Biden sometimes put his hand on her shoulders and stroked her neck. She was one of eight women to report uncomfortable touching from Biden. With her more recent charge of assault, two friends and her brother have since said on the record that they remember Reade sharing details of it with them at different points.
LARRY KING, CNN: San Luis Obispo, California, hello.
LISA DESJARDINS: Reade also identified her mother as an anonymous caller on The Larry King Live show in 1993, who spoke of her daughter having problems with a prominent senator.
JOSEPH BIDEN: I fought my entire life to change, to change the whole notion of the law and cultural sexual -- around the culture on sexual assault.
LISA DESJARDINS: In his denial, Biden cited his past work writing the landmark law on domestic violence, the Violence Against Women Act.
JOSEPH BIDEN: The proudest accomplishment of my career.
LISA DESJARDINS: And the It's On Us campaign he led while vice president, which encouraged men to be allies against sexual assault on college campuses.
JOSEPH BIDEN: It should be investigated.
LISA DESJARDINS: Biden called on the Senate secretary and the National Archives to try to locate any complaint against him by Reade, as she claims she reported. Biden says he does not know of any such complaint.
JOSEPH BIDEN: There have been no complaints made against me in terms of my Senate career, in terms of my office and anything that has been run.
Look, this is an open book. There's nothing for me to hide, nothing at all.
LISA DESJARDINS: But Biden maintained that other records from his time in the Senate, now at the University of Delaware library, do not contain personnel files and would remain sealed. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Lisa Desjardins.
JUDY WOODRUFF: This evening, former Vice President Biden asked the secretary of the Senate to look for any records of complaints that existed during the time of Ms. Reade's letter. He asked the conclusion of that search be made public.
重点解析
1.open book 一目了然的事物
I have no secrets; my life is an open book.
我没有什么秘密，我的生活是尽人皆知的事情。
2.domestic violence 家庭暴力
Domestic violence and rape are still significant problems.
家庭暴力和强奸依旧是重大的问题。
3.in terms of 就...而言
There is a convergence between capitalist firms and co-operatives in terms of business strategy.
资本主义公司和合作企业在经营战略方面趋于一致。
4.speak of 讲起
This move caused consternation among universities and the government, not to speak of the students affected.
这个举措在大学和政府里造成了恐慌，更不用说受到影响的学生们了。
5.encourage to 鼓励
We want to encourage people to go fishing, not put them off
我们希望鼓励人们去垂钓，而不是打消他们的热情。
参考译文
朱迪·伍德拉夫：前副总统、可能的民主党总统候选人乔·拜登今晨第一次就一位前参议院工作人员的说法进行公开声明。这位工作人员说自己在20世纪90年代初受到了拜登的性骚扰。请听丽莎·德雅尔丹发回的报道。温馨提示：该报道中含有图形语言。
乔·拜登，总统候选人：我明确地说，这事儿从未发生过。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：今晨在接受微软全国有线广播电视公司（MSNBC）采访时，拜登强烈否认1993年性骚扰某国会助理的事情。那时候的拜登是参议员，也是司法委员会的主席。拜登也说自己不会污蔑指控自己的人。
乔·拜登：女性有被他人听到的权利，而且媒体应该严厉调查女性的指控。这是我一贯秉持的原则。不过，最后总是事实最重要。就这个事儿来说，事实是：她的指控是虚假的。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：前参议院工作人员塔拉·里德说拜登把她推到国会大厦的墙上，把手伸到了她的短裙下，还用手指戳了她。现在，塔拉·里德正在通过博客接受《纽约时报》的采访：
塔拉·里德，指控拜登的人：这件事突然就发生了。而且太难以启齿了。就仿佛他在跟我说话、他的手到处乱摸一样。所有事情都是瞬间发生的，太快了。就是两分钟的事儿。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：这番言辞与她去年的陈述不同。去年，塔拉·里德在接受内华达州《联邦报》采访时表示，拜登有时候会把手放在她的肩上，轻抚她的脖子。除了塔拉·里德，还有7位女士曾表态遭受过拜登让人不舒服的触摸。最近在里德指控拜登之后，里德的2位好友以及自己的哥哥都公开表示他们记得里德曾在不同的地方与他们分享过细节。
拉里·金，CNN：嗨，大家好，我正在加州的圣路易斯奥比斯波。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：里德还说她母亲曾于1993年给《拉里金专题报道现场直播》打过匿名电话，说自己的女儿遇到了麻烦，被一名声名卓越的参议员纠缠。
乔·拜登：我一生都在奋力改变法律整体的概念和文化上性的概念——与性骚扰有关的文化。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：在反驳中，拜登提到自己过去著的一本与家庭暴力法有关的书，这是具有里程碑意义的法律——《妇女受暴防治法》。
乔·拜登：这是我一生中最引以为傲的成就。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：拜登担任副总统期间领到过“你我都有责任”运动，该运动鼓励男性抵制大学校园的性骚扰问题。
乔·拜登：这个事情需要彻查。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：拜登呼吁参议院秘书和国家档案馆尝试查找有关里德指控拜登的信息，是否如里德自己所说的那样。拜登说自己并不知道有里德所说的控诉。
乔·拜登：在我的参议院工作生涯中，我从未受过指控。看，这是一本公开的记录。我没什么好隐藏的。
丽莎·德雅尔丹：但拜登坚持表示自己在参议院期间的记录现在都在特拉华大学图书馆里，里面不包含人事档案，会一直处于密封状态。感谢收听丽莎·德雅尔丹发回的报道。
朱迪·伍德拉夫：今晚，前副总统乔·拜登请参议院秘书查找里德写信期间提到的控诉记录。拜登请求将结论公之于众。
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