VOA慢速英语:Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes in Sierra Leone

1. pursuant adj. 追赶的;依据的
例句：Every industry or trade should operate pursuant to the law and the commercial morality. 
各行各业都应依法从业，文明经商。 

2. retreat vt. 把...后撤;使后退;使往后移
例句：He retreated his chair with intense disgust.
他极其厌恶地将椅子往后挪开。

3. terrible adj. 可怕的,吓人的,可怖的
例句：It was a terrible blow to him.
这对他是一个可怕的打击。

4. guilty adj. 有罪的,犯...罪的
例句：He was found guilty.
他被判有罪。

5. slavery n. 奴隶身份;奴役
例句：All those who were captured were sold into slavery.
所有被抓获的人都被卖去当奴隶。

6. influence vt. 影响,感化;左右
例句：I don't want to influence you. You must decide for yourself.
我不想影响你。你必须自行决定。

7. witness n.  目击者;见证
例句：I was a witness to the argument.
我是那场争论的见证人

8. conviction n. 定罪;证明有罪
例句：This was his third conviction.
这是他第三次被判罪。