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Harvard twins appeal Facebook settlement ruling anew

时间：2011-04-20 07:50:50

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     BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The case in the Hollywood blockbuster（轰动，炸弹） "The Social Network" continues in real life.

    Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss on Monday filed another appeal against their Harvard classmate and Facebook founder1 Mark Zuckerberg.
    The Winklevosses claim that the case needs to be reviewed by a special 11-judge panel in the latest appeal（呼吁,请求）, after a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the brothers last week.
    The twins initially2 claimed that Zuckerberg had stolen their idea for the website but agreed to drop their lawsuit3 in 2008 in exchange for 20 million dollars in cash and stock in the company.
    But later they discovered the stock was worth less than claimed at the time and sought to have the deal voided, the brothers said.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
 

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1 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
2 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
3 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
  • 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。

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