时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2003(下)-发展与科学


英语课


By Jill Moss 1


Broadcast: October 6, 2003
This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report.
The first treaty to fight organized criminal groups around the world is now a part of international law. The treaty went into effect last week. It is called the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
The U-N Office on Drugs and Crime says about one-hundred-fifty nations have signed the treaty. These include the United States, Russia, China and most of the nations in Latin America.
So far, forty-eight of the countries have gone the next step and approved the treaty. They are now expected to include the rules of the agreement in their local laws.
The treaty requires countries to approve a series of measures. One measure is to make it illegal to take part in an organized criminal group. Such groups are defined in the agreement as at least three people working together to carry out serious crimes for profit.
The treaty also includes agreements for protection against 1)trafficking in people. The U-N says criminal groups are using new transportation and communication technologies to make huge profits from their activities. These include moving immigrants illegally across borders. They also include transporting women and children for use in the sex trade or as servants.
The United Nations 2)estimates that this trafficking involves tens of thousands of women and children each year. They are brought from developing nations into Western countries and forced to work.
President Bush has promised fifty-million dollars to help 3)victims of the international sex trade. He made the promise during his speech before the United Nations General Assembly last month.
The new U-N treaty also requires that countries approve measures to fight dishonesty by public officials. And nations will have to cooperate against 4)money laundering 2. They will have to work together to find hidden money earned through criminal activities.
The treaty also sets new rules for countries to surrender suspects for trial and to carry out joint 3 5)investigations. In addition, countries must work to fight illegal trafficking in firearms.
The United Nations is to hold a conference in Vienna next year to examine how the treaty against organized crime is working. Officials say the treaty is a major step in efforts to support international development.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. This is Robert Covent.
注释:
1) traffick [5trAfikE ] v.干非法勾当
2) estimate [ 5estimeit ] v.估计, 估价, 评估
3) victim [ 5viktim ] n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品
4) money laundering 洗钱
5) investigation 4 [ in7vesti5^eiFEn ] n.调查, 研究



1 moss
n.苔,藓,地衣
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
2 laundering
n.洗涤(衣等),洗烫(衣等);洗(钱)v.洗(衣服等),洗烫(衣服等)( launder的现在分词 );洗(黑钱)(把非法收入改头换面,变为貌似合法的收入)
  • Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
4 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
学英语单词
2H
amplitide-modulated transmitter
at a low
axiom of infinity
Bahindi
Bloch's scale
Blow Lunch
bovy
broochophony
burst forth like a fire
carychium noduliferum
charadrius dubius curonicus
chlorolymphoma
chlorophenylalanine
commercial forest land
computer program validation
cotransfections
Cynoglossum furcatum
dual projector
duloctil
electrically controlled attenuator
endomycosis
environmental impact analysis
ethical sociology
expense belonging to the preceding fiscal year
exteriorscapes
f-d-a
Fernlee
fibered manifold
first inner apical nervure
Fistful of Dollars
folded doublet
Gavīleh
genus passers
geometric mean diameter
Grabo
grey-coated
ground-state splitting
hatching method
hobelar
horizontal shading signal
induction charging
industry standards
ipsiversive
isocephalism
It is not the case.
lassaba hsuhonglini
left-handed cigarettes
linearity sector
liquid explosive drill
logatomes
long exposure
long-period average flow
louekoskis
low interest
low water flow
magnetic test coil
magneto-elastic load cell
marine dataset
mesh of grid
metallogenetic
minimoon
naked molten metal
Namburis
natural antitoxic immunity
neo-positivist epistemology
nonstarving
optimum cutting speed
organotropism
outofround
oversea chinese commercial bank
penalty free throws
polypary
Porez
quadratic response
radiocartograph
rapid translocation
rhytido-
road foreman of engines
secondhand rail
siliqua fasciata
skin actinomycosis
southbank
spell ... out
Stapledon
stearne
stoiques
suma
superhard tool material
Tarannon shales
tax colloector
teloi
Tha Li
tourism group
transducted
transformer bracket
Tricarico
tuyere arch
Undivided Account
Vaygach, Ostrov
wastebasket
watchful