Letter Bomb Explodes at European Parliament;
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
Letter Bomb Explodes at European Parliament;
No Injuries
Roger Wilkison
A letter bomb sent to a top member of the European Parliament in Brussels exploded Monday in his office, but no one was injured. Investigators 1 believe the incident is linked to several letter bombs that were sent last month from Italy to other European figures and institutions.
The bomb that detonated was addressed to conservative German lawmaker Hans-Gert Poettering, who heads the European People's Party, the biggest political group in the European Parliament.
Mr. Poettering was returning to Brussels from Germany at the time, and the aide who opened the videocassette-sized package suffered no injuries when it burst into flames.
Bomb disposal experts managed to neutralize 2 another suspicious parcel that was addressed to Jose Ignacio Salafranca, a Spanish member of Mr. Poettering's party.
A spokesman for the European Parliament, David Harley, says one or two other suspect packages are being checked by security officials.
Mr. Harley says the packages were mailed from the Italian city of Bologna on December 22. He says he does not know when they arrived at the European Parliament, which reopened on Monday after a long Christmas and New Year's holiday.
Four similar devices were mailed last month from Bologna to other European Union leaders and agencies. One was opened by the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, at his home in Bologna. It did not hurt him, but caused a small fire.
Another was sent to the Frankfurt office of European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, and the others were mailed to the heads of Europol, an EU police agency, and Eurojust, an institution grouping European prosecutors 4, both of which are based in The Hague. Those bombs also failed to cause any injuries.
On December 31, Italian authorities said they were blocking all mail sent from Bologna to European agencies.
Italian police have linked the devices to a little-known Italian anarchist 5 group that took responsibility for setting off two small bombs in garbage cans outside Mr. Prodi's Bologna home on December 21.
The group says it planted the bombs to strike at what it called the repressive European control apparatus 6.
注释：
European Parliament 欧洲议会
Brussels [5brQslz] n. 布鲁塞尔（比利时首都）
figure [5fi^E] n. 名人，名流
detonate [5detEuneit] v. 引爆
lawmaker [5lC:meIkE(r)] n. 立法者
Hans-Gert Poettering 汉斯-格特·派特林，德国基民盟成员，欧洲人民党与欧洲民主人士党团主席
European People's Party 欧洲人民党
aide [eid] n. （美）助手，副官
videocassette [5vidiEukB:5set] n. 录像带
bomb disposal expert 排弹专家
neutralize [5nju:trElaIz] v. 排除，致使无效
Bologna [bE5lEunjE] 博洛尼亚（意大利城市）
European Union (EU) 欧盟
European Commission 欧洲委员会
Romano Prodi 罗马诺·普罗迪，欧盟委员会主席，意大利前总理
Frankfurt 法兰克福
European Central Bank 欧洲中央银行
Jean-Claude Trichet 让·克洛德·特里谢，欧洲中央银行行长，同时还是国际货币基金组织轮值主席
Europol 欧洲警察
Eurojust 欧洲法庭
prosecutor 3 [5prCsikju:tE] n. 检举人
Hague [hei^] n. 海牙（荷兰的中央政府所在地，在荷兰西部）
anarchist [5AnEkIst] n. 无政府主义者
set off 使爆炸
garbage can 垃圾桶
plant [plB:nt] vt. 安置
strike at 袭击，打击, 攻击
repressive [rI5presIv] adj. 压抑的，压制的
apparatus [7ApE5reitEs] n. 机构，机关
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
- Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。
- I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。