2006年VOA标准英语-Raid on Japanese Internet Company Provokes
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Steve Herman
Tokyo
17 January 2006
Japanese prosecutors 1 have raided one of the country's most high-profile Internet companies, prompting the main stock index to suffer its biggest one-day point drop in 20 months. The legal investigation 2 has political overtones.
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The benchmark Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plummeted 3 462 points on Tuesday, a drop of more than 2.75 percent. Internet-related issues drove the selling, and particularly hard hit were businesses having a relationship with the Internet company Livedoor.
Livedoor's stock, one of the few in Japan that is extremely popular with individual investors 4, fell 14.5 percent amid a glut 5 of sell orders.
It was not only the company's stock that suffered, however. Livedoor's headquarters and the homes of its founder 6 were the target of an all-night raid Monday, which prosecutors said stemmed from allegations of securities law violations 7, including spreading rumors 8 to manipulate stock prices.
Takafumi Horie (File photo)
The company's founder and chairman, Takafumi Horie, 33, called a 7 a.m. news conference Tuesday, telling a national audience that the company would conduct its own investigation into the allegations raised by prosecutors.
While denying that he or the company has done anything wrong, Horie says Livedoor will look into the charges internally and quickly report its findings to the public.
The incident is being seen as more than a simple criminal matter.
Horie, a brash entrepreneur who likes to break the rules, ran for parliament last year at the urging of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. His opponent was a Koizumi rival and defector from the governing Liberal Democratic Party, former Construction Minister Shizuka Kamei.
Horie lost to Kamei, a member of Japan's political establishment, and talk on the streets of Tokyo Tuesday was that the raids were a message from the country's old guard: don't challenge the establishment, or the way it does business.
Horie usually appears at meetings and news conferences dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. A drop-out of Japan's most elite 9 university, his motto is "earning money is everything."
In recent years, he and other mavericks 10 have turned their backs on the traditional Japanese business etiquette 11 of consensus 12 and modesty 13. Instead, they have emulated 14 aggressive Western entrepreneurs, engaging in mergers 15 and acquisitions to make money quickly, and then flaunting 16 it by purchasing jets and exotic cars.
Horie, in particular, became a wildly admired celebrity 17, especially among young people, for his ultimately unsuccessful effort to buy a professional baseball franchise 18 and the failed hostile takeover of a television network.
Kamei said Tuesday that if Horie is found to have broken the law, Mr. Koizumi would have to take the blame for getting the Internet entrepreneur involved in politics.
Mr. Koizumi rebuffed that suggestion, saying the criminal investigation has nothing to do with last year's election.
- 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。
- 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。
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
- A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The glut of coffee led to a sharp drop in prices.咖啡供过于求道致价格急剧下跌。
- There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.西欧的农产品供过于求。
- 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。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
- And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。
- The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
- According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
- As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
- The havoc that months had previously wrought was now emulated by the inroads of hours. 前几个月已经使他垮下来，如今更是一小时一小时地在恶化。 来自辞典例句
- The key technology emulated by CAD and the circuit is showed. 对关键技术进行了仿真，给出了电路实现形式。 来自互联网
- Mergers fall into three categories: horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate. 合并分为以下三种：横向合并，纵向合并和混合合并。 来自辞典例句
- Many recent mergers are concentrated within specific industries, particularly in retailing, airlines and communications. 现代许多合并企业集中进行某些特定业务，在零售业、民航和通讯业中更是如此。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- He did not believe in flaunting his wealth. 他不赞成摆阔。
- She is fond of flaunting her superiority before her friends and schoolmates. 她好在朋友和同学面前逞强。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。