2006年VOA标准英语-Report Clears Intelligence Officers in Lon
时间：2019-01-10 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Michael Drudge 1
London
11 May 2006
Police officer gives commuter 2 directions at Tottenham Court Road after tube networks plunged 3 into chaos 4 July 21, 2005
British authorities have cleared intelligence agencies of mishandling surveillance before the London bombings last July that killed 52 public transport passengers and four suicide bombers 5.
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A parliamentary report says Britain's security services were too understaffed to have prevented the bombings last July 7, though two of the four British Muslim suicide bombers had come to the attention of intelligence officers before the attacks.
The chairman of Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, Paul Murphy, says there was not enough manpower to pursue every lead.
"The decision not to give greater investigative priority to identifying these two individuals at the time was due to other investigations 7 being prioritized and we conclude that that decision was understandable," said Murphy.
The committee's report is called a "whitewash 8" by some relatives of victims, among them Dania Gorody, who wants an independent investigation 6.
"The British public deserves a public inquiry 9, but more than anyone, the families of the victims deserve a public inquiry," noted 10 Gorody. "Fifty-two people have been killed and I think this is a great enough number to allow for the government to have this kind of expense."
Security experts say the report falls below their expectations, as analyst 11 Crispin Black explains.
"Its principle conclusion seems to be that there were a lack of resources. It does not even deign 12 to investigate why there was a lack of resources four years after 9/11," said Black.
The British Home Office released its own report on the actions the four bombers took before the attacks, and Home Secretary John Reid appeared in Parliament to discuss their possible motives 13.
"Their motivation appears to have been a mixture of anger at perceived injustices 14 by the West against Muslims, and a desire for martyrdom," commented Reid.
Reid says there will be no independent inquiry, he says funding for security services is adequate, and he adds that three other bombing plots have been foiled since the July attacks.
- I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
- I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- They tried hard to whitewash themselves.他们力图粉饰自己。
- What he said was a load of whitewash.他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- He doesn't deign to talk to unimportant people like me. 他不肯屈尊和像我这样不重要的人说话。
- I would not deign to comment on such behaviour. 这种行为不屑我置评。
- One who committed many injustices is doomed to failure. 多行不义必自毙。
- He felt confident that his injustices would be righted. 他相信他的冤屈会受到昭雪的。