VOA标准英语2010年-US Officials: Corruption Still Threate
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(三月)
U.S. federal officials say corruption 1 among some law enforcement officers is jeopardizing 2 anti-drug and security patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials say drug dealers 3 have infiltrated 4 their agencies, often through huge payoffs.
Mexico is winning American praise for its war against illegal drug trafficking. A recent U.S. State Department report cites Mexican President Felipe Calderon's crackdown on drug cartels, and several high-profile arrests.
But U.S. officials say many of those cartels have infiltrated American law enforcement agencies assigned to combat the drug trade.
In Washington March 11, U.S. Senate lawmakers on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee
heard testimony 5 about the problem from top law enforcement officials.
Kevin Perkins of the FBI says the temptation of large bribes 7 from drug dealers is often too much for new hires. He cited the case of one new recruit who became a border inspector 8 in order to traffic drugs.
"Through our collaborative efforts, and year-long investigation 9, this public official pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, while at the same time receiving more than $5 million in bribe 6 payments," he said. "This individual has since been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison."
James Tomsheck, who is with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Internal Affairs, told Senator Mark Pryor that since October 2004, 103 agents have been arrested on corruption charges. But he said because of budget constraints 10, only 10 percent of applicants 11 in 2009 were given polygraph exams.
Senator Pryor then asked, "Of those who are polygraphed, what percentage are found unsuitable for service?"
Tomsheck replied, "Approximately 60 percent."
"Sixty percent," said Pryor. "Can we extrapolate from that, if there's 90 or even 85 percent of the folks that are on this chart here, that have not been polygraphed that, maybe 60 percent of them might not pass the polygraph if they took the test?"
"We and others have done that analysis, senator, and have reached the same conclusion," Tomsheck answered.
Tomscheck says his agency would need an additional 50 examiners to reach its goal of giving all applicants polygraph tests.
U.S. officials say corruption also raises concerns about terrorists exploiting security lapses 12 along either the Canadian or Mexican border.
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划，也是无效率的。
- That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业，电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
- Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
- He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- 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。
- Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
- What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
- He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。