2006年VOA标准英语-Inquiries in Italian Football Scandal Wide
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
14 May 2006
A football (soccer) scandal in Italy is taking its toll 1. One Italian referee 2's accreditation 3 to the upcoming World Cup in Germany has been withdrawn 4, and prosecutors 5 have ordered more than 40 people to face questioning. The Vatican has denounced the scandal as an offense 6 to sport.
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With less than a month before the World Cup Championship in Germany, the attention of Italians is focused on a scandal that has engulfed 7 the country's national sport. Radio and television broadcasts and pages and pages of newspapers are devoted 8 to the football scandal.
Prosecutors have opened a massive investigation 9 into allegations of fixing games and illegal betting. The Italian football federation 10 Saturday withdrew the World Cup accreditation of a well-known referee, after he was implicated 11 in the scandal.
Juventus supporters protest outside soccer club headquarters, during a team's board meeting, in Turin, May 11, 2006
Four teams in the top-level Series A are involved so far: Juventus, Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina.
Industrialist 12 Diego Della Valle, whose family owns Fiorentina, said he is absolutely confident that his club is in no way involved in this affair.
Juventus is one of Italy's most celebrated 13 teams. But the entire board of the team resigned last week, and its general manager is under investigation for influencing referees 14.
More than 40 people have been ordered to face questioning. They are being investigated for criminal association and sporting fraud.
Italy's star goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, was questioned over suspected illegal betting. He says he is innocent and wants to play in the upcoming World Cup Championship.
The former team president of Bologna, Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara, said the scandal is almost enough to make one ashamed to be Italian. He questioned whether the Italian team should even play in the world championship.
He said it is sad that this is happening just before the World Cup, which begins next month.
The Vatican newspaper, meanwhile, described the football scandal as an offense to sports and to its values.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
- The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。
- a letter of accreditation 一份合格证明书
- This paper gives an overview of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) in High Level Architecture(HLA). 对基于高层体系结构(High Level Architecture,简称HLA)的仿真系统的校核、验证与确认(Verification, Validation and Accreditation,简称VV&A)问题进行了详细的介绍及分析。 来自互联网
- Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
- All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
- 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。
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
- He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
- The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- 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。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The industrialist's son was kidnapped.这名实业家的儿子被绑架了。
- Mr.Smith was a wealthy industrialist,but he was not satisfied with life.史密斯先生是位富有的企业家，可他对生活感到不满意。
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。