美国国家公共电台 NPR Arrest Warrant Sought For Samsung Heir In S. Korean Presidential Bribery Scandal
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台1月
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Dramatic developments this morning in South Korea for one of the world's biggest companies. Prosecutors 1 have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for the leader of Samsung. It's all in connection to this ongoing 2 corruption 3 scandal that led to record-sized protests and the recent impeachment 4 of South Korea's president. NPR's Seoul correspondent Elise Hu has been covering this for us, and she joins us now on the line. Good morning, Elise.
ELISE HU, BYLINE 5: Good morning.
MARTIN: How is Samsung involved in all of this?
HU: Well, investigators 6 say the head of Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, tried to curry 7 favor with the president with payoffs. Specifically, Lee's accused of directing some $36 million U.S. in company money to two nonprofit foundations that were started by President Park Geun-hye's close friend. This was, prosecutors allege 8, in order to win government support of a controversial merger 9 between two Samsung affiliates 10, which happened in 2015. This merger was approved, and it was actually thanks in part to support from the government's pension fund, which is a substantial shareholder 11. To put this into context, Rachel, if the arrest warrant does lead to an indictment 12, Samsung becomes the latest to take a criminal hit in South Korea's largest political scandal, really, ever.
MARTIN: OK, so what is Samsung saying about all this?
HU: This comes at a rocky time for the conglomerate 13. Samsung is set to release the findings on its fire-prone Galaxy 14 Note 7 phone sometime in the next month or so. But on these specific charges, Samsung Korea says it is innocent. A spokesperson told NPR it's hard to understand the prosecutor's decision and that it won't accept the claims that there was any illegal solicitation 15 going on regarding that 2015 merger.
MARTIN: In South Korea, just give us a sense of how big of a deal it is to charge an executive at this level from a company of this size.
HU: Good question. South Korea actually has a history of charging executives at its family-controlled conglomerates 16 like Samsung. These companies are known in Korean as chaebol. Lee's father, the ailing 17 Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee, has actually been convicted twice before, once on bribery 18 charges, another on tax evasion 19. But he never did jail time, and he avoided it partly because of the coziness between Korean government and business. Lee's prison terms were suspended, and his criminal records were actually erased 20 by presidential pardons.
MARTIN: All right. So all this is connected to this presidential-level scandal. Remind us where we're at with that. Lawmakers impeached 21 President Park in December for abusing power. But she's not been removed from office, so where are things at?
HU: Her powers have been suspended. We have an acting 22 president that's running South Korea right now. And that's all while this impeachment trial continues, and an independent criminal investigation 23 of the president is ongoing.
MARTIN: NPR's Elise Hu speaking to us about Samsung and the political intrigue 24 from Seoul, South Korea. Thanks, Elise.
HU: You bet.
- 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。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- 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。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- 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》
- Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
- Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
- The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
- Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
- Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
- Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
- She affiliates with an academic society. 她是某学术团体的成员。
- For example, these security affiliates participated in the floating of 19,000,000,000 of issues in 1927. 例如，这些证券发行机构在1927年的流通证券中，就提供了一百九十亿美元的证券。
- The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
- A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
- The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
- An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。
- The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
- The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
- Make the first solicitation of the three scheduled this quarter. 进行三位名单上预期捐助人作本季第一次邀请捐献。 来自互联网
- Section IV is about the proxy solicitation system and corporate governance. 随后对委托书的格式、内容、期限以及能否实行有偿征集、征集费用由谁承担以及违反该制度的法律责任进行论述，并提出自己的一些见解。 来自互联网
- At the surface, radioactivity of the conglomerates is locally as high as 30 X background. 在地表，砾岩的局部地段的放射性高达30倍本底值。 来自辞典例句
- The conglomerates failed to understand that books could not be sold like soap. 这些联合大企业不懂卖书不象卖肥皂那样。 来自辞典例句
- They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
- She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
- The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
- He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- 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。