英语听力：自然百科 国家地理：钻石：黑暗的一面—1
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2012年
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A global business, built on glittering profits and polish marketing 1, has convinced us that this mere 2 stone is a must-have. Diamonds are sold as ultimate tokens of love, romance and affection. At the dark corners to this new created trail and also represent greed, corruption 3 and brutality 4.-What is an opportunity the places where you can make some profit?
These are the confessions 5 of convicted smuggling 6 in blood diamonds.
-You have to have bold* steam* to do that.
Who descended 7 to a hell of murder, rape 8 and nuitilation* to buy them.
-You're going to give me my holy gut 9.
And the inside story of the world's biggest diamond robbery.
-You couldn't recover the diamonds.
How could hundred-million-dollar worth of diamonds simply disappear?
The world's oldest diamond market is in the historic Belgium port city of Antwerp. One Monday morning in Feburary 2003, a bombshell landed on the desk of diamond scout 10 detective Arc de Bruycker.
-I'll never forget the date.
It was the first ever reported break-in at the city's famous diamond center, home to merchants and hundreds of millions dollars worth of diamonds. The center's formidable underground fort had never been breached 11.
-Once we've arrived at the ground scene, it was clear to us something very serious happened. It was complete chaos 12. All the safes were open. Papers, documents, jewels and money, everything was spreaded around.
1 marketing
n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西
- They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
- He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
2 mere
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
3 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- 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。
4 brutality
n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
5 confessions
n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔
- It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 smuggling
n.走私
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
7 descended
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
- A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
8 rape
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
9 gut
n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏
- It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
- My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
10 scout
n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索
- He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
- The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。