VOA标准英语2010年-Russian Scientist Reportedly Released
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
Russian arms control researcher Igor Sutyagin stands behind bars as he listens to the verdict as he is sentenced to 15-years in prison for spying, at a courtroom in Moscow, 7 Apr 2004 (file photo)
The lawyer for a scientist imprisoned 1 for espionage 2 in Russia says he has been released, in what may be the first move in a spy exchange with the United States. However, there are conflicting reports on the whereabouts of the scientist, Igor Sutyagin.
His family says his release is part of an exchange for suspected Russian agents detained last month in the United States in a high-profile case.
Neither U.S. nor Russian officials have confirmed the reports.
Sergei Markov, a deputy in the Russian State Duma from the ruling United Russia party, said he has heard the rumors 3 of an exchange.
He tells VOA that if such a thing occurs, it represents a kind of confession 4 from both the United States and Russia.
"I think most important is that by exchange, both sides recognize that those arrested people - they are spies," said Sergei Markov.
Sutyagin was serving a 15-year prison sentence, after being convicted of sending classified information to a British firm that Russian authorities said was a front for U.S. intelligence.
He and his family have repeatedly denied his guilt 5. His case has been championed by human rights groups who say he was unfairly persecuted 6 by the government.
But Markov says the United States has already confirmed he was a spy.
"It was a very big shock for some of the Russian human rights activists 7 who protected Sutyagin for many years, repeating many times that he is, you know, a scientist who is being arrested by the KGB, by Putin, Putin is oppressing science and so forth," he said.
Meantime, the ten members of the alleged 8 Russian spy ring operating in the United States are charged with conspiring 9 to act as unregistered foreign agents. They are accused of seeking to infiltrate 10 U.S. policy-making circles and to gather information on U.S. political affairs. Nine of them are also charged with money laundering 11.
An eleventh suspect was detained briefly 12 in Cyprus, but went missing after being released on bail 13.
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
- Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
- The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
- She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
- Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
- Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
- Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
- John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。