英伦广角 2009-07-12 新闻集团被指控非法窃听名流
Actors, politicians, sports stars and other celebrities 1 are thought to be considering suing the News of the World for hacking 2 into their mobile phones. Legal action could amount to millions of pounds in damages, Mark Steven represents two who believe they were targeted.
“I think people are going to be looking for settlements with a significant amount of money, we’ve seen with the Max Mosley case that invasion of privacy, now attracting significant amounts of money in terms of damages. And so once you add legal cost to that ,we are gonna be talking in the couple of hundred thousand per person making a claim, and that’s going to be a large amount of money. ”
Two football legends, Sir Alex Ferguson and Alan Shearer 3 , are the latest said to have been bugged 4 in messages left with Gordon Taylor, the Players' Union Boss, He was paid 700,000 pounds by the paper in the secret civil case settlement. Dozens more victims who sue successfully could cost the paper owners ,News International, much more.
The Guardian 5 Newspaper claimed evidence of widespread hacking was uncovered during the case of News of the World, the royal editor Clive Goodman, he was jailed with a private investigator 6 two years ago. The director of public prosecutions 7 is reviewing the police evidence that didn’t lead to charges against other staff of the paper.
The police have ruled out reopening the Clive Goodman case, but they are two new investigations 9 by MPs' Committee and the Press Complaints Commission, they are asking once again who else knew what Clive Goodman was up to.
Did Andy Coulson know? he was Clive Goodman’s editor, he said he didn’t, but he took responsibility and quit. He’s now the Tory Party’s chief media advisor 10. The Lib Dem Chris Huhne accused Scotland Yard of neglect of duty in ruling out too quickly a reopening of the case. He is asking the Independent Police Complaints Commission to investigate .
“Given the scale and scope of the allegations,” he said. “the possibility that other journalists and investigators 11 were involved must now be seriously considered.”
But News International strongly denied any other journalists had acted illegally, in a letter to the MPs' Media Watchdog Committee,the company’s new chief executive Rebecca Wade 12 wrote:“the Guardian coverage 13, we believe, has substantially and likely deliberately 14 misled the British public. ”.The company insisted that it and its staff would be exonerated 15 by any new investigation 8.
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
- A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。 来自互联网
- The police have bugged his office. 警察在他的办公室装了窃听器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had bugged off before I had a chance to get a word in. 我还没来得及讲话，他已经走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
- The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
- He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
- The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
- It is the duty of the Attorney-General to institute prosecutions. 检察总长负责提起公诉。
- Since World War II, the government has been active in its antitrust prosecutions. 第二次世界大战以来，政府积极地进行着反对托拉斯的检举活动。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 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。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- 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》
- We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
- We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
- The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption. 警方的报告免除了对刘易斯贪污的所有指控。
- An investigation exonerated the school from any blame. 一项调查证明该学校没有任何过失。 来自辞典例句