时间:2018-12-09 作者:英语课 分类:自然探索


英语课

                                        03 关于环境犯罪组织


DATE=2/23/01
TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Earth Liberation 1 Front
BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk


(start at 59")This is the VOA Special English (1)ENVIRONMENT REPORT.
For years, American law (2)enforcement officials have been trying to (3)solve a series of environmental crimes. The (4)crimes are linked to a group known as the Earth (5)Liberation Front. The group claims (6)responsibility for hundreds of acts of destruction 2 in the United States during the past five years. The destruction has caused more than thirty million dollars worth of damage.
Federal 3 (7)investigators 4 say they are finally closer to solving the crimes. Recently, a seventeen-year-old student reportedly admitted setting 5 a series of fires in the state of New York. He was charged in (8)connection with acts of damage believed to be carried out by the Earth Liberation Front. The student is the son of a New York City police officer. He reportedly made the (9)admission during a secret court hearing. As part of a deal, the student agreed to cooperate 6 with officials investigating the Earth Liberation Front. He could face up to twenty years in prison.
This is the first time that a member of the group has admitted being responsible for environmental crimes linked to the Earth Liberation Front. Three other suspects in the property attacks were (10)negotiating with (11)federal officials.
Since Nineteen-Ninety-Six, members of the group have claimed to have damaged or burned hundreds of new homes, tree-cutting companies, federal offices and animal and plant research (12)laboratories. They say their goal is to stop development and other activities they consider harmful to nature. They say their (13)property attacks are aimed at industry and rich people who profit from the destruction of the natural environment.
The Earth Liberation Front says it will use any direct action necessary to carry out its goals. But it says it is opposed to harming animals or humans. Traditional environmental groups in the United States reject the group's methods.
The Earth Liberation Front includes environmental (14)extremists who operate independently of each other. Federal investigators say their lack of structure has made them difficult to stop. And they say the group usually leaves very little evidence behind.
A few weeks ago, the group claimed responsibility for burning several new homes in Mount 7 Sinai, New York. It has also claimed responsibility for (15)destructive acts in Colorado, Arizona, Oregon and Wisconsin.
This VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT was written by Cynthia Kirk.  


(1)  environment[ in5vaiErEnmEnt ]n.环境, 外界
(2) enforcement[ in5fC:smEnt ]n.执行, 强制
(3) solve[ sClv ]vt.解决, 解答
(4) crime[ kraim ]n.犯罪, 犯罪行为, 罪行, 罪恶
(5) liberation[ 7libE5reiFEn ]n.释放, 解放
(6) responsibility[ ris7pCnsE5biliti ]n.责任, 职责
(7) investigator[In`vestI^eItE(r)]n.调查人
(8) connection[ kE5nekFEn ]n.连接, 关系, 接线, 线路, 亲戚
(9) admission[ Ed5miFEn ]n.允许进入, 承认某事之陈述, 供认
(10) negotiate[ ni5^EuFieit ]v.(与某人)商议, 谈判, 磋商, ,买卖, 让渡(支票、债券等), 通过,
(11) federal[ 5fedErEl ]adj.联邦的, 联合的, 联邦制的, 同盟的n.(南北战争时期)北部联邦同盟盟员
(12) laboratory[ lE5bCrEtEri, 5lAbErEtEri ]n.实验室
(13) property[ 5prCpEti ]n.财产, 所有物, 所有权, 性质, 特性, (小)道具
(14) extremist[ iks5tri:mist ]n.极端主义者, 过激分子adj.极端主义(者)
(15) destructive[ dis5trQktiv ]adj.破坏(性)的



1 liberation
n.解放,解放运动(为获得平等权利和地位的行为)
  • We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
  • Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
2 destruction
n.破坏,毁灭,消灭
  • The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
  • Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。
3 federal
adj.联盟的;联邦的;(美国)联邦政府的
  • Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
  • The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。
4 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • 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》
5 setting
n.背景
  • The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
  • Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。
6 cooperate
vi.合作,协作,相配合
  • We hope we can cooperate even more closely in the future.希望我们今后能更加密切地合作。
  • I hope you can cooperate on this matter.我希望你在这件事上能给予合作。
7 mount
n.山峰,乘用马,框,衬纸;vi.增长,骑上(马);vt.提升,爬上,装备
  • Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
  • She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。
学英语单词
aculars
address-book
agglutinating
agryban
at (one's) pleasure
autoequivalences
Baccaurea
banana-leaf
Bartholomew doll
bass flute
blood-spattered
brown rice belly
buttered someone up
caridina brevicarpalis
circuit tourism
clomiphenes
closed circuit filling system
coleocela
constrictor naris
corneal abrasion
cosmic microwave radiation
Dalby's carminative
decentred lens
degree of polymerization of a polymer
derrick erecting truck
diachronic public relations
double ended wrench (double ended spanner)
ear tick
focal reducer
Fortcinolone
gafiating
glans of clitoris
gourd vegetables
graphic control
Green Cay
Grosa, I.
heat analysis
high modulus weave
homotharicrine
hosecock
house-party
i-hoked
induced homomorphism
indurain
infant-toddler
infantile oxyuriasis
integral joint casing
Jiantizi
Kombinat
Krasnovodsk
lepiota alba
liverer
low frequency electrical porcelain
mcgarvey
mercurification
nearest neighbor search
nerve cement
non-convertible
off-keier
one group critical equation
ony
orris-powder
palew
palmatipartite
partially hanging rudder
petrophytes
phase accumulator
photohobia
phylloporus rhodoxanthus
Piper betle L.
platismatia formosana
pledge card
plumpline
preset potentiometer
profitability index
propylene glycol alginate
public-address systems
randonnee
reflected radiation
relocating loader
ricebird
rolled joint
roof baggage rack
rubber sleeve core barrel
sea otter fur
shore-fast
sight bill
sodium ethyl sulfate
somlich
spell-binders
stabilized sulphur trioxide
synandrium
tan sb's hide
tank drainback
time correction circuit
too littlest
turbine low vacuum protection
two-way latticed grid
video-tapeds
well-carved
woodland pasture
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