时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月


英语课

We start today with a look at an international story concerning the U.S. and Russia. Late last week, an American federal grand jury formally charged 13 Russian citizens and three Russian companies with allegedly interfering 2 with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Russians are accused of conspiracy 3 to defraud 4 the United States. Other charges for some of the dependents included conspiracy to commit bank fraud and identity theft.


今天我们从一个关于美国和俄罗斯的国际新闻开始。上周晚些时候,美国联邦大陪审团正式指控13名俄罗斯公民和三家俄罗斯公司涉嫌干扰2016年美国总统大选。俄罗斯人被控阴谋欺骗美国。其他一些相关人员被指控包括共谋银行诈骗和身份盗窃。


Here`s how this alleged 1 happen. The U.S. Justice Department says as early as 2014, a Russian organization named the Internet Research Agency started trying to interfere 5 with the U.S. political system and 2016 elections. The Russians are accused of posing as Americans, creating false American identities, operating social media pages to attract American audiences and posting critical information about American presidential candidates. The U.S. government says employees for the Internet Research Agency were told to, quote, use any opportunity to criticize Democratic presidential nominee 6 Hillary Clinton and the rest except for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump 7.


这就是事件的缘由。美国司法部说,早在2014年,一个名为互联网研究机构的俄罗斯组织就开始试图干涉美国的政治体制和2016年的选举。俄罗斯人被指控假扮美国人,制造虚假的美国身份,操作社交媒体页面以吸引美国观众,并发布有关美国总统候选人的关键信息。美国政府表示,互联网研究机构的雇员被告知,他们将利用任何机会批评民主党总统候选人希拉里。


The U.S. government says that no Americans knowingly participated in the illegal activity. And President Donald Trump says the Russian campaign started before he announced his presidential candidacy and that the results of the election were not impacted. Other American politicians, including some Republicans and Democrats 8 in Congress said it`s clear Russia interfered 9 with the election and that future U.S. elections would have to be better protected.


美国政府表示,没有美国人故意参与非法活动。唐纳德·特朗普总统表示,俄罗斯的竞选活动在他宣布竞选总统之前就开始了,选举结果没有受到影响。包括一些共和党和民主党在内的其他美国政客说,很明显,俄罗斯干预了选举,未来的美国选举必须得到更好的保护。


Russia`s foreign ministry 10 described the charges as, quote, absurd. It`s also said that not a single fact has come out of the U.S. investigation 11 into alleged Russian interference. But that investigation continues.


俄罗斯外交部称这些指控是荒谬的。也有人说,美国对所谓俄罗斯干涉的调查没有一个事实。但是,调查仍在继续。



1 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • 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
2 interfering
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
3 defraud
vt.欺骗,欺诈
  • He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
  • He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。
4 interfere
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰
  • If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话,可能弊多利少。
  • When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件,棘手的事情就来了。
5 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
6 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
7 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 interfered
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉
  • Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
10 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • 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。
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Ontojärvi
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