访谈录 2010-08-16&0818 美参议员指责英国官员

In the case of BP, it's hard to imagine that a company on such thin ice with the American people after devastating¹ our Gulf² Coast would not fully³ cooperate in getting to the bottom of the release of a terrorist who murdered 189 Americans. It is apparently⁴ more important to BP and Mr. Hayward to focus on his multi-million-dollar golden parachute than to help answering lingering questions about whether his company advocated trading blood for oil. To me, I will make and take the sickening corporate⁵ irresponsibility into account whenever I look at future issues involving BP's US operations.
The Sky's city editor Mark Kleinman is at BP headquarters in central London. Sky's Greg Milam is in Washington. We'll talk more about the political anger in America in just a moment. But Mark, first you, Tony Hayward says he feels vilified⁶ a big incident this, but the political pressure in America something else now.
That's right, Lona. Tony Hayward felt demonized and vilified before this evening, then the senator's comments just underlie⁷ the fact that changing leadership of BP is not going to remove him from the line of fire. And it was a point that the chairman of BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, actually made today when he was asked why the board felt the need to replace Mr. Hayward. The fact is that the US is BP's the most important market, and if it cannot have a solid, robust⁸ relationship with the American government and the other American authorities, then BP cannot begin to rebuild its future. So that's the prime reason for Mr. Hayward's removal essentially⁹. The other important point is that while Mr. Hayward feels that he has been vilified we have to remember this incident was one in which 11 people lost their lives and one of America's worst environmental disasters has taken place, and ultimately, the bucket has to stopped somewhere. The accounts, the sense of accountability would not have been delivered by BP unless somebody had paid the price with their job, and in this case, it happens to have been Mr. Hayward.
Mark, thank you. Over to Greg in Washington. Tony Hayward leaving his post is clearly not the end of the matter as far as US senators are concerned.
No, there was an extraordinary outburst by Robert Menendez just a short time ago. Not only against Tony Hayward but also apparently calling into question the honesty of the Scottish government and the British government and the former British government by not accepting it appeared what those bodies have told. He is a senator (of) foreign relations committee. He may feel a little sore that he promised answers at that hearing on Thursday and without getting any answers as to who would come and answer the questions if you like, and maybe the climb-down is rather difficult for him to swallow. But we have to remember that David Cameron has said he's seen no evidence that BP's lobbying played any part in the release of the Lockerbie bomber¹⁰, and the Scottish government has made it clear that that release took place purely¹¹ on compassionate¹² grounds and the medical grounds that their doctors had told them existed. And Jack¹³ Straw of course who was also invited and has also refused to come along to that hearing on Thursday has even raised questions about the legitimacy¹⁴ of one country's legislature conducting an inquiry¹⁵ on another country's business. So all of those factors are playing...

1 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 vilified   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was vilified in newspapers. 他在报纸上受到了诽谤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She was vilified by the press for her controversial views. 因她持有异议，新闻界对她横加挞伐。 来自互联网

7 underlie   

v.位于...之下，成为...的基础

参考例句：

• Technology improvements underlie these trends.科技进步将成为此发展趋势的基础。
• Many facts underlie my decision.我的决定是以许多事实为依据的。

8 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

9 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

10 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

11 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

12 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

13 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

14 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

15 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。