NPR边听边练282：世界新闻报窃听丑闻将开审

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　yria has met today's deadline to provide details of its chemical weapons program that's according to international inspectors¹. Still, former vice² president Dick Cheney says he doubts US policy seeking a negotiated settlement to end Syria's civil war will _1_.

　　据国际调查人员表示，今天是叙利亚提交化学武器项目详细资料的最后期限。前副总统迪克·切尼表示，他对美国寻求协商解决叙利亚内战政策的成功性表示质疑。

　　"I'm a skeptic³, I think like a lot of other people are, and I know that our friends in the region are worried."

　　“我是个怀疑论者，我想我和其他人一样，我知道我们在那个地区的盟友感到担忧。”

　　Cheney spoke⁴ on ABC's This Week.

　　以上是切尼做客ABC电视台的《本周》节目时所说。

　　Jury selection begins tomorrow in the first trial _2_ to the phone hacking⁶ scandal, that brought down Rupert Murdoch News of the World in 2011. From London, Larry Miller⁷ reports defendants⁸ face charges that include hacking into more than 600 people's vioce mails and bribing⁹ police.

　　首个电话窃听丑闻案的陪审员选举工作将于明天开始，该丑闻使鲁伯特·默多克的《世界新闻报》于2011年被迫关闭。据拉里·米勒从伦敦带来的报道，被告面临的指控包括窃听600余人的语音信箱并贿赂警察。

　　In the dock at the old Beiley criminal court, Rebekah Brooks¹⁰, the former editor of Murdoch's News of the World and the SUN, she _3_ to become a Murdoch confidant,and CEO of its British operation, with her, is Andy Coulson, a former News of the World editor, subsequently hired by prime minister Cameron to _4_ street's communications chief. Other defendants include Brooks' husband and personnel assistant, and the tabloid's royal editor. That defendants deny the charges, as the results of the scandal a public inquiry¹¹ into media practices _5_. Parliament is now seeking an overhaul¹² of press accountability which critics warn would be the end of the press freedom in Britain. For NPR NEws, I'm Larry Miller in London.

　　出现在老贝利刑事法庭被告席的有默多克《世界新闻报》及《太阳报》的前编辑丽贝卡·布鲁克斯，她曾是默多克的密友，及默多克新闻集团下属英国报纸的首席执行官，被告还包括《世界新闻报》前编辑安迪·库尔森，他曾被英国首相卡梅伦聘为唐宁街公关主管。其他被告还包括布鲁克斯的丈夫、人事助理及《世界新闻报》的皇家编辑。被告人否认了指控，窃丑闻爆发后，英国就媒体实践进行了公众调查。目前议会计划就记者问责制进行改革，批评人士警告称，这个举动可能会终结英国的新闻自由。NPR新闻，拉里·米勒伦敦报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. bring down

　　使垮台； 射落；击落；击倒；

　　eg. His challenge to Mrs Thatcher¹³ brought her down.

　　他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。

　　eg. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.

　　军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。

　　2. hack⁵ into

　　（尤指为获取机密信息）侵入，非法进入（他人的计算机系统）；

　　eg. The saboteurs had demanded money in return for revealing how they hacked¹⁴ into the systems.

　　那些故意破坏者索要钱财，以作为透露自己是如何非法进入该电脑系统的交换条件。

　　eg. They hack into trustworthy sites directly and link to their own pages from there, piggybacking on good reputations to get better rankings.

　　他们直接侵入可靠的网站，将其链接到自己的网页，借用这些网站的良好声誉，让自己的搜索排名更靠前。

　　参考答案：

　　1、be successful 2、linked 3、used

　　4、be downing 5、was held

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 skeptic   

n.怀疑者，怀疑论者，无神论者

参考例句：

• She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming.她是全球变暖危险的怀疑论者。
• How am I going to convince this skeptic that she should attention to my research?我将如何使怀疑论者确信她应该关注我的研究呢？

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

6 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• 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。

7 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

8 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

9 bribing   

贿赂

参考例句：

• He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。
• Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

10 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 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。

12 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

13 thatcher   

n.茅屋匠

参考例句：

• Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

14 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。