震惊意大利的足坛丑闻

More than 40 people, manager, referees¹ and football association officials are all under investigation² on allegations of fixing games, criminal association, fraud and false accounting³. A scandal so serious, the inquiry⁴ is in the hands of those who usually investigate the Maffia.
A dissenter⁵ of the scandal, Luciano Moggi, the former general manager of one of Italy's top football clubs, Juventus.

As of Monday I'll have resigned, he said, fighting back tears. From this day the world of soccer is no longer my world. Now, I will think about defending myself from the malice⁶ said about me.

Moggi and other officials deny any wrongdoing but investigators⁷ say Moggi influenced the appointment of referees. Journalist Paddy Agnew just published a book analyzing⁸ Italian society and football.

I think that money part is the least part of it. It's a network of influence, they will...you know, it's a network in which, you know, you do me one favor, I'll do you another back. It's, it's the way Italian society works to a certain extent. And they presumably felt that Moggi a very powerful person. He can do them favors they would do him favors , and something, you know, the system worked fine for them. But the problem is it's left Italian football in a state of crisis.

Sunday Juventus won the Italian championship for a record of 29th time, but the allegations are about last season and Italy's leading sports daily suggests Juventus could be stripped of its last two titles. In Torino, Juventus hometown many fans are angry at their team.

They ruined football even if I'm a Juventus fan, says this man, but Juventus didn't need this kind of help. We could have won anyway. And some fans say Juventus' relationship with referees was suspiciously cozy⁹.

I hope justice will be done, she says, if I didn't believe in that I would have not come to the match. I think there are people who can help us restore confidence in the game.

The scandal has also cast a cloud over Italy's world cup team. The magistrates¹⁰ are investigating allegations that the goalkeeper has illegally bet on games and whether or not Luciano Moggi had a say on which players should be selected for the national team traveling to Germany for the World Cup, an allegation that Italy's national coach Marcello Lippi flatly denies.

Alessio Vinci, CNN, Rome. dissenter magistrate cosy referee

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magistrate 地方官员
cosy 舒适安逸的
referee 仲裁人
dissenter 反对者

1 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• 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。

3 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

4 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。

5 dissenter   

n.反对者

参考例句：

• The role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed.反对者的角色不是软弱之人所能够担当的。
• The Party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.该政党不允许其成员中存在异见分子。

6 malice   

n.恶意，怨恨，蓄意；[律]预谋

参考例句：

• I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks.我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。
• There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits.他的许多肖像画中都透着一股强烈的怨恨。

7 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

8 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

9 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

10 magistrates   

地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
• He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。