美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-05-31

 Hi. I'm Carl Azuz for CNN Student News. 

 

First up this Thursday, massive corruption¹ charges in the world of international soccer. U.S. prosecutors² say some officials with FIFA, the group that governs soccer worldwide, have accepted more than 150 million dollars in bribes³ over the past 24 years. American officials say bribes influenced which countries got to host the World Cup, who could televise soccer games and where they'd be held.

 

They were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. Instead, they corrupted⁴ the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. This Department of Justice is determined⁵ to end these practices, to root out corruption and to bring wrongdoers to justice.

 

Switzerland is also investigating FIFA. Swiss officials raided the group's headquarters in Zurich yesterday. FIFA has been investigated for corruption for years. It's repeatedly denied that its top officials are on the take. But FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who is not one of the accused, says the organization welcomes the investigations⁶ by American and Swiss officials and believes it will help root out wrongdoing in soccer.

 

Whichever nation hosts the World Cup potentially receives a-multibillion-dollar economic boost. 

 

And the decision to select Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022 has since become a controversial one. The small Middle Eastern country won the right to host the cup over Japan, South Korea, Australia and the United States. Officials have been under heavy scrutiny⁷ amid allegations of corruption in the selection process for both the 2022 cup and the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

 

FIFA's ethics⁸ committee hired an independent investigator⁹ later announcing no evidence of corruption and no reason to reopen the bidding process. But that investigator would distance himself from those claims. And the FBI would proceed with its investigation–ultimately resulting in today's charges. The American television market is one of the biggest for the World Cup, with networks paying billions of dollars for the right to broadcast. For that reason, U.S. authorities say they do have jurisdiction¹⁰ to file the corruption charges.

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

4 corrupted   

（使）败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
• The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

7 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

8 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

9 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

10 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。