VOA常速英语2007-Israeli Police Question PM in Connection with Co
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Jerusalem
09 October 2007
Israeli police have opened a criminal investigation 1 against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is the latest in a series of scandals that has eroded 2 public support in the government.
Three police investigators 3 arrived at the official residence of Prime Minister Olmert in Jerusalem to question him on suspicion of breach 4 of trust. They suspect that when he was finance minister two years ago, he interfered 5 in the sale of Israel's second largest bank to help two wealthy friends. In the end, they never submitted a formal bid.
Yaron Zelicha, accountant-general of the Finance Ministry 6, uncovered the scandal.
He told Israel Radio that Mr. Olmert tried to lower the price of the bank to help his friends.
Mr. Olmert denies any wrongdoing. But if indicted 7 he could be forced to step down.
It is one of several corruption 8 scandals that have dogged the Prime Minister, including a real estate deal. Police suspect bribery 9 and fraud because Mr. Olmert bought his house in Jerusalem at 300-thousand dollars below the market value, allegedly in exchange for helping 10 a developer obtain construction permits. This occurred when he was a Cabinet minister in 2004.
Attorney Daniel Kiros of the Movement for Quality Government says it is a sorry state of affairs.
"Let's look where we have come in the State of Israel when we have a situation of a government and governmental system which is so full of corruption," he said. "The people who we have entrusted 11 to run our affairs and run our lives must, of course, be subject to the law just like anyone else."
While the investigation poses no immediate 12 threat to Mr. Olmert's job, it could be a distraction 13 at time of sensitive negotiations 14 with the Palestinians. The sides are trying to hammer out a joint 15 document on Palestinian statehood to be presented at an international peace conference in the United States this year.
- 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。
- 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》
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
- 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》
- 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。
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- 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。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
- She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。