时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2006年


英语课

Grainy images' secretly taped by Russian agents, the subject, a British diplomat 1 -- part of an alleged 2 spy ring in the Russian capital. The country's Federal Security Service, the old KGB has named four British diplomats 3 linking their activities to the funding of non-governmental organizations operating in Russia. The statement from the British Foreign Office was careful to deny this,

"We are concerned and surprised at these allegations" it said," We reject any allegation of improper 4 conducts in our dealings with Russian NGOs."

It was this Russian news program that revealed the scandal. The report featured what it said was a highly sophisticated spying device hidden on the outskirts 5 of Moscow, inside a rock. Russian agents said at first they thought it was a stone like any other, but it was found to contain sensitive equipment, allegedly used to transmit information, to inform Russian informants. The gadget 6, straight out of a James Bond movie, Russian security officials say spies could transmit information to the rock via a handheld device to be stored until picked up.

In the process of our investigation 7, we found a Russian man who worked for the British security services. He was arrested and confessed. He said he was hired by the British who gave him special equipment when he was on a business trip to London. Secret cameras filmed all four of the named British diplomats visiting the rock. Russian agents say there seems to have been a problem with the device, but it was eventually picked up and carried away by one of the diplomats.

This is an intrigue 8 could well raise diplomatic tensions between these old Cold War rivals, but the real issue that's causing concern at the moments is the linkage 9 being made by Russia between the spying and the work of non-governmental organizations here. There are fears among democracy activists 10 ,that could be used as a reason by the Kremlin to further crackdown. Already the Russian president Vladimir Putin has been sharply criticized in the West for allowing legislation limiting the activities of NGOs. Russian TV and documents showing large sums were paid by the British government to certain groups. Payments authorized 11 by one of those accused of spying. It's a connection the British government rejects.
"It is well known that the UK government has financially supported projects implemented 12 by Russian NGOs in the field of human rights and civil society," it says, "All our assistance is given openly and aims to support the development of a healthy civil society in Russia.

But this whole affair raises questions about that civil society, how independent is the Russian media; how prepared is the Kremlin to discredit 13 non-governmental groups. And even though the Cold War is over, it seems the old intrigue lives on.

Matthew Chance, CNN, Moscow.



1 diplomat
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
2 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
3 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 improper
adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
5 outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
6 gadget
n.小巧的机械,精巧的装置,小玩意儿
  • This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
  • She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。
7 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • 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。
8 intrigue
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
9 linkage
n.连接;环节
  • In their monographic treatment of linkage,they have emphasized this especially.他们在论连锁的专题文章中特别强调了这点。
  • Occasionally,problems with block inheritance or linkage are encountered.有时会遇到区段遗传或连锁问题。
10 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 authorized
a.委任的,许可的
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
12 implemented
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革,经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句
13 discredit
vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑
  • Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
  • They no longer try to discredit the technology itself.他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。
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a distinction without difference
Amazon ant
AMHF
Amilon
area diagram
automatic washing machine
be uniform with
beggaries
bird-pollinated
Black Friar
blargh
blattered
bullet train
carboxylate group
caterpillar crane
clean one's plate
cleft hard palate
cold-cathode counter tube
convergent in probability
coroplast
cr fuel injection system
cryopreservations
cyberhug
Dauberite
daxpy
day of snow
desk monkey
dicky-bird
diesel-powered impact hammer
diskette storage
dislocation concentration
doublespeaking
down to go
Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
effascinating
eleutherococcuss
extracytoplasmic
flash gate
Foramina intervertebralia
funnel plate
gained
gallivant about
gespirone
godbolt
half-power beamwidth (hpbw)
hand mortising machine
Health Secretary
hydraulic blast
hydroelastic instability
hydrosalpinx
incider
intake advance
job center
johnson head
koro (turkey)
leodora
linac injector
long-tailed anchovy
lopped-off
magdelenes
management competency
mole-draining
monitoring parameters
mount robson park
Neligh
Nielsen 2 (rating)
Pajares, Pto.de
paranuclear complex
Pelecyphora
pitch for the tape
planetary gearset
popularisation means
Porcellio
qualified audit certificate
ravs
reaction diffusion network
Reed L.
ruppert
second homer
shot peening
sibans
Singyun
snarlingly
sphaenacanthina
start-up and hot standby
surface water supply
tangential-force
tempera grassa
Timbó, R.
Tirupathi
towing away
translatory
Trichostomina
unaccessional
union movement
untinned plate
Vesanoid
war daddy
Winckel's disease
with all due submission
wringeth
ywrapped