英语听力：自然百科 国家地理：钻石：黑暗的一面—3
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2013年
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It is biting me he said, I want it, in no matter which way I want it. It is my love; it is my love. If some days pass, I don't see any of diamonds, I just try to look at pictures of rough diamonds. If today you tell me there is no diamond(s) on Earth, and there is diamond(s) in Mars, I will go to Mars .
Samuel al-Sailly didn't just buy rough diamonds, but black market diamonds. Smuggling 1 them to market Antwerp, he avoided taxes and any awkward questions where these stones came from. In 2000, his obsession 2 took him back to Sierra Leone. He was born and grew up there before his Lebanon family moved away before civil in Gulf 3 and west Afgan country(?). Rebels committed or oversaw 4 horrific atrocities 5 in Sierra Leone, including the disabulia(?) of pregnant women swabbing diamonds in return for weapons. For the dealers 6 like Samuel Sailly, it is an opportunity to make a fortune from bloody 7 diamonds smuggled 8 back into Western Europe. Despite United Nation's sanctions and the fact that illegal trade supported rebels were tortured, raped 9 and murdered, the trade of bloody diamonds thrived. Everyone was doing illegal trade, every single person, because hundred percent of them worked for gravers(?) . Traveling directly to Sierra Leone was too dangerous. Backed by a rich Lebanon diamond merchant Azis Nasur, Al-Sailly went to neighbouring Libyria instead. In hotel suite 10, he courted high ranking official and President Charles Taylor's corrupted 11 regime. The former leader is now on trial for war crimes. If you don't have the government on your sides, you cannot reach the diamond'. Within days, his efforts paid off with influx 12 of quality rough diamonds. All that I was doing in Libyria is paying and also most of time ignored asking where it is from. The best way is not knowing where it is from.
1 smuggling
n.走私
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
2 obsession
n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)
- I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
- She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。
3 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
4 oversaw
v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )
- He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。 来自互联网
- Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网
5 atrocities
n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
7 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
8 smuggled
水货
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
9 raped
v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
10 suite
n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员
- She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
- That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。