【商务英语热点聚焦】英国首相深陷窃听丑闻

2011-07-20 00:00:00来源：网络

【BEC商务英语热点聚焦】英国首相深陷窃听丑闻

　　Hacking-scandal fall out threatens to entrap prime minister

　　Sean Hoare, a former reporter at the News of the World who blew the whistle on the paper's phone-hacking scandal, has been found dead Monday at his home in Watford. Police said the death of Sean Hoare was "unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious."
　　据英国广播公司报道，一名《世界新闻报》前任记者、揭发该报窃听丑行的Sean Hoare，周一（7月18日）被发现死于沃特福特的家中。警方表示，Sean Hoare的死亡原因按无法解释处理，死因并无可疑。

　　Hoare, a former showbiz reporter, worked under Coulson at the News of the World before he was dismissed for alleged problems with drink and drugs. In his remarks, he specifically accused Andy Coulson -- former editor of News of the World, who went on to become Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director -- of wrongdoing.
　　Hoare，在因酗酒吸毒被开除之前，曾在《世界新闻报》Coulson手下做一名娱乐记者。在Hoare的指控中，他明确指出担任卡梅隆首相首席联络官，并同时担任世界新闻报编辑的Andy Coulson犯有渎职罪。

　　Coulson worked for Cameron until the police launched their new phone-hacking investigation in January, then resigned, still protesting his innocence.
　　Coulson截止到今年年初警察开始介入调查窃听事件为止，一直为卡梅隆工作，之后就辞职了，但是他依旧宣称自己是无辜的。

　　As a result, the phone-hacking scandal makes Britain's prime minister, David Cameron have to face the gravest crisis of his political career.
　　因此，电话窃听丑闻使英国首相卡梅隆不得不面临政治生涯中最严重的危机。

　　新闻热词：

　　phone-hacking：电话窃听

　　scandal：丑闻

　　prime minister：首相，总理

　　showbiz：娱乐性行业;娱乐界

　　investigation：调查

　　wrongdoing：渎职

　　延伸阅读：

　　世界新闻报的前世今生
　　The closure of the News of the World brings to an end more than 160 years of history.The Sunday tabloid was first published on 1 October 1843 in London - but this Sunday will see the last edition hit the newsstands. Its closure comes amid a major scandal over phone-hacking and alleged payments to police officers.
　　世界新闻小报在一开始出版是在伦敦的1843年的10月1日，很遗憾的是在7月10日我们看到了它的最后一版。它的关闭是在众多手机监听丑闻和警察局贿赂的共同助力下导致的。世界新闻报的停刊也标志着一段一百六十多年的历史就此结束。
　　Announcing the paper's closure, James Murdoch said the paper "is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself".
　　詹姆斯默多克在宣布报纸停刊的时候说：这份报纸一辈子都以让别人为所做之事负责为事业，而今天轮到它自己时，却无法面对。

　　电话窃听丑闻调查
　　2011年7月初，“新闻国际”在配合警方调查时，提供了一大批电子邮件记录，《世界新闻报》支付11000英镑用于购买消息的事件随之曝光。同时，邮件显示有警察出售消息。
　　《世界新闻报》记者曾经为取得《星期日泰晤士报》的王储传记独家连载内容，假扮清洁工人潜入对方报馆，待报纸开印后抢走一份，并将内容实时转载。（新东方在线整理）

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