美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-30

 German Chancellor¹, A., says spying among friends is never acceptable. In this case, the friends she's talking about is the US government. This involves an organization called the NSA, the National Security Agency.  Its mission is to help defend the country.  Part of that it does that. According to the NSA website, it's to gather information that American's enemies want to keep secret. Germany, France and Mexico aren't considered enemies. They are allies. Usually, the US communicates with them through diplomacy², direct communication but the NSA has been accused of spying on all three: eavesdropping³ on cell phone, hacking⁴ emails. Chancellor M. says the US needs to reestablish trust.  

 

One more day, one more revelation  of alleged⁵ US spying on the close ally. This time Germany said it received information the NSA monitored the personal cell phone of German leader, A. Signaling the seriousness of charge, Chancellor M. and President Obama personally spoke⁶ about the issue on the telephone. 

 

"I can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. The ... greatly values of our close cooperation with Germany on a board range of shared security challenges."

 

The White House did not specify⁷, however, if such monitoring has taken place in the past. On Monday, it was France revealed to be in the cross air of the NSA. The French Newspaper, L., reporting that in the 30 days from Dec 10th, 2012, the Jan 8th, 2013. The NSA allegedly intercepted⁸ over 70 million phone calls in France and that would be nearly 3 million intercepts⁹ per day. The director of National Intelligence said in the statement, that report was false; though it did not specify how. By then,  the French Foreign Minister has already blasted  the American policy of widespread surveillance.

 

"This kind of practice is between partners that violate privacy totally unacceptable." 

 

Documents were released by Edward Snowden have now revealed NSA surveillance of the communication of a long list of close US allies, including Germany, England, Brazil, Mexico and the European Union.

 

"When you look at American's soft power, its message and its relationships with these countries, how embarrassing is this?"

 

"It's always awkward. I mean what you have here is the situation where either as someone sees the hand in cookie jar or a strong evidence the hand has been in the cookie jar? Every time this happens, it's going to be awkward conversations."

 

When each of the surveillance cases is broken, involving in American allies, the administration is made 2 points. One, that all country spying on each other and two, that they are conducting a review of this surveillance to get a better balance between security concerns and privacy concerns. But, the administration has yet to say what that review has found or what changes it may bring. Jim S., CNN, Washington.

 

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

3 eavesdropping   

n. 偷听

参考例句：

• We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
• Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。

4 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

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。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

8 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

9 intercepts   

（数学）截距( intercept的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It intercepts a portion of the light impinging on the photocell. 它遮住一部分照射在光电管上的光。
• The pelletfilter intercepts the particulate matter. 颗粒过滤器将颗粒物进行拦截。