美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-16

 A stunning¹ new report has revealed that hundreds of matches at the top level of European football were fixed². Amanda Davies has more now, Amanda.

Hi, Kristie, year, it's a major international investigation³, it's been carried out into football match-fixing and it's discovered corruption⁴ in 380 professional matches across Europe, including World Cup qualifiers, European championship games and two matches in European football's flagship event, the Champion's League.

The European Union police unit Europol have been holding a press conference on Monday morning in the Netherlands to present the findings and what's been described as the biggest investigation into match-fixing ever held. The discovered 425 people involved including match officials, club officials, and players from across 15 different countries. Names of clubs and individuals haven't yet been released because of criminal investigations⁵. And Europol director Rob Wainwright said they will be in touch with the president of the European football's governing body UEFA and described it as a sad day for European football.

"At present, we're investigating 355 suspects for more than 15 countries. The chart shows you which places the suspects come from. By far the most of them, of course, live in Germany. From November 2009 to date, we've issued 20 arrest warrants and 86 search warrants for flats and company premises⁶ in Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria and the UK. Our investigations showed that the ring has placed bets of more than 60 million Euros, giving a profit of 8.5 million Euros. This we have been able to document more than 10 million Euros of stake money and about 5.4 million Euros, net profit from written documents obtained from the betting organizations. We have secured bribe⁷ money of more than 2.1 million Euros. We assume however that this is only the tip of the iceberg⁸."

Well, speaking to CNN exclusively last month, the FIFA general secretary Jermoe Valke described match-fixing as a disease that could kill football, and while this investigations is the most comprehensively to be carried out, so far, there have been other corruption rackets exposed in recent times like the Italian scandal in 2005-06 that saw champion's Juventus and other clubs relegated⁹. There's also investigations currently going on in the South Korea and South Africa, so that phrase, the tip of the iceberg, Kristie, is probably not too far wrong, sadly.

Yeah, major story, this is a global match-fixing probe, Amanda Davies reporting for us, thank you.

1 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• 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。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• 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。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

6 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

7 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

8 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

9 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》