美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-03

 Two potentially leathal letters. One of them sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Early testing pointing toward both containning one of the deadly toxins¹ known to man, ricin.

Deb Feyerick is on that breaking story. She joins us now.

--So, what do investigators² know about the letters?

--Well, Anderson, right now, what they know is that they believe both of the letters were sent by the same person. The postmark was the same, they contained the same kind of substances, and they also both threatened Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his positions on guns, specifically those illegal guns. The Mayor reacted just a short time ago.

--Let me tell you, we're confident at the NYPD and the FBI, and their procedures. We take a lot of security massures, as you know. The men and the women that opened the mail, for example, even they're well trained. We have procedures for something like this. This is not the first letter that was ever sent to anybody.

In terms of why they've done this, I don't know. The letter was obviously referred to our anti-gun efforts. But there are 12,000 people are gonna get killed this year with guns, and 19,000 are gonna committ suicide with guns. We are not gonna walk away from those efforts.

--And Anderson, the police spokesman tells us that in fact the two letters contain sort of the pink orange oily substance. And in initial tests on the substance, initially³ were negative; then the second test found, was found to be positive. So now, that substances have been analyzed⁴ by the National Biofriends Analyst⁵ Center in Maryland, and the results of those tests should be definitive⁶ in the next day or tow, Anderson.

--Was anyone actually exposed we know about?

--There are a couple of people that were exposed. The mayor was not one of them, one of them in New York went to a mail facility, the one in Washington went to its organization, Mayors Against Illegal Guns. New York Emergency Services Unit, the police who responded to that they did initially tests develops some symptomes, some intestinal⁷ symptomes. But after a day or so, those went away and clearly, they've been monitered just protectively. Anderson.

--And obviously they're gonna be looking the letter's for DNA⁸ evidence or trace evidence that maybe there.

--Yeah, absolutely. Right now, investigators from both the FBI JTTF, the Joint⁹ Terrorism Task Force, as well as the NYPD. They're looking at the very specific location. The postmark that was on those letters clearly giving them some indications is to where the person who sent them might live. Anderson.

--All right. Joins us now is national security analyst in former Gerge W. Bush, homeland security advisor¹⁰, Fran Townsend. She currently assists on the CIA and the DHS external advisor panels. Also on the phone, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

So Fran, we have a report of the letters mentioned the gun control debate over Joint Terrorism Task Force investigating. It could be more of a political threat than a terror threat, really?

--That's right, Anderson. But as you've mentioned, that's not really at the moment the most relevent piece to the investigators, they don't much care about motive¹¹ at the moment, they wanna know who. And so to determine the who, they'll look for the forensics, they'll look for the things like slight of hair, finger prints on the letter or on the envelop¹². They'll analyse automatically the handwriting. But all these things take time which is why the first thing they're gonna focus on is one the lab analysis, you heard Deb Feyerick, the first field test was negative, the second was positive. Oftentimes, these field tests are wrong which is why they're getting a real thorough lab result. That don't take a little bit of time. But that will tell them something, they'll understand the strength in the component¹³, how competently it was mixed. They'll analyse whether the two letters, whether were from the same batch¹⁴ of mixure of the component of ricine. All those things will help investigators lead down the path to who. Once you determine the who, you will be able to understand the why.

1 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

6 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

7 intestinal   

adj.肠的；肠壁；肠道细菌

参考例句：

• A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
• This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句

8 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

11 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

12 envelop   

vt.包，封，遮盖；包围

参考例句：

• All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.织成一层烟雾又笼罩着这个地区。
• The dust cloud will envelop the planet within weeks.产生的尘云将会笼罩整个星球长达几周。

13 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

14 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。