2014年ESL之商务英语 13 Money Laundering

 

Money Laundering¹

Susanna: What’s going on in the office next door? I heard that the police shut down their business. 

Clark: You heard right. The cops had long suspected that the business operating out of that office wasn’t legit. 

Susanna: Not legit? 

Clark: Yeah, it was a front for money laundering. The so-called services it offered were a sham². It was a way for people to send them dirty money and for the business to legitimize those funds. 

Susanna: But who was involved? 

Clark: I’m not sure, but I imagine they’re people who want to evade³ taxes or to circumvent⁴ certain laws or regulations. I wouldn’t be surprised if their clients were people with underworld connections. 

Susanna: You mean organized crime? 

Clark: Yeah, they’re probably drug lords, smugglers, and racketeers. 

Susanna: Wow and the people who helped them were working next door to us all that time. 

Clark: And we didn’t know a thing about it. How awful. 

Susanna: How exciting! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

3 evade   

vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避

参考例句：

• He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
• You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？

4 circumvent   

vt.环绕，包围；对…用计取胜，智胜

参考例句：

• Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.军事策略家们企图绕开这一条约。
• Any action I took to circumvent his scheme was justified.我为斗赢他的如意算盘而采取的任何行动都是正当的。