赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第38期:监狱被骗释放犯人

 (PARIS, Reuters)Three French prisoners were released through the open doors of their jail after prison officials fell for a fake fax.

（路透社巴黎电）法国监狱官员上了假传真的当，释放了三名犯人，让他们从监狱大门走了出去。

The fax was written on official stationery¹ and signed by the judge.

那份传真的内容写在官方信纸上，而且还有法官的签名。

The officials were so sure the fax was real that they neither checked the return number nor called the judge to confirm it.

监狱官员非常肯定那份传真是真的，因此他们根本没有检查回复传真的号码，也没有与那位法官联络，确认此文件是否正确无误。

1 stationery   

n.文具；(配套的)信笺信封

参考例句：

• She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
• There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多，心里自会觉得踏实。