英伦广角 2012-08-04 英国警方打击奥运会“黄牛党”

   Money openly changed in hands for those illusive¹ Olympic tickets. The man selling has charged 100 pounds for two judo² tickets, well above the asking price. But it's illegal. Our undercover reporter asks why he's selling them.

        My friend's not come and you know what I say.

        OK. 

        Outside the ExCel center, several people are taking advantage of the scramble³ for Olympic tickets. In full view of a Games official, this man was an Azerbaijan flank to dreamlike shoulder is selling the tickets for the boxing worth 75 pounds.  He says he works for the Azerbaijan Olympic Committee and the tickets belong to officials from his country. He got them for free and charging just 20 pounds. He doesn't speak much English. So the man on the left translates. 

       How much is it?

      What?

      20 pounds.

      OK.Thank you.

      All right.

      Those people work in the ministry⁴ of Azerbaijan and the ministry gave them these tickets to come here to support their teams. But these people don't give a ****, they just selling and making money. Simple as that. So those tickets are real ones and if you see tomorrow someone wearing Azerbaijan flag just approach them and can buy. Sky news has made efforts to connect the Azerbaijan Committee, but so far no one has been available for comment.

       This is the boxing ticket the Sky News had teamed from the tout⁵. Now I call them picked tickets that it clearly states in the back that they’ve been sold on, it’s void. And maybe it has been adamant⁶ the tickets housing will not tolerate it. Already 29 people have been arrested in connection with it. 

        Many have been frustrated⁷ by the scariness of tickets despite television pictures showing empty seats. But the reselling of tickets is illegal. Police warned they’ll take robust⁸ action against anyone who tries to cash in on the 2012 Games in this way.

        Jane Dougall, Sky News.

1 illusive   

adj.迷惑人的，错觉的

参考例句：

• I don't wanna hear too much illusive words.我不想听太多虚假的承诺。
• We refuse to partake in the production of illusive advertisements.本公司拒绝承做虚假广告。

2 judo   

n.柔道

参考例句：

• The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
• Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中，力量和技术哪个更重要？

3 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 tout   

v.推销，招徕；兜售；吹捧，劝诱

参考例句：

• They say it will let them tout progress in the war.他们称这将有助于鼓吹他们在战争中的成果。
• If your case studies just tout results,don't bother requiring registration to view them.如果你的案例研究只是吹捧结果，就别烦扰别人来注册访问了。

6 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

7 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。