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US releases film of Russian spies

1 November 2011

The FBI has released images of a group of Russian spies who were expelled from the United States last year.

The group included Anna Chapman who is now a model and television presenter¹ in Russia.

Reporter:

Steve Kingstone

Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman has been the centre of media attention

Much of the material released by the FBI follows the classic Hollywood formula for espionage².

We see agents exchanging identical bags as they brush past each other, while another undercover spy retrieves³ a package hidden in the Washington undergrowth.

The glamorous⁴ Anna Chapman is filmed shopping in a department store, and having coffee with a man who she believed to be a Russian handler but who in fact was an FBI infiltrator⁵. That was the moment Ms Chapman suspected her cover as an estate agent in New York was blown.

Soon afterwards, the FBI broke up the spy ring. Ten defendants⁶ pleaded guilty to acting⁷ as foreign agents, before being exchanged last July for four Russians who'd been jailed in their own country for spying for the West.

Members of the US-based group had gathered public information and networked on behalf of Moscow, while leading suburban⁸ middle-class lives often assuming the identities of Americans who had recently died.

The FBI case file offers an intriguing⁹ glimpse of 21st Century espionage. But it remains¹⁰ to be seen whether the images prove as popular as others of Anna Chapman. Now a successful television presenter, the former spy has appeared with very little cover in men's magazines.

Steve Kingstone, BBC News, Washington

1 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

2 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

3 retrieves   

v.取回( retrieve的第三人称单数 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• The mole comes in later, retrieves the item and packs it back in his gear. 鼹鼠随后到达，找回东西然后用他的传送装置返回。 来自电影对白
• Retrieves the pitch of the current image, in bytes. 得到代表目前图像斜度的字节数。 来自互联网

4 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

5 infiltrator   

n.渗透者，渗入者

参考例句：

• Infiltrator(#): Careful team, I hear something. 妙手：且慢！似乎有东西正在靠近。 来自互联网
• Radio: The Infiltrator (#) can open locked doors like this one for the squad. 讯息：妙手的解锁技能一流。 来自互联网

6 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

9 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。