英语听力：自然百科 国家地理：钻石：黑暗的一面—14

 -We solved the case, but we couldn't recover the diamonds.

To this day, the gems¹ stolen in the world's greatest ever diamond heist is still on the c*, a staggering hundred-million-dollar mystery. They may be sold in the shadowy corners of the international market, slipping back into the illegitimate supply chain. Perhaps finding their way onto the delicate fingers of proud brides-to-be, who have no idea that the gems on their glittering engagement rings were stolen in one of the world's most infamous² robberies. Antwerp's diamond scouts³ couldn't find the diamonds, but they had found a trail of blood diamonds, leading back to Sierra Leone and Samulh Ossaily. Having survived his f* back to the war-wrecked state, he continued to buy blood diamonds from the safety of his hotel suite⁴ in the capital of neighboring Liberia. He brought more than 20 million dollars worth diamonds in just six months. Found by Antwerp diamond merchant D* N*, supporting vicious rebels who were killing⁵, mutilating, raping⁶, and terrorizing people in Sierra Leone. Curia will smuggle⁷ illicit⁸ diamonds back to Antwerp, and they were sold on the illegitimate market at huge profit. But Antwerp's diamond scouts arrested and interrogated⁹ six of his curia, suspecting that Samulh Ossaily and his accomplice¹⁰ D* N* were also dealing¹¹ in weapons to pay for their blood diamonds. When the diamond sumggler ventured back to Belgium in April, 2002, police were waiting for him at the arrival's port.

 

-Ossaily and N* were charged for money laundrying, second of all, of course, dealing and conflating diamonds. They were buying goods that were under b* at that time.

 

Another indictment¹² was for arms trading. As N* fled Belgium and returned to Lebanon, while Samulh Ossaily stayed to fight the weapon charge.

1 gems   

growth； economy； management； and customer satisfaction 增长

参考例句：

• a crown studded with gems 镶有宝石的皇冠
• The apt citations and poetic gems have adorned his speeches. 贴切的引语和珠玑般的诗句为他的演说词增添文采。

2 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

3 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

4 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

7 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

8 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

9 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 accomplice   

n.从犯，帮凶，同谋

参考例句：

• She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
• He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。

11 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

12 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。