美国寻找俄罗斯干涉美国大选证据

 US Looks Into Possible Russian Interference in U.S. Election 美国寻找俄罗斯干涉美国大选证据

After years of political disputes, President Barack Obama and top United States congressional leaders have found something on which they can agree.

The two sides believe there should be an official investigation¹ of suspected Russian attacks on American computers and whether they influenced the 2016 presidential election.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, have expressed support for such an investigation.

“The Russians are not our friends,” McConnell said.

Ryan said an investigation by the House should not make anyone question Donald Trump²’s victory in the presidential election. But Ryan said foreign interference in a U.S. election is “entirely unacceptable.” He called possible involvement by Russia “especially problematic.”

On Monday, Obama said he had ordered a complete examination of possible Russian cyberattacks.

“The reason I have called for a review is really to just gather all the threads of the investigations³, the intelligence work that has been done over many months so that the public and our elected representatives going forward can find ways to prevent this kind of interference from having an impact on the elections in the future.”

Obama spoke⁴ on the Comedy Central television program, The Daily Show.

The Central Intelligence Agency found that Russia interfered⁵ late in the election campaign to help Trump win the presidency⁶. Trump has dismissed that CIA report.

Experts said Russians attacked the computer systems of both the Republican and Democratic Party national committees. But they say the Russians targeted embarrassing emails involving the Democrats⁸ and their presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. These emails were given to the Wikileaks organization, which published them on its website.

Democrats in Congress want to study the possibility of Russian involvement in the election separate from the investigation ordered by the president.

Delaware Senator Chris Coons is a Democrat⁷. Coons told VOA he is happy that congressional leaders from both parties have called for both public and private investigations.

“I’ve heard evidence that convinces me that at the highest level the Russian government was directly involved in trying to influence the outcome of our election,” Coons said. “I think it is a shocking action by the Russian government and something that deserves close consideration, action and response.”

Coons also said that the reports of Russian involvement in the election raise “questions about President-elect Trump’s ties to Russia because he refused to ever disclose his taxes during the course of the campaign.”

Earlier this week, Democratic Senators Benjamin Cardin, Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy called for the creation of an independent investigation.

Trump has suggested the Democrats only want an investigation because they are unhappy that he won the election.

Trump has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some members of the U.S. intelligence community believe Trump does not understand that Russia is a threat to U.S. national security.

Words in This Story

threads - n. an ideas, feelings, etc., that connect the different parts of something (such as a story)?

impact - n. a powerful or major influence or effect?

embarrass -? v. to make (someone) feel confused and foolish in front of other people?

convince -? v. to cause (someone) to believe that something is true?

outcome -? n. something caused by an activity or process?; result

response -? n. something that is done as a reaction to something else?

disclose -? v. to make (something) known to the public?

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》