NBC晚间新闻 美警方打击口罩恶意涨价

In New York City police and federal agents arrest three men accused of selling 1000 medical masks for ten times the normal price. In another case, less than a block from one of New York's biggest hospitals, agents from Homeland Security Investigations² search a pharmacy³ tipped off that it was selling masks at vastly inflated⁴ prices. I look at these individuals, these organizations as the worst of the worst. They are looking at making a quick buck⁵ off the backs of our medical heroes. On Long Island this week officials searched a jewelry⁶ store. They say was selling N95 masks for five times what they should cost.

Typically when agents make arrests they seize the evidence and hold it for trial. But the FBI says in these cases agents try to get the medical supplies distributed to places where they're urging needed. We're also working with FEMA to make sure that if we seize it pursuant to an investigation¹ we can work with FEMA to get it into the hands of medical professionals or the people who need it. In Texas the Attorney General sued a Houston auction⁷ house for price gouging⁸. Even though bidder⁹ set the price not the auctioneer. When FEMA heard about all the boxes of medical supplies federal officials showed up ready to buy. But so did Harris County Texas and because it was armed with a court order and a truck the county won and hauled the material away.

在纽约，三人因被控以十倍正常价格销售1000个医用口罩而被警方和联邦探员逮捕。另一起案件，在距离纽约最大的医院之一不到一个街区的地方，国土安全部的探员在搜查药房时发现，这家公司以极高的价格出售口罩。我将这些人，这些组织视作是最坏的。他们想在我们的医疗英雄身上赚钱。在长岛，公务人员这周搜查了一家珠宝店。他们称正以五倍于正常的价格销售N95口罩。通常情况下，当特工进行逮捕时，他们会收集证据，并将其留到审判时使用。但联邦调查局表示，在这些案件中，探员试图将医疗用品分发到迫切需要它们的地方。我们也和联邦应急管理局进行合作，确保调查之后能利用它们。我们和联邦应急管理局合作，使这些医疗用品能到达专业医护人员或者需要它的人的手中。在德克萨斯州，检察长因哄抬物价起诉了一家休斯顿拍卖行。尽管是出价人而不是拍卖人决定价格。当联邦应急管理局听说了这些成箱的医学用品后，联邦官员就现身准备好购买。德克萨斯的哈利县也准备好了。因为它有法院的命令和一辆卡车，所以他们赢了，并把用品运走了。

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 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。

3 pharmacy   

n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品

参考例句：

• She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

4 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

6 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

7 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

8 gouging   

n.刨削[槽]v.凿( gouge的现在分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
• If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网

9 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。