Welcome to the Voice of Ameria’s “News Words”, where we teach you about words in the news.
欢迎收听美国之声“新闻词汇”,在本节目中,我们会教您新闻中的词汇。
U.S.Army Private Bradley Manning was convicted of making public the largest number of secret documents in history.
美国陆军士兵布拉德利·曼宁被控告公布机密文件,数量为有史以来最大。
After three years in prison, the 25-year-old soldier and former intelligence analyst arrived at military court to hear his sentence: 35 years for committing espionage.
坐牢三年之后,这个二十五岁的士兵和前情报分析员到达军事法庭,听取判决结果:因间谍活动判刑35年。
Espionage means to spy.
间谍活动的意思是收集情报。
It is when a country uses people to get secret military or political information about another nation.
当一个国家派人获取另一国家的机密军事情报或者政治情报,这就是间谍活动。
And industrial espionage is when a company spies on another business to get plans or technical information.
商业间谍是一个公司刺探另一个公司的信息,得到他们的计划和技术资料。
Now, when you hear the word “espionage,” your English will be good enough to know what this News Word means.
现在,当你听到“间谍活动”这个词的时候,你的英文程度就足以知道这个新闻词汇是什么意思了。