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中英文本
Grand Conspiracy
大阴谋
Scores of complaints flooded the office after the school newspaper reported that the school president was abusing the power of his position.
校报报道校长滥用职权的事之后,大量的投诉信潮水般涌向办公室。
But the evidence against him was staggering: he had hundreds of dollars of school supplies in his locker.
对他不利的证据真让人吃惊:他的柜子里有价值数百美元的学习用品
There were also suspicions that he had taken supposedly "lost" money for a planned trip to the science museum.
还有人怀疑计划去科学博物馆的那笔钱原来以为是"丢"了,其实是他拿了。
But the school president's friends controlled the school radio station and they defended him every step of the way.
可是校长的朋友控制着学校广播台,处处保护着他。
When they themselves moved from calling the accusations the views of a certain school of thought to accusing the school newspaper staff of searching for information to slander the school president,
他们开始只说他们的指控是某个学派的观点,后来发展到告校报工作人员整校长的黑材料,
the staff themselves started to be scared out of their wits! They had no power, no voice, and no way to fight unreasonable accusations. But they gathered together and continued their own investigation.
于是那些工作人员开始被吓得魂不附体!他们没有权力、没有发言权、没有办法反诬告。但是他们团结在一起,继续做他们的调查。
They found that they were just scratching the surface! As they searched high and low for further hints of corruption,
他们发现他们其实只触及了表面。他们到处寻找更多的腐败线索,
they found that the school president was paying his friends at the radio station, that they were stealing money themselves, and that the whole faculty was involved!
结果发现校长给广播站的朋友付报酬,而他们自己也在捞钱,而且所有教职员工没有一个是清白的!
And then the school president shut down the newspaper office. All of the proof that was scattered about was scooped up and taken away.
后来校长关了校报。所有散落在地上的证据都被拣起来拿走了。
When newspaper staff tried to search out where it was hidden they were told that it was sealed up as proof of their own wrongdoing!
当校报工作人员试着寻找那些证据到底在何处时,他们被告知它们作为他们自己的犯罪证据被封起来了。
It was a grand conspiracy! And there was nothing they could do about it!
真是一个大阴谋!而且他们一点办法也没有!
重点讲解1.school newspaper 校报例句:Mr. Hansen wrote an article about him in his school newspaper -- thefirst of five.汉森在校报上写了一篇关于王明志的文章,后来又写了四篇。2.school of thought 学派,思想流派例句:Behaviorism is a school of thought that was there long beforeSkinner, championed by psychologists like John Watson, for instance.行为主义学派,远在斯金纳提出他的理论之前就已经存在,受到了众多心理学家的拥护,比如约翰·华生。3.school president 校长例句:We should change the training for school president form trainerbased model to working knowledge based model.校长培训应实现从专家能力取向向工作知识取向的转换。4.school radio station 学校广播台例句:Every morning our school radio station broadcasts the weather,recent news and special messages.天天早晨学校电台就会播送天气情况、时事新闻和非凡告示。5.school supplies 学习用品例句:Put them to use by storing out-of-season clothing, extra blankets,and school supplies.在里面放上过季的衣服、没用得上的毯子和学校用品。6.science museum 科学博物馆例句:"We know that eminent scientists can sometimes say things thatcause controversy and the Science Museum does not shy away from debatingcontroversial topics, " it said in a statement.科学馆在一项声明中说,“我们都知道,著名科学家有时会讲一些事情而引起的争议,科学馆不回避辩论具争议性的议题,”
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