BBC新闻100篇 News Item 27-英语听力

[00:00.00]An investigation of United States
对美国的调查 [00:04.71]has found that the country's top financial regulator,
已经发现该国最高金融监管机构， [00:06.89]the Securities and the Exchange Commissioner SEC,
证券及证券交易委员会委员， [00:10.25]fail to uncover the 65 billion dollar fraud
未能发现650亿美元的欺诈 [00:13.36]carried out by the convicted financier Bernard Madoff
被定罪的金融家伯纳德·马多夫实施的 [00:16.47]over a 16-year period,
在16年期间, [00:18.21]despite 5 separate investigations
尽管5次独立的调查 [00:20.64]in his business dealings.
在他的商业交易。 [00:21.94]Greg Wood reports.
格雷格伍德报告说 [00:23.50]The report by the SEC's expected general David Kotz
该报告由美国证券交易委员会(SEC)预期的戴维•科茨(David Kotz)将军提出 [00:27.54]reads like a catalog of bungled opportunities
读起来像是一份拙劣的机会目录 [00:30.46]to catch Bernard Madoff,
赶上伯纳德•马多夫(Bernard Madoff), [00:32.21]long before he owned up
早在他承认之前 [00:33.70]to the largest fraud in US history.
这是美国历史上最大的欺诈行为。 [00:35.63]He was investigated five times.
他被调查了五次。 [00:37.74]SEC staff caught him in lies
SEC的工作人员抓住了他的谎言 [00:40.35]but failed to follow them up.
但没有跟进。 [00:42.03]They rejected offers from whistleblowers
他们拒绝了告密者的提议 [00:44.15]to provide additional evidence.
提供额外的证据。 [00:46.02]Many of the investigators were inexperienced.
许多调查人员都没有经验。 [00:48.44]The scale of the SEC's incompetence
美国证券交易委员会的无能程度 [00:51.30]is laid bare by this report.
被这份报告暴露了。