The Russia investigation: Each to His Own
俄罗斯调查：各自为战
What better to counter accusations of a conspiracythan a conspiracy theory?
有什么比用阴谋论为自己的间谍罪平反更好的方法呢?
“It should be clear to everyone that Russia brazenly interfered in our 2016 presidentialelection process.”
“大家应该清楚，俄罗斯厚然无耻地干涉了我们的2016年总统选举。”
So declared John Brennan, former director of the CIA, at a hearing of the House IntelligenceCommittee on May 23rd, adding that he had seen intelligence of “contacts and interactionsbetween Russian officials and US persons involved in the Trump campaign,” leaving him with“unresolved questions” about whether Russian spooks successfully recruited American helpers.
5月23日，前美国中情局局长John Brennan在出席美国众议院情报委员会听证会时公开声明如是说道，他还表示他曾看到过一份有关俄罗斯官员与特朗普竞选团队在私下接触的情报。但他无法判断俄罗斯间谍组织是否成功地吸纳了美国人。
He remembered a warning telephone call he made in August 2016 to the head of Russia's spyservice, the FSB, urging his opposite number to remember that, regardless of their politicalaffiliation, “American voters would be outraged by any Russian attempt to interfere in theelection.”
他还记得自己在2016年8月与俄罗斯联邦安全局局长取得联系，并警告说：不管美国的选民们支持哪一个政党，如果俄罗斯企图干涉美国大选，那么必将激起民愤。
It is rare to hear a spy chief sound insufficiently cynical about the world, but Mr Brennanmanaged it.
大多数的间谍组织领导人看上去都愤世嫉俗，但是布伦南是个特例。
Both his premises turn out to be wrong.
而他的两个前提也是错的。
To hear a shifting cast of Republicans in Congress, conservative media stars and Trumpallies tell it, it is not remotely clear that Russia interfered in the election.
通过国会的共和党人，保守媒体人，特朗普的团队的投票结果
Polling shows most Republicans and Democrats hold irreconcilable views on something thatthe former head of the CIA asserts is a settled fact.
民意调查显示，大多数共和党和民主党人对某些事情的看法不可调和，而CIA前领导人则断言确实如此。
Some of the loudest voices in conservative media, including Sean Hannity of Fox News and NewtGingrich, the former speaker of the House, havepeddled a conspiracy theory that the hacking ofDemocratic Party e-mails during the election mighthave been the work of a young staffer at theDemocratic National Committee, Seth Rich, who waslater murdered in what the police suspect was abotched robbery.
福克斯新闻的Sean Hannity和美国众议院议长Newt Gingrich这些保守派媒体散布了一个阴谋论：民主党在大选期间的“邮件门”事件有可能是民主党全国委员会职员Seth Rich造成的。但就在邮件泄露的前几天，SethRich被谋杀了，警方怀疑这是一起“不专业”的抢劫案。
Mr Hannity and Mr Gingrich speculated that Mr Rich might have been the victim of a politicalassassination, citing, among other things, a report by Fox News, which was later retracted.
Hannity和Gingrich在福克斯新闻的一篇报道中指出，里奇是一场政治谋杀的牺牲品，该文章后来被撤回。
Mr Rich's parents published an appeal in the Washington Post for people to stop spreadinginventions about their son, calling this “unspeakably cruel”.
Rich的父母在《华盛顿邮报》上发声恳求大众不要妄加猜测自己儿子的死亡原因，因为这样做是“难以言说的残忍”。
That is a fact on which all should be able to agree.
所有人应该在这个事实上达成一致.。
Yet once circulated, conspiracy theories are notoriously hard to knock down.
但是阴谋论一旦传播，其影响就很难消除。
In that sense, Mr Hannity and Mr Gingrich have already done their work.
从这层意义来看，Hannity先生和Gingrich先生已经成功了。
Some solid points may be grasped amid the murk.
冥冥之中总能找一些蛛丝马迹。
There is a bipartisan desire to hear more from Michael Flynn, the former general who brieflyserved as Mr Trump's first national security adviser, notably about his contacts with Russianofficials.
两党都希望能迈克尔·弗林能多透露一点信息，弗林曾经短暂地担任过特朗普的国家首席安全顾问，他与俄国官员的关系已经引起了人们的关注。
Mr Flynn refused one subpoena from the Senate intelligence committee, pleading his rightto avoid self-incrimination.
但Michael Flynn行使“美国宪法第五修正案”的权力(避免自证其罪)，拒绝了参议员情报委员会的传唤。
That prompted fresh Senate subpoenas aimed at consultancy businesses that he founded.
这样的话参议员会进一步向Michael Flynn创办的咨询公司发出传票。
House subpoenas may be next.
接下来众议院也会向其发出传票。
If nothing else, lawyers will be busy.
如果没有其他情况的话，律师们将会有的忙了。
重点词组：
1.presidential election 总统选举
例句:In two years 'time there is a presidentialelection, and the voters could swing again.
总统选举在两年后举行，届时选民们可能会再次倒向另一方。
2.turn out 证明是;结果是
例句:They have been turning out great blades for 400 years.
他们生产优质刀片已经有400年历史了。
3.regardless of 不管;不顾
例句:Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, we have to abide by his decisions.
不管他正确与否，我们都得服从他的决定。
4.involved in 涉及;参与
例句:They have been involved in a campaign of deceit.
他们参与了一系列的欺骗活动。
5.knock down 消除;撞倒
例句:He died in hospital after being knocked downby a car.
他被车撞倒后死在了医院。
6.served as 担任
例句:The regime served as a crucible for the forging of right-wing ideas and values.
该政权成为右翼思想和右翼价值观形成的熔炉。
7.aimed at 针对
例句:The government rushed through legislation aimed at Mafia leaders.
政府匆忙通过了针对黑手党首领的立法。
8.security adviser 安全顾问
例句:Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes briefed reporters on the meeting.
美国副国家安全顾问本.罗兹在这次会议上对记者发布了这一消息。
相关推荐：