卡梅伦将接受调查小组盘问_时事要闻

卡梅伦将接受调查小组盘问

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-06-14 06:35 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Prime Minister David Cameron will face a full day of questioning in front of the Leveson Inquiry¹ on Thursday.

英国首相大卫·卡梅伦本周四将接受莱维森调查小组一整天的询问。

The media ethics² inquiry is expected to focus on his relationship with figures in Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Mr Cameron is a friend of ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks³ and hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications chief.

The inquiry is also likely to ask him about Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's handling of News Corp's BSkyB bid.

News Corp unveiled its bid for the satellite broadcaster in June 2010 but abandoned it in July 2011 amid outrage⁴ over the phone-hacking⁵ scandal at its now defunct⁶（死的） News of the World (NoW) newspaper.

Politicians and media

The hacking scandal prompted Mr Cameron to launch Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry the same month.

His appearance before the inquiry at London's Royal Courts of Justice comes as it examines the relationship between politicians and the media.

It previously⁷ heard that Mr Hunt sent a memo⁸ to Mr Cameron voicing support for News Corp's bid for BSkyB before he was put in charge of overseeing it at the end of 2010.

Labour accuse Mr Hunt of being too close to News Corp before and during the BSkyB takeover process, in which he was given a "quasi-judicial" role.

But the prime minister has backed Mr Hunt amid calls for him to resign.

LOL texts

In her evidence to the inquiry, Mrs Brooks said she had exchanged messages with Mr Cameron about once a week while he was opposition⁹ leader - though that increased to about two a week in the run-up to the 2010 general election.

Most messages, she said, were to discuss "organisation¹⁰" or future social occasions.

She said he would mainly sign off the texts "DC" but would occasionally sign them LOL, meaning lots of love until she told him it meant laugh out loud.

Mrs Brooks has been arrested over the phone-hacking scandal and charged with three counts of conspiracy¹¹ to pervert¹²（使堕落，滥用） the course of justice, which she denies.

Her husband Charlie Brooks - who went to school with Mr Cameron - has been charged with one count of the offence.

Mr Coulson has also been arrested over alleged¹³ phone hacking and has been charged with perjury¹⁴ in a case connected to the scandal.

He resigned as Mr Cameron's director of communications in January 2011, blaming coverage¹⁵ of the NoW phone-hacking scandal.

The prime minister has already submitted his witness statement and evidence of key meetings, texts and emails.

He will be the sole witness on Thursday.

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1 inquiry
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
参考例句：
Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。 The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

2 ethics
n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准
参考例句：
The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。 Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

3 brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。来自《简明英汉词典》 Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 outrage
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。 We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

5 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 defunct
adj.死亡的；已倒闭的
参考例句：
The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。 This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。

7 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 memo
n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章
参考例句：
Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？ Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

9 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

10 organisation
n.组织，安排，团体，有机休
参考例句：
The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。 His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

11 conspiracy
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
参考例句：
The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。 He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

12 pervert
n.堕落者，反常者；vt.误用，滥用；使人堕落，使入邪路
参考例句：
Reading such silly stories will pervert your taste for good books.读这种愚昧的故事会败坏你对好书的嗜好。 Do not pervert the idea.别歪曲那想法。

13 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

14 perjury
n.伪证；伪证罪
参考例句：
You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。 She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

15 coverage
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
参考例句：
There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。 This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

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