华为律师指控孟晚舟案件美国篡改证据
In this memo, Meng's lawyers raised several keypoints accusing HSBC(汇丰银行) 1. _______ helping the U.S. government build a case against her. So far the only evidence2. __________
U.S. prosecutors use to accuse Meng of bank fraud is a PowerPoint file provided by HSBC.
The file has been playing a 3.__________(center) role in building a case against Meng as
the U.S. accused the company of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
For instance, the U.S. accused Huawei of using skycom as its unofficial subsidiary ( 辅助的,次要的)4.__________(conceal) its operations in Iran and violating relevant sanctions.5. ________ two really important pieces of information in that PowerPoint went missing. The first, skycom was Huawei's business partner in Iran. And second, Huawei conducts normal business activity in Iran and provides civilian telecommunication solutions. Most lawyers claim both pieces of information were 6.________(clear) delivered by Meng to an HSBC banker in Hong Kong in
2013.
But later such information was taken out when they were presented as the evidence against
Meng. Now the questions are how did they go missing was it a deliberate omission by HSBC or
was the bank under 7.___________(press) to do so. Now Meng's lawyer is saying that HSBC knew
about skycom's business in Iran from the beginning and it also 8.___________(understand)
skycom's relationship with Huawei and they will provide evidence to support these claims.
In the next proceeding on June 23rd, the court will hear evidence and 9.______________(argue) from both prosecutors and Meng's lawyers, and the points10. __________(make) by this memo are
expected to be the focal point of debate.
evidence /ˈevɪdəns/ n. 证据,证明
evident /ˈevɪdənt/ adj. 明显的;明白的
accuse…of …谴责,控告
prosecutor /ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtər/ n. 检察官;公诉人
fraud /frɔːd/ n. 欺骗;骗子;诡计
violate /ˈvaɪəleɪt/ vt. 违反;侵犯,妨碍;亵渎
for instance例如
unofficial /ˌʌnəˈfɪʃl/ adj. 非官方的;非正式的
relevant /ˈreləvənt/ adj. 相关的;切题的;中肯的
go missing失踪;不见
conduct /kənˈdʌkt/ v. 组织,实施,进行;指挥(音乐)
normal /ˈnɔːrml/ adj. 正常的;正规的;标准的
civilian /səˈvɪliən/ adj. 民用的,百姓的
partner /ˈpɑːrtnər/ n. 伙伴;合伙人;配偶
claim /kleɪm/ v. 宣称;要求,索取
solution /səˈluːʃn/ n. 解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答
deliver/dɪˈlɪvər/ n. 投球 vt. 交付;发表;递送;
present提出;展现
deliberate /dɪˈlɪbərət/ adj. 故意的;深思熟虑的;从容的
omission /əˈmɪʃn/ n. 疏忽,遗漏;省略;冗长
omit /əˈmɪt/ vt. 省略;遗漏;删除
proceed /prəˈsiːd/ vi. 开始;继续进行;发生;行进
memo /ˈmemoʊ/ n. 备忘录
be expected to有望做某事
focal /ˈfəʊkl/ adj. 焦点的,在焦点上的
debate /dɪˈbeɪt/ n. 辩论;(正式的)讨论 v. (尤指正式)讨论,辩论
答案:1.of 2. that 3.central 4. to conceal 5. But 6. clearly 7. pressure 8. understood
9. arguments 10. made