英语专业四级听力听写训练 第101期:联邦调查局 The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.联邦调查局

The F.B.I. is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is the main investigating agency of the Department of Justice in the United States.联邦调查局的缩写是FBI，它是美国司法部的主要调查部门，

The F.B.I. enforces more than 200 federal laws.执行200多部联邦法律。

But its two most important jobs now are to prevent terrorism and spying.但现在其重要职责是防止恐怖主义和从事侦察活动。

The F.B.I. assists other law enforcement agencies in America and foreign countries.联邦调查局可协助美国或外国的执法部门办案，

It has the world's largest collection of fingerprints and is also known for its crime laboratories.其收集的指纹数量居世界第一，它的犯罪实验室也十分有名。

The F.B.I. employs about 27,000 people.They work in 56 offices in America and more than 40 offices in other countries.联邦调查局共设56个国内和40多个国外办公室，雇有27000名员工。

More than 11,000 men and women serve as special agents.联邦调查局大约有11000名男女特工，

They investigate crimes like bank robberies,but also crimes involving computers, the environment and terrorism.他们所调查的犯罪活动有银行抢劫，计算机犯罪，环境犯罪和恐怖主义等。

The F.B.I. has been criticized for its part in the failure to stop the hijackings on September 11th, 2001.联邦调查局曾因未能阻止2001年发生的911事件而备受批评，

It has made many changes since then.自那时起联邦调查局已经做了很多改变。

New laws have made it easier to share information about possible terrorist threats.新法律的实施使其更容易获得有关可能的恐怖袭击威胁的信息。