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2017考研英语拓展阅读：FBI老员工承认是中国间谍
An FBI employee with top secret security clearance has pleaded guilty to acting as an "agent of the Chinese government", the US says.
美国媒体报道，一名有着FBI最高机密安全审查身份的雇员承认，其充当了“中国政府的间谍”。
Kun Shan Chun, a naturalised US citizen born in China and known as Joey, admitted in court to sending sensitive information to a Chinese official.
美籍华裔技术员秦昆山出生在中国，他的另一个名字是Joey，他在法庭上承认，曾将敏感信息交给一位中国官员。
US Attorney Preet Bharara said he had threatened the country’s security through a "duplicitous" betrayal.
美国联邦检察官巴拉拉表示，秦犯下了背叛国家和威胁安全的“双重”罪。
Chun "deeply regrets" what he did and loves the US, his lawyer said.
秦的辩护律师说，他对其所为“深表遗憾”，事实上他热爱美国。
While he could face a sentence of up 10 years in prison, the government and defence agreed a sentence of between 21 and 27 months "would be appropriate", the New York Times reports, citing the plea agreement.
纽约时报援引辩诉协议称，秦所犯罪行应当判处10年以上监禁，不过美国政府和辩护者都认为判处有期徒刑21到27个月“比较合理”。
The Chinese Embassy in Washington is yet to comment, the Associated Press reports.
美联社报道，中国驻华盛顿大使并未对此作出回应。
Financial rewards’
为了钱铤而走险?
Chun, 46, worked for the FBI as an electronics technician from 1997 until his arrest in March.
现年46岁的秦自1997年开始在FBI担任电子工程师的工作，一直到今年3月被捕。
He was introduced to a Chinese government official during a trip to Italy and France in 2011, the Department of Justice says, and they continued to meet privately abroad.
司法部称，2011年，秦在意大利和法国旅行时结识了一位中国官员，并长期在国外保护联系。
He is accused of having covered up his connections with at least one Chinese government official and a Chinese technology company, Zhuhai Kolion, in which he had an "indirect financial interest", according to the justice department.
司法部表示，秦被指控有意隐瞒与至少一位中国官员及一家中国科技公司——珠海科力莱科技有限公司的关系，其中他会获取“间接的经济利益”。
Court papers in New York said in 2013 he sent an unnamed Chinese official a chart showing the FBI’s organisational structure and two years later sent photos of restricted documents about surveillance technologies.
纽约的法律文件显示，2013年，秦曾向一位中国官员发送了一张FBI的组织结构图，两年后，他又给其发送了在监控技术的禁区拍摄的图像。
Chun also provided the identity and travel schedule of an FBI agent, Assistant US Attorney Emil Bove said.
美国助理检察官埃米尔.波夫表示，他还透露了一名FBI特工的个人信息和旅行计划。
He was rewarded financially and through perks such as holidays and hotel stays, according to authorities.
据美国司法部称，他会得到经济上的好处，以及到各地旅游度假等回报。
According to the complaint, he was caught after offering to help an undercover agent transmit sensitive government information to his Chinese associates.
据起诉书，秦是在帮助一个卧底组织给他的中国联系人传递秘密信息时，被逮捕。