重點詞匯詞組：

1.Police in Australia have made more than 200 arrests in a sting operation against organized crime.

sting operation （為捉拿疑犯所設置的）突擊圈套

eg:He was lured to Bangkok in 2008 in an American sting operation.

2008年他陷入美國所設的圈套，被引誘到曼谷。

organized crime 集團犯罪，有組織犯罪

eg:It is a major moneymaker for organized crime.

這是犯罪組織主要的賺錢方式。

2.They were able to monitor encrypted communications because the criminal underworld was using a messaging app secretly developed by the FBI.

encrypted 加密的

eg:Account details are encrypted to protect privacy.

帳戶信息均已加密，以保護隱私。

【相關單詞】encrypt v. 把……加密，將……譯成密碼 encryption 加密，加密術

3.The former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic is to hear the outcome of an appeal against his genocide conviction for the Srebrenica massacre.

appeal 呼吁，懇求；上訴

eg:My appeal proved futile.

我的呼吁白費了。

【常見搭配】appeal against 對...提起上訴

eg:The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.

法庭準許他對判決提出上訴。

appeal to 對…有吸引力

eg:It's a movie that will appeal to the young.

這部電影年輕人會感興趣。

【近義詞】作“請求，懇求”講時的近義詞：beg, implore, adjure

4.He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a UN tribunal four years ago.

【常見搭配】be sentenced to 被判決，被判處

eg:He is sentenced to be euthanized.

他被判決為安樂死。

life imprisonment 無期徒刑；終身監禁

eg:Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law.

按照州法律終身監禁定義為60年。

長難句解析：

Police in Canada1 say2 they've charged a man with murder3 after four members of a muslim family were killed by a pickup truck that mounted the pavement4.

解：本句為主謂賓結構，1為主語，2為謂語，3為賓語從句。

析：4為after引導的時間狀語從句，其為“主謂賓”結構，其中賓語“a pickup truck”后又跟了個that引導的定語從句。