The F.B.I.
聯邦調查局
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.
聯邦調查局的縮寫是FBI,它是美國司法部的主要調查部門,
The F.B.I. enforces more than 200 federal laws.
執行200多部聯邦法律。
But its two most important jobs now are to prevent terrorism and spying.
但現在其重要職責是防止恐怖主義和從事偵察活動。
The F.B.I. assists other law enforcement agencies in America and foreign countries.
聯邦調查局可協助美國或外國的執法部門辦案,
It has the world's largest collection of fingerprints and is also known for its crime laboratories.
其收集的指紋數量居世界第一,它的犯罪實驗室也十分有名。
The F.B.I. employs about 27,000 people.They work in 56 offices in America and more than 40 offices in other countries.
聯邦調查局共設56個國內和40多個國外辦公室,雇有27000名員工。
More than 11,000 men and women serve as special agents.
聯邦調查局大約有11000名男女特工,
They investigate crimes like bank robberies,but also crimes involving computers, the environment and terrorism.
他們所調查的犯罪活動有銀行搶劫,計算機犯罪,環境犯罪和恐怖主義等。
The F.B.I. has been criticized for its part in the failure to stop the hijackings on September 11th, 2001.
聯邦調查局曾因未能阻止2001年發生的911事件而備受批評,
It has made many changes since then.
自那時起聯邦調查局已經做了很多改變。
New laws have made it easier to share information about possible terrorist threats.
新法律的實施使其更容易獲得有關可能的恐怖襲擊威脅的信息。