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192. Grand Conspiracy
192. 大陰謀
Scores of complaints flooded the office after the school newspaper reported that the school president was abusing the power of his position.
校報報道校長濫用職權的事之后，大量的投訴信潮水般涌向辦公室。
But the evidence against him was staggering: he had hundreds of dollars of school supplies in his locker.
對他不利的證據(jù)真讓人吃驚：他的柜子里有價值數(shù)百美元的學習用品
There were also suspicions that he had taken supposedly "lost" money for a planned trip to the science museum.
還有人懷疑計劃去科學博物館的那筆錢原來以為是"丟"了，其實是他拿了。
But the school president's friends controlled the school radio station and they defended him every step of the way.
可是校長的朋友控制著學校廣播臺，處處保護著他。
When they themselves moved from calling the accusations the views of a certain school of thought to accusing the school newspaper staff of searching for information to slander the school president,
他們開始只說他們的指控是某個學派的觀點，后來發(fā)展到告校報工作人員整校長的黑材料，
the staff themselves started to be scared out of their wits! They had no power, no voice, and no way to fight unreasonable accusations. But they gathered together and continued their own investigation.
于是那些工作人員開始被嚇得魂不附體！他們沒有權力、沒有發(fā)言權、沒有辦法反誣告。但是他們團結在一起，繼續(xù)做他們的調查。
They found that they were just scratching the surface! As they searched high and low for further hints of corruption,
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們其實只觸及了表面。他們到處尋找更多的腐敗線索，
they found that the school president was paying his friends at the radio station, that they were stealing money themselves, and that the whole faculty was involved!
結果發(fā)現(xiàn)校長給廣播站的朋友付報酬，而他們自己也在撈錢，而且所有教職員工沒有一個是清白的！
And then the school president shut down the newspaper office. All of the proof that was scattered about was scooped up and taken away.
后來校長關了校報。所有散落在地上的證據(jù)都被揀起來拿走了。
When newspaper staff tried to search out where it was hidden they were told that it was sealed up as proof of their own wrongdoing!
當校報工作人員試著尋找那些證據(jù)到底在何處時，他們被告知它們作為他們自己的犯罪證據(jù)被封起來了。
It was a grand conspiracy! And there was nothing they could do about it!
真是一個大陰謀！而且他們一點辦法也沒有！
