64. Undocumented workers became the target of Operation Safe Travel because ________.
A) evidence was found that they were potential terrorists
B) most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists
C) terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status
D) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport
题目问无入档工人成为Operation Safe Travel行动的目标,原因是什么。
A,发现证据证明他们是潜在的恐怖主义分子。
B,他们大多在机场工作,受到恐怖分子的威胁。
C,恐怖分子可能利用他们的非法身份。
D,据报他们在机场附近协助窝藏恐怖分子。
文章第二段叙述了美国911恐怖袭击发生之后政府对工作在机场而无有效身份证明的人进行突击逮捕的经过和结果,以及官方给出的如此做法的原因。those captured were anything but terrorists,这里的but表示除了,除了恐怖分子之外可以是anything,言下之意就是绝对不是恐怖分子。Anything but可以作为一个词组来记忆,意为绝不是。 Authorities said the undocumented workers illegal status made them open to blackmail by terrorists,这一句解释了官方逮捕未入档工人的原因。Be open to blackmail,是易受讹诈的意思,这里的open与vulnerable意思一致。易受讹诈的原因是illegal status,非法地位,联系起来可以明白大致的意思是:因为他们是非法移民,恐怖分子可能会利用这一点,以告发其身份为威胁,迫使他们与恐怖分子合作。
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