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Anna Chapman, a woman at the centre of a transatlantic probe into spy allegations, previously worked in the UK, her former employer confirms. She was one of 11 people arrested in the US by the FBI, accused of serving as secret agents of Russia’s intelligence service. According to reports, Chapman lived in the UK for four years from 2003.

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小美：王乐！你又上网偷看美女照片！

Wang Le! You peek at sexy photos on line again!

王乐：冤枉啊！我在看新闻，FBI逮捕了一位美女间谍。

You do me wrong! I'm checking the news, which says FBI arrested a beautiful spy.

小美：真的吗？听起来很像电影情节！

Really? It sounds like a movie!

王乐：这下好莱坞又有故事可以拍了。

This time there is another story for Hollywood to shoot.

小美：好酷啊！我也想当间谍！

Cool! I also want to be a spy!

王乐：你不要小看这位美女间谍，她会讲四国语言。

Don't look down upon this beautiful spy – she can speak four languages.

小美：我只会讲普通话和家乡话……

I can only speak mandarin and dialect.

王乐：她还是个经济学硕士。

And she got a masters degree in economics.

小美：我什么都不会，还不如人家长得美……

I can do nothing, and I'm not as pretty as she is…

王乐：老婆，间谍这个职业其实没有你想的那么浪漫。

Honey, the occupation of spy is actually not that romantic as you thought.

小美：是啊，现实总是没有想象的浪漫！

Yes, reality is never as romantic as the fantasy.

Vocabulary

间谍	jiàn dié	spy; secret agent
偷看	tōu kàn	keek; peek; peep
冤枉	yuān wɑnɡ	(1) wrong; treat unjustly (2) not worth while; not repaying the effort
情节	qínɡ jié	plot; story
酷	kù	(1) very; extremely (2) cool
普通话	pǔ tōnɡ huà	mandarin
家乡话	jiā xiānɡ huà	country speech; dialect
经济学	jīnɡ jì xué	economics
职业	zhí yè	occupation; profession; vocation
浪漫	lànɡ màn	romantic
现实	xiàn shí	reality; actuality