讲解人 · Jamie
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With dour, even gloomy-looking, early 20th Century buildings surrounded by busy, drab roads and large, intimidating metal gates, it has a very discreet feel.
Where it does stand out is its unique diploma that brings together more typical students in their early 20s, and active members of the French secret services, usually between the ages of 35 and 50.
The course is called Diploma of Intelligence and Global Threats.
This came following a request from French authorities a decade ago.
After the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, the government went on a large recruitment drive within the French intelligence agencies.
The core aim of the course is to identify threats wherever they are, and how to track and overcome them.
The key topics include the economics of organized crime, Islamic jihadism, business intelligence gathering and political violence.
Professor Xavier Crettiez, who teaches political radicalisation, says it’s not just about terrorism.
“There are the two main security agencies, but also Tracfin, an intelligence agency which specializes in money laundering.”
“It is preoccupied with the surge in mafia activity, especially in southern France, including corruption in the public and private sectors mainly due to massive profits in illegal drug trafficking.”
The private sector’s interest in the diploma is said to be continuing to grow.
Big businesses, especially in the defence and aerospace sector, but also French luxury goods firms, are increasingly keen to hire the students as they face relentless cybersecurity and spying threats as well as sabotage.
Recently graduates have been snapped up by the French mobile phone operator Orange, aerospace and defence giant Thales, and LVMH.
带着问题听讲解
如何理解 intimidating 这个词？
间谍培训课程的学生构成是什么样的？
间谍培训课程的开展和什么事件有关？
讲解
重点词汇
spy
/spaɪ/
n. 间谍
- 词性拓展：spy（v. 从事间谍活动；暗中监视）
- 例句：He was accused of spying for a foreign government.
- 搭配短语：spy on sth.（监视……）
- 搭配短语：to spy on confidential military facilities（监视机密军事部署）
dour
/dʊr/
adj. 死气沉沉的，了无生气的
- 英文释义：plain and dull搭配短语：a dour industrial city（一座沉闷的工业城市）
gloomy
/ˈɡluː.mi/
adj. 昏暗的，阴森的；（人）沮丧的，忧郁的；（前景）黯淡的
- 搭配短语：a gloomy alley（一条幽暗的小巷）例句：She fell into a gloomy silence after receiving the bad news.（忧郁的）搭配短语：a gloomy outlook（黯淡的前景）相关短语：a promising prospect（光明的前景）
drab
/dræb/
adj. 单调乏味的，无生气的
- 例句：She tried to escape her drab routine.
intimidating
/ɪnˈtɪm.ɪ.deɪ.tɪŋ/
adj. 令人生畏的，令人胆怯的
- 相关词汇：intimidate（v. 恐吓，威胁）
- 搭配短语：intimidate sb. into doing sth.（恐吓某人做某事）
- 例句：Criminals tried to intimidate the witness into changing his testimony.
例句：She has an intimidating presence.
discreet
/dɪˈskriːt/
adj. 低调的，隐蔽的
- 例句：He made a discreet inquiry about the job opening through a mutual friend.
stand out
突出，脱颖而出
- 例句：Her unique artistic style stood out among thousands of contestants and won the gold medal.相关词汇：outstanding（adj. 突出的，显著的；杰出的，非凡的）
- 搭配短语：an outstanding athlete（一位杰出的运动员）
- 近义词：exceptional（adj. 杰出的，非凡的）
diploma
/dɪˈploʊ.mə/
n. 文凭课程；毕业文凭，结业证书
- 英文释义：a course of study at a college or university
drive
/draɪv/
n.（有组织的）运动，活动
- 例句：The anti-plastic drive has gained massive public support.
radicalisation
/ræd.ɪ.kə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
n. 激进化
- 相关词汇：radical（adj. 极端的，激进的）
- 例句：The scientist proposed a radical approach to curing the disease.
- 词性拓展：radical（n. 激进分子）
- 搭配短语：the religious radical（宗教激进分子）
相关词汇：radicalise（v. 使激进化）
specialize
/ˈspeʃ.ə.laɪz/
v. 专攻，专门研究
- 相关词汇：special（adj. 特别的）搭配短语：specialize in…（专攻……）
- 例句：This research institute specializes in artificial intelligence ethics.
相关词汇：specialist（n. 专家）- 词义辨析：specialist, expert
- expert 强调“经验丰富的人”，其使用范围更广；
- specialist 强调“某一特定领域深耕的人”。
be preoccupied with
全神贯注于……，忙于……
- 相关词汇：preoccupy（v. 使全神贯注，忙于）
- 词根词缀：pre-（表示“之前”）
- 相关词汇：occupy（v. 占据）
近义词组：be absorbed in；be immersed in例句：He's been preoccupied with writing his novel for months.
trafficking
/ˈtræf.ɪ.kɪŋ/
n. 非法交易（尤指毒品买卖）
- 相关词汇：(drug) trafficker（n. 贩毒者）
aerospace
/ˈer.oʊ.speɪs/
n. 航空航天工业
- 词根词缀：aero-（表示“与空气，飞行器有关的”）
- 相关词汇：aeroplane（n. 飞机）
- 相关词汇：aerodynamics（n. 空气动力学）
be keen to (do)
渴望做某事
- 相关词汇：keen（adj. 热切的，渴望的）近义词组：be eager to do sth.例句：They are keen to expand into new markets.
relentless
/rɪˈlent.ləs/
adj. 不停的，不间断的；残酷无情的，苛刻的
- 例句：The relentless rain caused severe flooding in the area.近义词：unrelenting（adj. 持续的，不断的）搭配短语：the relentless / unrelenting stress（不断的）例句：He cracked under the relentless criticism.（无情的，苛刻的）
sabotage
/ˈsæb.ə.tɑːʒ/
n. 蓄意破坏
- 英文释义：the act of deliberate damage to things例句：The power outage was confirmed to be an act of sabotage.词性拓展：sabotage（v. 蓄意破坏）
- 近义词：vandalize（v. 故意破坏（尤指公共财物））
- 例句：Vandals vandalized the historic monument with spray paint.
- 相关词汇：vandal（n. 故意破坏公物者）
- 词义辨析：sabotage, damage, destroy, vandalize
- sabotage 强调“蓄意”破坏，“故意”妨碍；
- damage 指广义的“破坏”，是一个宽泛的用词；
- destroy 强调破坏的“结果”难以修复；
- vandalize 强调故意损害“公共财产”。
snap sth. up
迅速抢购，抢先拿下
- 相关词汇：snap（v.（咔地）崩断；拍照；（啪地）打开，合上）
- 搭配短语：to snap a photo（咔地一下抓拍照片）
- 搭配短语：to snap the lid shut（啪地一声合上盖子）
例句：Shoppers snapped up the limited-edition sneakers within minutes.
