British Museum sacks staff member after items vanish from collection

The British Museum has

sacked

a member

of staff

and imposed "emergency measures"

to increase security after it found items from its collection to be missing.

It launched an independent review

of security after items including gold jewellery and

gems

of

semiprecious

stones and glass

dating

from

the 15th century BC

to

the 19th century AD were found to be missing, stolen or

damaged.Legal action

against the dismissed member of staff

will be taken

and

the matter is also being investigated

by the Economic Crime Command of the

Metropolitan Police

.

重點(diǎn)詞匯釋義：

sacked v.解雇；(尤指舊時(shí)軍隊(duì)等)破壞，劫掠；炒魷魚；擒殺(四分衛(wèi)) sack的過去式

gems 寶石;難能可貴的人;風(fēng)景優(yōu)美的地方;美妙絕倫的事物;gem的第三人稱單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)

dating from 追溯到

semiprecious 半寶石的;準(zhǔn)寶石的;半珍貴的;次珍貴的;次貴重的

Metropolitan Police 倫敦警察廳

譯文：

藏品消失后，大英博物館解雇工作人員

大英博物館發(fā)現(xiàn)藏品丟失后，解雇了一名工作人員，并采取“緊急措施”加強(qiáng)安保。在發(fā)現(xiàn)公元前15世紀(jì)至公元19世紀(jì)的黃金首飾、半寶石寶石和玻璃寶石??等物品失蹤、被盜或損壞后，該公司啟動(dòng)了一項(xiàng)獨(dú)立的安全審查。將對(duì)被解雇的工作人員采取法律行動(dòng)，倫敦警察局經(jīng)濟(jì)犯罪指揮部也在調(diào)查此事。 來自衛(wèi)報(bào)（The Guardian）