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1. Which statement best summarises the central tension highlighted throughout the article?

A. The technical challenges of digitising a vast archive of legal documents.

B. The contrast between official claims of transparency and persistent doubts about completeness.

C. The historical evolution of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal behaviour.

D. The legal difficulties of prosecuting high-profile offenders.

无注释原文：

Takeaways from the millions of newly released Epstein files

From: BBC

Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the largest number of documents shared by the government since a law mandated their release last year.

Three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos were posted publicly on Friday.

The release came six weeks after the department missed a deadline signed into law by US President Donald Trump that mandated all Epstein-related documents be shared with the public.

"Today's release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

The files include details about Jeffrey Epstein's time in prison - including a psychological report - and his death while incarcerated, along with investigative records on Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate who was convicted of helping him traffic underaged girls.

They also include emails between Epstein and high-profile figures.

Many of the emails and documents go back more than a decade, showcasing Epstein's relationships amid his legal troubles. He was convicted in 2008 in Florida for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl after coming to a controversial plea agreement with prosecutors.

He died in August 2019 while in jail on charges in a sprawling sex trafficking case.

It is uncertain if this is the end of the road for the Epstein documents release saga.

Blanche said Friday's drop "marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process" signalling that as far as the US justice department is concerned, it's job over.

However, Democrats continue to argue that the department has withheld too many documents – possibly around two-and-a-half million – without proper justification.

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who spearheaded the Epstein Files Transparency Act alongside Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, said he's wary.

"The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions," he said. "This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld."

The DOJ had been under heavy scrutiny after missing the 19 December deadline to release all files as mandated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed Congress and was signed into law in November.

But still, whether this saga is over remains to be seen.

Many - including within Trump's base - have long believed there was a conspiracy to protect the rich and powerful who were connected to Epstein.

Speaking to ABC on Sunday, Blanche said that apart from a "small number of documents" that may be released if a judge approves it - the DOJ's review of Epstein-related files "is over".

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Takeaways from the millions of newly released Epstein files

From: BBC

Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the largest number of documents shared by the government since a law mandated their release last year.

美国司法部已公布数百万份与已故性犯罪者爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）相关的新文件，这是自去年法律要求公开以来美国政府释出的最大规模文件。

takeaway /ˈteɪk.ə.weɪ/ 1）表示“外卖；外卖餐馆”，英文解释为“a meal cooked and bought at a shop or restaurant but taken somewhere else, often home, to be eaten, or the shop or restaurant itself”如：a Chinese takeaway 外卖中餐馆。

2）表示“要点；从…中了解到的主要信息”，英文解释为“a main message or piece of information that you learn from something you hear or read”举个🌰：The takeaway from the conference was how competitive the computer science industry has become. 这场会议的主要信息是计算机科学产业的竞争已变得非常激烈。

sex offender /ˈseks əˌfen.dər/ 表示“性犯罪者”，英文解释为“a person who commits a crime involving a sexual attack”

mandate /ˈmæn.deɪt/ 表示“命令；要求；强制执行；授权”，英文解释为“to order someone to do something”举个🌰：Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference. 我们的代表受命在会议上对提议投反对票。

Three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos were posted publicly on Friday.

300万页文件、18万张图像和2000段影片，于上周五（1月30日）向大众公开。

The release came six weeks after the department missed a deadline signed into law by US President Donald Trump that mandated all Epstein-related documents be shared with the public.

此次公布距离司法部错过由美国总统特朗普签署成法、要求所有与爱泼斯坦相关文件公开的最后期限已有六周。

"Today's release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

美国司法部副部长布兰希（Todd Blanche）周五表示：“今日的公开标志着非常全面的文件识别和审查程序的结束，以确保向美国人民展现透明度并符合法规。”

transparency /trænˈspær.ən.si/ 1）表示“透明性，透明”，英文解释为“the characteristic of being easy to see through”举个🌰：The old-fashioned type of plastic lacked transparency. 老式塑料透明性不好。

2）表示“透明度；显而易见；一目了然”，英文解释为“the quality of being done in an open way without secrets”

compliance /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ 1）表示“服从；遵守；依从”，英文解释为“the act of obeying a law or rule, especially one that controls a particular industry or type of work”举个🌰：It is the job of the inspectors to enforce compliance with the regulations. 强制人们遵守法规是督察的责任。

2）表示“顺从，屈从”，英文解释为“the act of doing everything that someone tells or wants you to do”举个🌰：It's his compliance that amazes me. 让我吃惊的是他言听计从。

compliance（合规）：指的是“符合规定、规则或标准”。

The files include details about Jeffrey Epstein's time in prison - including a psychological report - and his death while incarcerated, along with investigative records on Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate who was convicted of helping him traffic underaged girls.

这些文件包含爱泼斯坦在监狱中的生活细节——包括一份心理评估报告——以及他在狱中死亡的信息，还有与其同夥吉丝莲·麦克斯韦（Ghislaine Maxwell）有关的调查纪录，她因协助爱泼斯坦贩卖未成年少女而被定罪。

psychological /ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ 作形容词，表示“心灵的；心理的；精神上的”，英文解释为“connected with a person's mind and the way in which it works”如：the psychological development of children 儿童的心理发展。

incarcerate /ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/ 表示“监禁；禁闭”，英文解释为“to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison”举个🌰：They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 他们在战争期间被监禁。

convict /kənˈvɪkt/ 表示“证明…有罪；定罪；宣判…有罪”，英文解释为“If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a court of law.”举个🌰：There was insufficient evidence to convict him. 没有足够的证据证明他有罪。

熟词僻义，traffic一词除了熟知的“交通”的意思，还有“流量”的含义，英文解释：the movement of messages and signals through an electronic communication system，如“数据流量”：data traffic。

此外，作为动词，还有“贩卖（人口）”的意思，to illegally buy or sell people, or make money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work. 如：人口贩卖 human trafficking.

📍注：traffic (v.) 过去式 trafficked 过去分词：trafficked 现在分词：trafficking.

📍people trafficking/human trafficking表示“贩卖人口”，英文解释为“the crime of buying and selling people, or making money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work”

They also include emails between Epstein and high-profile figures.

文件中还包含爱泼斯坦与多位知名人士之间的电子邮件。

profile /ˈprəʊ.faɪl/ 一词经常出现，1）表示“（有关某人的）简介，概况”，英文解释为“A profile of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described.”举个🌰：A newspaper published comparative profiles of the candidates' wives. 一份报纸刊登了候选人妻子们的对比简介。

2）表示“关注度”，英文解释为“If someone has a high profile, people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low profile, you avoid doing things that will make people notice you.”

常用：a high profile 惹人注目/关注；高姿态，a low profile 不惹人注目，低姿态；如：a move that would give Egypt a much higher profile in the upcoming peace talks 会给埃及在即将到来的和平谈判中高关注度的一个行动。

📍如果你把微信语言设置成英文，你就会发现微信官方把头像处理成：Profile Photo，上面的“My Profile”对应的中文则是“个人信息”。

作动词，1）表示“扼要介绍；概述；写简介”，英文解释为“to give or write a description of sb/sth that gives the most important information”举个🌰：His career is profiled in this month's journal.这期月刊概述了他的工作生涯。

2）表示“给……画侧画像；显出……侧面轮廓”，英文解释为“represent in outline from one side”

Many of the emails and documents go back more than a decade, showcasing Epstein's relationships amid his legal troubles. He was convicted in 2008 in Florida for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl after coming to a controversial plea agreement with prosecutors.

许多电子邮件和文件可追溯至十多年前，显示导致爱泼斯坦遭遇各种法律麻烦的交际圈。他于2008年在佛罗里达州因向一名14岁女孩提出性要求而被定罪，当时与检察官达成一项备受争议的认罪协议。

solicit /səˈlɪsɪt/ 1）表示“招徕（嫖客）；拉（客）”，英文解释为“to offer to have sex with people in return for money”

2）表示“索求，请求…给予（援助、钱或信息）；征求；筹集”，英文解释为“to ask sb for sth, such as support, money, or information; to try to get sth or persuade sb to do sth”举个🌰：They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations. 他们正计划向一些机构募集资金。

🎬电影《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice）中的台词提到：Mrs Bennet, I was hoping, if it would not trouble you, that I might solicit a private audience with Miss Elizabeth. 班奈特太太 若不会太麻烦 我想私下和伊莉莎白小姐谈谈。

prosecutor /ˈprɒs.ɪ.kjuː.tər/ 1）表示“公诉人；检察官”，英文解释为“a public official who charges sb officially with a crime and prosecutes them in court”如：the public/state prosecutor 公诉人；州检察官。

2）表示“原告律师；控方律师”，英文解释为“a lawyer who leads the case against a defendant in court”

He died in August 2019 while in jail on charges in a sprawling sex trafficking case.

他因涉及大规模性交易案件而被关押，期间于于2019年8月在狱中死亡。

sprawling /ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/表示“蔓延的；杂乱无序伸展的”，英文解释为“spreading in an untidy way”如：a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇。

sprawl /sprɔːl/ 作动词，1）表示“（懒散地）摊开四肢坐（或躺）”，英文解释为“to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down”举个🌰：I knocked into her in the corridor and sent her sprawling (= knocked her over). 我在走廊里和她迎头相撞，把她撞了个四脚朝天。

2）表示“（尤指城市）杂乱无序地扩展，散乱地延伸”，英文解释为“(especially of a city) to cover a large area of land with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy”举个🌰：The refugee camps sprawl across the landscape. 眼前杂乱地散落着许多难民营。

It is uncertain if this is the end of the road for the Epstein documents release saga.

爱泼斯坦文件公布的风波是否已正式结束，仍不清楚。

saga /ˈsɑːɡə/ 1）表示“（通常指负面的）系列事件，一长串事件”，英文解释为“a long complicated series of related, usually negative, events”举个🌰：It was just another episode in the ongoing saga of their marriage problems. 这只是他们层出不穷的婚姻问题中的又一个插曲。

2）表示“长篇故事”，英文解释为“a long story about past events over a long period of time”举个🌰：Her new novel is a lengthy and compelling family saga. 她最新的一部小说是一个篇幅宏大、扣人心弦的家族传奇。

Blanche said Friday's drop "marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process" signalling that as far as the US justice department is concerned, it's job over.

布兰希表示周五的文件“标志着非常全面的文件识别与审查程序的结束”，代表司法部认为任务已完成。

However, Democrats continue to argue that the department has withheld too many documents – possibly around two-and-a-half million – without proper justification.

但民主党人仍认为司法部扣留了太多文件——可能约250万份——且没有充分理由。

withhold /wɪðˈhəʊld/ 表示“拒绝给与；扣留”，英文解释为“to refuse to give something or to keep back something”如：to withhold information / support 拒绝提供消息 / 给予支持。

justification /ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“正当的理由；辩解”，英文解释为“a good reason or explanation for something”举个🌰：There is no justification for treating people so badly. 没有理由如此恶劣地对待他人。

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who spearheaded the Epstein Files Transparency Act alongside Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, said he's wary.

民主党籍众议员罗·康纳（Ro Khanna）表示他仍怀有戒心——他与共和党籍众议员汤玛斯·马西（Thomas Massie）共同推动了《爱泼斯坦文件透明法案》（Epstein Files Transparency Act）。

spearhead /ˈspɪə.hed/ 表示“领导（攻击、行动等）；充当…的先锋；带头做”，英文解释为“to lead something such as an attack or a course of action”举个🌰：British troops spearheaded the invasion. 英军充当入侵的先锋。

"The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions," he said. "This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld."

“司法部表示他们识别了超过600万页可能相关的文件，但经审查与遮蔽后只公开约350万页，”他说，“这引发疑问：其余的为何被扣？”

redaction /rɪˈdæk.ʃən/ 表示“在印刷（或公开）之前删减一些话（或信息）；经删减后的材料”，英文解释为“the process of removing words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public, or the text itself after this has been done”如：the redaction of legal documents 法律文件的删减。

The DOJ had been under heavy scrutiny after missing the 19 December deadline to release all files as mandated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed Congress and was signed into law in November.

司法部因错过法律要求的12月19日最后期限前公布全部文件而备受批评。

But still, whether this saga is over remains to be seen.

但这场风波是否真正结束仍未可知。

Many - including within Trump's base - have long believed there was a conspiracy to protect the rich and powerful who were connected to Epstein.

许多人，包括特朗普的支持者，长期相信有人在保护与爱泼斯坦相关的富人与权势者。

conspiracy /kənˈspɪr.ə.si/ 表示“合谋；密谋策划；阴谋”，英文解释为“Conspiracy is secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.”举个🌰：Seven men, all from France, admitted conspiracy to commit arson. 全都来自于法国的七名男子承认了合谋纵火。

📍conspiracy theories 阴谋论。

Speaking to ABC on Sunday, Blanche said that apart from a "small number of documents" that may be released if a judge approves it - the DOJ's review of Epstein-related files "is over".

布兰希周日接受美国广播公司（ABC）采访时表示，除了“少数文件”可能在法官批准后公开外，司法部对爱泼斯坦文件的审查“已经结束”。

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