每日新闻(77)【大英博物馆珍宝失窃，已开除一员工并报警】

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

.

重点词汇释义：

sacked v.解雇；(尤指旧时军队等)破坏，劫掠；炒鱿鱼；擒杀(四分卫) sack的过去式

gems 宝石;难能可贵的人;风景优美的地方;美妙绝伦的事物;gem的第三人称单数和复数

dating from 追溯到

semiprecious 半宝石的;准宝石的;半珍贵的;次珍贵的;次贵重的

Metropolitan Police 伦敦警察厅

译文：

藏品消失后，大英博物馆解雇工作人员

大英博物馆发现藏品丢失后，解雇了一名工作人员，并采取“紧急措施”加强安保。在发现公元前15世纪至公元19世纪的黄金首饰、半宝石宝石和玻璃宝石💎等物品失踪、被盗或损坏后，该公司启动了一项独立的安全审查。将对被解雇的工作人员采取法律行动，伦敦警察局经济犯罪指挥部也在调查此事。 来自卫报（The Guardian）