2009年1月20日，空前庞大的欢庆人潮见证了奥巴马，美利坚合众国史上首位非裔美国总统，正式宣誓就职。全美国都注视着总统，可特工们的目光却紧盯人群，寻找任何可能预示危险的微小细节。
The White House is one of the most secure fortresses in America and the main focus of the secret service, headquartered just a few blocks away.
白宫是全美国安全措施最严密的堡垒之一，也是特工处工作的重中之重，特工处总部与白宫只相隔几条街。
★★★ fortress n.堡垒
★ secret service 特工处
★ headquarter vt.设立总部
With 1300 agents, snipers, and uniformed guards dedicated to protecting this 18 acre complex, the secret service has the White House covered.
1300名特工狙击手和身着制服的守卫要誓死保卫这片18英亩的国家重地誓死保卫这片18英亩的国家重地，特工处把白宫守得滴水不漏。
★ agent n.特工
★★★ sniper n.狙击手
★ uniformed a.身穿制服的
★ dedicated to 致力于
★★ complex n.建筑群
Every time you drive in through that northwest gate, and the gate closes behind you, there's always a sigh of relief. But before a new president can relax in the White House, the secret service has to get him there.
每次把车开进西北大门，听到大门在身后关上的声音，你总是会如释重负。可在新当选总统真正入主白宫以前，特工处必须保证他能安全抵达白宫。
★ sigh of relief 松了一口气
January 20th, 2009, a record shattering crowd watches Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, take the oath of office. As history unfolds live, the eyes of America are on the president, but the eyes of the secret service are on the crowd, scanning for the tiniest detail that could signify a threat.
2009年1月20日，空前庞大的欢庆人潮见证了巴拉克·奥巴马，美利坚合众国史上首位非裔美国总统，正式宣誓就职。历史翻开新的一页，全美国都注视着总统，可特工们的目光却紧盯人群，寻找任何可能预示危险的微小细节。
★ record shattering 打破记录的
★★ take the oath 宣誓
★ unfold v.展开
★ scan for 搜索
★ signify vt.意味着
Former agent Daniel Bongino was part of Obama's protective detail for two years. He was a key player in planning the inauguration. This job begins 18 months before the election, as candidate Obama ignites passions for and against. The secret service came in far earlier than they ever had in the past, but then again they never really had somebody with the enormous crowd appeal that senator Obama had.
前特工处特工丹尼尔·邦吉诺担任过两年奥巴马警卫队成员，是策划就职典礼安保工作的重要角色。安保工作从选举前18个月就开始了，候选人奥巴马有人推崇也有人忌恨。特工处跟以往相比很早就投入了安保工作，在他们保护过的人当中，没人比奥巴马参议员更吸引公众关注。
★★★ inauguration n.就职典礼
★ candidate n.候选人
★★ ignite vt.点燃，激起
★ enormous a.巨大的
★ appeal n.吸引力
★ senator n.参议员
Law enforcement sees a four hundred percent spike in threats against the new president, many of them vicious and racially motivated. One white supremacist's website enlists two thousand new members the day after the election.
执法部门发现，收到的威胁上升了400%，都是针对这位新总统发出的，其中很多是恶毒且充满种族偏见的。一个白人至上主义者网站就在选举结果揭晓后的一天内激增了两干名新成员。
★ law enforcement 执法部门
★★ spike n.猛增
★★★ vicious a.狂暴的，充满仇恨的
★ racially motivated 出于种族歧视的
★★★ supremacist n.种族优越论者
★★ enlist vt.争取，谋取
With president Bush the secret service was concerned about a terrorist attack. With president Obama they were more concerned with the threat of a lone gunman who's motivated by racial hatred.
对于小布什总统特工处的主要担心是发生恐怖袭击。而对于奥巴马总统，他们更担心的是有独行枪手，在种族仇恨的驱使下行刺。
★ terrorist attack 恐怖袭击
★ racial hatred 种族仇恨
As the inauguration approaches, a credible threat puts everyone on high alert. Some want to cancel, but this two hundred year old American institution must go on.
就职典礼逐渐临近，一则可信的威胁情报让所有人警觉起来。有人提出取消典礼，但这项有200年历史的美国传统必须延续下去。
★★★ inauguration n.就职典礼
★ credible a.可信的
★ institution n.习俗
It'd be great if we could just cordon off the entire area, six blocks off from the White House, throw up a wall. That's it, no one in, no one out unless we say. Well that's not America. That'll never be America
我们要能把整个地方隔离起来就好了，在白宫以外六个街区砌堵墙封起来，每个人进出都需要经过我们的同意，可这样就不是美国了，美国精神绝不允许这样。
★★★ cordon off 封锁
★★ throw up 突然建造
The inaugural parade will make the ceremonial trip as planned, taking the president the one and a half miles from the capitol to the White House. It's a pretty standard inaugural parade route, but that presents problems, because everybody knows where the president's going to be at that specific time.
这场总统就职典礼游行会按原计划举行，车队载着总统行驶1.5英里，从国会大厦一直到白宫。这是一条很标准的就职游行路线，但这样会带来问题，因为所有人都知道，几时几刻总统会身在何处。
★★★ inaugural parade 就职游行
★ ceremonial a.仪式的
★★★ capitol n.美国国会大厦
★ specific a.具体的
Almost two million people are expected to gather, the biggest single crowd ever in Washington D.C. And among them intelligence reports say may be a potential assassin.
预计现场会有将近200万人，华盛顿特区从未聚集过这么多人。另据情报称，可能会有一名潜伏的刺客。
★ intelligence n.情报
★★ assassin n.刺客
Bongino oversees an area the size of three football fields. With 16 thousand people per city block, he has his work cut out for him. The preparation is meticulous. Bongino's team scours every square inch of a section for bombs weapons, and hiding places for gunmen. Mailboxes are removed, manhole covers are welded shut. The secret service even goes so far as to remove door knobs from rooms overlooking the parade route.
邦吉诺监控的区域有三个橄榄球场大，因为每个街区有一万六千人，他的工作难度非常大，准备工作要小心谨慎。邦吉诺的小队进行了地毯式搜索，寻找炸弹、武器和枪手可能的藏身处。移除街上的邮箱，焊死窨井盖，甚至拆掉能俯视游行路线的所有房间的门把手。
★ oversee vt.监管，监督
★★ meticulous a.小心谨慎的
★★★ scour vt.四处搜索
★★★ manhole cover 井盖
★★★ weld vt.焊接
★ door knob 门把手
★ overlook vt.俯瞰
But Bongino is only one part of a massive operation. Thousands of secret service agents move through the crowd. Eight thousand law enforcement officers from across the country, double the usual size of the D.C. police force. More than 12 thousand military personnel are on duty. On every rooftop counter snipers scan the crowd, their rifles accurate to over a thousand yards.
邦吉诺只是这场庞大安保行动的一员，数干名特工处特工穿梭在人群中，还调来了八干名执法警官，来自全国各地，华盛顿特区的警力增加了一倍。超过一万两干名军人随时待命，每个屋顶上都有反狙击手监视着人群，他们的枪可以在一干码外取人性命。
★ law enforcement 执法部门
★ military personnel 军事人员
★★★ counter sniper 反狙击手
★ scan vt.扫描
★★ rifle n.步枪
★ accurate a.精确的
But can this massive force stop an assassin? Communication is key. There's a reason that ear piece has become symbolic of the secret service. It's the most valuable piece of equipment you have. You have to be at a very specific spot at a very specific time, and you're being directed by a supervisor who's like a director of a movie. You have to hear him in that ear piece. It enables you to function and properly protect the president by being in the right place at the right time.
但这么庞大的力量能防止刺客得手吗？通讯交流是关键。一定的原因让头戴耳机成为了特工处特工的标志形象，耳机是你手头上最有价值的装备，你必须在某个特定的时间前往某个特定的地点，有一名调度主管调派你该去哪里，像电影导演一样。你必须通过耳机听他命令，这让你发挥职能，你才能保护好总统，在恰当的时间出现在恰当的地点。
★ massive a.大规模的
★★ assassin n.刺客
★ ear piece 耳机
★ supervisor n.监督者
★ function v.发挥职能
The director sits in a multi-agency command center, receiving intel streaming in from satellites and electronic and human intelligence sources. Anything important is immediately relayed to the agents along the parade route.
这名“导演”坐镇多机构指挥中心，接收卫星情报、电子情报和人工情报。一有任何重要情报马上会转告给游行路线上的特工。
★ multi-agency a.多机构的
★ command center 指挥中心
★ intel n.军事情报
★ intelligence n.情报
★ relay vt.转告
★ parade route 游行路线
3:23 PM, the inaugural parade begins. It's game time. For much of the route president Obama and the first family wave to the crowd from behind the armored windows of the brand new presidential limousine, nicknamed the Beast. But the nation wants to see their new leader. 41 minutes after the parade begins, Obama gets out of the limousine. If a lone gunmen is waiting, this is his moment. For the secret service, high alert just got a whole lot higher.
下午3点23分，随着就职游行开始，安保游戏也开始了。在多数路段，奥巴马总统及其家人隔着防弹玻璃窗向民众挥手致意，他们坐在全新的豪华总统专车里，专车绰号为“野兽”。但美国人民想见到他们的新领袖。在游行开始41分钟后，奥巴马走出了总统专车，如果有枪手在等待，这就是他下手的机会。对特工处来说，则要大幅提升警戒级别。
★★★ inaugural parade 就职游行
★★ armored a.装甲的
★ brand new 全新的
★★★ limousine a.豪华轿车
★ high alert 高度警戒
The agents have to not only guard the president and his family. They also have to protect any innocent bystanders around a potential assassin. If you, God forbid, had to shoot into a crowd of people you better be accurate, and you better know what you're shooting. Accuracy and responsilbility for every single bullet that comes out of that gun has got to be a priority.
特工们不但要保护总统和他的家人，他们还要保护那些位于刺客周围的无辜的群众。如果你万不得已要朝人群开枪的话，一定要瞄准，要知道朝谁开枪，从枪膛里打出来的每一颗子弹都要准确无误，这是最重要的。
★ innocent a.无辜的
★ bystander n.旁观者
★★ assassin n.刺客
★ accurate a.精确的
★ accuracy n.精确性
★ bullet n.子弹
★ priority n.优先事项
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