万花筒 2012-07-18&07-20 美墨边境惊现地下运毒通道

 A new symbol of the threat to American families from the river of illegal drugs smuggled² into this country from Mexico. A massive tunnel stretching from the heart of Mexico into the Arizona was unveiled today. It is a direct artery³ for what it's been a growing sea of illegal drugs. As of tonight, the number one drug being smuggled into the United States, Marijuana, over 2 million pounds a year. Second, Cocaine⁴, third Methamphetamine, and ABC's Pirrie Thomas takes us inside the secret tunnel tonight. 

Today, ABC News was taking inside what authority say it's one of most sophisticated tunnels for smuggling⁵ they've ever seen. 

This is the tunnel right down here. 

ABC's News producer Ray Homan got a first-hand look inside. 

It's only about 4 feet high, at this end, I'm toed, it gets taller, maybe up to about 6 feet as it gets closer to Mexico. It stretches more than two football fields long, from an ice plant in sonara in Mexico to a nondescript commercial building in St. Louis Arizona near Yuma. Seems like there are, wouldn't be in(wooden beams) this every 12 inches in cell, very well-constructed. The tunnel took an estimated a year to build and cost more than a million dollars. 

It's a credibly⁶ advanced, I haven't seen one as sophisticated.

The tunnel allowed the Mexican cartel to smuggle¹ drugs about tons into the US every day, and bring back loads of cash and guns. 

It also just happened to be only a block away from a checkpoint at border crossing. 

And those tons of drugs seized is only fraction of what are the cantles getting through by any means necessary,including in tunnels the government hasn't found. 

Pirrie Thomas, ABC news Washington.

1 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

2 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

3 artery   

n.干线，要道；动脉

参考例句：

• We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
• The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。

4 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

5 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

6 credibly   

ad.可信地；可靠地

参考例句：

• I am credibly informed that. 由可靠方面听说。
• An effective management software ensures network to run credibly. 一个高效的网管软件是网络运行的可靠保证。