图片新闻【143】美国又爆Worldcom公司财务丑闻

Photograph shows WorldCom sign at the company's facility in Ashburn, VA., June 26, 2002. Telecom group WorldCom sent shockwaves through global markets Wednesday after revealing it had inflated its profits by $3.8 billion, one of the largest accounting scandals in history. WorldCom Inc, the second biggest U.S. long-distance telecom group, Tuesday night fired its Chief Financial Officer Scott Sullivan and said it would restate its results for the last five quarters, erasing all profits from the beginning of 2001. (Win McNamee/Reuters)

词汇：

shockwave：激波, 冲击波

reveal：vt.展现, 显示, 揭示, 暴露

inflate

vt.使膨胀, 使得意, 使(通货)膨胀, 使充气

vi.充气, 膨胀

accounting scandals：帐务丑闻

erase：vt.抹去, 擦掉, 消磁, <俚>杀死