中国留学生在美代购毒药 被判16年监禁

 　　A former New York University student from China was sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of trying to buy the deadly toxin¹ ricin on a secretive website to sell it in the form of "simple and easy death pills".

　　因试图通过网络黑市购买可致命的蓖麻毒素、作为"简易安乐死药丸"出售，一名曾在纽约大学就读的中国留学生日前被判16年监禁。

　　Le Cheng, 22, was sentenced on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court following his conviction in August on charges he tried to acquire ricin as a weapon, postal² fraud and identity theft. Ricin is a fatal toxin with no known antidote³.

　　乐成，现年22岁。曼哈顿联邦法院于周二进行宣判。此次判决是基于去年8月陪审团认定其三项指控罪名成立，包括企图购买蓖麻毒素作为武器、邮件欺诈以及盗用他人身份。蓖麻毒素是一种致命毒药，迄今没有任何解药可以解毒。

　　中国留学生在美代购毒药 被判16年监禁

　　Judge Alison Nathan said the "horrible, serious and quite terrifying offense⁴" required a severe sentence, but added that no one had been harmed by the plot because Le's communications were intercepted⁵ online.

　　法官艾利森·内森表示，该事件“情节严重，骇人听闻”，应予以重判。他还补充说道，由于乐成的通讯信息在网上被截获，所以该事件并未致人员伤害。

　　Among evidence introduced at his trial were statements Le made in writing about getting ricin froman FBI covert⁶ employee, including: "If you can make them into simple and easy death pills, they'd become bestsellers."在法庭审判时的相关证据显示，乐成在同FBI的卧底聊天时写道，“如果你能把蓖麻毒素做成速效死亡药片，肯定会大卖。”

　　During a statement in court, Le said he planned to appeal, but he regretted having done such a thing.

　　乐成在法庭陈述中表示，他将上诉，但也表示后悔自己的所作所为。

　　"Not a day goes by where I don't think of all the things I could have done," Le said.

　　他说：“没有一天不在思考我原本可以去做的事情”。

 

1 toxin   

n.毒素，毒质

参考例句：

• Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
• Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。

2 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

3 antidote   

n.解毒药，解毒剂

参考例句：

• There is no known antidote for this poison.这种毒药没有解药。
• Chinese physicians used it as an antidote for snake poison.中医师用它来解蛇毒。

4 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

5 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

6 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。