财经金融新闻 白银连环杀人强奸案破获

One of China's most notorious murderers was caught August 26 in Gansu province after evading¹ capture for nearly 30 years. Gao Chengyong, a 52-year-old father of two, confessed to raping², mutilating and killing³ 11 women and girls in Gansu and Inner Mongolia between 1988 and 2002, according to a statement issued by the Ministry⁴ of Public Security. The youngest victim was just eight years old.

中国最残忍的一名杀人犯在逃避追捕30年以后，于8月26日在甘肃省被抓。公安部发表的一项声明称，高承勇，52岁，有两个孩子，承认从1988到2002年在甘肃省和内蒙古强奸、残害并杀死了11位女性。其中最年轻的受害者仅有8岁。

Gao was detained in Baiyin, Gansu, the site of most of his crimes, after police received a tip-off. Police stormed Gao's workplace, a convenience store inside a vocational school in Baiyin, and arrested him, the public security ministry said.

警方接到密报后，在甘肃省白银抓获高承勇，那里是他的多数案发地点。公安部说，警方突袭了高承勇的工作地点--白银一所工业学校里的小卖部，并将其抓获。

Gao allegedly began his reign⁵ of terror in May 1988, when he stabbed a 23-year-old factory worker and Baiyin resident to death after following her home and raping her. The victim was found several hours later with 26 stab wounds in her upper body, according to the Lanzhou Morning News.

据称，高承勇自1988年就开始了他的暴行，那时他尾随一位23岁的白银工厂工人至其家中，将其强奸后用刀刺死。兰州早间新闻报道，受害者几小时以后被发现，上身有26处刀伤。

Over the next 14 years, Gao would go on to kill 10 more women and girls in Baiyin and the nearby town of Baotou in Inner Mongolia. Gao typically followed a victim into her house before raping her, stabbing her, and often cutting her throat, the Lanzhou Morning News said. In some cases, he severed⁶ victims' body parts. The gruesome nature of Gao's crimes led police to dub⁷ him “China's Jack⁸ the Ripper,” state media said.

在接下来的14年间，高承勇继续在白银和附近城市包头杀害了10名女性。兰州早间新闻报道，高承勇的惯用手法是尾随受害者至其家中，然后强奸，刺杀，通常还会割开其颈部。在有些案例中，他还割下了受害者的某些身体部位。官媒报道，高承勇可怕的本性让警方将其称为“中国开膛手杰克”。

The Ministry of Public Security took over the case in 2001. Despite DNA⁹ tests on every permanent male resident of Baiyin and promises of a 200,000 yuan reward for information about the case, police made no significant progress for over a decade.

中国公安部2001年接手该案。尽管警方对白银市的每一位永久居民都进行了DNA测试并且对提供该案信息者悬赏20万，但是在十多年间依然没有取得任何实质进展。

In March of this year, police in Baiyin and Baotou launched a new investigation¹⁰ into the case. They caught a lucky break when one of Gao's relatives was DNA tested on suspicion of committing a petty crime, state-run China Daily reported. After determining that the DNA was a close match to DNA found at the crime scenes, the police decided¹¹ to test DNA from the man's relatives. Gao was identified as the prime suspect in April. He had managed to avoid the DNA tests for Baiyin residents because although he worked in Baiyin, his household was registered in a village more than 100 km away, the South China Morning Post said.

今年三月，白银及包头警方重新调查该案。据中国日报报道，高承勇的一个亲戚因涉嫌犯下轻罪，警方对其进行了DNA测试，就在此时该案出现了突破。在确定该DNA测试与案发现场的DNA极为相似后，警方决定测试该犯罪嫌疑人所有亲属的DNA。四月份高承勇被确定为头号嫌犯。南华早报报道，高承勇之所以能设法躲过白银居民的DNA测试，是因为他虽然在白银工作，但是他的户口登记在100千米以外的一个小村落里。

Cui Xiangping, the brother of one of Gao's victims, told the Beijing News that his family had started to believe the case would never be solved. Cui's sister was only 16 when she was killed. “Our family has never stopped thinking about her,” he said.

崔向平是高承勇的一位受害者的哥哥，他告诉新京报他的家人早就觉得该案无法破解。崔向平的妹妹在遇害时仅有16岁。他说，“我们家一直都很想念她。”

1 evading   

逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。

2 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

6 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 dub   

vt.（以某种称号）授予，给...起绰号，复制

参考例句：

• I intend to use simultaneous recording to dub this film.我打算采用同期录音的方法为这部影片配音。
• It was dubbed into Spanish for Mexican audiences.它被译制成西班牙语以方便墨西哥观众观看。

8 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

9 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。