美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-15

 Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to 360 podcast. A teen who killed four people all driving drunk avoid the prison sentence by arguring his victim of his family's wealth. Something called affluenza. Is that even valued defense¹? Plus, exclusive interview with the husband and father of two of the victims. Let's get started. 

 

We began. With the sentence handed out in the Texas court that Histan the family's four people who were killed by drunk driver six months ago. It was Father's Day weekend. A young woman with car trouble was stranded² on the side of the road late at night. A mother and her daughter had no incline that their decision to be good samaritans to help out the stranded motorist would prove fatal, either to the youth passer who also stop to help. But the teenage who've been drinking heavily plot into the group of people with his truck that's ..... His lawer didn't deny he was drunk when he moded them down. It didn't contest any of the basic facts that the pxx presented. While the argue instead  was surprising. There defend, the 16 year-old who killed four innocent people with a victim too. A victim of his family's wealth. They even give it a name: afluenza. The judge agreed and the teen who faced up to 20 years behind bars got no prison time at all. 

 

We had over a hundred-eighty years of life taken future life, not a hundred-eighty years live, but a hundred-eighty years future life taken. They are my wife and daughter. 

You just heard Axx's wife and daughter were killed when the car that Eason Gary was driving slammed into them on the Father's Day weekend. Several teenages were riding a C? 's truck were injuried in the crash as well, the most seriously hurts surgeon Mxx remains³ paralyzed. Our boys told us he is now ready to talk. 

 

Mr. xxx, thank you so much for talking to us at this unimaginable time for you. I'm so sorry for your loss. When you heard the sentence that was handed down that this young man received only probation⁴ for killing⁵ your wife Hollie and your daughter Shelby as well as two other people. What went through your mind?

 

I was unprepared for the sentence that wad delivered. I knew we were talking, I knew we were in Jugapore, we had hope to be treated as adult. So we knew that there were some misintruction and we knew that even with a 20-year senates that he would be out of ? with a couple of years. And frankly⁶, you know I was disappointed, I would be disappointed even a couple of years. Eligible⁷ for Bxx, because when you consider that victims at night, you consider four lives taken with a hundred-eighty years future life, not present life, future life. 

 

Do you have any doubt that if this young man did not come from a rich family? If he came from a poor family that the outcome would be different?

 

Oh, absolutely. My request to the court, request to even was that you know, he came from a life of privilege. It's interesting what if his psycologist use the term Afluenza that has just been basically given, he has been provided anything and everything and life. But you can ask for that even when presented with difficile circumstances that have been previously⁸ in trouble, this love of Afluenza, money would take care of it, who was a dress. So, I as well as some other victims express that, look, we understand he was a juenile, we understand rehabilitation⁹ ask to take her. But let's face it here, I mean, there need to be some justice here. 

 

Well, let me tell you, because,  as you know, the defense attorney said and I quote: there is nothing that the judge could have done to lessen¹⁰ the suffering from any of those families. That's not just true. 

 

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 probation   

n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)

参考例句：

• The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

5 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。

6 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

7 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

10 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。