美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-06

 We begin with the breaking news in the murder of Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia. That and fears that his killing¹ could be part of a wider plot. Mr. McLelland was district attorney for Kaufman County, Texas, that's just southeast of Eastern Dallas. 

 

Gary Tuchman is there with the very latest on what a search warrant reveals and who might have been involved in this including possibly, possibly, a brutal² white supremacist gang. 

 

What are you learning, Gary? 

 

Well, Wolf, we've just looked at that search warrant that was used for investigators³ to go into the McLelland's house. And what they say is that both victims were shot several times and many rifle casings were found by their bodies. 

 

They also say the bodies were found Saturday night, two nights ago at 6:45 p.m. but it appears they were killed before then because friends were trying to call them on Friday night and were worried that nobody was answering so they could have been killed up to 24 hours before their bodies were found. 

 

What has happened here has terrified and mystified this community. 

 

FBI investigators march into the district attorney's office space in Texas' Kaufman County courthouse. Another ominous⁴ scene in a nightmare that has occurred in this small county. The murders of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia this weekend and the killing of one of McLelland's assistant district attorneys two months earlier is causing grave concern here and throughout the state of Texas. 

 

I suggest everyone should be careful about what goes on, whether they're public officials or otherwise, but the, this I think is a clear concern to individuals who are in public life, particularly those who deal with some very mean and vicious individuals whether they are white supremacy⁵ groups or whether they're drug cartels that we have. 

 

As of now it's not known who's responsible for the killings⁶, but it is certainly assumed they are related. In December, the state of Texas issued a warning. High-ranking leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood⁷ have deliberate orders to inflict⁸ mass casualties of death on Texas law enforcement officials involved in indicting⁹ 34 of their members a month earlier. 

 

On January 31st of this year, just about a month after that warning a hardworking, respected prosecutor¹⁰ here in Kaufman County, Texas, parked his car in this lot. Mark Hasse was going to work at the courthouse about a block away. After he stepped out of his car, one or two masked gunmen stepped out of another vehicle. Mark Hasse was shot and killed. 

 

The county's chief public defender¹¹, Andrew Jordan, ran to the parking lot minutes after the gunshots. 

 

I got there roughly at the same time I believe of the infamous¹² deed. 

 

But he didn't know who the victim was yet. Then he found out it was Mark Hasse, who he was supposed to see in court only minutes later. 

 

He and I had a case that we had spoken about the day before that we haven't agreed resolution on, and we were going to meet in court at 9:00 in the morning to finalize¹³ the plea. 

 

That same day Hasse's now deceased boss, Mike McLelland, issued these forceful words. 

 

I hope that the people that did that this are watching because we are very confident that we are going to find you. We are going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, we're going to bring you back, and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute¹⁴ you to the full extent of the law. 

 

Although the Kaufman County district attorney's office was involved in the Aryan Brotherhood case, Mark Hasse was involved minimally¹⁵ if at all. Less than two months after Hasse's murder, the director of prisons for the state of Colorado was killed. Tom Clements was shot at his home. But Colorado prison parolee(假释犯), white supremacist, Evan Ebel, was killed in a shootout about an hour and a half away from Kaufman County, Texas. Authorities say the shootout led to an investigation¹⁶ into whether the two killings were related. 

 

And then just over a week later, Mark Hasse's boss, Mike McLelland, the man who deplored¹⁷ the killing of his assistant DA, is shot and killed along with his wife inside their house in Kaufman County. 

 

A law enforcement source said the scene inside was awful with rifle casings littering the scene. The casings from a 223 caliber¹⁸ rifle.

 

1 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。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

5 supremacy   

n.至上；至高权力

参考例句：

• No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员，无人能胜过她。
• Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说，她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。

6 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

7 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

8 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

9 indicting   

控告，起诉( indict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• But Moreno-Ocampo stressed he was not indicting President Bashir. 但是奥坎波强调，他并不是在起诉巴希尔总统。
• He says that indicting the journalists is just another move at Washington. 尹德民说，起诉这两名记者就是针对华盛顿的另一个行动。

10 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

11 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

12 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

13 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

14 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

15 minimally   

最低限度地，最低程度地

参考例句：

• Food spoilage problems occur with minimally processed, concentrated frozen citrus products. 食品的变质也发生在轻微加工的、浓缩冷冻的柑橘制品中。
• So, minimally, they are responsible for such actions and omissions. 所以，至少来说，他们要对这样的行为和忽略负责。

16 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。

17 deplored   

v.悲叹，痛惜，强烈反对( deplore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They deplored the price of motor car, textiles, wheat, and oil. 他们悲叹汽车、纺织品、小麦和石油的价格。 来自辞典例句
• Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。 来自辞典例句

18 caliber   

n.能力；水准

参考例句：

• They ought to win with players of such high caliber.他们选手的能力这样高,应该获胜。
• We are always trying to improve the caliber of our schools.我们一直在想方设法提高我们学校的水平。