英语新闻听写 美检方拟让鹦鹉为谋杀案提供证据

Last year, Christine Keller's ex-husband Martin Durham was murdered in his Michigan home.

去年，凯勒的前夫马丁·达勒姆在他密歇根的家里被谋杀了。

Keller received custody¹ of Durham's African grey parrot after his death

达勒姆死后凯勒收养了他的非洲鹦鹉。

and ever since Keller says the parrot has been reenacting scenes which she believes were the final moments of Durham's life.

自那时起，凯勒称鹦鹉一直在重演案发场景，她认为这是达勒姆生命的最后时刻。

Now prosecutors² are wondering how they can use the bird as an eyewitness³ in this unprecedented⁴ scenario⁵.

针对这前所未有的情况，检察官感到疑惑，该如何使用这只鹦鹉作为目击者。

If the parrot is allowed to testify this could change how non-human species are represented in the courtroom and could change the way we think of animals in general.

如果鹦鹉被允许作证，这可能会改写非人类物种在法庭上作为代表，并改变我们通常对动物的认知。

African grey parrots have the intelligence of a five or six year old child.

非洲灰鹦鹉有五或六岁孩子的智力。

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

4 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

5 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。