Take Away English-Diana Verdict 戴安娜案判决(在线收听

Princess Diana
Over a decade after her death, Diana still makes headlines
Was Princess Diana murdered?

The verdict is no, according to an inquest held into the cause of her death over the last six months.

The big question was whether the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed in a fatal car crash in 1997 had been accidental, or whether there was some kind of conspiracy to have them killed.

Dodi’s father Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of London’s world-famous department store Harrods, has insisted for the last decade that the pair were assassinated by agents of the British state who did not want them to marry.

But his theories now look to have been blown out of the water. The court found that Princess Diana and her boyfriend were not murdered but unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence" of her driver and the paparazzi. Her driver was drunk at the time of the crash and the paparazzi had been chasing their car.

So is this the end of the Diana story?

British taxpayers may hope so. The inquest has cost them an estimated £10m (140m RMB). "Thank God it’s over", was the headline in The Guardian newspaper. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was time to "draw a line" under the death of the Princess.

But Mohamed Al Fayed has refused to accept the verdict. He says the result will come as a "blow" to millions of his supporters around the world, and has not ruled out launching another investigation.

Whatever happens next, the special place Princess Diana has in the hearts of people around the world is not likely to be forgotten.

GLOSSARY 词汇表

murdered
被谋杀


inquest
调查、审讯


fatal
致命的


accidental
意外的


assassinated
被暗杀的


blown out of the water
不成立、落空


gross negligence
明显的疏忽、大意


taxpayers
纳税人


thank God it’s over
老天,终于结束了


blow
打击


verdict
判决


cause of her death
她的死因


car crash
车祸


conspiracy
阴谋


agents
间谍


unlawfully killed
非法杀害


paparazzi
狗仔队


estimated
估计(大约)


draw a line
划清界线、到此为止


ruled out
排除

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