NPR边听边练151：波士顿爆炸案嫌疑犯受审

 　　主餐一道：泛听练习

　　以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings _1_ to interrogators that he and his brother were not connected to any terrorist groups but were motivated,instead, by extremist Islamist beliefs. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still in the hospital _2_ now in fair condition. NPR's Craig Windham reports that although the 19-year-old still can not speak, he has been writing out limited answers to some questions by investigators².

　　波士顿马拉松赛爆炸案幸存嫌犯接受了审问，他表示他和他的哥哥与恐怖组织没有任何联系，而是由于极端的伊斯兰教信仰制造了爆炸案。焦哈尔·察尔纳耶夫仍在医院治疗，目前情况良好。据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道，这位19岁的嫌犯仍然不能开口讲话，他用笔回答了调查者的一些问题。

　　Tsarnaev has indicated that he and his brother _3_ by Islamist militants³ outside the U.S., but were instead acting⁴ independently. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz tells CNN, authorities should consider bargaining away a possible death sentence in order to get more information from Tsarnaev.

　　察尔纳耶夫表示他和他的哥哥并不是受美国外部的伊斯兰武装分子指使，而是单独行动。哈佛大学法律教授艾伦·德肖维茨接受CNN采访时表示，为了从察尔纳耶夫那获得更多的信息，当局应考虑放弃对他执行死刑。

　　"Everybody wins if this guy exchanges information for a life sentence and then put in at obscure prison where nobody will remember him."

　　“如果这个人用情报交换无期徒刑，那是所有人的胜利，然后把他送进黑暗的监狱中，没有人会记得他。”

　　Dershowitz says if Tsarnaev were to be convicted and executed, he would _4_ as a martyr⁵ by militants. Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious⁶ destruction of property. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.

　　德肖维茨表示，如果察尔纳耶夫罪名成立被处决，他就会被武装分子看作是殉教者。察尔纳耶夫被指控使用大规模杀伤性武器导致财产损失。NPR新闻，克雷格·温德姆华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1.interrogator¹（同近义词querist, questioner)审讯者

　　eg:An interrogator clutched one detainee’s neck so that he repeatedly passed out.

　　一审讯官紧紧掐住一囚犯的脖子以致他几次昏厥过去。

　　2、bargain away 不停地讨价还价；将（某物）廉价出售；交换出去；轻易放弃

　　eg. We should not bargain away our hard-won freedom lightly.

　　我们不应该轻易放弃我们来之不易的自由。

　　eg. We should not bargain away the principles.

　　我们不该以原则作交易。

　　eg. For a small sum they were content to bargain away their happiness.

　　为了一小笔钱,他们心甘情愿牺牲了自己的幸福。

　　参考答案：

　　1、is communicating 2、listed 3、were not being directed 4、be seen

1 interrogator   

n.讯问者；审问者；质问者；询问器

参考例句：

• No,I was not mad, but my interrogator was furious. 不，我没疯，只是质问我的人怒不可遏。 来自互联网
• Miss Fan lacked such an interrogator with whom she could whisper intimately. 范小姐就缺少这样一个切切私语的盘问者。 来自互联网

2 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》

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 martyr   

n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲

参考例句：

• The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
• The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

6 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。