美国游泳选手吉米费根解决了抢劫争端

 BBC News – US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity over his involvement in a dispute about an armed robbery. He was one of four gold medallists, along with star Ryan Lochte, who hit the headlines after Mr Lochte said the group had been robbed in Rio.

BBC新闻 – 美国奥运游泳选手吉米.费根同意为他卷入一起武装抢劫纠纷案中向某巴西慈善组织支付近1.1万美元。他是和泳坛明星瑞安.罗切特一道因为罗切特说他们一行人在里约遭劫而登上头条的4名金牌得主之一。

CCTV footage later contradicted their story, showing the swimmers had vandalised a petrol station.

后来的闭路电视监控录像与他们的叙述大相径庭，录像显示，这几人故意破坏一家加油站。

Mr Lochte left Brazil on Tuesday but Mr Feigen stayed behind and was detained.The two other members of the group, Gunnar Bentz and Jack¹ Conger, were pulled off a flight in Rio on Thursday night and questioned by police. They deny any involvement in the false robbery claim and were allowed to leave for the US on a later flight.

罗切特周二离开了巴西，但费根留了下来并被拘留。小组的其他两名成员贡纳.本茨和杰克.康格周四晚上被从里约的航班上带走，遭到警方审问。他们否认与虚假宣称抢劫有任何关联，获准搭乘晚一点的航班离开返美。

Feigen's lawyer said: "After a long deliberation, this agreement was reached… he will donate 35,000 reais ($10,800) to an institute, and with that the case is resolved. "

费根的律师说：“经过长时间的商酌，协议达成……费根将向某学社捐献3.5万雷亚尔（合10800万美元），以此解决了这桩案子。”

The bizarre story began when Mr Lochte told a reporter that the four men were robbed at gunpoint by thieves disguised as police officers. In a colourful description of the 14 August robbery, the swimming star said he refused to get on the ground despite having a gun pressed to his forehead.

这个离奇故事开始于罗切特对记者说，他们4人在伪装成警官的盗贼的枪口下遭到抢劫。这位泳坛明星对8月14日的抢劫案作了绘声绘色的描述，说尽管枪抵着他的额头，他也拒绝趴下。

But when police began to investigate, the evidence appeared to tell a different story. Rio's civilian² police chief Fernando Veloso has now ruled out any possibility that the crime occurred. He told reporters that one or more of the athletes had instead vandalised a toilet in a petrol station and then offered to pay for the damage. The Americans paid and left after armed security guards intervened, he said. One guard had justifiably³ drawn⁴ his gun after one of the swimmers began behaving erratically⁵, Mr Veloso added.

但当警方开始调查后，证据表明的却似乎是另一回事。里约民事警察局长维罗索现在排除了抢劫案发生的任何可能性。他对记者说，反而是这几个运动员中一人或更多人故意破坏加油站中的厕所，然后被要求赔偿损失。他说，武装保安介入后，这几个美国人付了钱离开。维罗索还说，一名保安正当拔枪，因为其中一名运动员开始表现怪异。

The US Olympic Committee (USOC) statement confirmed Mr Veloso's version of events, and added that "the behaviour of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of Team USA".

美国奥委会（USOC）发表声明，证实维罗索警长版本的事件真相，并表示，“这些运动员的行为不可接受，也不代表美国队的价值观念。”

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 justifiably   

adv.无可非议地

参考例句：

• There General Walters would come aboard to greet me, justifiably beaming with pride at his arrangement. 在那儿沃尔特斯将军会登上飞机来接我，理所当然为他们的安排感到洋洋得意。 来自辞典例句
• The Chinese seemed justifiably proud of their economic achievements. 中国人似乎为他们的经济成就感到自豪，这是无可非议的。 来自互联网

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句