美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-11-28

 In crime and punishment, a grand jury has indicted¹ 4 more people in connection with the 2012 rape² of a 16-year-old girl in S., Ohio. Photos and videos of the incident made their way at the social media and attracted national attention. This past March, 2 football players at high school were convicted of the rape. The case is still rocking the small eastern Ohio community of S. All of the adults indited³ today are school employees, including the school super intended  who now faces 3 felony counts. One question many people are asking tonight. What took so long for these new indictments⁴ to be handed up? CNN correspondent Jim C. is joining us now.

 

Jim, what about that? Why did these indictments take so long? 

 

You know, I think we need to look at time line. First of all, as you just said, the football players were convicted in March of raping⁵ a 16-year-old high school girl. The grand jury then convene⁶ in April and remember grand jury are for adults. And that grand jury heard from 123 witness. There were 18 days of testimony⁷. The grand jury doesn't meet any single day and during that time, investigators⁸ had to investigate. And as we learn today from attorney general and as we know, this case is all about text messages, emails, photographs, videos and they had to look through hundreds of things to find the needle in the haystack that would become evidence and if you are talking about obstructing⁹ justice trying to hide the facts that crimes may occur, you're gonna be deleting things. So, that only made it, I think, more difficult for all investigators but ultimately, I think the question many people have is why only 4 people were charged. And the answer from that attorney general is that the grand jury spoke¹⁰. They heard from many people. They could have indicted others but they chose to say that only 4 people, probably cause to commit a crime that was in hands for.

 

And explain exactly what these school employees are charged with?

 

Well, the superintendent¹¹ of the school is the most serious because there are 3 felonies, tampering¹² with evidence, obstructing justice, 2 counts and then f. obstructing an official proceeding¹³. So, they're trying to show the superintendent was trying to hide that crimes were committed. As far as assistant football coach and an assistant wresting¹⁴ couch, they were charged with things varying from failure to report the child abuse had occurred because that is the duty of a school administrator¹⁵ or teacher and with that assistant football coach, very interesting. His father own the home. His parents did. He lived there but apparently¹⁶ one of the parties were at the house because he was charged with allowing minors¹⁷ to drink and contributing to the delinquency of a miner and that is the first charge we've seen of this type in this case. 

 

That elementary school principal, you spoke with her attorney. What did you learn? 

 

Well, this is interesting because she is charged with failure to report child abuse but he wants it very clear. It is not regard to the S. rape case. As we know it, it is regard to an alleged¹⁸ rape that happen before August of 2012. A rape that has never been prosecuted¹⁹. A rape that he says never happen because there's no victim. She failed to report that instance of child abuse and he says she's innocent, a 30-year educator, a great person and what he is concerned about is that she could lose her teaching credential, her administrator credential, something is unwarranted because she didn't commit a crime, he says.

1 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

2 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

3 indited   

v.写（文章，信等）创作，赋诗，创作( indite的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

4 indictments   

n.（制度、社会等的）衰败迹象( indictment的名词复数 )；刑事起诉书；公诉书；控告

参考例句：

• A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization. 纽约的一个陪审团对这个组织的创始人提起了多项刑事诉讼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These two indictments are self-evident and require no elaboration. 这两条意义自明，无须多说。 来自互联网

5 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

6 convene   

v.集合，召集，召唤，聚集，集合

参考例句：

• The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
• Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。

7 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

8 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》

9 obstructing   

阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
• He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

11 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

12 tampering   

v.窜改( tamper的现在分词 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• Two policemen were accused of tampering with the evidence. 有两名警察被控篡改证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As Harry London had forecast, Brookside's D-day caught many meter-tampering offenders. 正如哈里·伦敦预见到的那样，布鲁克赛德的D日行动抓住了不少非法改装仪表的人。 来自辞典例句

13 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

14 wresting   

动词wrest的现在进行式

参考例句：

• The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure. Swordplay, wresting, gladiatoral and other contests were held there. 该竞技场为四周封闭式结构，可以举行斗剑、格斗、斗兽及其他竞赛项目。
• This paper introduces mechanism and control system of instrument for wresting training. 本文详细介绍了摔跤训练器的机械机构与控制方法。

15 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

16 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

17 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

19 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。