美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-20

 We begin, though, with the breaking news of another disturbing case. Allegations of forced captivity¹ and abuse in Ohio. This time in Ashland. It's about 60 miles southwest of Cleveland. According to the FBI, the victims, a recognitively disabled woman and her young daughter who were held captive for more than two years as house slaves. In a news conference, authorities described what they endured. Suffice it to say these victims were repeatedly exposed to subhuman living conditions such as frequently being denied meals, access to bathroom visits. They were physically² punished for toiletry accidents and they were threatened not only with weapons but also with vicious animals to include pit bulls and pythons. Pit bulls, snakes, and our Pamela Brown has just learned more disturbing details that the victims were forced to eat dog food and were at times starved, all this while the alleged³ suspects were giving their pet iguana⁴ food. Three people now have been arrested, Daniel Brown, Jordie Callahan and Jessica Hunt. Charged with forced labor⁵. And again, according to our Pam Brown, authorities are looking to make a fourth arrest. The U.S. attorney is calling it a case of modern-day slavery. Scott Taylor covering this story for our affiliate⁶ WOIO, and he joins me now. Scott, first, what's, what are you learning about the case? What is the latest? Well, right now they are looking for that fourth suspect as you mentioned your own Pam Brown reporting that. I do want to explain that investigators⁷ believe, John, this is just flat out slave labor. That's what they were doing with this mom back in 2011. Jordie Callahan and Jessica Hunt invited her into their home. And then according to this court document, they initially⁸ put her down in the basement along with her daughter and kept her down there. Mom would come up and clean, do the laundry, actually go shopping for them, and they kept her down there and then eventually moved her up to an upstairs room where they actually locked the doors at night and eventually nailed the windows shut so mom and her daughter couldn't get out. Well then, Scott, how did she get away? Well, back in October she was at a Family Dollar Store, John, and she stole a candy bar. Police arrested her, then she started talking to them over a period of time and basically said that people back at my house where I live, well, they're mean to me. Now remember, she has a mental disability, so police took their time questioning her and eventually handed her over to FBI investigators. They started taking a look at it. They went back to the house, and that's when everything started to unravel⁹. And had she ever been reported missing? No, as far as we know, she wasn't reported missing. I believe at least her mom lives in Ashland. Occasionally she would go back to that house, then according to witnesses in the FBI court document, Jessica and Jordie would send somebody back over to her mother's house and bring her back. That's bizarre. Scott, you also spoke¹⁰ to the lawyer for one of the defendants¹¹. What did he tell you? Yes, Jordie Callahan's lawyer, John, tells me that these allegations are ludicrous. He was ready to go to trial over these same type of charges and even more serious charges in county court. Well, those charges were dropped then the FBI indictment¹² came down today. He tells me that this young mother who is only 30 years old could come and go as she wanted to, that everything, all these facts just simply aren't true but investigators believe her. 

1 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 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

4 iguana   

n.美洲大蜥蜴，鬣鳞蜥

参考例句：

• With an iguana,you really don't have to say surprise.惊喜两字已经不足以形容这只鬣鳞蜥了。
• I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguanadj.打开计算机准备制作一部关于我的宠物蜥蜴的电影。

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

6 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

7 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》

8 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

9 unravel   

v.弄清楚（秘密）；拆开，解开，松开

参考例句：

• He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
• This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。

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 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

12 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。