《复仇》 第334期:权利特权

 So, Daniel, 丹尼尔

48 hours ago, you were in jail 48小时前  你在监狱

facing a murder one charge. 面对一级谋杀的指控

Now you're a free man. How you doing? 现在你重获自由  感觉如何

A lot better than I was 48 hours ago. 比我48小时前好多了

Just for the record, 再问一次

did you murder Tyler Barrol? 是你杀了泰勒·巴罗吗

Tyler threatened my whole family. 泰勒威胁我的家人

We struggled for control of the gun, 为了争夺手枪  我俩扭打在一起

It went off, and... 枪走火了

The next thing I knew, I was knocked out 接下来我只知道  我被杀手

by the guy who finished the job.  Lee Moran. 打倒了 -就是李·莫伦

According to his confession¹. 照他的认罪书来看  的确如此

But the truth is, 但事实是

I'll never know Exactly what happened 我完全不知当时在海滩

between Lee and Tyler on that beach. 李和泰勒之间到底发生了什么

I only know how it ended. 我只知道这个事件的结局

We saw your release from Rikers on the news yesterday. 昨天我从新闻上看到你被释放了

"Occupy Daniel" was even trending on twitter. "占领丹尼尔"现在成了推特热门词

Are you surprised not only by the public reaction 对于公众的反应  甚至对你的恶意抨击

but by the vitriol directed at you? 你感到惊讶吗

On--on one hand, yes. 一方面  我很惊讶

But on the other, I- I get it. 但另一方面  我表示理解

People feel disenfranchised and fed up 人们觉得自身权利受到损害

with the privileged minority 也受够了那些享特权的少数人

who seem to abide² by their own set of rules. 好像他们遵守的是自己定的一套规则

Listen, if anyone commits a crime, 如果有人犯了罪

no matter who you are, 不论是谁

he or she should pay for it. 都该为此付出代价

 

1 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

2 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。