华盛顿邮报 怀孕6周零3天,美国10岁女孩堕胎遭拒(3)

Yeah. And I actually saw this story on my Twitter feed before it became national news and blew up and went viral in a way that it did and many people came to learn about.

事实上，在这篇报道成为全国新闻，爆款新闻，迅速传播开来，很多人开始了解这篇报道之前，我就在推特上看到了这篇报道。

I saw this and I was shocked by it.

我看到了这篇报道，我为之震惊。

But then, on July 8th, President Biden mentions it specifically, mentions this girl in this anecdote¹ in a White House speech.

但后来，在7月8日，拜登总统在白宫的一次演讲中特别提到了这件事，提到了这个女孩。

Just last week, it was reported that a 10-year-old girl was a rape² victim. 10 years old.

就在上周，有报道称一名10岁的女孩被强奸。10岁而已。

And she was forced to have to travel out of the state to Indiana to seek to terminate the pregnancy³ and maybe save her life.

她被迫离开所在州前往印第安纳州寻求终止妊娠，这或许还能保住她的性命。

And once he does that, that kicked off a whole media frenzy⁴.

一旦他这么做了，就会引发媒体的疯狂报道。

I remember that speech and I remember just how angry Biden was when he was talking about it.

我记得那次演讲，我记得拜登谈到这件事时有多生气。

It was a very palpable sense of outrage⁵.

这种愤怒非常明显。

It really felt like this story of this one child captured something about how so many people were reacting to the overturning of Roe⁶ v. Wade⁷.

我真的觉得这个关于一个孩子的报道反映了这么多人对推翻罗诉韦德案的反应。

Yeah, I feel like he was indignant.

是，我觉得他很气愤。

It was really -- He was quite angry. And he kept saying, you know, "Imagine being that little girl."

他很生气。他不停地说“想象一下自己就是那个小女孩。”

Imagine being that little girl. Just -- I'm serious. Just imagine being that little girl. 10 years old.

想象一下自己就是那个小女孩。我是认真的。想象一下自己就是那个小女孩。10岁而已。

It really was such an extreme example in some ways, but it also underscored those sorts of situations that perhaps these laws are not taking into account, that Ohio has an exemption⁸ for, you know, protecting the life of the mother.

从某些方面来说，这确实是一个极端的例子，但它也突显了这些法律可能没有考虑到的那种情况，俄亥俄州有一项为保护母亲生命而建的豁免权。

But how that is actually enacted⁹ and plays out, does this girl fall under that category?

但这一豁免权实际上是如何制定和实施的，这个女孩是否属于这一类？

And, on top of it, just the sheer horror of the underlying¹⁰ story.

最重要的是，潜藏在故事里的是纯粹的恐怖。

Like, this is just a horrible thing to have to think about, that this happened and that any child would be in this situation.

就像，这是一件不得不考虑的可怕的事情，这件事发生了，任何孩子都会处于这种情况中。

But, at the same time, I think a lot of people had a different reaction, right?

但与此同时，我认为很多人的反应各不相同，对吗？

Like, there was this real undercurrent -- I don't even know if it was an undercurrent -- overcurrent of skepticism and pushback of saying, "Well, how do we know that this story is actually real?"

就像，有一股真正的暗流--我甚至不知道这是不是暗流--充满了怀疑和反感，他们称，“好吧，我们怎么知道这个故事是真的？”

Yeah. And the moment that hit sort of a fever pitch or really took off was precisely¹¹ because Biden cited it in a speech where he's speaking against abortion¹² restrictions¹³.

而这种狂热或爆火的时刻正是因为拜登在一次演讲中提到了这篇报道，他在演讲中反对限制堕胎。

Kind of put on notice a lot of people who are opposed to abortion rights and expanding abortion rights.

这引起了很多主张反对堕胎权和扩大堕胎权的人的注意。

And so there's two things happening there, I think.

因此，我认为有两件事正在发生。

I think, on the one hand, feeling like this is so unbelievable.

我认为，一方面，感觉这是如此令人难以置信。

Surely, there's going to be another news story about it.

当然，还会有关于这件事的另一则新闻故事。

Surely, there's going to be a police investigation¹⁴.

当然，警方将对此进行调查。

Surely, there must be something out there beyond this doctor saying that this had happened.

当然，除了这位医生说这件事已经发生之外，一定还有什么事情发生。

1 anecdote   

n.轶事，趣闻，短故事

参考例句：

• He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。
• It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。

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 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

4 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

5 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

6 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

7 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

8 exemption   

n.豁免，免税额，免除

参考例句：

• You may be able to apply for exemption from local taxes.你可能符合资格申请免除地方税。
• These goods are subject to exemption from tax.这些货物可以免税。

9 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

10 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

11 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

12 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

13 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

14 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。