万花筒 2009-10-25&10-26 “热气球男孩”纯属骗局

"Getting this child down is the biggest concern."

The story which elevated its cast members into the limelight.

"This setting is really mouldering¹ along."

"Aready it dropped."

A two-part saga² which has slowly deflated³ or unraveled for the Heene family. The father of six-year-old, Falcon⁴ Heene, has denied claims that the incident watched by audiences live across the world was a hoax⁵. Authorities at first claim Falcon's parent show genuine distress⁶ as emergency services sprang into action. Their efforts to rescue the family sky-bound contraption in which they thought Falcon was trapped cost an estimated 50,000 dollars. After further questioning, Larimer County Sheriff forced to admit something was amiss and that criminal charges were likely. And now court documents made public in America reveal Falcon's mother Mayumi admits a hoax. Documents publish by a newspaper website The Coloradoan stating that their motive⁷ was to make the family more marketable for media interest. The interest, so far, apart from the family's previous television appearances on reality TV shows like "Wife Swap⁸", has seen them all toying under the spotlight⁹, but it seems not all publicity¹⁰ is good publicity. Mayumi and her husband Richard could face charges of conspiracy¹¹, lying to authorities and contributing to the delinquency of a minor¹². The charges could result in a six-year prison sentence and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

"A hundred feet, guys, a hundred feet..."

Proved positive that what goes up must come down.
 

1 mouldering   

v.腐朽( moulder的现在分词 )；腐烂，崩塌

参考例句：

• The room smelt of disuse and mouldering books. 房间里有一股长期不用和霉烂书籍的味道。
• Every mouldering stone was a chronicle. 每块崩碎剥落的石头都是一部编年史。 来自辞典例句

2 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

3 deflated   

adj. 灰心丧气的

参考例句：

• I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.他对我的建议兴趣不大，令我感到十分气馁。
• He was deflated by the news.这消息令他泄气。

4 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

5 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

6 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

7 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

8 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

9 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

10 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

11 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

12 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。