U.S. Kidnapper of 3 Girls Sentenced to Life in Prison

　　Ariel Castro, from the U.S state of Ohio responsible for kidnapping, raping¹ and imprisoning² three girls for over a decade, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

 

　　Judge Michael Russo:

 

　　"The breadth of the - the scope of these crimes and the merciless manner in which they were inflicted³ requires that a maximum sentence on each of those counts be imposed."

 

　　The 53-year-old school bus driver has been sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for aggravated⁴ murder and other charges related to kidnapping and rape⁵.

 

　　The only victim to speak in court Michelle Knight⁶, wept as she delivered her victim impact statement before Ariel Castro, telling her captor he would face "hell for eternity⁷".

 

　　In court Castro apologized to the three victims and asked for their forgiveness:

 

　　"I would like to apologize to the victims. Do I do that now?"

 

　　Judge: "yes you may do that now"

 

　　Castro: "Do I do that at the end of the day?

 

　　Judge: "You can do it then too, this is your...part of your opportunity is to speak."

 

　　Castro: "I'll do it at the (unintelligible)."

 

　　The captives - 27 year old Amanda Berry, 23 year old Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight aged⁸ 32 were rescued in May from their Castro's home in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

　　The girls had been missing since between 2002 and 2004.

1 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

2 imprisoning   

v.下狱，监禁( imprison的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr Afwerki may disgust his compatriots by torturing and imprisoning his critics. Afwerki总统拷打和监禁他的反对者已经使的国人生厌。 来自互联网
• Proud and intelligent, it takes great pleasure and imprisoning enemies through psionic exploitation. 它骄傲并狡猾，非常喜欢囚禁敌人并剥夺他们的智力。 来自互联网

3 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

4 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

5 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。

6 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

7 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

8 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。