英伦广角 2009-01-31 母亲被指控谋杀自己的亲生孩

It was on Wednesday that police made their horrifying¹ discovery of the bodies of three-year-old Harry² and two-year-old Elise Donnison, having smashed and opened the boot of silver Nissan, parked near their former family home in Heathfield, East Sussex. The children were wrapped in bin³ liners inside a holdall. A preliminary post-mortem indicated that toddlers died of asphyxiation⁴.Their mother, 43-year-old Fionna Donnison was charged with their murders in the earlier hours of this morning.

As Fionna Donnison entered the dock of Court NO.1 at Lewes Magistrates⁵' Court, some of half dozen or so of her family members who’d come to watch proceedings⁶ became very upset, some of them started wailing⁷. She stood in the dock shaking violently, wide-eyed, as her details were read to court. And as the two counts of murder were put on the record, she bowed her head. At the end of brief hearing as she left the dock, she didn’t make much eye contact with her family members, but they shouted out, “we love you Fionna, we love you Fi.” And as the door closed behind her, they were left sitting in court sobbing⁸ inconsolably.

In a statement, her estranged⁹ husband, the children’s father Paul Donnison spoke¹⁰ of his grief.

 

“Harry and Elise were the lights that shone the brightest in my life and I’m unable to begin to comprehend why this has happened to them.”  He went on, “every day I thought them were precious and wonderful, but I have no idea just how precious.”

Fionna Donnison has been remanded in custody¹¹ until 20th Feb., when she appears at Lewes Crown Court.

Ursula Errington Sky News, Lewes, East Sussex. 
 

1 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 asphyxiation   

n. 窒息

参考例句：

• Objective Inquiry into the heavy asphyxiation rescues measure of the new born. 摘要目的探讨新生儿重度窒息抢救的措施。
• Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA) may be required to prevent asphyxiation of rescue personnel. 可能要求有自给式呼吸器(SCBA)，以防止救援人员窒息。

5 magistrates   

地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
• He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。

6 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

7 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。

8 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

9 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

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 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。