VOA时事新闻2023 好莱坞男星亚历克·鲍德温将被控过失杀人

U.S. government lawyers announced Thursday that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer while filming a movie in New Mexico.

美国政府律师周四宣布，演员亚历克·鲍德温将因其在新墨西哥州拍摄电影时开枪打死一名摄影师而被指控过失杀人罪。

Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies issued a statement announcing the charges against Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who supervised weapons on the movie set.

圣达菲地区检察官玛丽·卡马克-阿尔特维斯发表声明，宣布对鲍德温和负责管理电影片场武器的汉娜·古铁雷斯·里德的指控。

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during rehearsals¹ for the movie Rust² on October 21, 2021.

2021年10月21日，电影摄影师哈利娜·哈钦斯在电影《铁锈》的彩排中受伤后不久去世。

Baldwin was pointing a handgun at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing³ her and wounding the film director, Joel Souza.

当枪走火时，鲍德温正用手枪指着哈钦斯，杀死了她，并打伤了电影导演乔尔·索萨。

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza led the investigation⁴ into Hutchins' death.

圣达菲县警长阿丹·门多萨领导了对哈钦斯死亡事件的调查。

He described "a degree of neglect" on the film set.

他描述了电影片场的“忽视程度”。

But his report did not say how live ammunition⁵ got on the film set.

但他的报告中并没有说明实弹是如何进入电影片场的。

Filmmakers usually use ammunition without bullets, called blanks, on movie sets.

电影制作者通常在电影片场中使用没有子弹的枪支，即空弹。

Baldwin was the co-producer of Rust.

鲍德温是《铁锈》的联合制作者。

He is well known for his acting⁶ in the television show 30 Rock and for his work in the film The Hunt for Red October.

他因在电视剧《30 Rock》和电影《猎杀红色十月》中的表演而广为人知。

Baldwin has described the killing as a "tragic⁷ accident."

鲍德温称这次枪击事件是一场“悲惨的意外”。

He is taking legal action against people involved in handling and supplying the gun that was handed to him on the set.

他对在片场处理和提供给他枪支的人采取了法律行动。

The actor said he was told the gun was safe.

这位演员说，他被告知枪是安全的。

In his lawsuit⁸, Baldwin said he pointed⁹ the weapon in Hutchins' direction while practicing with camera angles on the set.

鲍德温在诉讼中表示，他在片场跟随拍摄角度练习时，将武器指向了哈钦斯的方向。

The gun then discharged.

然后枪走火了。

New Mexico's Office of the Medical Investigator¹⁰ had ruled that the shooting was an accident after examining Hutchins' death and law enforcement reports.

新墨西哥州医学调查员办公室在审查了哈钦斯的死亡和执法报告后裁定，这起枪击事件是一起意外。

And New Mexico's Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has fined the movie production company for safety failures.

新墨西哥州职业健康和安全局因安全问题已经对这家电影制作公司进行了罚款。

A lawyer for Hannah Gutierrez Reed has said she did not put live ammunition in the gun that killed Hutchins.

汉娜·古铁雷斯·里德的律师表示，她没有在杀死哈钦斯的枪中放实弹。

Gutierrez Reed says she believes she was the victim of sabotage¹¹.

古铁雷斯·里德表示，她认为自己是蓄意破坏的受害者。

But officials say they have found no evidence of that.

但警方表示，他们没有发现相关证据。

Investigators¹² found 500 pieces of ammunition at the movie set outside of Santa Fe.

调查人员在圣达菲郊外的电影片场发现了500枚弹药。

They were a mix of blanks and what appeared to be live ammunition.

其中混杂着空弹和看起来像是实弹的弹药。

Industry experts have said live ammunition should never be on a movie set.

业内专家表示，实弹不应该出现在电影片场中。

The family of Hutchins has settled a lawsuit against the producers of Rust.

哈钦斯的家人已经解决了一起针对《铁锈》制片人的诉讼。

The agreement aims to restart filming the movie with Hutchins' husband as a producer.

协议旨在让哈钦斯的丈夫担任制作人重新开始拍摄这部电影。

I'm Jill Robbins.

吉尔·罗宾斯为您播报。

1 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 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。

5 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

8 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

9 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

10 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

11 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

12 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》