阿曼达·诺克斯是谁？她是无辜的吗？：英语精读讲义

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An American student was tried and convicted of murder 用詞

一名美国留学生受到审判并被判谋杀罪，

when her British roommate was found stabbed to death in the house that they shared. 短語搭配

因为她的英国室友在她们合租的房子里被发现遭刺死。

All evidence suggested she was not at home when the murder took place. 短語搭配

所有证据都表明，谋杀发生时她不在家。

Nevertheless, she was sentenced to a quarter of a century in an Italian prison 講解

尽管如此，她还是在意大利的一所监狱里被判处了四分之一个世纪的监禁，

until she won an appeal and was set free until standing trial once again. 短語搭配

直到她上诉获胜并获释，后来却又再次出庭受审。

She was found guilty once more

她再一次被判有罪，

until finally the decision was overturned once more in a legal case 用詞

直到最终在这起法律案件中，这个决定再一次被推翻，

with more twists and turns than a theme park roller coaster. 習語

这起案件的曲折程度堪比主题公园里的过山车。

So just who was this American woman

那么这个美国女人究竟是谁，

and how did she find herself in this wild situation? 短語搭配

她又是如何陷入这种疯狂境地的呢？

That's what we'll find out in this episode of The Infographics Show.

这就是我们将在本期《The Infographics Show》中探寻的内容。

Who was Amanda Knox and is she innocent?

Amanda Knox 是谁，她是无辜的吗？

Amanda Knox grew up in Seattle with a younger sister and two stepsisters.

Amanda Knox 在西雅图长大，有一个妹妹和两个继妹。

Her mother was a teacher

她的母亲是一名教师，

and her father worked in the finance department of a local Macy's.

她的父亲在当地一家梅西百货的财务部工作。

She grew up in a middle class neighborhood

她在一个中产阶级社区长大，

and was an athlete excelling at soccer and earning the nickname Foxy Knoxy. 短語搭配

也是一名擅长踢足球的运动员，并获得了 Foxy Knoxy 的绰号。

Amanda first went to Italy when she was a teenager

Amanda 十几岁时第一次去意大利，

and visited Rome, Pisa, the Amalfi Coast and the ruins of Pompeii with her family.

和家人一起游览了罗马、比萨、阿马尔菲海岸和庞贝古城遗址。

She became fascinated with the country after reading Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes.

在读了 Frances Mayes 写的《托斯卡纳艳阳下》之后，她对这个国家着了迷。

She graduated from Seattle Prep School in 2005

2005年，她从西雅图预备学校毕业，

and studied linguistics at the University of Washington.

并在华盛顿大学学习语言学。

She worked part-time jobs to fund an academic year in Italy. 用詞

她通过做兼职来资助自己在意大利一学年的学习。

Amanda was a normal college student.

Amanda 是个普通的大学生。

She liked to throw wild parties and was well-liked by her peers.

她喜欢举办狂野的派对，并且很受同龄人的欢迎。

To further her studies in linguistics, 用詞

为了进一步进修语言学，

she left Washington for Perugia, Italy

她离开华盛顿前往意大利的佩鲁贾，

where she intended to spend a year at a university foreign student program.

打算在那里参加为期一年的大学外国学生项目。

As things turned out, 表達脈絡

结果世事难料，

she ended up staying much longer. 短語動詞

她最终在那里呆的时间要长得多。

She roomed with 21-year-old Meredith Kercher from London

她和来自伦敦的21岁的 Meredith Kercher 合租，

who was studying in the same program.

Meredith 也在学习同一个项目。

A little while after their arrival at Perugia,

抵达佩鲁贾没多久，

Amanda and Meredith attended a classical music concert

Amanda 和 Meredith 参加了一场古典音乐会，

where they bumped into engineering student Raffaele Sollecito. 短語動詞

在那里她们碰到了工科学生 Raffaele Sollecito。

Amanda fell head over heels for this dude 習語

Amanda 对这个小伙子一见钟情，

who she said looked like a young Italian Harry Potter

她说他看起来像年轻的意大利版哈利波特，

with rimless glasses and a floppy fringe.

戴着无框眼镜，留着松散的刘海。

She soon started living with the young Italian

她很快就开始和这个年轻的意大利人同居，

and she liked crashing at Sollecito's student apartment. 用詞

她喜欢在 Sollecito 的学生公寓里借宿。

Because he was a bit of a loner,

因为他有点孤僻，

he lived by himself

他一个人住，

and the couple could get some privacy in the place set up by Sollecito's wealthy urologist father.

两人在这个由 Sollecito 富有的泌尿科医生父亲安排的住所里可以有一些私人空间。

The only problem with the apartment was that it was prone to flooding 短語搭配

这个公寓唯一的问题就是容易被水淹，

and on one fateful morning,

在一个命中注定的早晨，

Amanda decided to leave the building

Amanda 决定离开这栋楼，

while her boyfriend spoke to his dad about the plumbing.

而她的男朋友正在和他爸爸谈论水管的问题。

Knox left for her own building that she shared with Kercher and the two Italians

Knox 回到了她与 Kercher 还有两个意大利人合租的那栋楼，

to grab a shower and freshen up. 講解

想洗个澡清醒一下。

Arriving back at the place,

回到住处时，

she noticed things weren't quite right. 短語搭配

她发现事情有点不对劲。

The front door to the premises had been left ajar. 用詞

房子的大门是半开着的。

She called out and silence answered her. 習語

她大声呼喊，却只有一片寂静。

Kercher's door was shut

Kercher 的门关着，

and Amanda assumed she was asleep.

Amanda 以为她在睡觉。

After taking a shower,

洗完澡后，

she noticed drops of blood in the sink.

她注意到水槽里有血滴。

Then after going into the second bathroom,

接着，在走进第二个洗手间后，

she noticed somebody had defecated in the toilet without flushing.

她注意到有人在马桶里排便却没有冲水。

This was most strange.

这太奇怪了。

Knowing her roommates wouldn't have forgotten to flush, 語法

因为知道室友们不会忘记冲水，

she began to panic.

她开始恐慌起来。

She fled back to her Italian lover.

她逃回了她意大利情人的住处。

She returned later with her boyfriend Sollecito to check for signs of a break-in. 短語搭配

后来她和男友 Sollecito 一起回去检查是否有闯入的迹象。

Her own room appeared to be untouched. 語法

她自己的房间似乎完好无损。

They were unable to break into Kercher's room.

他们无法强行打开 Kercher 的房间。

Sollecito called the Italian military police

Sollecito 报了意大利军警，

and two officers arrived at the scene. 短語搭配

两名警察赶到了现场。

The officers who arrived were postal police officers

抵达的警察是邮政警察，

and not equipped to deal with a violent crime. 短語搭配

并没有配备处理暴力犯罪的装备。

As a result,

结果，

the crime scene was botched with untrained officers letting the students roam around 用詞

犯罪现场被未经训练的警察搞砸了，他们任由学生们四处走动，

and when they finally broke into the bedroom and found Kercher's body,

当他们最终破门进入卧室并发现 Kercher 的尸体时，

all the students present ran out onto the street screaming.

在场的所有学生都尖叫着跑到了街上。

Both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

Amanda Knox 和 Raffaele Sollecito 两人

were taken in for questioning for 5 days. 短語動詞

都被带走接受了为期5天的询问。

They were heavily interrogated.

他们受到了严厉审讯。

Amanda's mother pleaded with her to flee the country, 短語搭配

Amanda 的母亲恳求她逃离这个国家，

but she remained in Perugia despite the increasing implications.

但尽管牵连越来越深，她还是留在了佩鲁贾。

Under heavy questioning,

在严厉的审问下，

Sollecito admitted that Amanda may have been able to leave his apartment at night 語法

Sollecito 承认 Amanda 可能在晚上离开过他的公寓

and go back to her main residence.

并回到了她的主要住所。

Cops presented the scenario to Amanda

警察向 Amanda 提出了这个说法，

who signed the report saying that she had indeed returned to the house on the night in question, 用詞

她在报告上签了字，称她确实在事发当晚回过家，

but later she reported that force was used to acquire confessions from her during the interrogation.

但她后来报告说，在审讯期间是警方使用武力获取了她的供词。

Several days later,

几天后，

both Sollecito and Amanda were charged with murder. 用詞

Sollecito 和 Amanda 双双被控谋杀。

This led to an international controversy 短語搭配

这引发了一场国际争议，

as US forensic experts thought the evidence at the crime scene was flimsy. 用詞

因为美国法医专家认为犯罪现场的证据站不住脚。

In fact,

事实上，

not a single piece of Amanda's DNA was found in the room 語法

在 Meredith Kercher 被残忍谋杀的房间里

where Meredith Kercher was brutally murdered.

没有发现任何属于 Amanda 的 DNA。

A person would normally shed DNA 用詞

当一个人坐在或在房间里走动时，

as he or she sits or walks around a room.

通常会脱落 DNA。

Giuliano Mignini,

Giuliano Mignini，

the Italian investigator/prosecutor and avid Sherlock Holmes fan,

这位意大利调查员兼检察官，同时也是夏洛克·福尔摩斯的狂热粉丝，

was convinced that a woman had committed the crime

确信是一名女性犯下了罪行，

because the body was found with a blanket covering it.

因为尸体被发现时盖着毯子。

And according to him,

在他看来，

a man would never think to cover a body in such a way.

一个男人绝不会想到用这种方式盖住尸体。

The DNA evidence pointed towards Rudy Guede, 短語搭配

DNA 证据指向了 Rudy Guede，

a friend of the Italians who also lived at the apartment.

他是那几个意大利人的朋友，也住在这栋公寓里。

Guede had been accused of several burglaries 用詞

Guede 曾被指控犯有数起盗窃案，

but was yet to have any convictions.

但尚未有任何定罪。

He was arrested in Germany

他在德国被捕，

and admitted to being at the murder scene, 語法

并承认案发时在现场，

but stated he didn't kill Kercher.

但坚称他没有杀害 Kercher。

He also said that neither Knox nor Sollecito were involved in any way. 語法

他还说，Knox 和 Sollecito 都没有以任何方式参与其中。

Despite this,

尽管如此，

the Italian Sherlock Holmes Mignini

意大利福尔摩斯 Mignini

was convinced Amanda Knox and Sollecito were also murderers.

仍然坚信 Amanda Knox 和 Sollecito 也是凶手。

Guede was tried in October 2008.

Guede 于 2008 年 10 月受审。

He was found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of Meredith Kercher

他被判谋杀和性侵 Meredith Kercher 罪名成立，

and was sentenced to 30 years.

并被判处 30 年监禁。

He is currently still serving the sentence. 短語搭配

他目前仍在服刑。

Knox and Sollecito were tried together in a separate trial.

Knox 和 Sollecito 在另一场单独的审判中共同受审。

Mignini painted Amanda as a wildly sexual young American 習語

Mignini 将 Amanda 描绘成一个狂野性感的年轻美国人，

who had dragged the influential young Italian 習語

是她将这位有影响力的年轻意大利人

into a world of reefer madness and murder. 文化背景

拖入了一个充满大麻狂热和谋杀的世界。

The jury bought the story 習語

陪审团相信了这个故事，

and they were sentenced to 25 and 26 years respectively. 用詞

他们分别被判处 25 年和 26 年监禁。

Support from the media in America helped fund an appeal case.

来自美国媒体的支持帮助资助了上诉案件。

A 2011 appeal was successful

2011 年的上诉获得了成功，

and the pair was freed.

两人重获自由。

However,

然而，

in a tragic twist, 表達脈絡

在一次悲剧性的反转中，

they were once again found guilty in 2014

他们在 2014 年再次被判有罪，

after the appeal was successfully overturned

原因是上诉被成功推翻，

and a new trial found the pair guilty once more.

新的审判再次裁定两人有罪。

The world looked on at a legal case 短語動詞

全世界都关注着这起法律案件，

with all the thrills of a soap opera drama.

它带给人们肥皂剧般的惊险刺激。

For Amanda,

但对 Amanda 来说，

it was more like a horror story.

这更像是一个恐怖故事。

Closure was finally at hand in 2015 習語

这件事终于在 2015 年尘埃落定，

when the Supreme Court of Italy acquitted Knox and Sollecito 用詞

当时意大利最高法院宣告 Knox 和 Sollecito

of any involvement in the murder of Meredith Kercher.

未参与谋杀 Meredith Kercher。

Knox fled Italy as fast as she could,

Knox 以最快的速度逃离了意大利，

but in August 2017,

但在 2017 年 8 月，

she announced that she is returning to Perugia in 2018

她宣布她将在 2018 年重返佩鲁贾，

as part of a follow-up to her best-selling memoir about her Italian struggle. 短語搭配

作为她关于在意大利挣扎经历的畅销回忆录的后续行动。

waiting to be heard.

等待着被倾听。

This girl's got some balls. 習語

这女孩真有种。

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虽然这个故事充满了曲折，

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但其实不需要那么复杂的，

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是您对密码和在线身份的管理。

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这就是为什么我们建议使用 Dashlane。

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Dashlane 是一个密码管理器，

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它让您能更轻松地控制自己的数字身份。

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都可以使用 Dashlane 来生成一个极其安全的密码。

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So,

那么，

what do you think?

你觉得呢？

Was Amanda Knox innocent or guilty?

Amanda Knox 是无辜的还是有罪的？

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

在评论区让我们知道你的想法。

Also,

此外，

be sure to watch our other video

请一定要观看我们的另一部视频

called The President's Escape Plan if the US is attacked.

名为《美国遭袭时总统的逃生计划》。

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感谢观看，

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