亞曼達·諾克斯是誰？她真的是無辜的嗎？：英語精讀講義

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An American student was tried and convicted of murder 用詞

一名美國留學生受到審判並被判謀殺罪，

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

因為她的英國室友在她們合租的房子裡被發現遭刺死。

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

所有證據都表明，謀殺發生時她不在家。

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

儘管如此，她還是在義大利的一所監獄裡被判處了四分之一個世紀的監禁，

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

直到她上訴獲勝並獲釋，後來卻又再次出庭受審。

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

直到最終在這起法律案件中，這個決定再一次被推翻，

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

這起案件的曲折程度堪比主題樂園裡的雲霄飛車。

So just who was this American woman

那麼這個美國女人究竟是誰，

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

她又是如何陷入這種瘋狂境地的呢？

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

這就是我們將在本期《The Infographics Show》中探尋的內容。

Who was Amanda Knox and is she innocent?

Amanda Knox 是誰，她是無辜的嗎？

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

Amanda Knox 在西雅圖長大，有一個妹妹和兩個繼妹。

Her mother was a teacher

她的母親是一名教師，

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

她的父親在當地一家梅西百貨的財務部工作。

She grew up in a middle class neighborhood

她在一個中產階級社區長大，

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

也是一名擅長踢足球的運動員，並獲得了 Foxy Knoxy 的綽號。

Amanda first went to Italy when she was a teenager

Amanda 十幾歲時第一次去義大利，

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

和家人一起遊覽了羅馬、比薩、阿馬爾菲海岸和龐貝古城遺址。

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

在讀了 Frances Mayes 寫的《托斯卡尼艷陽下》之後，她對這個國家著了迷。

She graduated from Seattle Prep School in 2005

2005年，她從西雅圖預備學校畢業，

and studied linguistics at the University of Washington.

並在華盛頓大學學習語言學。

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

她透過做兼職來資助自己在義大利一學年的學習。

Amanda was a normal college student.

Amanda 是個普通的大學生。

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

她喜歡舉辦狂野的派對，並且很受同齡人的歡迎。

To further her studies in linguistics, 用詞

為了進一步進修語言學，

she left Washington for Perugia, Italy

她離開華盛頓前往義大利的佩魯賈，

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

打算在那裡參加為期一年的大學外國學生計畫。

As things turned out, 表達脈絡

結果世事難料，

she ended up staying much longer. 片語動詞

她最終在那裡待的時間要長得多。

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

她和來自倫敦的21歲的 Meredith Kercher 合租，

who was studying in the same program.

Meredith 也在學習同一個計畫。

A little while after their arrival at Perugia,

抵達佩魯賈沒多久，

Amanda and Meredith attended a classical music concert

Amanda 和 Meredith 參加了一場古典音樂會，

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

在那裡她們碰到了工科學生 Raffaele Sollecito。

Amanda fell head over heels for this dude 慣用語

Amanda 對這個小伙子一見鍾情，

who she said looked like a young Italian Harry Potter

她說他看起來像年輕的義大利版哈利波特，

with rimless glasses and a floppy fringe.

戴著無框眼鏡，留著鬆散的瀏海。

She soon started living with the young Italian

她很快就開始和這個年輕的義大利人同居，

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

她喜歡在 Sollecito 的學生公寓裡借宿。

Because he was a bit of a loner,

因為他有點孤僻，

he lived by himself

他一個人住，

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

兩人在這個由 Sollecito 富有的泌尿科醫生父親安排的住所裡可以有一些私人空間。

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

這個公寓唯一的問題就是容易被水淹，

and on one fateful morning,

在一個命中注定的早晨，

Amanda decided to leave the building

Amanda 決定離開這棟樓，

while her boyfriend spoke to his dad about the plumbing.

而她的男朋友正在和他爸爸談論水管的問題。

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

Knox 回到了她與 Kercher 還有兩個義大利人合租的那棟樓，

to grab a shower and freshen up. 講解

想洗個澡清醒一下。

Arriving back at the place,

回到住處時，

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

她發現事情有點不對勁。

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

房子的大門是半開著的。

She called out and silence answered her. 慣用語

她大聲呼喊，卻只有一片寂靜。

Kercher's door was shut

Kercher 的門關著，

and Amanda assumed she was asleep.

Amanda 以為她在睡覺。

After taking a shower,

洗完澡後，

she noticed drops of blood in the sink.

她注意到水槽裡有血滴。

Then after going into the second bathroom,

接著，在走進第二個洗手間後，

she noticed somebody had defecated in the toilet without flushing.

她注意到有人在馬桶裡排便卻沒有沖水。

This was most strange.

這太奇怪了。

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

因為知道室友們不會忘記沖水，

she began to panic.

她開始恐慌起來。

She fled back to her Italian lover.

她逃回了她義大利情人的住處。

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

後來她和男友 Sollecito 一起回去檢查是否有闖入的跡象。

Her own room appeared to be untouched. 文法

她自己的房間似乎完好無損。

They were unable to break into Kercher's room.

他們無法強行打開 Kercher 的房間。

Sollecito called the Italian military police

Sollecito 報了義大利軍警，

and two officers arrived at the scene. 片語搭配

兩名警察趕到了現場。

The officers who arrived were postal police officers

抵達的警察是郵政警察，

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

並沒有配備處理暴力犯罪的裝備。

As a result,

結果，

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

犯罪現場被未經訓練的警察搞砸了，他們任由學生們四處走動，

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

當他們最終破門進入臥室並發現 Kercher 的屍體時，

all the students present ran out onto the street screaming.

在場的所有學生都尖叫著跑到了街上。

Both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

Amanda Knox 和 Raffaele Sollecito 兩人

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

都被帶走接受了為期5天的詢問。

They were heavily interrogated.

他們受到了嚴厲審訊。

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

Amanda 的母親懇求她逃離這個國家，

but she remained in Perugia despite the increasing implications.

但儘管牽連越來越深，她還是留在了佩魯賈。

Under heavy questioning,

在嚴厲的審問下，

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

Sollecito 承認 Amanda 可能在晚上離開過他的公寓

and go back to her main residence.

並回到了她的主要住所。

Cops presented the scenario to Amanda

警察向 Amanda 提出了這個說法，

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

她在報告上簽了字，稱她確實在事發當晚回過家，

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

但她後來報告說，在審訊期間是警方使用武力獲取了她的供詞。

Several days later,

幾天後，

both Sollecito and Amanda were charged with murder. 用詞

Sollecito 和 Amanda 雙雙被控謀殺。

This led to an international controversy 片語搭配

這引發了一場國際爭議，

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

因為美國法醫專家認為犯罪現場的證據站不住腳。

In fact,

事實上，

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

在 Meredith Kercher 被殘忍謀殺的房間裡

where Meredith Kercher was brutally murdered.

沒有發現任何屬於 Amanda 的 DNA。

A person would normally shed DNA 用詞

當一個人坐在或在房間裡走動時，

as he or she sits or walks around a room.

通常會脫落 DNA。

Giuliano Mignini,

Giuliano Mignini，

the Italian investigator/prosecutor and avid Sherlock Holmes fan,

這位義大利調查員兼檢察官，同時也是夏洛克·福爾摩斯的狂熱粉絲，

was convinced that a woman had committed the crime

確信是一名女性犯下了罪行，

because the body was found with a blanket covering it.

因為屍體被發現時蓋著毯子。

And according to him,

在他看來，

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

一個男人絕不會想到用這種方式蓋住屍體。

The DNA evidence pointed towards Rudy Guede, 片語搭配

DNA 證據指向了 Rudy Guede，

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

他是那幾個義大利人的朋友，也住在這棟公寓裡。

Guede had been accused of several burglaries 用詞

Guede 曾被指控犯有數起竊盜案，

but was yet to have any convictions.

但尚未有任何定罪。

He was arrested in Germany

他在德國被捕，

and admitted to being at the murder scene, 文法

並承認案發時在現場，

but stated he didn't kill Kercher.

但堅稱他沒有殺害 Kercher。

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

他還說，Knox 和 Sollecito 都沒有以任何方式參與其中。

Despite this,

儘管如此，

the Italian Sherlock Holmes Mignini

義大利福爾摩斯 Mignini

was convinced Amanda Knox and Sollecito were also murderers.

仍然堅信 Amanda Knox 和 Sollecito 也是兇手。

Guede was tried in October 2008.

Guede 於 2008 年 10 月受審。

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

他被判謀殺和性侵 Meredith Kercher 罪名成立，

and was sentenced to 30 years.

並被判處 30 年監禁。

He is currently still serving the sentence. 片語搭配

他目前仍在服刑。

Knox and Sollecito were tried together in a separate trial.

Knox 和 Sollecito 在另一場單獨的審判中共同受審。

Mignini painted Amanda as a wildly sexual young American 慣用語

Mignini 將 Amanda 描繪成一個狂野性感的年輕美國人，

who had dragged the influential young Italian 慣用語

是她將這位有影響力的年輕義大利人

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

拖入了一個充滿大麻狂熱和謀殺的世界。

The jury bought the story 慣用語

陪審團相信了這個故事，

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

他們分別被判處 25 年和 26 年監禁。

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

來自美國媒體的支持幫助資助了上訴案件。

A 2011 appeal was successful

2011 年的上訴獲得了成功，

and the pair was freed.

兩人重獲自由。

However,

然而，

in a tragic twist, 表達脈絡

在一次悲劇性的反轉中，

they were once again found guilty in 2014

他們在 2014 年再次被判有罪，

after the appeal was successfully overturned

原因是上訴被成功推翻，

and a new trial found the pair guilty once more.

新的審判再次裁定兩人有罪。

The world looked on at a legal case 片語動詞

全世界都關注著這起法律案件，

with all the thrills of a soap opera drama.

它帶給人們肥皂劇般的驚險刺激。

For Amanda,

但對 Amanda 來說，

it was more like a horror story.

這更像是一個恐怖故事。

Closure was finally at hand in 2015 慣用語

這件事終於在 2015 年塵埃落定，

when the Supreme Court of Italy acquitted Knox and Sollecito 用詞

當時義大利最高法院宣告 Knox 和 Sollecito

of any involvement in the murder of Meredith Kercher.

未參與謀殺 Meredith Kercher。

Knox fled Italy as fast as she could,

Knox 以最快的速度逃離了義大利，

but in August 2017,

但在 2017 年 8 月，

she announced that she is returning to Perugia in 2018

她宣布她將在 2018 年重返佩魯賈，

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

作為她關於在義大利掙扎經歷的暢銷回憶錄的後續行動。

waiting to be heard.

等待著被傾聽。

This girl's got some balls. 慣用語

這女孩真有種。

While this story is full of twists and turns,

雖然這個故事充滿了曲折，

what doesn't have to be so complicated

但其實不需要那麼複雜的，

is your relationship to your passwords and online identity.

是您對密碼和線上身分的管理。

That's why we suggest using Dashlane.

這就是為什麼我們建議使用 Dashlane。

Dashlane is a password manager

Dashlane 是一個密碼管理器，

that makes it easier for you to control your digital identity.

它讓您能更輕鬆地控制自己的數位身分。

Anytime you have to come up with a new password, 片語動詞

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you can use Dashlane to generate a super secure one.

都可以使用 Dashlane 來生成一個極其安全的密碼。

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您再也不用費心登入其他網站了。

Dashlane does it automatically for you.

Dashlane 會為您自動完成。

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在變得更安全的同時支持 The Infographics Show，

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並從一開始就享受 Dashlane 高級版 9折 優惠，

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只要前往 dashlane.com/infographicshow

or clicking the link in the description.

或點擊描述中的連結。

So,

那麼，

what do you think?

你覺得呢？

Was Amanda Knox innocent or guilty?

Amanda Knox 是無辜的還是有罪的？

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

在評論區讓我們知道你的想法。

Also,

此外，

be sure to watch our other video

請一定要觀看我們的另一部影片

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

名為《美國遭襲時總統的逃生計畫》。

Thanks for watching

感謝觀看，

and as always,

一如既往地，

don't forget to like,

別忘了按讚、

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See you next time.

下次見。