【读新闻学英语】母亲用剪刀刺死自己刚生的宝宝,只因害怕自己职业发展受影响
2017年6月9日 15:18虎毒都不食子,这条新闻里的母亲,居然能亲手将自己刚刚生出的宝宝,用剪刀刺死!而原因,居然是害怕孩子会影响自己的职业发展。
虎毒都不食子,这条新闻里的母亲来自英国,居然能亲手将自己刚刚生出的宝宝,用剪刀刺死!而原因,居然是害怕孩子会影响自己的职业发展。
A mother stabbed her newborn daughter to death with a pair of kitchen scissors because she feared having a child would harm her career, a court heard.
一位母亲用厨房剪刀刺杀了自己刚刚出生的婴儿。她在法庭上说,因为害怕这个新生儿会影响到自己的职业发展。
Stab:刺杀
Scissors:剪刀
Rachel Tunstill, 26, dumped her newborn baby's lifeless body in a bin after allegedly butchering her with scissors 15 times at the flat she shared with boyfriend Ryan Kelly.
Rachel Tunstill,今年26岁,她在和男友Ryan Kelly同住的公寓内,一共向自己生出的宝宝刺了15次,最后把婴儿尸体扔进了垃圾桶。
Dump:抛弃
Butcher:屠宰
Flat:公寓
Preston Crown Court heard the couple's daughter Mia Kelly had been born after Tunstill had gone into labour on their toilet while Ryan was "engrossed" playing a horror video game on his XBox.
从Preston皇家法院庭审上透露的信息称,这对夫妇的女儿Mia Kelly是在Tunstill去上厕所时生出来的,当时孩子的父亲Ryan还在专心致志的玩Xbox上的恐怖游戏。
Go into labour:分娩
Engrossed:专心的,入迷的
But she told her partner that she was "having another miscarriage" and got him to hand her a pair of scissors.
但是她告诉自己的父母她“又流产了”,然后让孩子的父亲给了她一把剪刀。
Miscarriage:流产
Once baby Mia was dead, Tunstill wrapped her body in two plastic bags, walked past Kelly playing on his games console, and placed the body in the bin.
当婴儿死后,Tunstill用两个塑料袋把她包起来,在玩游戏的Kelly面前走过,然后把尸体扔进了垃圾箱。
Wrap:包裹
games console:游戏主机
Tunstill, who holds a degree in psychology and a masters in forensic psychology, told Kelly, 31, she didn't need medical attention during the three-hour birth.
这位母亲Tunstill,拥有心理学本科学历和司法心理学研究生学历 。她告诉自己的31岁的男友Kelly,在三个小时的生产过程中她不需要任何医疗照顾。
Psychology:心理学
Forensic psychology:法医心理学,司法心理学
Medical attention:医疗看护
The court was also told that Tunstill had suffered a miscarriage in March last year.The prosecution alleged that the miscarriage was a result of Tunstill wanting to climb the career ladder: being pregnant would scupper her ambitious plans.
在法庭上被告知,去年三月,Tunstill也出现过一次流产。原告指出,因为Tunstill想在职业道路上继续往上爬,怀孕会让她的雄心壮志计划泡汤。
Prosecution:原告
Scupper:成为泡影
Ambitious:有野心的
Tunstill, who denies murder, was questioned when Kelly was arrested for murder.
警方以谋杀罪名逮捕了Tunstill的男友Kelly,并对Tunstill进行问话,但她否认自己谋杀了亲生儿。
Deny:否认
Arrest:逮捕
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