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2020考研英语时事阅读:恶魔笑了，网友怒了

A US former doctoral student has been spared the death penalty for kidnapping and murdering a 26-year-old Chinese scholar, prompting widespread anger in China. Last month, 30-year-old Brendt Christensen was convicted for abducting Zhang Yingying from a bus stop, then raping, choking and stabbing her before beating her to death with a bat and decapitating her.

Prosecutors had called for the death penalty, which Zhang’s family also supported, but after eight hours of deliberation, a jury in Peoria, Illinois, was unable to reach a unanimous decision. Christensen will automatically receive a sentence of life behind bars without the possibility of parole. News of Christensen’s sentencing spread quickly in China, where it was widely reported. On the microblog Weibo, details of the case were among four of the top trending topics, with many cursing the jury and the US legal system.

Zhang’s case has shocked families in China, where many send their children to study abroad in the US. In 2018, there were more than 300,000 Chinese students in the country, according to the US Department of State’s bureau of educational and cultural affairs.

文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)

 

【单词】

spare

英 [speə(r)] 美 [sper]

adj. 不用的;闲置的;备用的;外加的;空闲的;空余的

v. 抽出;拨出;留出;匀出;省得;免去;饶恕;赦免;放过;使逃脱

n. 备用品;备用轮胎

prosecutor

英 [ˈprɒsɪkjuːtə(r)] 美 [ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtər]

n. 公诉人;检察官;原告律师;控方律师

sentence

英 [ˈsentəns] 美 [ˈsentəns]

n. 句子;判决;宣判;判刑

v. 判决;宣判;判刑

parole

英 [pəˈrəʊl] 美 [pəˈroʊl]

n. 假释;有条件的释放;言语

v. 假释;有条件地释放

【译文】

一名美国前博士生因绑架和谋杀一名26岁的中国学者却幸免于死刑，引发了中国人的普遍愤怒。上个月，30岁的布伦特·克里斯滕森被定罪，罪名是在公交车站绑架章莹颖，然后强奸她，使其窒息并刺伤她，然后用棒球棒将她打死并斩首。

检察官要求判处死刑，章莹颖的家人也支持死刑，但经过八个小时的审议，伊利诺伊州皮奥里亚的陪审团未能达成一致的决定。克里斯滕森将自动被判终身监禁，不得假释。克里斯滕森宣判的消息在中国迅速蔓延，并得到了广泛报道。在微博上，此案的细节是四个热门话题之一，其中许多人诅咒陪审团和美国法律体系。

章莹颖的案件震惊了中国的家庭，许多人将孩子送到美国留学。根据美国国务院教育和文化事务局的数据，2018年，全国有超过30万名中国学生。

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