美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-25

 I'm Jack¹ Tapper and for Anderson Cooper, welcome to the podcast to the "Blade Runner" case and why everyone is so torned about whether he murdered his girlfriend everybody, including his girlfriend's family. Her brother speaks out for the first time. Let's get started.

We begin though with a major development and the killing² that has captivated and confounded millions of people around the world. It's captivated them because the shooting death of a glamorous³ model allegedly at the hands of perhaps the bravest Olympic athlete in modern memory could not be more stirring or tragic⁴ in and of itself. It's confounding because each day brings more news that does not seem to establish in any clear direction whether Oscar Pistorius, the "Blade Runner" shot Reeva Steenkamp dead a loud, wild, long argument or whether it was a horrific accident.

Tonight for the first time anywhere, the victim's brother Adam says that he and the rest of the family are no less confounded, no less torn, our conversation just ahead.

First, Pretoria, South Africa, and day two of a bail⁵ hearing that's playing out more like a complete trial. Robyn Curnow reports.

A police van took Oscar Pistorius back to his cell where he'll be spending his seventh night behind bars. The South African athlete's uncle says he is struggling emotionally.

"He is grieving and he is, I don't expect him to get over it even soon, and so he's still in an emotionally tough time."

In court, meanwhile, at Pistorius's bail hearing, more riveting⁶ details about what prosecutors⁷ say happened on Valentine's Day when Pistorius shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, it was a version of the events counted vigorously by his defense⁸ team, prosecutors say witnesses had heard arguments coming from the Pistorius's home for an hour before the shooting. The defense argues the witnesses' house was 300 meters, about a thousand feet away. Pistorius's lawyers say he thought he was shooting at an intruder in the bathroom. Taking the stand and investigating officers said Pistorius used a cricket to break down the bathroom door, but the bat and the cellphone were found splattered with blood. Using a diagram projected on a large screen, the officers said Pistorius aimed his gun at the toilet, pointing out that he had to turn and fire at an angle in order to hit the toilet. More prosecution⁹ evidence, a floor plan of the apartment, which the state says shows Pistorius could not have crossed the bedroom towards the bathroom without realizing Steenkamp was not in bed. Defense attorneys pressed the police officer, who admitted that Steenkamp's body had no signs of an assault or signs of her defending herself. The officer also conceding he could find nothing inconsistent with Pistorius's version of the events. Prosecutors say police found bullets in a safe in the home, and they say that'll lead to charges of possessing illegal ammunition¹⁰. But later the investigator¹¹ said they did not establish whose ammunition it was. Prosecutors say there is no way that killing of Steenkamp was self-defense. They cited two previous incidence of police encounters with Pistorius that suggests he could be prone¹² to violence. Adding that since they consider Pistorius a flight risk, he should be held without bail. But still, legal experts believe Pistorius has a good chance of spending Thursday night at home.

"Personally I would like to see him receiving bail at this stage, that the law can take its course, normal course, that we shouldn't have a trial by ambush¹³."

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 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。

3 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

4 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。

5 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

6 riveting   

adj.动听的，令人着迷的，完全吸引某人注意力的；n.铆接（法）

参考例句：

• I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.虽然我自己不打斯诺克，但是我觉得它挺令人着迷。
• To my amazement,I found it riveting.但令我惊讶的是，我发现它的吸引人处。

7 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

10 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。

11 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。

12 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

13 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。