美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-07-03

 I'm Anderson Cooper Welcome to the podcast. to so-called Central Park five speak out about how they spent years in prison and the American conciousness as *cation pure evil wrongly convicted of raping¹ a jogger in the park. Let's get started.

 

New York city's Comtrollers approve a 40-million-dollar settlement in the lawsuit² over the wrong conviction of five men more than 2 decades ago. Today, one of the men, Kevin Richardson was overcome with emotion as he recalled what he'd been through.

 

Y'all don't really understand what we went through. Y'all tried to dehumanize us as human beings. But we still here. We are strong. People called us animals, 'wolf pack', I have four sisters and a mother, I would never do anything to a woman. I was raised better than that. 

 

It's impossible to overstate what a big deal this case was at the time, Richardson and four other teenagers, the youngest just 14, were charged convicted raping and beating a jogger New York Central Park. 

 

They were held up at the phase of urban lawlessness. Police said the team had been on a crime bringing the part, terrorizing a random³ wildly, some called it, exception just was untrue. ** looks back. 

 

It was a story that not only raped⁴ New York City but inflamed⁵ racial tensions around the country. Five black and latino teens accused of a horrific crime, savagely⁶ raping and beating a white woman who is jogging through Central Park in 1989. 

 

After what appeared to be confessions⁸, it seemed like an airtight case. The jury didn't buy a claim. The confessions were coerced⁹. And although there is no DNA¹⁰ match from any of the teens and the victim has no memory of the attack, each of them is found guilty. 

 

At the time, the teens are called animals, savages¹¹. Donald Trump¹² puts out a full page ad asking to bring back the death penalty. There were 7 long years in prison for four of the boys, 13 years for another before a major break in the case in 2002. 

 

The verdicts have been set aide **.

 

All five convictions are thrown out. Over term, after a stunning¹³ confession⁷ from a serial¹⁴ rapist whose DNA was found at the scene. While the teens were in jail, the real rapist didn't stop. He commits at least five more rapes¹⁵ that we know of after the Central Park jogger. Suing for damages has taken years, more than a decade. 

 

The city has always maintained the act in good face. With a settlement, there is no apology. Instead, the city calls it a wise solution, closing a state* a difficult chapter in New York's history. Susan ** CNN, New York.

1 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

2 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

3 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

4 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

5 inflamed   

adj.发炎的，红肿的v.（使）变红，发怒，过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country. 他的评论激怒了全国教师。
• Her joints are severely inflamed. 她的关节严重发炎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 savagely   

adv. 野蛮地，残酷地

参考例句：

• The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。
• He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。

7 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

8 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 coerced   

v.迫使做( coerce的过去式和过去分词 )；强迫；（以武力、惩罚、威胁等手段）控制；支配

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• He was coerced into making a confession. 他被迫招供。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

11 savages   

未开化的人，野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
• That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。

12 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

13 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

14 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

15 rapes   

n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 )；强奸罪；强奸案；肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的第三人称单数 )；强奸

参考例句：

• The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
• The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网