《复仇》第17集 第16期:断水断粮

 From 1996 to 1999, 从1996到1999年

I lived at Miss Hayward's house with several other children, 我和一些孩子寄住在海沃德女士家中

including Amanda Clarke. 阿曼达·克拉克也在其列

Those were the darkest days of my life. 那是我人生中最黑暗的时光

Under the guise¹ of discipline, 海沃德女士打着管教孩子的幌子

Miss Hayward ruled her house with fear and intimidation², 在家中实行恐怖威胁统治

pocketing government and charity money 将政府和慈善捐款收入私囊

while frequently withholding³ food and water from us, 经常让我们断粮断水

- Keeping us... - E-Eli-- -长时间...  -伊莱

locked in a metal coal bin⁴ for hours or even days at a time. 把我们锁在储藏煤矿金属的小黑屋里

No, no. None of this is true. 不  这都是假的

Now this abuse went on undetected for years 她直到今天一直在虐待儿童

and continues till this very day. 多年未被发现

None of this is true, any of it. 这些都不属实

Victoria, 维多利亚

even as a boy, Eli was pathological. 伊莱从小就有精神疾病

I'm afraid I was just naive⁵ enough to believe he'd changed. 相信他好转是我太天真了

You don't have to take my word for it. 你们可以不相信我

Take theirs... 请相信他们

The faces of Hayward House-- 海沃德之家的受害者

grown-up, but still bearing the scars 他们虽已成人  但海沃德夫人造成的伤害

of our time spent with Mrs. Hayward. 却不可磨灭

 

1 guise   

n.外表，伪装的姿态

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
• The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。

2 intimidation   

n.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
• The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。

3 withholding   

扣缴税款

参考例句：

• She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
• The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。

4 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

5 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。