【读新闻学英语】禽兽夫妇用毒品控制11名儿童，虐待性侵他们长达十年之久

By 新西兰中文先驱网· 2017年05月09日 02:55

这对夫妻真是禽兽不如，奴役11名16岁以下的孩子长达十年之久，用毒品控制他们，对他们性侵……

A husband and wife who drugged children with crack cocaine and shot a boy with a crossbow have been jailed after being convicted of 94 drug and child sex offences.

来自英国的一对夫妇因为94项毒品和性侵罪名被判入狱，他们涉嫌让儿童对可卡因上瘾，并用弓弩射向一名男孩。

Drugged：下药，使上瘾

crack cocaine：可卡因

crossbow：弓弩

Nicholas Taylor, 47, and his wife Joan, 44, subjected 11 children to a decade-long sickening campaign of abuse and horrific torture at their home in Northampton.

47岁的Nicholas Taylor和他44岁的妻子Joan，在他们位于Northampton的家里，对奴役了11名儿童，并对他们实施了长达十年之久，让人震惊的虐待和折磨。

Subject：使臣服

Sickening：令人厌恶的，令人震惊的

Torture：折磨

Nicholas Taylor was handed a life sentence and will be in prison for 18 years after being found guilty of 62 charges.

Nicholas Taylor对62项指控认罪，被判终身监禁，最低服刑18年。

life sentence：无期徒刑

charges：指控

Joan Taylor was found guilty of 22 offences - including rape, indecency with a child and supply of class A drugs - and also sentenced to 18 years.

Joan Taylor对于22项指控认罪，包括强奸，猥亵儿童，提供毒品，也被判刑18年。

Rape：强奸

Indecency：猥亵

Jurors were told one girl was injected with amphetamines to get her hooked and then driven to a layby to perform sex acts on a man.

陪审团成员们被告知，他们对一名女孩注射安非他命使其上瘾，再迫使她在路边和一男子发生性关系。

Juror：陪审团成员

Inject：注射

Hooked：上钩

Layby：路旁停车处

Another boy was made to carry out sex acts on Nicholas and Joan in return for crack cocaine.

另外一名男孩被迫与Nicholas 和 Joan发生性关系，从而换得可卡因。

in return for：作为回报

Sentencing them, Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: "You [Nicholas Taylor] caused children to become addicted to drugs and you used their bodies for your pleasure. You raped children. You are an intelligent man, but a monster. I have looked to see whether you have any redeeming characteristics, whether there might be any prospect that you will ever be anything better than a monster. I see no good in you, I see no prospect of you changing."

对他们宣判时，法官Nicholas Dean QC说到：“你（Nicholas Taylor）让孩子们对毒品上瘾，你利用他们的身体来获得愉悦。你强奸孩子们，你是一个有智力的人，但是你是个恶魔。我尝试过看看你有没有任何赎罪的品质，是否还有任何可能变好的前景。但是我在你身上看不到任何优点，我对于你的改变不抱有任何希望。”

become addicted to：对…上瘾

intelligent：有才智的

redeeming：赎罪，挽回

prospect：前景，希望

The crimes involved boys and girls as young as 11, between 1996 and 2006. The 11 victims were aged 16 or under.

这些被虐待的孩子们有男孩和女孩，最小的11岁，出生年龄段在1996年至2006年之间。这11名受害者都在16岁以下。

Involved：包括

Victim：受害者

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