Take Away English-Diana Verdict 戴安娜案判决
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Over a decade after her death, Diana still makes headlines
Was Princess Diana murdered?
The verdict is no, according to an inquest held into the cause of her death over the last six months.
The big question was whether the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed in a fatal car crash in 1997 had been accidental, or whether there was some kind of conspiracy 1 to have them killed.
Dodi’s father Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of London’s world-famous department store Harrods, has insisted for the last decade that the pair were assassinated 2 by agents of the British state who did not want them to marry.
But his theories now look to have been blown out of the water. The court found that Princess Diana and her boyfriend were not murdered but unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence 3" of her driver and the paparazzi. Her driver was drunk at the time of the crash and the paparazzi had been chasing their car.
So is this the end of the Diana story?
British taxpayers 4 may hope so. The inquest has cost them an estimated £10m (140m RMB). "Thank God it’s over", was the headline in The Guardian 5 newspaper. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was time to "draw a line" under the death of the Princess.
But Mohamed Al Fayed has refused to accept the verdict. He says the result will come as a "blow" to millions of his supporters around the world, and has not ruled out launching another investigation 6.
Whatever happens next, the special place Princess Diana has in the hearts of people around the world is not likely to be forgotten.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
murdered
被谋杀
inquest
调查、审讯
fatal
致命的
accidental
意外的
assassinated
被暗杀的
blown out of the water
不成立、落空
gross negligence
明显的疏忽、大意
taxpayers
纳税人
thank God it’s over
老天，终于结束了
blow
打击
verdict
判决
cause of her death
她的死因
car crash
车祸
conspiracy
阴谋
agents
间谍
unlawfully killed
非法杀害
paparazzi
狗仔队
estimated
估计(大约)
draw a line
划清界线、到此为止
ruled out
排除
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
- They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
- The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
- The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
- The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。