CNN 新闻:迈克尔•杰克逊的新麻烦

时间:2008-6-18 14:10:22  来源:可可听力网   作者:echo   (订阅可可听力网电子杂志 | 招聘兼职网站程序员)

美国天王巨星迈克尔.杰克逊十年前用1500万美圆摆平了猥亵男童案,免除了一场牢狱之灾;十年后,他又面临着同样的诉讼。不同的是,这次状告他的孩子和家人要公理不要金钱,天王巨星杰克逊这次能逃脱牢狱之灾吗?

Allegations Sparked Jackson Raid(迈克尔•杰克逊的新麻烦)

ANCHOR
Sources say new suspicions about child molestation are behind a massive police raid on the home of pop star Michael Jackson. One source says Tuesday's search of the singer's Neverland Ranch was part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Jackson's attorney says the fact the search coincided with the release of Jackson's latest album is more than just coincidence. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the allegations.

主播
消息人士称,因涉嫌新的骚扰儿童事件,警察对流行歌星迈克尔•杰克逊的住所进行了大规模突然搜查。一位消息人士说,星期二搜查这位歌星的尼韦尔兰德庄园是正在进行的犯罪调查的一部分。杰克逊的律师说,杰克逊新唱片的发行与搜查行动恰巧同时进行,这一事实远不只是个巧合。朱蒂•伍德拉夫针对这一说法进行报道。

CORRESPONDENT
From public behavior to private accusations, it appears Michael Jackson's world only grows more isolated. News that investigators have searched his Neverland Ranch as part of a criminal investigation invokes a litany of bizarre displays, charges and counter-charges.

记者
从公开行为到私下指控,看来迈克尔•杰克逊的生活圈子只不过变得更加孤立了。作为犯罪调查的一部分,调查人员已经搜查了他的尼韦尔兰德庄园,这条消息招致没完没了、异乎寻常的揭露、指控和反指控。

1993: The man who built much of his image and empire around his appeal to children was accused of child molestation by a then 13-year-old boy.

1993年,这名对儿童具有吸引力,已在很大程度上塑造了自身形象、事业有成的男子,被一名当时13岁的男孩指控猥亵儿童。

MICHAEL JACKSON
Don't treat me like a criminal because I am innocent.

迈克尔•杰克逊
不要像对罪犯一样对待我,因为我是无辜的。

CORRESPONDENT
No charges were ever filed, the investigation was suspended, and the parties settled out of court for an undisclosed demand. But the damage to Michael Jackson's reputation was devastating. In the eyes of fans and observers, he had already become, at the very least, strangely different from the pop icon who had been a huge childhood star. He later recorded the 1982 mega hit Thriller, still the second best-selling album of all time.

记者
由于不公开的查询要求,还没有提起控告,调查就暂停了,当事各方取得庭外和解。但是这对迈克尔•杰克逊声誉的损害是毁灭性的。在歌迷和旁观者看来,曾是前途无量的童星的他,最起码已经与流行歌星偶像形象背道而迟。后来,他于1982年灌制了风靡一时的专辑《战栗》,并保持有史以来排行第二的畅销专辑。

Reports of numerous plastic surgeries, which Jackson later minimized, his short-lived marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, his later marriage and subsequent divorce to a doctor's assistant named Debby Roe, all contributed the image of a super nova, who either just couldn't relate normally to people or who was badly misunderstood.

杰克逊接受过多次整容手术,他近来已将其减至最少,他与莉萨•玛丽•普雷斯利的短暂婚姻,他随后与一名叫德伯•罗伊的医生助手的结合及后来的离异,所有这些报道都塑造了这名超级新星的形象,他要么是不会正常地与人交往,要么就是被严重地误解了。

A year ago, this shocking scene on the balcony of a Berlin hotel again brought serious questions about Jackson's behavior. This child was one of his own. He later admitted the act was reckless. But early this year, familiar concerns bubbled again. In an interview with a British journalist, Jackson admitted that he had slept in a bed with many children, including actor Macauley Caulkin and Caulkin's siblings. He called the practice "loving" and said he had let his own three children sleep with people he knew. Like other episodes in Michael Jackson's past, it seemed an attempt at spin had spun out of control. Judy Woodruff, CNN, reporting.

一年前,在柏林宾馆阳台上这个令人触目惊心的情景,再次引起了关于杰克逊行为的严重质疑。那是他自己的一个孩子。他后来承认那次行为没有考虑后果。但是今年早些时候,通常的担忧再次冒出来了。在接受英国记者的一次采访中,杰克逊承认他与多名儿童同睡一张床,其中包括演员麦考利•考尔金和考尔金的兄弟。他称这种行为是“喜爱”,还说他已经让他自己的三个孩子与他认识的人同睡。就像杰克逊以往经历过的小插曲一样,这个迅速传播的企图似乎已经失控。美国有线新闻网,朱蒂•伍德拉夫报道。

 

注释
1.molestation n. 骚扰,调戏  2.attorney n.<美>律师,(业务或法律事务上的)代理人
3.album n. 歌曲选,唱片集    4.accusation n. 控告,谴责
5.invoke vt. 引起,产生      6.litany n.(枯燥、重复的)连续不断的说明[叙述]
7.devastating adj. 破坏性的  8.icon n. 肖像,偶像
9.episode n. 小插曲

 



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