【读新闻学英语】牛津美女大学生吸毒吸嗨拿刀捅伤剑桥前男友法官：不判刑是因为你聪明

By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2017年05月17日 03:00

An Oxford University student could be spared jail after a judge said she had an "extraordinary" talent for medicine.

英国剑桥大学一名女生持刀捅人案法庭初审结束，法官在庭审结束前暗示，最终判决可能的结果就是这名女生免于“牢狱之灾”，原因是她在医药方面拥有非凡的天赋。

spare：免于，解除；

Lavinia Woodward, 24, who studied at Christ Church University, Oxford, stabbed her Cambridge-educated boyfriend in the leg on December 30 last year after a row.

24岁的Lavinia Woodward就是这名女大学生，她目前在牛津基督教会大学读书。去年12月30日和在剑桥大学上学的前男友发生争吵后，Woodward拿刀刺向了男朋友的腿。

stab：刺；刺伤；戳；刺穿；直入；
row：争吵，吵架；

The pair had a drink- and drug-fuelled argument, and Woodward punched and swiped at the victim with a bread knife.

彼时，双方在摄入酒精和毒品的刺激下发生了一场争吵，Woodward打了前男友，并抓起一把面包刀向他冲去。

fuelled：刺激的；

She then stabbed the man before hurling a laptop, glass and a jam jar at him.

在向前男友扔去一台笔记本电脑、一只玻璃杯和一只果酱罐之前，Woodward就已经刺中了他。

hurl：丢下；用力投掷；愤慨地说出；

Prosecutor Cathy Olliver said Woodward met her ex-boyfriend on Tinder.

公诉人Cathy Olliver表示，Woodward和她前男友是在Tinder上认识的。

prosecutor：检察官；公诉人；
Tinder：风靡全球的约会交友软件（很多人都说这是“约炮软件”）；

The pair had a row, and when he threatened to call Woodward's mother, his then-girlfriend punched him before picking up a bread knife and stabbing him in the leg.

这对年轻人先是发生了一场争吵，随后在Woodward前男友“威胁”说要给她妈妈打电话时，Woodward这时才有了打人和拿刀伤人的动作。

The victim, believed to be a PhD student at Cambridge University, had begun dating Woodward earlier in the term after they met on dating app Tinder.

据法庭了解，这位受害者是剑桥大学的博士。他俩从Tinder上认识没多久就开始在现实中约会了。

She admitted a charge of unlawful wounding at Oxford Crown Court and Judge Ian Pringle said the offence would normally mean a custodial sentence.

在牛津刑事法庭上，她承认自己犯下伤人罪。当值法官Ian Pringle后来表示，她的行为本来是应该判处一段时间监禁的。

custodial sentence：判处监禁；

But he then deferred sentencing for a period of four months and hinted that she would not be jailed - because of her ''extraordinary'' talent.

不过，后来他决定判处她四个月监禁，但是缓期执行。他还暗示不会将Woodward投进监狱——不为别的，就为不影响她的学业。

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