【读新闻学英语】“丑黑鬼！”一老人在航班上公然歧视黑人引发众怒

A pensioner was filmed hurling racist abuse at a Ryanair passenger.
在瑞安航空的一架航班上，一名退休老人被拍到辱骂另一名乘客。
Pensioner：退休老人
Ryanair：瑞安航空公司
Disown：断绝关系

Former railway worker David Mesher has been identified as the man who called elderly widow Delsie Gayle an "ugly black b***ard" during a confrontation that caused widespread outrage.
该男子已被确认为前铁路工人David Mesher。他在一场冲突中称呼一位上了年纪的寡妇Delsie Gayle为“丑黑鬼”，引发众怒。
Widow：寡妇
Confrontation：对峙；冲突
Outrage：愤怒；愤慨

Police visited the 75-year-old today at his home in Birmingham, where he lives alone. Officers spent just under an hour at the sheltered housing flat before leaving without him.
今天，警方前往了这位75岁老人位于伯明翰的家中，他独自一人居住在那。官员们在这套庇护性住房里呆了不到一个小时就离开了。
Sheltered housing：受庇护的庇护性住房

Before his retirement Mesher is understood to have worked as a train announcer for London Midland Railways, and as a booking clerk at Waterloo station.
据悉，Mesher在退休之前是伦敦米德兰铁路的火车播音员，他也是滑铁卢车站的售票员。
Announcer：播音员
Booking clerk：售票员

He has never married, and lived with his elderly mother until her death in the late 1980s.
他从未结过婚，一直与他年迈的母亲一起生活，直到她在1980年代末去世。

A relative, who did not wish to be named, said he hoped Mesher would be sent to prison if found to have committed a crime.
一位不愿透露姓名的亲戚说，如果Mesher被发现犯了罪，他希望Mesher被送进监狱。
Commit a crime：犯罪

"I saw that video and I would have stepped in," he told the Daily Telegraph.
他告诉《每日电讯报》说：“我看过那段视频，是我的话会介入。”
Step in：介入；干涉

However a former colleague said Mesher's outburst was out of character for the man he knew.
然而，Mesher的一位前同事说他如此大发脾气完全不像他认识的那个Mesher。
Outburst：大发脾气；爆发
out of character：不符合；和…不相称

"David worshipped his elderly mother, so he was always respectful and polite to older people," the former railway worker said.
这位前铁路工人说：“David崇拜他年迈的母亲，所以他总是对老年人表示尊重和礼貌。”
Worship：崇拜
Respectful：有礼貌的

"I can't understand why he's done this."
“我不明白为什么他这样做。”

It came as Barcelona city council said it will report the incident as a possible hate crime.
巴塞罗那市议会表示将把这起事件报告为可能的仇恨犯罪。
City council：市议会

Ryanair has been criticised for its handling of the incident as Mesher was not kicked off the flight. Instead, Gayle was moved to another aisle while Mesher was allowed to stay in his seat.
瑞安航空因在处理此事件时没有将Mesher赶出飞机而受到批评。相反，Gayle被换到过道另外一边的座位，而Mesher则被允许留在他的座位上。
Criticise：批评
Kick off：赶下
Aisle：过道

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: "West Midlands Police officers are assisting Essex Police who have the primary investigation."
西米德兰兹警方的一位女发言人说：“西米德兰兹警方正在协助负责初步调查的埃塞克斯警方。”
Spokeswoman：女发言人

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