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Elementary, My Dear Dr. Lee 现代神探：李昌钰博士

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For most Americans, it was “the trial of the century” – a media circus that lasted nine months and divided a nation. But for world-renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee, the O. J. Simpson trial was just the most public of the more than 1,000 testimonies he has given in court.

对于大部分的美国人而言，那是一场「世纪之审」──一出连续上演了九个月的八卦新闻，并且让一个国家（的舆论）陷于分裂[注]。但是，对于世界知名的法医科学家李昌钰博士而言，辛普森案是李博士在法庭上所作的超过一千次的证词中，最公开的一次。

In the O.J. Simpson case, the professional football player turned T.V. star was accused of murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend. Dr. Lee provided crucial evidence for the defense by reexamining photographs taken by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). In court, Dr. Lee testified that he had discovered a trail of blood that the LAPD had never analyzed and which – he believe – could support the theory that there was a second assailant. This – together with Dr. Lee’s identification of other uncollected evidence (such as blood stains and partial shoe print) – was enough to create a picture of a shoddily conducted investigation.

在辛普森案中，这位由前职业美式足球员转成的电视明星被控谋杀与他感情疏离的太太及其男友。李博士借着重新检视洛杉矶警方所拍的照片，而为被告提供重要的证据。在庭上，李博士作证说明他发现了洛杉矶警方从未分析过的一丝血迹，而他相信这可能可以支持有另一位杀手存在的理论。这个证据──与其他警方未搜集的证据（例如血迹和部分的鞋印）──足以显示（警方）调查过程的草率。

Little wonder, then, that Mr. Simpson was eventually acquitted. But his trial is remarkable for another reason: it’s one of the few in which Dr. Lee was called as a witness for the defense as former Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, it’s usually been his job to prove guilt, rather than innocence.

不出所料，辛普森先生最后获释。但他的案子受到瞩目有另一个原因：它是李博士担任被告证人的少数几个案子之一。身为前公共安全署署长，他的工作通常是证实别人有罪，而非无罪。

[注]：美国人对辛普森案件有两极的看法与期待，曾造成宣判前警方高度的紧张。

Vocabulary

单词发音

trial [ˋtraɪəl] n. 审问，审判

forensic [fəˋrɛnsɪk] adj. 法医的

testimony [ˋtɛstə͵monɪ] n.【律】证词，证言

estrange [əˋstrendʒ] v. 使疏远；使感情失和[（+from）]

trail [trel] n. 痕迹；踪迹；足迹

assailant [əˋselənt] n.【正式】攻击者

identification [aɪ͵dɛntəfəˋkeʃən] n. 鉴定；确认

shoddily [ˋʃɑdɪlɪ] adv. 粗制滥造地；品质很差地

acquit [əˋkwɪt] v. 宣告……无罪，无罪释放

commissioner [kəˋmɪʃənɚ] n.（委员会的）委员

Sentence of the Day

They raised Cain.

他们制造麻烦。

raise Cain【口】大怒; 大吵大闹

课文讲解

When he isn’t in the courtroom, Dr. Lee is either analyzing evidence or instructing others in the disciplines of forensic science. As the current Chief Emeritus for the Connecticut Division of Scientific Services and professor of forensic science at the University of New Haven, Dr. Lee is also available for consultation to over three thousand international agencies. Not bad for a man who couldn’t speak a word of English when he arrived in the USA.

当他没有出庭时，李博士不是在分析证据，就是指导其他人在法医科学上的训练。身为康乃迪克警分局科学化验部的荣誉主任及纽海文大学的法医科学教授之外，李博士也为超过三千个国际机构提供咨询。这对一个初到美国时连一句英文都不会说的人，成就算是不错了。

Henry Lee was born into a family of thirteen children in China in 1938. After completing his schooling, he enrolled in Taiwan’s police academy because he was unable to pay for a college education, and graduated at the top of his class. In 1965, Lee furthered his studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice before earning a doctorate in human genetics and biochemistry from New York University.

李博士于1938年出生于中国一个有十三个孩子的家庭。他在完成学校教育之后，由于无法负担大学学费，所以去读台湾中央警官学校，并以第一名的成绩毕业。1965年，李博士在约翰杰司法学院继续深造，而后获得纽约大学的人类基因及生化博士学位。

Throughout a celebrated academic and professional career, Dr. Lee has received several honorary degrees and has been an adjunct professor at eight different universities. Despite his advanced years, Dr. Lee still works seventeen-hour-days in his lab. “In this world there are two ways to make it,” Lee says. “One is to be named Rockefeller or Kennedy. The other is to work hard.”

李博士经历知名的学术教育与专业工作，获得了许多荣誉学位，并在八所大学担任副教授。即使在上了年纪之后，李博士仍在他的实验室里一天工作十七个小时。他说：「在这个世界上有两种方式可以成功，一种是身为洛克斐勒或肯尼迪的家族成员，另一种方式是努力工作。」

－by Michael Costello

Vocabulary

单词发音

analyze [ˋæn!͵aɪz] v. 分析

discipline [ˋdɪsəplɪn] n. 训练

emeritus [ɪˋmɛrɪtəs] adj.〔大学教师〕退休后仍保留头衔的﹐荣誉退休的

Connecticut [kəˋnɛtɪkət] n. 美国康乃迪克州

schooling [ˋskulɪŋ] n. 学校教育

enroll [ɪnˋrol] v. 入学，注册；入伍[（+in）]

doctorate [ˋdɑktərɪt] n. 博士头衔，博士学位

genetics [dʒəˋnɛtɪks] n. 遗传学

celebrated [ˋsɛlə͵bretɪd] adj. 著名的，驰名的

adjunct [ˋædʒʌŋkt] n. 助手；副手

advanced [ədˋvænst] adj. 年迈的；后阶段的

Sentence of the Day

It's all in a day's work.

那是家常便饭。

all in a day's work  每日常规的一部分, 日常工作