謊言能殺人
Last October, French schoolteacher Samuel Paty was beheaded for showing students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
去年十月，法國教師塞繆爾·帕蒂因展示了伊斯蘭教先知默罕默德的諷刺漫畫而慘遭斬首。
cartoon(n.)諷刺漫畫;卡通
New revelations have been disclosed, as the schoolgirl whose complaints sparked the online campaign against Paty has admitted to spreading false claims.
根據最新消息透露，一名女學生坦承捏造不實指控，她先前在網路上掀起抨擊帕蒂的聲浪。
revelation(n.)揭發;揭穿;曝光The president has been recalled after the revelation of corruption.disclose(v.)公開;公佈;揭露complaint(n)投訴;牢騷;不滿complain(v.)抱怨;投訴spread(v.)(病毒或消息)擴散;散播(火勢)蔓延false claim=不實指控
It turns out the 13-year-old girl did not attend the class that day.
結果發現那名13歲的女學生當天根本沒去上課。
turn out...=結果竟然...I thought the woman was his mother, but she turned out to be his girlfriend.attend(v.)出席;與會
According to French media, she said, “I didn’t see the cartoons. It was a girl in my class who showed me them.”
根據法國媒體報導，那名女學生表示：「我沒有看過那部漫畫，是我班上的一個女同學給我看的。」
Her lawyer, Mbeko Tabula reported that “she lied because she felt trapped in a spiral because her classmates had asked her to be a spokesperson.”
她的律師貝科·塔布拉則表示「她撒謊是基於身陷困境，因為同學們都慫恿她當發言人。」
trap(n.)陷阱(v.)受困;捕捉spiral(adj.)螺旋(形狀的)(n.)(價格等)不斷下跌的情形或逐漸惡化的局面
After the killing, prosecutors said that there was a “direct causal link” between the online incitement against Paty and his murder.
在命案發生後，檢察官表示網路上抨擊帕蒂的煽動性言論與這宗殺人案件有直接的因果關聯。
causal link=因果關聯incitement(n.)煽動;鼓動incite(v.)煽動;鼓動The incitement to hatred and violence is considered a crime.murder(v.)(n.)謀殺(案)murderer(n.)殺人犯
The online campaign against Paty was based on a distorted account of what had happened in class days earlier.
網路上對帕蒂的指控源於較早時課堂上遭曲解的實情。
be based on sth.=以...為依據;根據...distorted(adj.)扭曲的;曲解的distort(v.)扭曲;使...變形A distorted idea of reality can lead to insecurity.account(n.)說法;敘述
Like his previous lessons on free speech, Paty warned the students that he would show a depiction of Muhammad and that anyone who felt uncomfortable could close their eyes.
一如帕蒂之前在課堂上教授言論自由，他提醒過學生他將展示默罕默德的漫畫，那些覺得不舒服的人可以閉上眼睛。
depiction(n.)描繪;描述;描寫depict(v.)描繪;描述;描寫The depiction of the historical incident on television is barely true.uncomfortable(adj.)(心理上)不舒服
The girl initially claimed that Paty had asked Muslim students to leave the classroom, and when she objected, she was suspended from school.
那名女孩起初聲稱帕蒂叫穆斯林同學離開教室，她拒絕後遭勒令停學。
initially(adv.)起初;一開始object(v.)反對suspend(v.)中止;勒令停學或停職The boy has been suspended for fighting in school.
It now appears that the girl was suspended the day before the lesson was given due to repeated absence from school.
現在看來，那名女學生早在上那堂課以前就因屢次缺課而被停學了。
repeated(adj.)反覆發生的absence(n.)缺席;缺課
She explained that she made up the story so as not to disappoint her father.
她解釋道她是為了不讓父親失望才捏造謊言的。
make up=和解;補償;構成make up a story=編造故事;捏造謊言disappoint(v.)使...失望;辜負...=let down
The Paty family’s lawyer, Virginie Le Roy, stated the girl’s family knew that she had been suspended and had not attended class that day.
帕蒂家屬的律師洛伊出面說明那名女學生的家人早就知道她被停學了，而且當天沒有去學校上課。
“So, to come and say now, ‘Sorry, I believed my daughter’s lies’ — that’s really weak,” she said on French radio.
她在法國電台上受訪時說：「所以快站出來說：『對不起，我相信了我女兒的謊言』，那是很懦弱的行為。」
Both the Charlie Hebdo murders in 2015 and Samuel Paty’s beheading struck a deep chord in the country, where the principles of secularism and freedom of expression are central to national identity.
2015年的「查理周刊總部槍擊案」與塞繆爾·帕蒂慘遭斬首的案件在秉持世俗主義與崇尚言論自由的法國引發深遠的迴響。
strike a chord=引起共鳴;得到贊同What she did for the poor struck a chord among the people.principle(n.)原則;原理secularism=世俗主義;政教分離be central to...=對...很重要