《中英對照讀新聞》US Marine made fake shooting to be away from Iraq美軍陸戰隊員製造假槍擊以遠離伊拉克

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A young Marine who feared returning to Iraq persuaded his cousin to shoot him in the leg, then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire, authorities said.

一名害怕回到伊拉克的年輕陸戰隊員，說服他的堂弟向他腿上開槍，然後對警方說他被幫派槍戰的流彈打中，當局說。

The shooting was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from going back to Iraq, prosecutors said. He was charged with filing a false police report. His cousin, Juan Hernandez, 19, faces a felony weapons charge.

這起射擊的用意是讓十九歲的摩西斯．賀南德茲免於回到伊拉克，檢方說。他依向警方謊報罪名被起訴。他的堂弟，璜．賀南德茲，十九歲，則面對持械犯下重罪之起訴。

Moises Hernandez is back with his unit at Camp Pendleton, California, and the Marines are investigating the incident. His unit had returned recently from a six-month deployment that included a month in Iraq.

摩西斯．賀南德茲是隨他目前駐紮在加州朋德爾頓營區的部隊回國，陸戰隊正在調查本案。他所屬的單位最近才結束一次六個月的任務返國，其中包括在伊拉克待了一個月。

The young man's father, Ray Hernandez, said his son also had been sent to Indonesia after the devastating tsunami in December. The father said his son had seen death up close and was troubled by nightmares when he returned home.

這位年輕人的父親雷．賀南德茲說，他的兒子也曾在去年十二月南亞發生破壞慘重的海嘯後被派往印尼。這位父親說他的兒子曾親眼目睹死亡，返家後為噩夢所苦。

新聞辭典

fake shooting：假槍擊。fake在此是形容詞，指「假的」，它也可以作動詞，指「假裝」，如He faked illness.（他裝病。）

gang：名詞，幫派，例句Teens join gangs for a veriaty of reasons. Some are seeking excitement, some may be looking for love, a sense of belonging or companionship.（青少年加入幫派的原因不一。有的人是找刺激，有的人則可能是尋找愛、歸屬感或友伴。）從這個字衍生出gangster，指「歹徒」，gangster movie指「黑道片」或「盜匪片」。

mean to...：蓄意做…。例句：The police said that the people behind the lastest terrorist attacks meant to kill.（警方表示，最近這幾起恐怖攻擊的背後主謀蓄意致人於死。）