《中英對照讀新聞》Diana wasn't pregnant,mortuary manager claims 太平間經理稱黛安娜並未懷孕

◎張沛元

Princess Diana was not pregnant when she died in a Paris car crash nine years ago, says the manager of the London mortuary where her post-mortem examination took place.

英國已故黛安娜王妃死後進行驗屍的一家倫敦太平間的經理說，9年前在巴黎車禍身亡的黛妃當時並未懷孕。

The assertion by Robert Thompson, in an upcoming TV documentary, contradicts a die-hard conspiracy theory which claims that Diana was murdered on orders from the British royal family because she was carrying her lover's baby.

羅伯．湯普森在一部即將播映的電視紀錄片中的這番說法，駁斥了一項始終揮之不去的陰謀論—黛妃是因為懷有她的愛人的小孩而遭到英國王室下令謀殺。

"I saw no evidence of pregnancy exposed during the post-mortem procedure, and indeed the pathologist said that she was not pregnant," said Thompson, according to excerpts from the programme in the Times newspaper.

根據泰晤士報節錄的該節目內容，湯普森說：「我在驗屍程序中並沒有看到（顯示黛妃）懷孕的證據，病理學家確實也說她沒有懷孕。」

"My conclusion must be that she wasn't pregnant."

「我的結論必然是她沒有懷孕。」

新聞辭典

upcoming：形容詞，即將到來的。例句：In the upcoming five years, we will make "customeroriented" as our main selling policy.（未來5年，我們將以「顧客導向」作為我們的主要銷售政策。）

die-hard：形容詞，抵抗到底的，死硬派的。例句：My father is a die-hard conservative.（家父是一名頑固的保守主義者。）

on orders：奉命。與 under orders同義。例句：Four US soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to "kill all military age males."（被控在伊拉克的一場襲擊行動中謀殺暴動嫌犯的4名美軍士兵說，他們奉命「殺光所有役齡男性」。）