英国一母亲把女儿藏抽屉养到3岁

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🤔️小作业： 1. What is the main purpose of the article? A) To highlight the psychological effects of childhood neglect. B) To report on a court case involving severe child abuse. C) To analyze the motivations behind the mother's behavior. D) To advocate for stricter laws on child welfare.

无注释原文： Mother who kept three-year-old locked in a drawer jailed for seven years
From: The Guardian
The mother of a three-year-old girl who was kept in a drawer and had never seen daylight or another human face has been jailed for more than seven years.
The girl was found severely malnourished and unable to walk or speak in February 2023 by a partner of her mother's who had gone upstairs to use the toilet and heard a noise that sounded like a baby.
He discovered the little girl, who had a cleft palate, with matted hair and suffering from dehydration, and called the police.
A statement read to the court by the social worker who was first on the scene said: “I was taken aback by what I saw and was extremely shocked to see a baby looking up at me sat in a divan drawer. [The baby] stared at me and was rocking back and forth.
“I looked at her mum and asked: 'Is this where you keep her?' The mother replied matter-of-factly: 'Yes, in the drawer.' I was shocked the mother did not show any emotion and appeared blase about the situation.
“I asked had anyone else ever seen [the child]? Mum stated: 'No'. It became an overwhelming horror that I was probably the only other face [the girl] had seen apart from her mother's.”
The girl had been born in the bathtub of the home in Cheshire in March 2020 but had been kept secret and never registered. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police she had been in an abusive relationship with the father of the baby and did not want to tell him she was pregnant.
She put the baby in a drawer in her bed, returning now and again to feed the child milky Weetabix through a syringe and change her nappy.
As time went on, the mother went to work and took her other children to school, leaving the child alone in the drawer for hours on end, including leaving her overnight on Christmas Eve while she went with her other children to stay with her parents.
When the girl was examined by medical experts, she could not crawl, walk, talk or make any communicative noises.
She also had poor muscle bulk, floppy limbs and swollen feet in an abnormal position. Her development was so delayed because of the extreme neglect, she was equivalent to a 10-month-old baby, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
A carer who is now looking after the child told the court the girl had needed to be taught to smile and “didn't know what food was”.
“[She] has had her first Christmas with us, we have done so many 'firsts' with her, putting her in a swing and she just sat there not knowing what to do or expect,” the carer said. “Her first step, her first word. It is so sad to think so many of these things are her firsts but it is lovely to be able to spend these moments with her.”
The senior prosecutor, Rachel Worthington, of CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said: “This child has never had a birthday present, a Christmas present or anything to recognise these days. She's had no interaction with any of her siblings.
“She hadn't known daylight or fresh air and didn't respond to her own name when she was first found.”
She added that the mother's motivation was not clear but that justice had been done.
The judge in the case, the Recorder of Chester, Steven Everett, said the mother's behaviour “totally defies belief. You starved that little girl of any love, attention or interaction with others, a proper diet, much needed medical attention for a cleft palate.
“That little waif was locked in a room on her own. What you did was wicked beyond belief. Your actions were catastrophic. She is now coming to life from what was possibly a living death.”
- ◆ - 注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考 含注释全文：
Mother who kept three-year-old locked in a drawer jailed for seven years
From: The Guardian
The mother of a three-year-old girl who was kept in a drawer and had never seen daylight or another human face has been jailed for more than seven years.
一名三岁女童被关在抽屉里，从未接触日光或见过其他人的面孔，她的母亲被判入狱七年以上。

jail
jail /dʒeɪl/ 表示“监禁”，英文解释为“to put someone in a jail”举个🌰：He was jailed for three years. 他被监禁了3年。

The girl was found severely malnourished and unable to walk or speak in February 2023 by a partner of her mother's who had gone upstairs to use the toilet and heard a noise that sounded like a baby.
2023年2月，女童母亲的一位同伴上楼如厕时听到了类似婴儿的声音，女童被发现时严重营养不良、无法行走及说话。

malnourished
malnourished /ˌmælˈnʌr.ɪʃt/ 表示“营养不良的”，英文解释为“weak and in bad health because of having too little food or too little of the types of food necessary for good health”

He discovered the little girl, who had a cleft palate , with matted hair and suffering from dehydration , and called the police.
他发现了这个患有腭裂、头发蓬乱、身体脱水的小女孩，于是报了警。

cleft palate
cleft palate /ˌkleft ˈpæl.ət/ 表示“腭裂”，英文解释为“an opening in the top of the mouth caused when a baby does not develop normally before it is born”

matted
matted /ˈmæt.ɪd/ 表示“缠结成块的，乱糟糟一团的”，英文解释为“twisted into a firm, messy mass”举个🌰：Her hair was matted with mud and rain. 她的头发乱糟糟的，满是泥浆和雨水。

dehydration
dehydration /ˌdiː.haɪˈdreɪ.ʃən/ 表示“脱水，极度干渴”，英文解释为“a drop below normal levels of water in the body”举个🌰：Diarrhoea and vomiting lead to dehydration unless fluids are taken to replace the loss. 如果不及时补充失去的液体，腹泻和呕吐会导致脱水。

A statement read to the court by the social worker who was first on the scene said: “I was taken aback by what I saw and was extremely shocked to see a baby looking up at me sat in a divan drawer. [The baby] stared at me and was rocking back and forth.
最先赶到现场的社工向法庭宣读了一份声明称：“我被眼前的景象吓了一跳，看到一个婴儿坐在抽屉里抬头看着我，我感到非常震惊。[婴儿]盯着我，来回摇晃。”

take sb aback
take sb aback 表示“使（某人）大吃一惊”，英文解释为“to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know how to behave for a short time”举个🌰：I was a little taken aback at the directness of the question. 问题问得如此直接，让我有点儿吃惊。

divan
divan bed = divan /dɪˈvæn/ 表示“（无床头也无床尾挡板的）床”，英文解释为“a bed consisting of a mattress and a base, with no boards at either end”

“I looked at her mum and asked: 'Is this where you keep her?' The mother replied matter-of-factly : 'Yes, in the drawer.' I was shocked the mother did not show any emotion and appeared blase about the situation.
我看着她的妈妈问道：“‘这是你养她的地方吗？’她妈妈理所当然地回答：‘是的，在抽屉里。’我很震惊，她的妈妈面无表情，似乎对这一情况很淡然。”

matter-of-factly
matter-of-factly /ˌmæt.ə.rəvˈfækt.li/ 表示“就事论事地；不带感情地”，英文解释为“in a matter-of-fact way (= without showing emotion)”举个🌰：She announced the news matter-of-factly. 她就事论事地宣布了这个消息。

blase
blasé /ˌblɑːˈzeɪ/ 表示“不稀罕的；司空见惯的”，英文解释为“bored or not excited, or wishing to seem so”举个🌰：He flies first class so often, he's become blasé about it. 他经常坐飞机头等舱，所以已经不稀罕了。

“I asked had anyone else ever seen [the child]? Mum stated: 'No'. It became an overwhelming horror that I was probably the only other face [the girl] had seen apart from her mother's.”
我问道：“还有其他人见过[孩子]吗？她妈妈说：‘没有。’除了她的母亲，我可能是[这个女孩]见过的唯一一个人，这让我感到无比恐惧。”

overwhelming
overwhelming /ˌəʊ.vəˈwel.mɪŋ/ 1）表示“难以抵挡的；无法抗拒的；强悍而令人难以应对的”，英文解释为“difficult to fight against”举个🌰：She felt an overwhelming urge/desire/need to tell someone about what had happened. 她感到有一种抑制不住的冲动/欲望/需要想告诉别人所发生的事情。
2）表示“巨大的，极大的；（数量上）压倒性的”，英文解释为“You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.”举个🌰：An overwhelming majority has voted in favour of the proposal. 绝大多数的人投票赞成该提议。
📍词根“whelm”表示“淹没”，前缀“over-”表示“过度”。近义词：staggering（惊人的），同根词：whelm（淹没），常用短语：feel overwhelmed by something（被某事压垮）

The girl had been born in the bathtub of the home in Cheshire in March 2020 but had been kept secret and never registered. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police she had been in an abusive relationship with the father of the baby and did not want to tell him she was pregnant.
女孩于2020年3月在柴郡家中的浴缸里出生，母亲一直将其隐藏，从未办理登记。由于法律规定，这位母亲的身份未能公开，她告诉警方，她向警方供述，自己曾遭受伴侣家暴，因此不愿让对方知晓自己的怀孕。

bathtub
bathtub /ˈbɑːθ.tʌb/ 表示“澡盆，浴缸”，英文解释为“a long plastic, metal, or ceramic container that is filled with water so that you can sit or lie in it to wash your whole body”

abusive
abusive /əˈbjuː.sɪv/ 1）表示“恶毒残暴的”，英文解释为“Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way toward other people.”举个🌰：He became violent and abusive toward his mother. 他对待他妈妈变得粗暴而又残酷。
2）表示“侮辱的；辱骂的；毁谤的；恶语的”，英文解释为“Abusive language is extremely rude and insulting.”举个🌰：I did not use any foul or abusive language. 我没有使用过任何粗话或侮辱性的语言。

She put the baby in a drawer in her bed, returning now and again to feed the child milky Weetabix through a syringe and change her nappy .
她把孩子放在床头柜里，时不时回来用注射器给孩子喂牛奶麦片，并给她换尿布。

syringe
syringe /sɪˈrɪndʒ/ 表示“注射器，注射筒”，英文解释为“a hollow, cylinder-shaped piece of equipment used for sucking liquid out of something or pushing liquid into something, especially one with a needle that can be put under the skin and used to inject drugs, remove small amounts of blood, etc.”

nappy
nappy /ˈnæpɪ/ 表示“尿布；纸尿裤”，英文解释为“a piece of soft cloth or paper that is folded around a baby's bottom and between its legs to absorb and hold its body waste”如：a disposable nappy (= one that is made to be used once only) 一次性尿布，举个🌰：I'll change her nappy. 我要给她换尿布。

As time went on, the mother went to work and took her other children to school, leaving the child alone in the drawer for hours on end, including leaving her overnight on Christmas Eve while she went with her other children to stay with her parents.
随着时间推移，这位母亲去上班，送其他孩子去上学，却把这名女孩独自留在抽屉里，一放就是几个小时，甚至在圣诞节前夜，母亲带着其他孩子去父母家过夜，也将她独自留在家中。
When the girl was examined by medical experts, she could not crawl , walk, talk or make any communicative noises.
医学专家对女孩进行检查时发现，她不会爬、不会走、不会说话，也不会发出任何与人交流的声音。

crawl
crawl /krɔːl/ 1）作动词，表示“缓慢移动；艰难前行；爬行；匍匐前进”，英文解释为“to move slowly or with difficulty, especially with your body stretched out along the ground or on hands and knees”举个🌰：The child crawled across the floor. 那个孩子爬过了地板。
2）作名词，crawl /krɔːl/ 表示“自由泳；爬泳”，英文解释为“a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs”

She also had poor muscle bulk, floppy limbs and swollen feet in an abnormal position. Her development was so delayed because of the extreme neglect, she was equivalent to a 10-month-old baby, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
她的肌肉严重萎缩，四肢无力，双脚肿胀且形态异常。英国皇家检控署（CPS）表示，由于极度疏忽，她的发育非常迟缓，仅相当于10个月大的婴儿。

floppy
floppy /ˈflɒp.i/ 表示“松软的；耷拉的”，英文解释为“soft and not able to keep a firm shape or position”如：a floppy hat 软帽。

swollen
swollen /ˈswəʊlən/ 表示“肿胀的；肿起来的”，英文解释为“(of a part of the body) larger than normal, especially as a result of a disease or an injury”举个🌰：Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. 她哭得两眼又红又肿。

A carer who is now looking after the child told the court the girl had needed to be taught to smile and “didn't know what food was”.
一名现在正在照顾孩子的看护人在法庭上表示，这名女孩需要学习如何微笑，“她也不知道什么是食物。”
“[She] has had her first Christmas with us, we have done so many 'firsts' with her, putting her in a swing and she just sat there not knowing what to do or expect,” the carer said. “Her first step, her first word. It is so sad to think so many of these things are her firsts but it is lovely to be able to spend these moments with her.”
“[她]第一次和我们一起过圣诞节，我们和她一起完成了很多‘第一次’，把她放在秋千上，她只是坐在那里，不知道该做什么或期待什么，”这位看护人说。“她的第一步，她的第一个词。想到这么多事情都是她的第一次，我感到非常难过，但陪伴她走过这些时刻也让我们倍感温暖。”
The senior prosecutor , Rachel Worthington, of CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said: “This child has never had a birthday present, a Christmas present or anything to recognise these days. She's had no interaction with any of her siblings.
英国皇家检控署默西-柴郡分部高级检察官雷切尔·沃辛顿（Rachel Worthington）说：“这个孩子从未收到过生日礼物或圣诞礼物，甚至没有任何能纪念这些特别日子的东西。她也从未与兄弟姐妹有过交流。”

prosecutor
prosecutor /ˈprɒs.ɪ.kjuː.tər/ 1）表示“公诉人；检察官”，英文解释为“a public official who charges sb officially with a crime and prosecutes them in court”，如：the public/state prosecutor 公诉人；州检察官。
2）表示“原告律师；控方律师”，英文解释为“a lawyer who leads the case against a defendant in court”

“She hadn't known daylight or fresh air and didn't respond to her own name when she was first found.”
“她不知道阳光和新鲜空气，刚被发现时对自己的名字也没有任何反应。”
She added that the mother's motivation was not clear but that justice had been done.
她补充说，母亲的动机尚不清楚，但正义已得到了伸张。
The judge in the case, the Recorder of Chester, Steven Everett, said the mother's behaviour “totally defies belief. You starved that little girl of any love, attention or interaction with others, a proper diet, much needed medical attention for a cleft palate.
本案法官、切斯特市首席法官史蒂文·埃弗雷特（Steven Everett）表示，这位母亲的行为“完全难以置信。让那个小女孩完全感受不到爱、关注和与他人的互动，也未给予正常的饮食和腭裂急需的治疗。”

recorder
recorder /rɪˈkɔː.dər/ 英式，表示“法官”。

defy
defy /dɪˈfaɪ/ 1）表示“违抗；反抗；蔑视”，英文解释为“to refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc.”举个🌰：I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。/跟老师作对。
2）defy belief/explanation/description 表示“不可能，无法（相信、解释、描绘等）”，英文解释为“to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc.”举个🌰：The chaos at that place defies description. 那个地方一片混乱，难以用语言形容。
🎬电影《爱丽丝梦游仙境》（Alice in Wonderland）中的台词提到：There's things in these woods that defy imagination. 树林里有你无法想象的东西。

“That little waif was locked in a room on her own. What you did was wicked beyond belief. Your actions were catastrophic . She is now coming to life from what was possibly a living death .”
“这个孩子被独自锁在房间里。其所作所为恶劣至极，后果是灾难性的。她曾经的生活或许可以称之为‘生不如死’，而现在她终于开始真正活过来了。”

waif
waif /weɪf/ 表示“（通常指又瘦又脏的）流浪儿；无家可归的小动物”，英文解释为“a child or animal without a home or enough food and care, usually thin and dirty in appearance”

wicked
wicked /ˈwɪk.ɪd/ 表示“邪恶的；坏的；缺德的”，英文解释为“morally wrong and bad”举个🌰：It was a wicked thing to do. 那是件缺德的事。

catastrophic
catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/ 1）表示“灾难性的”，英文解释为“Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.”举个🌰：The water shortage is potentially catastrophic. 水资源的匮乏很可能是灾难性的。
2）表示“极糟的；失败的”，英文解释为“If you describe something as catastrophic, you mean that it is very bad or unsuccessful.”

living death
living death /ˌlɪv.ɪŋ ˈdeθ/ 表示“生不如死的生活，活受罪，煎熬”，英文解释为“a life that is so full of suffering that it would be better to be dead”举个🌰：She can't walk or feed herself and she can barely speak - it's a living death. 她自己无法走路，也无法吃东西，而且几乎无法说话——真是活受罪啊。 - 词汇盘点 - jail、 malnourished、 cleft palate、 matted、 dehydration、 take sb aback、 divan、 matter-of-factly、 blase、 overwhelming、 bathtub、 abusive、 syringe、 nappy、 crawl、 floppy、 swollen、 prosecutor、 recorder、 defy、 waif、 wicked、 catastrophic、 living death
- 词汇助记 By ChatGPT - The prosecutor's recorder captured the catastrophic scene: a malnourished waif with a cleft palate, swollen and dehydrated, crawling near a divan. Defying matter-of-factly blase norms, they exposed the abusive living death, leading to jail for the wicked. - 推荐阅读 - 写在九周年的话
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