Guilty plea in deadly   
　　Tennessee school shooting  
　　A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of a high school official and the wounding of two others under a plea deal announced after jury selection for his trial had started.  
　　The judge sentenced Kenneth Bartley Jr. to 45 years in prison for the single count of second�瞕egree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in the 2005 shootings at Campbell County Comprehensive High School.  
　　The teenager could have faced a life sentence if convicted on the original charges. His plea deal was announced after special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood consulted with defense and prosecution attorneys, the two surviving administrators and the widow of the man who died. 
　　The three school officials had confronted Bartley on Nov. 8, 2005, after hearing that he had a gun in the school. Bartley was in the principal’s office when he fatally shot Assistant Principal Ken Bruce, 48, and wounded Principal Gary Seale and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce.  
　　The defense conceded during the questioning of potential jurors that Bartley, then 14, shot all three men.  
　　The boy had been in and out of trouble while in middle school and had spent about a year and a half in a residential juvenile treatment program.  
　　Deputy Sheriff Darrell Mongar testified during a February hearing that Bartley told him the pistol was his father’s and he planned to trade it for OxyContin, a powerful painkiller.  
　　Pierce testified at that hearing that he told Bartley he wanted the gun the boy had in his pocket.  
　　“Kenny stood up with the gun waving it at all of us,” Pierce said. “Mr. Seale asked him if it was real. He said‘Yes, it’s real. I’ll show you. I never liked you anyway.”  
　　Pierce said Bartley pulled out an ammunition clip, loaded the gun and fired. Seale was shot first, in the lower abdomen. Bruce was shot in the chest. Pierce was hit in the chest as he struggled to disarm the youth, he testified.  
　　Bartley had been indicted on charges of first-degree murder and felony murder, both of which could have carried a life sentence—meaning a minimum of 51 years in prison. He also was charged with attempted murder, taking a gun to school grounds and possession of controlled substances, which could have added to his sentence if he were convicted. Jury selection was wrapping up when the agreement was reached.  
　　考研詞匯：  
　　jury[ˈdʒuəri]  
　　n.①陪審團;②全體評審員  
　　[真題例句] The jury (①) agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the athlete�餾 injury.[1999年閱讀1]  
　　[例句精譯] 陪審團也認為造成該運動員受傷的是這項運動本身的危險性，而不是頭盔。  
　　comprehensive[ˌkɔmpriˈhensiv]  
　　a.廣泛的，全面的，綜合的  
　　[真題例句] Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are (17：comprehensive) programs that address the many needs of the homeless.[2006年完形]  
　　[例句精譯] 《波士頓環(huán)球日報》記者克里斯·雷迪認為，只有通過全面規(guī)劃來解決這些無家可歸者的各種需求，這種局面才有可能得到改善。
　　plea[pli:] 
　　n.懇求，請求，辯解，藉口
　　confront[kənˈfrʌnt]
　　v.①使面臨，使遭遇;②面對(危險等)
　　[真題例句] In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to confront (②) the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first.[1995年閱讀2]
　　[例句精譯] 要想成長，要想探索新的道路，人們就得樂于冒險，樂于面對未知世界，并敢于接受初次嘗試便失敗的可能性。
　　concede[kənˈsi:d]
　　vt.勉強，承認，退讓;vi.讓步
　　juvenile[ˈdʒu:vənail]
　　a.年輕人的，孩子氣的; n.青少年，孩子，少兒讀物
　　[真題例句] Most theories of juvenile(n.) delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, (26：ignoring) the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes.[2004年完形]
　　[例句精譯] 將少年犯罪主要歸咎于貧困家庭的大部分理論忽略了一個事實，即那些來自富裕家庭的孩子也會犯罪。
　　testify[ˈtestifai]
　　v.(to)說明，證實
　　背景常識介紹：
　　美國是世界上暴力犯罪比較嚴(yán)重的國家，而近年來美國青少年暴力犯罪問題尤為突出。從1997年起美國又不斷發(fā)生駭人聽聞的中學(xué)校園槍擊事件，在全國引起了極大的震動，這種校園暴力的惡性案件方興未艾，已成為美國青少年犯罪一種極可怕的新動向。
　　參考譯文：
　　田納西校園致命槍擊案罪名成立
　　一名15歲男孩于本周二承認犯有謀殺罪，案發(fā)中一名高中官員被打死，另外兩名受傷。審判開始之后挑選陪審團成員，隨即宣布了一項認罪協(xié)議(plea deal，和政府方達成的為了避免較重的處罰而承認輕罪的協(xié)議)。
　　法官宣布在2005年campbell鎮(zhèn)綜合高中校園槍擊案中一項二級謀殺罪名及兩項二級謀殺未遂罪名成立，判處Kenneth Bartley Jr. 45年監(jiān)禁。
　　根據(jù)比較初的指控，這名青少年原本可能被判終身監(jiān)禁。但在特別法官Jon Kerry Blackwood 咨詢了辯方律師，主控律師，兩位生存下來的行政管理大員，及死者遺孀之后，宣布了一項認罪求情協(xié)議。
　　2005年11月8日，三名學(xué)校教職員獲悉Bartley攜帶槍支進入學(xué)校，與其進行正面交涉。在校長辦公室里，Bartley當(dāng)場擊斃48歲的助理校長Ken Bruce，打傷校長Gary Seale和助理校長Jim Pierce。
　　在對陪審團的問訊會上，辯方承認當(dāng)時年僅14歲的Bartley 向三名被害人開槍。
　　該問題少年自中學(xué)開始便麻煩不斷，并在社區(qū)青少年處理項目中待了一年半的時間。
　　副警長Darrell Mongar證實在二月份的聽證會上，Bartley向他承認手槍為他父親所有，他原本打算用它來換取一種名叫Oxycontin的強效止痛藥。
　　受害人Pierce在聽證會上出庭作證，當(dāng)時他讓Bartley交出口袋中的手槍：“Kenny站在那拿著手槍向我們搖晃，Seale先生問他是不是真槍，他說是的，手槍是真的，我會證明給你看，反正我一直都不喜歡你�！�
　　根據(jù)Pierce的證詞，Bartley隨后拉開彈夾，裝上子彈向眾人掃射。Seale比較早中彈，被擊中腹部下方。Bruce胸部中彈。Pierce本人被擊中胸部，但他掙扎著去奪下少年手中的武器。
　　Bartley曾被指控犯為一級謀殺罪名和謀殺重罪，任何一項都可能判他終身監(jiān)禁，這意味著比較少51年的監(jiān)禁。同時他還被控謀殺未遂，攜帶槍支進入學(xué)校和非法持有違禁物品，如果罪名成立還有可能加重刑罰。達成協(xié)議時，挑選陪審團成員的工作也已結(jié)束�！　�