Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Perjury perjury (perjury), n. Purposely telling a lie in a court of law after taking an oath to tell the truth and only the truth. "Will the lawyer for the prosecution please step forward?" said Judge Kirkorian. The defense lawyer, Scott's mother, still hadn't arrived, but they couldn't wait any longer. About half the jury had to be home by four o'clock. Jessie stood up and addressed the court. She made her voice sound strong. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, for my first witness, I call Jack Bagdasarian." Jack walked up to the podium, and David told him to put his right hand over his heart and raise his left

第11章伪证（伪证） 在宣誓说真话且只说真话后，故意在法庭上说谎。 “请控方律师上前一步好吗？”法官柯克里安说。 辩护律师，斯科特的母亲，还没有到，但他们不能再等了。 大约一半的陪审员必须在4点钟以前回家。 杰西站起来向法庭发表了讲话。 她的声音听起来很有力。 “陪审团的女士们先生们，我有请我的第一位证人，杰克·巴格达萨利安。” 杰克走到讲台前，大卫告诉他把右手放在心脏上，举起左手

hand in the air. "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" asked David. "I do," said Jack, standing straight as a pole. "You may proceed," said David, turning to Jessie. Jessie walked up to Jack. "Mr. Bagdasarian," she said. "Where were you on the day of Sunday, September fifth?" "What do you mean?" asked Jack. "Is that the day Scott stole the money?" "Hey! I didn't steal the money!" yelled Scott. "Says you!" shouted Malik, and everybody began yelling. "Call for order," Jessie hissed at David, who was just standing there, watching it all, like it was a movie on television. David shuffled through his index cards until he found the right one. Then he banged the wooden gavel on the block of wood. "Order in the court! Order in the court! If you're not quiet, I will hold you in"—he looked more closely at his card

举起手来。大卫问他说：“你愿起誓所说的话都是真的，都是真的，没有别的吗？” “是的，”杰克说，站得笔直。 “你可以继续了，”大卫转身对杰西说。 杰西走向杰克。“先生。 巴格达人，”她说。“9月5日星期日那天你在哪里？”“你什么意思？”杰克问。 “是斯科特偷钱的那天吗？”“嘿!我没有偷钱！”斯科特喊道。 “是你说的！”马利克喊道，大家都开始大叫起来。 “要求秩序，”杰西对大卫低声说，大卫只是站在那里，看着这一切，就像在看电视上的电影一样。 大卫翻看索引卡，直到找到合适的那张。 然后他用木槌敲了敲那块木头。 “法庭肃静！”法庭肃静！如果你不安静，我就把你关在里面。”他更仔细地看了看自己的名片

—"contempt!" David waved the card and added, "That means you'll get sent home. And when you come to school on Monday, we won't tell you what happened, either." Everybody got really quiet then. Jessie turned to her witness again. "September fifth was the day everyone went to your house to swim," she said. "Can you tell the court what you remember about that day?" So Jack told the story: They'd all been playing basketball on the playground—Evan and Jack and Paul and Ryan and Kevin and Malik—but it was really hot, and they decided they wanted to swim at Jack's house. So Jack had gone home to ask his mom if it was okay, and when he came back to the playground, Scott was there, too, so then they'd all gone back to Jack's house. "And then what happened?" asked Jessie, pacing back and forth in front of the podium. She was holding a pencil and carrying her Writer's Notebook tucked under her arm. It made her feel more official.

——“蔑视!”大卫挥了挥卡片，补充道：“这意味着你会被遣送回家。 你星期一来学校时，我们也不会告诉你发生了什么事。” 当时大家都很安静。 杰西又转向她的证人。 “9月5日那天，大家都去你家游泳，”她说。 “你能告诉法庭你记得那天发生了什么吗？”于是杰克讲了这个故事：他们都在操场上打篮球——埃文、杰克、保罗、瑞安、凯文和马里克——但是天气真的很热，他们决定去杰克家游泳。 所以杰克回家问他妈妈是否可以，当他回到操场时，斯科特也在那里，所以他们都回到了杰克的家。 “然后发生了什么？”杰西问，在讲台前来回踱步。 她手里拿着一支铅笔，腋下夹着一本“作家笔记本”。 这让她觉得自己更正式。

"We played pool basketball," said Jack. "I've got one of those floating hoops, so we just goofed around and stuff." "Did Evan swim in his own bathing suit or did he borrow one from you?" asked Jessie. "I think he borrowed one," said Jack. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure he did. And so did Scott." "So both Evan and Scott changed into borrowed bathing suits at your house. Is that correct?" "Yep," said Jack, bobbing his head up and down. "And where did they put their regular clothes when they went swimming?" asked Jessie, pointing her finger at Jack so that the jury would know she was getting to the good part. "In my room, I guess. That's where everyone puts their shoes and socks and stuff at my house, 'cause if you leave anything downstairs, the dog gets it." "So let me be clear on this point," said Jessie, standing directly in front of Jack. "Evan's shorts— and whatever was in his pockets—were in your room. And Scott's shorts—and whatever was in his

“我们打台球，”杰克说。 “我有一个漂浮的圆环，所以我们就随便玩玩。” “埃文是穿着自己的泳衣游泳的，还是向你借的？”杰西问。 “我想他是借了一个，”杰克说。 “是的，我很确定他说过。 斯科特也是。”“所以埃文和斯科特都在你家换了借来的泳衣。 对吗？”“是的，”杰克说着，上下摆动着他的头。 “他们去游泳的时候把平时穿的衣服放在哪里呢？”杰西问，一边用手指着杰克，好让陪审团知道她要讲正题了。 “在我的房间里，我猜。在我家，每个人都把鞋子、袜子和其他东西放在那里，因为如果你把什么东西留在楼下，狗就会得到它。” “所以让我把这一点说清楚，”杰西站在杰克的正前方说。 “埃文的短裤——还有他口袋里的东西——都在你的房间里。 还有斯科特的短裤，还有他里面的东西

pockets—were also in your room. Is that correct?" "Yeah. I already said that." Jessie turned to the jury. "I just want to make sure that everyone knows that fact. Evan's and Scott's shorts were in the same room." She turned back to Jack. "One more question for you, Mr. Bagdasarian. Did anyone get out of the pool and go inside?" "Well, sure," said Jack, laughing. "I mean, jeez, we were drinking like ten gallons of lemonade and eating watermelon slices. You can't hold that in forever." The courtroom burst into laughter, but David banged his gavel so loudly that everyone quieted right down. Nobody wanted to get sent home before there was a verdict. "Did Scott go into the house?" asked Jessie. "Uh-huh," said Jack. "Did he go in alone?" "Yeah." "And how long was he in the house alone?" "I don't know," said Jack, shrugging.

口袋也在你房间里。 对吗？”“是的。我已经说过了。” 杰西转向陪审团。 “我只是想确保每个人都知道这个事实。 埃文和斯科特的短裤在同一个房间里。” 她转身对着杰克。“再问你一个问题，巴格达萨里安先生。 有人从水池里出来进去了吗？”“嗯，当然，”杰克笑着说。 “我的意思是，天哪，我们喝了大约十加仑的柠檬水，吃着西瓜片。 你不可能永远憋在心里。” 法庭上爆发出一阵笑声，但大卫把木槌敲得太响了，大家都安静了下来。 没人想在判决出来之前就被送回家。 “斯科特进房子了吗？”杰西问。 “嗯哼，”杰克说。“他一个人进去的吗？”“是的。” “他一个人在房子里呆了多久？”“我不知道。”杰克耸耸肩说。

"Long enough to run upstairs and steal an envelope filled with money out of Evan's shorts?" asked Jessie. "Sure," said Jack. "He was in there for a while. And I know he went into my room, because he came down dressed." "Dressed?" asked Jessie. "Why did he do that?" "He said he had to go, right away." "But did he say why?" "No. Just said he had to go." "Did he leave in a hurry?" "You should have seen him. He went tearing out of there. I don't think he even had both shoes on when he left." "I don't suppose you happened to check his pockets before he left, did you?" "Uh, no," said Jack. "Too bad," muttered Evan. Jessie looked over at her brother. He didn't look happy. "That will be all," said Jessie. "The witness is excused," said David in his

“时间长到能跑上楼从埃文的短裤里偷一个装满钱的信封吗？”杰西问。 “当然，”杰克说。“他在里面待了一会儿。 我知道他进了我的房间，因为他是穿着衣服下来的。” “穿好衣服？”杰西问。“他为什么要那样做？”“他说他必须走，马上走。” “他说为什么了吗？”“没有。 他只是说他必须走。”“他走得很匆忙吗？”“你真该看看他。 他拔腿就跑。 我想他离开的时候连两只鞋都没穿。” “我想你不会碰巧在他走之前检查过他的口袋吧？”“呃，不，”杰克说。 “太糟糕了，”埃文咕哝道。杰西看了看她哥哥。 他看起来不高兴。“就这样吧，”杰西说。 “证人可以回避了，”大卫用他的手说