法庭上的辩护

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Mr. Bob Ewell spoke first. 鲍勃·尤厄尔先生先发言。

He was a rough, unpleasant man. 他是一个粗鲁、令人不快的人。

He said Tom had attacked his daughter, Mayella. 他说汤姆袭击了他的女儿梅耶拉。

But his story was full of holes. 但他的故事漏洞百出。

Then Atticus stood up to question him. 接着，阿蒂克斯站起来质问他。

Calmly, he asked Mr. Ewell to write his name. 他平静地要求尤厄尔先生写下他的名字。

Everyone saw that Mr. Ewell wrote with his left hand. 大家都看到尤厄尔先生是用左手写的。

This was important. 这很重要。

Mayella had been hurt mostly on the right side of her face. 梅耶拉的脸部主要是右侧受伤。

That meant her attacker had probably used his left hand. 这意味着袭击者很可能使用了左手。

Then Atticus showed the court something else. 接着，阿蒂克斯向法庭展示了另一点。

Tom Robinson's left arm was crippled and useless. 汤姆·罗宾逊的左臂残疾，毫无用处。

Tom simply could not have done it. 汤姆根本不可能做到。

Slowly, the truth became clear. 慢慢地，真相浮出水面。

Mayella had not been attacked by Tom at all. 梅耶拉根本没有被汤姆袭击。

It seemed her own father had hurt her, and they had blamed an innocent man. 看来是她自己的父亲伤害了她，而他们却把罪名推给了一个无辜的人。

"This case is simple," Atticus told the court. “这个案子很简单，”阿蒂克斯告诉法庭。

"It is about right and wrong. “它关乎对错。

I ask you to look at the facts, and to be fair." 我请求你们审视事实，并做到公正。”

Justice asks only one thing of us: to look at the truth without fear or favor. 正义只要求我们一件事：不带恐惧或偏袒地审视真相。

The evidence was on Tom's side. 证据对汤姆有利。

Now everything depended on the jury. 现在一切都取决于陪审团了。