喬林分享一篇中翻英文章--「夢遊者」逃過酒駕罪
A Swedish man was acquitted of drink driving after a court said it couldn’t rule out the possibility he was sleepwalking.

一名瑞典男子的酒駕指控獲判無罪，因為法院表示不能排除他當時正在夢遊的可能性。

The 51-year-old man, who was not identified, had a blood alcohol level nearly 10 times the country’s legal limit, reports The Local.

這名51歲、身分不詳的男子，血液酒精濃度幾乎是該國規定上限的10倍，「地方報」報導說。

The man said he awoke late one evening in the driver’s seat of his car, which had catapulted into a ditch in Karlskrona in southern Sweden.

這名男子說，他在某個晚上深夜醒來時，坐在自己車內的駕駛座上，而這輛車猛衝到瑞典南部喀斯克羅那市的一條溝渠裡。

He was wearing a nightshirt, track pants and slippers and told officers he was on his way to replenish his supply of snus, a wet snuff tobacco product.

他當時穿著睡衣、運動褲與拖鞋，告訴警官，他正在採買無煙香菸snus的途中。snus是一種濕菸菸草產品。

The man later claimed to have no memory of initial post-accident interview, only that "he spoke with a police officer and that he was in shock and extremely intoxicated when the interview took place".

此人後來宣稱記不得在車禍後一開始所做的約談內容，唯一記得的是「他和一名警官說話，以及他感到震驚，和在約談進行時完全醉倒」。

In tossing out the drink driving charges, Blekinge District Court cited the opinion of the man’s doctor who said he may have suffered from sleepwalking.

在駁回酒駕指控方面，地方法院引述此人醫師的見解，醫師說他可能深受夢遊所苦。

新聞辭典

beat the rap：片語，逃脫罪責、被宣告無罪。例句：Murder raps were easier to beat in Texas than horse theft.（從前在德州，殺人罪比盜馬罪更易逃脫。）

rule out：片語，把∼排除，排除∼的可能性。例句：The police have ruled out murder in the case of the girl’s death.（警方對這件少女命案已排除他殺的可能性。）

toss out：片語，拋棄、排除。例句：My mother tossed out my old clothes.（我母親丟掉了我的舊衣服。）