Student fearing bad grades fakes kidnapping 害怕成績差的學生捏造綁架案

◎羅彥傑

An 11-year-old Huntsville boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades.

一名11歲、住在亨茨維爾市的男孩在說故事方面拿了高分，因為他安排一場騙局來掩飾自己的難看分數。

Police say the boy faked his kidnapping Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card, saying that a man with a pistol snatched him after he left Ed White Middle School.

警方表示，這名男孩週五捏造自己遭到綁架，以避免把難看的成績單帶回家。他宣稱一名持手槍男子在他離開愛德懷特中學時抓住他。

The boy said the man forced him into a "beat-up car" and threatened to kill him.

男孩表示，這名男子強迫他坐上1輛「破舊的汽車」，威脅要殺他。

The student said he escaped by jumping out of the car but wasn’t able to grab his bookbag, which contained the report card. He ran to his grandparents’ house and later confessed to lying. His grandfather called police to apologize.

學生說，他用跳車的方式逃走，但無法抓住自己的書包，而書包裡有成績單。他跑到祖父母的家中，後來坦承說謊。他的祖父打電話給警方道歉。

Sgt. Mark Roberts said police were suspicious that the boy was able to "escape" with his band instrument, but not his bookbag.

巡佐馬克羅伯特說，對這名男孩能夠帶著自己的樂隊樂器「逃走」，卻不是書包，警方早就起了疑心。

Roberts said the boy faces no charges at this time.

羅伯特說，這名男孩現在沒有面臨控罪。

新聞辭典

hoax：名詞，騙局、惡作劇，亦可當動詞用。例句：There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.（飯店裡根本沒有炸彈，這不過是一場騙局。）

beat-up：形容詞，破舊的、破爛的。例句：It is a little expensive for a beat-up book like that.（對於像這樣一本破書而言，這有點貴。）

at this time：片語，此時、現在。例句：Authorities say they do have more information concerning the deaths but would not elaborate at this time.（當局表示他們確實在這些命案方面掌握更多的情報，但此刻不會詳細說明。）