前提是这样的：2017年12月21日晚上，美国特拉华州，一名名为迈克尔·罗哈纳的男子潜入已关闭的富兰克林科学博物馆(bówùguǎn – n. museum)。当时馆内正在展出一系列从中国借来的珍贵文物(wénwù – n. artifacts)。据监控视频(jiānkòng shìpín – n. surveillance videos)显示，他不仅做出了开着闪光灯看展览、随意触碰展品的行为，他竟然掰下了一个兵马俑(bīngmǎyǒng – n. Chinese Terracotta Warrior)的大拇指并逃出博物馆！
So here is the back story: The night of 21st Dec 2017, an American male, Michael Rohana, sneaked in the Franklin Institute Museum in the state of Delaware after its closing hour. An exhibition of artifacts on loan from China was ongoing then. According to surveillance, he not only viewed the exhibition with his flashlight on and touched many exhibits, but he also went so far and stole a thumb from a Chinese Terracotta Warrior!
一个博物馆的安保系统(ānbǎo xìtǒng – n. security system)怎么会这么差？更别说在馆内有别的国家借来的展品的情况下？
How can the security of a museum this horrible? Especially when there is an exhibition of loaned artifacts ongoing?
虽然很多人都极度愤怒，但是当时美国政府逮捕了嫌疑犯(xiányífàn – n. suspect)，找到了被掰下来的大拇指并公开发表了道歉信，而中方也接受了道歉，力所能及地去修复被破坏的兵马俑。
Many people were extremely mad, but the US arrested the suspect, found the stolen thumb and issued a public apology, while China accepted the apology and tried their best to repair the Terracotta Warrior.
你以为事情就这样了？那你真的是图样图森破了。
Do you think things are over? You are too young too simple.
时隔一年多，这个案件终于在今年4月5日开庭审理(kāitíng shěnlǐ – v. open the courtroom and process a case)。当事人的律师辩护说这次事件只是年轻人“蓄意(xùyì – v. intend)破坏公物”，并不是“蓄意抢劫博物馆”。
After more than a year, this case was finally opened on 5th Apr this year. The defense attorney claimed that this was a ‘youthful vandalism’ of the suspect, not an ‘intentional robbery of the museum’.
然后！12位陪审团员中竟然有7位认为当事人无罪(wúzuì – adj. not guilty, acquitted)！最后因为没有达成共识，陪审团就地解散。检方可以在五月15号之前重新起诉。
Not only that! 7 out of 12 jurors think that the suspect should be acquitted! The jury was released because they were unable to reach a verdict. The prosecutors can decide whether or not they want to seek a retrial by 15th May.
兵马俑不仅是中国人引以为豪的文化遗产(wénhuà yíchǎn – n. cultural heritage)，它还是世界的八大奇迹之一。希望美方能正视这次事件，给出一个合理的处理方法。
The Terracotta Warriors are not only a valued cultural heritage of Chinese, but they are also one of eight wonders of the world. Hope the US can take this incident seriously and propose a reasonable solution.