美国入学舞弊案宣判了！被判14天还是40年？（双语）

　　几个月前轰动全美的大学入学舞弊案开始宣判，“绝望主妇”菲丽西提·霍夫曼被判服刑14天，而同样牵涉此案的她的同行——女演员洛瑞·拉芙琳却可能面临长达40年监禁的惩罚。同样是贿考，为什么两个人的结果差别如此之大?

　　Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among the 51 people charged in the college-admissions scandal, in which parents are accused of paying up to $6 million to guarantee their children spots at elite universities.

　　菲丽西提·霍夫曼和洛瑞·拉芙琳均在被控参与大学入学舞弊案的51人当中，这些父母被控耗资多达600万美元(约合人民币4242万元)给子女在名牌大学占学位。

　　But months after their March indictments, they're looking at very different futures.

　　然而，在三月份被起诉几个月后，两人的未来却截然不同。

　　On Friday, Huffman became the first parent to be sentenced in the scheme. She was sentenced to 14 days in prison, fined $30,000, and ordered to do 250 hours of community service. She'll be on supervised release for a year.

　　上周五(9月13日)，霍夫曼成为该案第一个被判刑的家长。她被判服刑14天，罚款3万美元，并被判处250小时社区服务，监督释放期为一年。

　　Loughlin, meanwhile, is facing a sentence of up to 40 years.

　　与此同时，拉芙琳则面临长达40年的监禁。

　　The difference comes down to their plea decisions: Huffman pleaded guilty, while Loughlin pleaded not guilty.

　　区别在于两人的抗辩决定：霍夫曼认罪，而拉芙琳不认罪。

　　Huffman pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement with the prosecutor, lowering the length of her sentence. Loughlin, meanwhile, is going to trial. If she is convicted by a jury, she could face up to 20 years per charge.

　　霍夫曼和检察官达成了认罪协议，缩短了刑期。与此同时，拉芙琳则将接受审判。如果被陪审团定罪，她可能面临每项罪名20年的审判。

　　plea agreement: 辩诉协议;认罪协议

　　The actors are also accused of investing vastly different amounts of money in the scheme: $15,000 for Huffman and $500,000 for Loughlin.

　　这两个演员还被控在舞弊案中投入了数额相差极大的贿赂金：霍夫曼投入了1.5万美元，而拉芙琳则投入了50万美元。

　　霍夫曼将贿赂金伪装成捐给弱势青年的善款

　　Huffman paid the scheme's ringleader, Rick Singer, $15,000 to have her eldest daughter's SAT score falsified so she could get into top colleges.

　　为了让长女进入一流大学，霍夫曼向舞弊案的主谋里克·辛格支付了1.5万美元，篡改长女的高考成绩。

　　An affidavit said that Huffman arranged for her daughter to take the SAT at the West Hollywood Test Center, where her answers were later corrected, and that Huffman disguised the $15,000 as a charitable donation for disadvantaged young people.

　　一份书面陈述上写道，霍夫曼安排女儿在西好莱坞考试中心参加高考，之后让人修改她的考卷答案，并指出霍夫曼将1.5万美元贿赂金伪装成资助弱势青年的慈善捐款。

　　The court document said Huffman had also arranged for her youngest daughter to be part of the scheme but later decided against it.

　　这份法院文书上写道，霍夫曼还安排最小的女儿也加入舞弊案，不过后来还是决定放弃了。

　　In April, Huffman agreed to plead guilty, and in May, she appeared in court to enter her guilty plea. She had been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest-services mail fraud.

　　四月份，霍夫曼同意认罪，五月份，她出庭提交认罪书。她被控犯有邮件欺诈和诚信服务邮件欺诈阴谋罪。