▍原文 A California chemical engineer who pleaded no contest to poisoning a colleague was putting cadmium in her water bottle, new video shows. David Xu spiked his colleague Rong Yuan’s food and water with the toxic heavy metal for nearly 18 months between 2017 and 2019. Xu received two years of probation and just one day of credited jail time. Yuan said releasing the hidden-camera video was her "last resort" after feeling failed by the legal system. ▍語言點 1. plead no contest 不予抗辯（既不正式承認有罪，也不否認指控，同意接受法院的定罪和判決） plead v.（在法庭上）作抗辯、答辯、陳述案情 contest n.（本文）爭論、爭辯；比賽、競賽 2. poison /ˈpɔɪzn/（本文）v. 下毒，投毒；n. 毒藥 3. spike /spaɪk/ v.（本文）往飲品或食物里偷偷加料；刺穿、釘進；n. 釘子、尖刺 spike somebody's drink 往某人的杯子里下藥 4. toxic /ˈtɑːksɪk/ adj. 有毒的 5. heavy metal 重金屬 6. cadmium /ˈkædmiəm/ n. 鎘（一種有毒重金屬） 7. probation /prəˈbeɪʃn/ n. 緩刑；一段受監督、受考察的時期 此...