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爱思英语编者按：卷入“涉嫌恐怖威胁(terrorist threat)”漩涡的中国留学生翟田田，在异国他乡经历约4个月的牢狱之灾后，终于凭藉“自动离境”权利离美归国。心情稍稍平静的他表示：“过去的110多天就像一场巨大的噩梦。” 
中国留学生翟田田此前在美国新泽西州被捕，罪名是“企图放火烧毁学校建筑”，8月10日他自纽约肯尼迪国际机场抵达北京。
Zhai Tiantian, a student accused of setting fire to a building on a college campus in New Jersey, left the JFK airport for Beijing on Aug 10. 当他所乘航班抵达北京首都国际机场时，他和父亲拥抱在一起。翟田田的父亲翟泰山表示：“我难过得想哭。”为了迎接儿子，他特地从湖南乘飞机到达北京。
He embraced his father at Beijing Capital International Airport when his flight from the United States arrived in Beijing. "I feel so sad that I want to cry," said Zhai Taishan, Zhai Tiantian's father. He flew to Beijing from central China's Hunan Province to meet his son. 翟田田，这名来自中国的研究生，之前就读于新泽西州霍博肯蒂文思技术学院，4月16日，他被警方逮捕。罪名是企图放火烧毁校园建筑以及威胁和自己发生分歧的一位教授。 更多信息请访问：http://www.engbus.cn/
Zhai Tiantian, was a Chinese graduate student at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, before he was arrested by police on April 16. He has been accused of trying to set fire to a campus building and of making threats to one of his professors with whom he had a disagreement. 周三中新社报道称，翟泰山的一位朋友表示，翟田田在接下来的日子会有以下三项安排。首先，他会在北京休息几天，并有可能举行新闻发布会。接下来，他将返回湖南。最后，他将考虑反诉美国警方，在缺少证据的条件下，逮捕并关押他长达4个月之久。
A friend of Zhai Taishan's said Zhai Tiantian would do three things in the following days. First, he will have a rest in Beijing for a couple of days and a press conference might be held. Second, he will go back to Hunan. Third, he will consider countersuing the U.S. police who arrested and detained him up to four months in the absence of sufficient evidence, China News Services reported on Wednesday. 中国的新闻媒体以及广大博客上都转载翟田田事件的始末，就此该事件成为一次国际事件。一些人将该事件视为种族歧视，并指责美国的司法系统存在漏洞；而另一些人则表示翟田田理应为他的言论受到惩罚。
Zhai's case became an international incident with stories widely printed in Chinese news media and blogs. Some have described the case as racial discrimination and an example of the flawed US justice system while others said he deserves to be punished for what he allegedly did. 相关词汇
accuse 控告
allegedly 据传说
countersue 反诉
detain 拘留, 扣留
flawed 有缺陷的
press conference 新闻发布会
racial discrimination 种族歧视
terrorist threat 恐怖威胁 | 
