We are back with our cover story: Brittney Griner, the WMBA star, who spent several months in a Russian prison as she gets ready to release her new memoir. It's called "coming home".
我们带着封面故事回来了:WMBA球星布兰妮·格里纳在俄罗斯监狱里待了几个月,准备发布她的新回忆录《回家》。
Brittney sitting down with us exclusively for a 2020 special that airs next week and we have now for you a preview.
请观看下周播出的2020年独家专题采访,以下是预告。
This is the first time you are sitting down like this to tell your story.
这是你第一次像这样坐下来讲述你的故事。
15th February, 2022, the day you left home and things would never really be the same. Brittney, are you ready?
2022年2月15日,当你离开家的那一天,一切都将不再一样。布兰妮,你准备好接受采访了吗?
So you reached down, cause you've been told to go through your bag, and you felt... The cartridge.
你落地机场,被告知要检查行李,然后你摸到了……电子烟弹。
What were you thinking at that moment when you felt that and had to bring it out? My life is over right here.
当你摸到了违禁物并不得不说出来时,那一刻你在想什么?我的人生就到这里结束了。
Had you ever brought cannabis? No. Before into Russia had you...? Never.
你带过大麻吗?没有。在进入俄罗斯之前,你带过大麻吗?从来没有。
There are people who say: Come on. How did you not know that you have cartridges in your luggage? What do you say to the skeptics?
有人说:你怎么会不知道行李里有电子烟弹?你对这些持怀疑态度的人有何看法?
You've just been told you're gonna be nine years in a penal colony, one of the worst prisons in Russia.
你刚被告知将在俄罗斯条件最差的监狱流放地服刑九年。
I was just so scared for everything because there's just so much I didn't know.
我对一切都很害怕,因为有太多未知的事情。
It was a huge knife sitting on the table and I was just like no. This is gonna be a ride. You gotta do what you gotta do to survive.
我就像砧板上的鱼肉,任人宰割。这将是一次旅程。为了生存,你必须竭尽全力。
The mattress had a huge blood stain on it. I had no soap, no toilet paper. That was the moment where I just felt less than a human.
床垫上有一大片血迹。我没有肥皂,没有卫生纸。那一刻我感觉自己连人都不是。
There were times that you felt like let me just end it. Yeah, just didn't think I could get through what I needed to get through.
有时你会想结束这一切。是的,只是觉得无法完成需要完成的事情。
I'm gonna ask you about where your life is right now, who's the BG in front of me right now.
我想问你现在的人生如何,在我面前的布兰妮·格里纳是谁。
We covered so many topics, including what life was like in prison, how she felt at one point she was like am I ever going to get home, especially when Ukraine was invaded.
我们讨论了很多话题,包括监狱里的生活是什么样的,在某一时刻,尤其是当乌克兰被入侵时,如何觉得能回家。
And we really got behind the scenes with folks to talk about that controversial swap, the prisoner swap with the so-called merchant of death, Viktor Bout.
我们真的在幕后与人们谈论了那次有争议的囚犯交换,即与所谓的“死亡商人”维克多·布特交换。
Viktor Bout, he was called the merchant of death. She heard about the controversy too.
维克多·布特被称为死亡商人。她也听说了这场有争议的囚犯交换。
And she... everyone, you know, wanted Paul Whelan to be part of that exchange.
每个人都希望保罗·惠兰也在此次囚犯交换之中。
She said she got on the plane, thinking that Paul Weeland was gonna be on that plane too when they were being released.
布兰妮说她登上了飞机,以为他们被释放时保罗·惠兰也会在这架飞机上。
And she... when they closed the door on the plane, she was like she realized oh my gosh, he's not a part of it.
当他们关上机门时,她才意识到保罗·惠兰不在。
But she and her wife Cherelle have done this remarkable work in a campaign. It's called Bringing Our Families Home.
但布兰妮及其妻子谢丽尔在一场政治运动中完成了这项非凡的工作,即所谓的“带我们的家人回家”。
That's a help with the efforts to free other detainees that are being held all across. They're in this together. They are in this together, and it's really... and you know...
这有助于释放各地被关押的其他囚犯。他们在一起。
And she's heard how people were very upset and someone said to me that... That's not on her. This is what someone said. I'm glad you said that, George.
她听说人们非常沮丧,有人对我说……那不是她的错。只是有人这么说。我很高兴你这么说,乔治。
Someone said you could be... Yes you could be angry and upset that Paul Wheeland was not part of that. Yes she could be upset.
有人说你可能会因为保罗·惠兰没有交换而感到愤怒和不安。是的,她可能会感到不安。
But how can you be upset that American was able to come home? You can have one with the other. Yeah, exactly like that.
但你怎么能因为美国人能够回家而感到沮丧呢?确实如此。