American Rhetoric: Marion Jones-Thompson -- Apology Address for

Good afternoon everyone. I am Marion Jones-Thompson, and I am here today because I have something very important to tell you, my fans, my friends, and my family.

Over the many years of my life, as an athlete in the sport of track and field, you have been fiercely loyal and supportive towards me. Even more loyal and supportive than words can declare has been my family, and especially my dear mother, who stands by my side today.

And so it is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust. I want all you to know that today I plead guilty to two counts of making false statements to federal agents.

Making these false statements to federal agents was an incredibly stupid thing for me to do, and I am responsible fully for my actions. I have no one to blame but myself for what I have done.

To you, my fans, including my young supporters, the United States Track and Field Association, my closest friends, my attorneys, and the most classy family a person could ever hope for -- namely my mother, my husband, my children, my brother and his family, my uncle, and the rest of my extended family: I want you to know that I have been dishonest. And you have the right to be angry with me.

I have let them down.

I have let my country down.

And I have let myself down.

I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

I have asked Almighty God for my forgiveness.

Having said this, and because of my actions, I am retiring from the sport of track and field, a sport which I deeply love.

I promise that these events will be used to make the lives of many people improve; that by making the wrong choices and bad decisions can be disastrous.

I want to thank you all for your time.

我道歉-马里昂 琼斯

下午好各位, 我是马里昂 琼斯 汤普森. 今天在这里,面对我的支持者, 我的朋友,我的家人,我要告诉大家一个十分重要的事实.

在我作为田径运动员的许多年里,你们一直坚定的给予我信任与支持. 其中特别是我的家庭对我的支持与信任,甚至无法用语言来形容, 尤其是来自于我母亲的, 她今天就站在我身边.

而我现在怀着无比的羞愧站在你们面前,要告诉大家我背叛了你们对我的信任(哭).我要让大家知道,今天我已经认罪,承认两度向联邦调查局做伪证.

向联邦调查局做伪证是我做的一件极其愚蠢的事情,我要对自己的行为负完全责任. 对此除了我自己不能抱怨任何人.

我要对诸位, 对我的支持者,对美国田径联合会,对我的好友,对我的律师,还有我那人人羡慕的完美家庭--他们是 我的母亲, 我的丈夫,我的孩子,我的兄弟及其家庭,我的叔叔, 我的其它至亲, 说, 我要你们都知道我不是一个诚实的人, 你们有权鄙视我的所作所为.

我让他们蒙羞

我让我的国家蒙羞

我让自己蒙羞

我意识到仅说深深的抱歉是不够的, 这对于我对你们造成的伤害与痛苦而言微不足道. 因此, 我要恳请你们对我所作所为的宽恕, 愿你们有一天能从内心深处宽恕我.

我祈求全能的主对我的宽恕

话已至此,由于我的行为,我决定退出田径运动, 退出我无比深爱的田径运动.

我相信这些教训将会引导很多人走上正确的人生道路, 因为一时错误的抉择将会导致灾难性的后果.

我感谢大家利用宝贵的时间听取我的道歉

作者按: 看了这些, 我不知道 周老虎, 陕西农业厅的老师们作何感想.