【读新闻学英语】警察这样抓超速,简直太贼了!
2019年5月7日 15:32看我化身变色龙~
Drivers are furious after a Queensland police officer was photographed hiding in some bushes in order to catch out speeding drivers.
昆士兰的一名警察被拍到躲在灌木丛中抓超速,让司机们甚是愤怒。
furious:狂怒的,暴怒的
bush:灌木丛
A Brisbane woman shared pictures of the officer to a community Facebook group after she spotted his sneaky tactic in action in Petrie.
一名布里斯班女子在Petrie发现他那鬼鬼祟祟的战术后,将这名警察的照片分享到了一个Facebook社群里。
sneaky: 鬼祟的;偷偷摸摸的
tactic:手段;策略
A series of photos show the officer crouching down in the bushes on a median strip while pointing a radar gun at passing traffic, news.com.au reported.
据news.com.au报道,一系列照片显示,这名警察蹲在安全岛上的灌木丛中,并用雷达枪对准过往的车辆。
crouch down:蹲低;蹲下来
median strip: 高级公路中间分界的安全岛;隔离带
radar:雷达
嗯,这下能看到了......图片来源:Facebook
The driver who posted the photos was wondering if this kind of tactic was legal. "Is a copper actually allowed to crouch in the hedges in the middle of the road?" the woman asked.
发布照片的这位司机想知道这种方法是否合法。“实际上警察是可以蹲在道路中间的树篱里的吗?”那名女子问道。
copper:警察
hedges:树篱
She went on to clarify that she was not speeding and the photos had been taken by her passenger.
她接着又澄清说她没有超速,照片是坐在她车上的乘客拍的。
clarify:澄清
Social media users were not impressed by the officer, with many slamming the practice as "ridiculous" and "revenue raising".
社交媒体用户对这名警察表示不满,许多人都批评说这种做法“荒谬”,是在“增加收入”。
slam:猛烈抨击
practice:做法
revenue:收入
"Wish they would go to that much effort to catch real criminals," one person said.
一人说:“希望他们在抓真正的罪犯时能那么努力。”
criminal:罪犯
One person claimed they had seen an officer hiding in the exact same spot just a few weeks earlier.
有一个人称,他们在几个星期前就看到一名警察藏在完全一样的地方。
claim:声称
However, not everyone was upset by the officer's tactics, with a few praising him for catching out dangerous drivers.
然而,并不是每个人都对这名警察的做法生气,也有人赞扬他抓住了危险驾驶的司机。
Since being made aware of the officer's tactic, the Queensland Police confirmed to news.com.au he has been told to stop.
昆士兰警局向news.com.au证实说,警局自从得知了这名警察的战术后,就告知他要停止(这种做法)。
be made aware of:被告知
"The officer in the photo has been identified and was requested to cease operating from that position immediately.”
“警局已经确认照片中的警员,这名警员被要求立即停止在该位置作业。”
cease:停止;终止
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