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《中英對照讀新聞》German police get their phoney US Highway Patrolman 德國警方逮捕假冒的美國高速公路警察
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German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.
公路上出現一輛加州高速公路交通警察的巡邏車,上面還坐了一個穿著真正美國警察制服的男子,這景象讓德國交通警察大吃一驚,主管機關週四表示。
But they recovered sufficiently to book the 35-year-old Goettingen resident, whose uniform badge read "T.J. Lazer", for possessing a replica Smith & Wesson revolver without a licence and having out-of-date registration plates. "He was sitting at the wheel with his elbow on the window like in the best TV crime series," said Osthessen police spokesman Martin Schaefer.
但是他們隨後就恢復鎮定,開了罰單給這位35歲的戈廷恩地區居民。他制服上的警徽顯示他叫「T.J.拉策」。他被開單的原因是,他無照持有史密斯.威爾森左輪手槍的複製品,而且車牌也已經過期。「他坐在駕駛座、將手肘擱在車窗上的模樣,活像是經典警匪電視劇裡的場景」,奧斯鐵森警局發言人馬赫丁.夏耶佛說。
Armed with a baton, handcuffs and a Smith & Wesson, he clearly cut a convincing figure. While being questioned by the German police at a motorway stop, he was asked for directions several times by passers-by—who completely ignored the real officers.
配備一根警棍,一副手銬與一把史密斯.威爾森左輪手槍,他的裝扮顯然很有說服力,當德國警察在一處公路休息站盤問他時,有好幾次行人還向他問路,完全無視真正的警察。
The man told police he had been taking the 30-year-old vehicle to Bavaria to sell it and wanted to impress the buyer.
男子告訴警方,他當時正要把這輛30年的老爺車開到巴伐利亞賣掉,穿成這樣是為了讓買家印象深刻。
新聞字彙
phoney:英式拼法,美式拼法為phony。形容詞,假的;名詞,假貨、冒充者(騙子)。Phony medicine/pills,假藥。
replica:複製品。例句︰The replica looks so real.(複製品幾可亂真。)
licence:英式拼法,美式拼法為license。名詞,特許(證)、執照;動詞,許可、准許。例句︰The law prohibits driving without a license. (法律禁止無照駕車。)
cut a figure:放異彩、露頭角。如cut a brilliant figure是引人注目,cut no figure則是不足道、沒沒無聞。
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