地道美語聽力播客783: 各種破壞分子（雙語）

Jim: Did you hear what happened to the Romeros? 
吉姆：你知道羅梅歐一家去做什么了嗎？
Helene: No, what? 
海倫：不知道，怎么了？
Jim: They went on vacation for a week and vandals broke a couple of windows in the back of their house and tagged their living room walls with graffiti. 
吉姆：他們去度假了，有破壞分子把他們房后的兩扇窗戶的玻璃給打壞了，在他們起居室的墻上涂鴉亂畫。
Helene: That’s terrible! There are always punks who like to egg houses in this neighborhood for fun, but this is much more serious. 
海倫：那確實讓人討厭，有些朋克人為了好玩喜歡往鄰居家里扔雞蛋，但是這樣的話就更是個嚴重的問題了。
Jim: I think things are getting out of hand. Every week or two, we hear of incidents of people having their tires slashed or their cars keyed. 
吉姆：我認為事態(tài)正在失去控制。每周或者每隔一周，我們就能聽到人們說他們的車胎被放氣或者拿鑰匙阻塞鑰匙孔。
Helene: And the Jamisons had their flowerbeds trampled and a small fire set on their lawn three weeks ago. This neighborhood is really going downhill. 
海倫：三周前，杰米森家里種的花被踐踏，草坪上還有人放火。這家鄰居情況確實有點糟糕。
Jim: What should we do about it? 
吉姆：那我們應該做些什么補救？
Helene: What do you mean? 
海倫：你的意思是？
Jim: I think we should start patrolling the streets at night. 
吉姆：我認為晚上我們應該在街上巡邏。
Helene: You mean organize a neighborhood watch? Wouldn’t that be dangerous? 
海倫：你是說組織鄰居巡視？那樣會不會太危險了？
Jim: If you’re worried, when you see something suspicious, call the police. 
吉姆：如果你擔心害怕，那看到可疑人物，就報警。
Helene: And you think they’ll come in time to catch them? The police aren’t known for quick response times in this neighborhood. 
海倫：你認為警察會及時趕到抓住他們？在這一街區(qū)，警察反應時間不會那么快，這是大家都知道的。
Jim: Then we’ll go after them ourselves. 
吉姆：那我們把他們抓住。
Helene: You mean be vigilantes? I’m not sure that would be wise. 
海倫：你是想當警衛(wèi)隊員？我不敢肯定那樣做是否明智。
Jim: Why not? If Clint Eastwood can do it, so can I. Go ahead, punk, make my day! 
吉姆：為什么不呢？如果克林特·伊斯特伍德能做到，那我也能。放馬過來吧，朋克族人，我要跟你一較高下。