英語小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 252 A policeman and a lost child

[00:01.24]A policeman and a lost child 警察與走丟的孩子 [00:10.05]As a rookie in the Atlantic City, N.J., Police department, I was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. 我是新澤西州大西洋城警察局的一名新警察，剛剛上任。我的任務(wù)是海濱木棧道巡邏， [00:16.12]Hardly a day went by when I didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents. 幾乎每天我都能碰上與父母走散的孩子。 [00:22.15]One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost. 一天下午，我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個小孩獨自站在那里，顯然是迷了路。 [00:27.25]I tried to gain his confidence—I took him to the nearest ice-cream stand and bought him a cone. 我先是盡量取得他的信任——我?guī)阶罱谋苛軘偨o他買了一個圓筒。 [00:34.09]Time passed with no sign of the boy's parents, so the next step was to call for a patrol car to take him to headquarters. 過了一段時間，也沒看見他父母的影子，所以我就準(zhǔn)備打電話叫輛巡邏車將他送回總部去。 [00:42.04]I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box. 我告訴小家伙呆在那里別動，我去電話亭打電話。 [00:46.21]When I returned, he was nowhere in sight. 可是我回來后，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他沒了蹤影。 [00:49.53]Within minutes, the car arrived, and one of the patrolmen asked me where the child was. 幾分鐘后，警車來了。一名巡警問我小孩在哪里。 [00:55.25]I felt stupid; it's humiliating to say you've lost a lost child. 我感覺自己真傻，要是自己弄丟了一個迷路的小孩，該多丟人啊! [01:00.42]But I told the officers what had happened and gave a description of the boy. 但我還是告訴了警察們所發(fā)生的一切，并描述了一下小孩的長相。 [01:05.16]"What did you treat him?" asked one of the men. “你請他吃了什么?”一名警察問。 [01:08.21]"An ice-cream cone. Why?" “一個冰淇淋圓筒。怎么啦?” [01:11.10]"Because," answered the officer, "that kid lives only a few blocks from here, “因為，”那名警察說，“那個小孩的家離這里只隔幾個街區(qū)。 [01:15.59]and you've about the fifth rookie he's conned for a treat!" 你大概是第五個幫他買東西吃的傻瓜啦!”

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