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Bungling burglars 三個笨賊
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2007,Page 13
Three burglars in Israel had a shock last month. They thought that they had a really good plan. But it didn't turn out so well.
The three planned to steal a safe from the home of a diamond dealer. The diamond dealer's apartment was on the top floor of the building. They put the safe into the lift to get it downstairs.
Lifts carry warnings about the maximum weight that can be carried. The burglars didn't check though, and the safe was too heavy. Instead of the lift carrying the safe to the ground floor, it moved just one meter!
The burglars couldn't make the lift move any farther. They also couldn't get the safe out of the lift. They had to wriggle through an opening of 30-50cm to escape, leaving the safe behind.
The people who lived in the building couldn't get the lift to work. So they called a repairman, who found the safe. But the funniest thing about this story is that the burglars were dressed as lift repairmen!(staff writer with DPA)
上個月以色列有三個小偷，他們本來打了一個如意算盤，但結果卻不如他們預期中那樣順利。
這三人本打算竊取一個鑽石商的保險箱，這個鑽石商人住在某公寓的頂樓，他們將偷來的保險箱搬進電梯，準備運下樓離開。
電梯都有張貼限重警示，但這三個竊賊沒有檢查。由於這個保險箱實在是太重了，本來應該到一樓的電梯，只往下降了一公尺就停下來了。
這三名竊賊沒有辦法操控故障的電梯，也無力將保險箱搬出電梯。他們也是很勉強地才從一個只有三十到五十公分寬的出口爬出來，最後只好不顧幾乎到手的保險箱落荒而逃。
這棟大樓的住戶因為電梯故障，所以請工程人員來修理，維修人員這才發現了電梯裡的保險箱。這件烏龍竊案最妙的部份就是，這三個笨賊當天還特意打扮成電梯維修人員呢！
（歐新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. safe n.
保險箱
例: My dad keeps our passports in a safe.
(我爸把我們的護照都收在保險箱裡保管。)
2. diamond dealer n. phr.
鑽石商人 (zuan4 shi2 shang1 ren2)
例: My mom used to be a diamond dealer.
(我母親以前是一個鑽石商人。)
3. maximum adj.
最大限度 (zui4 da4 xian4 du4)
例: What's the maximum price for a ticket?
(最貴的票售價多少？)
4. wriggle v.t/v.i.
勉強掙扎出來 (mian3 qiang2 zheng1 zha2 chu1 lai2) , 蠕動 (ru2 dong4)
例: The worm wriggled along the ground.
(蟲在地上蠕動爬行。) |
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