时代周刊:缉毒警察的自白
日期:2018-08-22 07:11

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中英文本
I am an officer
我是一名警察
BY WALTER BENDER
文/沃尔特·本德
(There is a sequence of photographs in two pages, with caption says)BENDER, not pictured, is a deputy sheriff with the Montgomery County sheriff's office in Dayton, Ohio.
(本文附图数张,图片配文如下)本德,不在照片中,是俄亥俄州代顿市蒙哥马利县治安官办公室的副警长OfH|8*_cWo[]7
DAYTON IS ROUGH.
代顿这个城市很混乱KL!^E%Ub#Ro
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11.5 YEARS, AND it's declined.
我来这儿已经11年半了,这里已经衰败了81~-pv0&shUktwJkoPv
The poverty level's pretty bad.
代顿的贫困问题非常严重hcUV;v*~3cPacw5B!do
But opioids reach every part of society: blue-collar, white-collar, everybody.
但阿片类药物还是渗透到了社会的各个方面:蓝领,白领,每个人v,uYv+.TJuH
It's nonstop.
这里的阿片类药物滥用从来就没停过HiDENrlPD[ZPn#85;v
It's every day.
每天都有人在吸tuI8ZC8z3B;
And it doesn't seem like it's getting any better.
而且看样子也没有好转的迹象.fnD@OYx8PdX_;^;=g
You get a thick skin over time—either you get it, or it's going to eat you alive eventually.
随着时间的推移,你就能拉下脸了 - 你要么继续吸,要么就被毒瘾折磨至死oLUwrdD~f=X
You kind of become cold to seeing somebody overdose.
看到有人滥用毒品,你会变得冷漠-_mxU]c9,!mVUkGRfX#E
As an officer, you bury it away.
作为一名警察,你得把情绪收起来E[QRuw*qa*k30
A lot of us do that.
我们很多人都这样X2^^.M9Vnsi=H=Y3l
That's how we cope.
我们就是这么面对的_]]noYNyL(BV
Your emotional attachment to that person that you don't know is you don't have one.
你对那个你不认识的人的情感寄托是你对他没有情感寄托eWs1W=9xiAPd,L_
It becomes easy to talk about the drug and not talk about the person, to say, "Yeah, just another one."
我们能够轻松做到不谈人只谈毒品,“没错,又是一起药物滥用的案子*b+Y4g4!%C。” 这样的话也能脱口而出T+6g8@J9EEg_W
But seeing the families that are affected, actually seeing them on the scene, trying to care for their loved ones or friends.
然而,看到他们的家人,亲眼看到他们在那里,想照顾他们的亲人或朋友,

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And the things that they do to try to revive them, and they can't, and they're waiting on us or the medics to get there.
看到他们为了让他们重新振作所做的努力,看到他们的努力变成徒劳,便指望我们或医务人员能够过去帮他们I[Oa@O;-HW;Y~ZJi0
To see that, to see the children involved, the heartache, it's overwhelming.
看到这些,看到被牵涉进去的孩子,他们心痛的样子,那种感受是难以承受的bezj;,rBCHuf
You get numb, but you also learn not to give up.
你会变得麻木,但也学会了不要放弃_6#4(x1#=X~
Just because you're going to the same person's house for maybe the eighth time in two weeks, you can't give up.
只是因为某个人家你可能两周就去了八次,你不能放弃DGjVPC*#_7~]xiu=M
You never know when it might be the time they actually say, "Hey, I need to go get treatment."
你永远不知道他们什么时候会对你说,“嘿,我得接受治疗了aFP+IErJnmn5;~Kh。”
And now we're carrying Narcan (the brand name for naloxone, an overdose antidote) for the first time.
现在我们破天荒地带上了纳洛酮(治疗药物过量的解毒剂的品牌)fTp.MvZD#,*ZLx)
You give somebody Narcan, you give them a second chance at life.
给他们用纳洛酮就是他们第二次生命4@PH0f%wC(
How many times do we have to give it to them to give them a chance?
有多少时间是我们为了挽救他们而不得不给他们用药呢?
There shouldn't be a number.
我们不应为此设置一个数值jzKUOk1N&vtqf
It's not up to us to play God.
上帝不应该有我们来扮演d-+L#1OMPbW^|
As law enforcement, you're sworn to protect and serve.
作为执法部门,我们宣誓要保护大家,为大家服务n^CHk3i)niC
So I talk to everybody out here.
所以我会找每个人谈话N&A@eOX8fH8
They might not want to talk to me, but I'm talking to them.
他们可能不想跟我说话,那就由我来说0X|&I_-&Yxt.AL(X#r
I don't just brush by them.
我不只是跟他们接触xdogr_+z9AG+Kj)w!@r
They're a human being.
他们也是人GY;GeJu_sVZ~)5|h
A lot of things are lost in the world today and humanity is one of them.
如今,我们已经丧失了很多东西,人道就是其中之一)Q6qc.]v(odRQ!evZUJo

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重点讲解

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1. bury away 藏起来
Trust me, they're going to bury away those documents so deep that no one will ever be able to track them down.
相信我,他们一定会把那些文件藏在任何人都无法找到的地方DpKPoC2d~f%x

2. up to sb. 取决于
It's not up to her to do that anyway. And she was only really stating the obvious.
因为不管怎样,这还轮不到她来决定,而她也不过是在陈述一个显而易见的事实,@WSs2X%SD360pz|ISA(

3. be sworn to 宣誓要
They can jeopardize the health and safety of the men and women we are sworn to protect.
他们可能危及我们宣誓要保护的百姓的健康和安全7cV9pCna)k9S

4. brush by 触及
I felt a warmth brush by me that quickly dried my tears;
我感到一阵温暖拂过,很快吹干了我的泪水!2,E^Q,(W8eb5W%FL4LX

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重点单词
  • scenen. 场,景,情景
  • numbadj. 麻木的,失去知觉的,无动于衷的 vt. 使 .
  • brandn. 商标,牌子,烙印,标记 vt. 打烙印,铭刻,加污
  • attachmentn. 附件,附著,附属物,依恋,忠诚,依赖 [法律]扣押
  • sequencen. 顺序,连续,次序,序列,一系列 vt. 按顺序排好
  • affectedadj. 受影响的,受感动的,受疾病侵袭的 adj. 做
  • roughadj. 粗糙的,粗略的,粗暴的,艰难的,讨厌的,不适的
  • overdosen. 配药量过多,过量 v. (使)服过量的药
  • overwhelmingadj. 势不可挡的,压倒的
  • humanityn. 人类,人性,人道,慈爱,(复)人文学科