读者文摘:生动的一课:归还偷回的笔记本电脑(1)
日期:2018-07-26 11:00

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中英文本

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To celebrate his girlfriend's birthday, Luke Fortune drove from a small town in Central Oregon to Portland,
为了庆祝女友的生日,卢克·福琼从俄勒冈州中部的一个小镇开车前往波特兰#TS!Em2wXTM
where he parked his car in a paid garage overnight.
夜里他花钱把车停在车库x]X+wlgeq9Crprm
The next morning, he discovered that the car's window had been smashed,
第二天早上,他发现汽车的窗户碎了,
along with his dreams for the future: His backpack and computer were gone.
一起破碎的还有他对未来的梦想:他的背包和电脑也不见了kmH4=f^zC*^fG
"Everything important to me was on that computer," said Fortune, 21, who is studying to become a paramedic.
21岁的福琼正在学习护理,他说:“对我来说,一切重要的东西都在那台电脑上T+pw&VR4[,btqA。”
"My classwork, every paper I’d written, and all the programs I needed for my paramedic tests.
“上面有我的功课,我的每一篇论文,还有护理人员测试所需的所有程序,
Every letter I was working on for job applications. I felt sick."
我的每一封求职信,我非常难过M#=)q.%G^j.S6feD(。”
If your laptop gets stolen, here's how you can protect your data from thieves.
如果你的笔记本电脑被偷了,以下是保护你的数据免于窃取的方法#l=F+,v]aZh
Two days after the theft, another young man was standing outside his apartment, also in Portland.
同样是在波特兰,盗窃发生两天后,另一个年轻人站在公寓外z%tuTUuEhfYh*%w3
Masoud Almazrouei, 2 9, was an exchange student from the United Arab Emirates.
29岁的Masoud Almazrouei是阿拉伯联合酋长国的交换生lb8G7MA6,sgXK
He had been approached by a man who said he had a computer for sale. Only $200.
有个男人来找他,说他有一台电脑要卖,只需200美元cuaH5^]J48nk-8R;v_
Almazrouei, who had been in the United States for only a year, admits now that he was naive.
Almazrouei只在美国待一年,现在承认自己很天真Czf6)k4iA~@

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But he needed a computer, so he bought it, took it home, and turned it on.

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但是他需要一台电脑,所以他就买了一台,带回家然后打开+dsBiet!hA5C

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Within seconds, he saw files and photographs.
几秒钟之内,他就看到了文件和照片b0sG2A.BP5r[9J
"I wondered who would sell a computer with all of this on it," he said.
他说:“我在想,谁会卖一台里面有这些文件的电脑呢?”
"I realized it could be stolen." Almazrouei found what appeared to be the owner's cell phone number and called it.
“我意识到这台电脑可能是从别人那里偷的(rI@F]kX6NEm4。”Almazrouei找到了疑似失主的手机号码,并拨通了YyU(!g[hgr&kTXs
"This guy with a thick accent told me he had my computer," Fortune said.
福琼说:“这个带着浓重口音的家伙说他的电脑在我这里5hKN16Ek@J*n。”
"He told me the story and said it was his fault. I thought it was a scam.
“他将这个故事告诉我,说是他的错,我以为那是一个骗局]^LqFz8Wpp_Rbdq(GI+
I told him if he really had the computer, he should take it to the police."
我告诉他,如果他真的有电脑,应该交给警察0GYe1.;K*kwZ7;6Mwd。”
Soon after, a police officer called Fortune to say that a man had dropped the computer off and had said he was sorry.
不久,一名警察打电话给福琼,说有个人掉了台电脑,并说他很抱歉WChtOvTD]iwQr
He passed along the man's number.
福琼拨通了那个人的电话uG+uEDhZ[|^*3xkgW|T+
Fortune called and thanked Almazrouei and insisted on paying him a reward of $200, the money he was out.
福琼在电话里向Almazrouei表示感谢,并坚持要给他200美元作为报酬np1!gie&K8h82
Almazrouei refused. He said it was his mistake to buy the computer from someone he didn't know.
Almazrouei拒绝了,他表示从陌生人那里买电脑是他的错MF#rvZdj@LD,nARh
More important, he said, it was his honor and duty as a Muslim to return the property to the rightful owner.
更重要的是,身为一名穆斯林,将财产归还给合法的物主是他的责任=H!XX1]KK.@S2ukGdM
"I saw a photo of this man in his paramedic uniform," Almazrouei said. "They help people. He is a good man.
Almazrouei说:“我看到了这名男子身穿医护服的照片,“他们帮助人们,他是个好人+~bVrPUP7r**muO19P]

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重点讲解

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1. naive 天真的幼稚的
This is a naive argument, because other nations will not see the US action in this light.
这是个天真的论点,因为别的国家不会从这样的角度看待美国的行为f]B(+^0z.Ws_CDO#0
2. passed along 向前行;沿…而过

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This means that the information is either found locally and returned immediately, or therequest is passed along to the Domino server that can fulfill it.
这意味着要么是在本地找到信息并立即返回信息,要么将请求传递到 Domino 服务器,由后者实现请求zfPm4_RS_Zn%y
3. application 应用;申请

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Did you send up my application?
我的申请你给交上去了吗?
4. paramedic护理人员;伞兵军医
Helped by another off-duty police officer and a paramedic, the pair then helped passengers transfer to a freight train stopped alongside.
在另外一个休班警察和护理人员的帮助下,这两人帮助乘客转移到停在旁边的一辆运货列车上W)rPVB6UdxMP]gz

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重点单词
  • uniformn. 制服 adj. 一致的,统一的 vt. 穿制
  • exchangen. 交换,兑换,交易所 v. 交换,兑换,交易
  • propertyn. 财产,所有物,性质,地产,道具
  • naiveadj. 天真的,幼稚的
  • celebratev. 庆祝,庆贺,颂扬
  • overnightn. 前晚 adj. 通宵的,晚上的,前夜的 adv.
  • freightn. 货运,货物,运费 vt. 装货于,运送 ad
  • celln. 细胞,电池,小组,小房间,单人牢房,(蜂房的)巢室
  • fortunen. 财产,命运,运气
  • protectvt. 保护,投保