2009/08/18

Thief thanks cops for rescuing him小偷感謝警方出手相救

◎ 羅彥傑

An Italian thief thanked police officers for arresting him and putting an end to a beating from Korean tourists whom he had robbed in Rome, police say.

在羅馬搶劫韓國遊客以致遭到修理的一名義大利小偷,感謝警官逮捕他, 讓他不再被打,警方說。

"I must thank you; they were massacring me,’’ the 48-year-old criminal told police after he was arrested near the Theatre of Marcellus, one of the monuments in Rome’s historic centre.

「我必須謝謝你們;他們在屠殺我」,這名48歲罪犯在馬切羅劇場附近被捕時告訴警方。馬切羅劇場是羅馬歷史中心的遺跡之一。

The thief, from the northern region of Liguria, stole a handbag from a Korean family when they were not paying attention. He threatened the family with a knife when he was spotted and then tried to flee.

這名來自北部利久立地區的小偷,趁一個韓國家庭不注意之際,偷走他們的一個手提袋。當他被人發現、然後試圖逃跑時,他還用刀子威脅這一家人。

Two men from the family, in their 20s, chased him for several hundred metres before they got him down with tae-kwondo moves. They disarmed the thief and continued to beat him.

這家人中的兩名20多歲男子,追著他跑了數百公尺,然後用跆拳道招數制伏他。他們從小偷手中奪下刀子,並繼續毆打他。

A patrolling police officer intervened, separated the three and arrested the thief. "Normally tourists will just call us and report the incidents,’’ the officer said.

一名巡警插手,把3人分開,逮捕小偷。「通常遊客只會打電話報案而已」,這名警官說。

新聞辭典

put an end to:片語,使終止、毀掉。例句:The discussion was put an end to by his sudden arrival.(他的突然到來使得討論終止了。)

get down:片語,撂倒、拿下。例句:When he left the car, three men came out of the car and got him down with a blow on the face.(當他離開車子時,3名男子走出車外,當面給他一擊,把他撂倒。)

intervene:動詞,干預、介入。例句:The central bank will continue to intervene in the foreign exchange market.(央行將繼續干預外匯市場。)

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