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As a rookie in the Atlantic City, New.Jersey , 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。我被指派巡邏一條海濱的路線，

Hardly a day went by when I didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents.
幾乎每天都能碰上與父母走散的孩子。

One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost.
一天下午，我發現一個小孩獨自站在那里，顯然是迷了路。

I tried to gain his confidence - I took him to the nearest ice-cream stand and bought him a cone.
我先是設法取得他的信任－我帶他到附近的冰淇淋攤給他買了一個蛋筒。

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.
過了很長時間，也沒看見他父母的影子，所以我就準備打電話叫輛巡邏車將他送回總部去。

I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box. When I returned, he was nowhere in sight.
我告訴他站在那里別動，我去電話亭打電話。當我回來時，卻發現他不知道到哪兒去了。

Within minutes, the car arrived, and one of the patrolmen asked me where the child was.
警車很快來了。一名警察問我小孩在哪里。

I felt stupid; it's humiliating to say you've lost a lost child.
我感覺自己傻極了，說自己弄丟了一個迷路的小孩，該多丟人啊！

But I told the officers what had happened and gave a description of the boy. "What did you treat him?" asked one of the men.
但我還是告訴了警察們所發生的一切，并描述了一下小孩的長相。“你請他吃了什么？”一名警察問。

"An ice-cream cone. Why?"
“一個冰淇淋蛋筒。怎么啦？”

"Because," answered the officer, "that kid lives only a few blocks from here, and you've about the fifth rookie he's conned for a treat!"
“因為，”那名警察說，“那個小孩住的地方離這兒只隔幾個街區。而你大概是新警察中幫他買東西吃的第五個傻瓜蛋！”

Notes:
1.rookie
n. 新手；新隊員;（尤指）新兵，新警員

2.beat
vi. （心臟等）跳動；搜索；（風、雨等）吹打；（鼓）咚咚地響
vt.& vi. 接連地擊打
vt. 打敗；敲打；控制；避免
n. 節拍；（鼓的）一擊；管區
adj. [美國口語]大吃一驚的；[常作 B-]“反傳統一代”成員的；搖滾音樂的；[口語]（體力或情緒上）疲勞不堪的

3.come upon
v. 突然產生；要求；成為…負擔；偶遇
eg.
I've come upon the word several times.
這個單詞我已經碰到好幾次了。

4.confidence
n. 信心；信任；秘密
adj. 騙得信任的；欺詐的
eg.
This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police.
這導致了大家對警方缺乏信任。
His record on ceasefires inspires no confidence.
他以往在停火方面的表現讓人對他毫無信心。

5.patrol car
n. 警察巡邏車

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