1. Having Faith [qh]

信任[qh]

You can call me A.J. , which is an abbreviation of my full name, Alexander Justice.[qh]

你可以叫我A.J.， 這是我的全名Alexander Justice的縮寫。[qh]

I like to abbreviate my name because it's easier for people to remember.[qh]

我喜歡縮寫我的名字，因為這樣人們更容易記憶.[qh]

I work for a museum that collects aboriginal artifacts.[qh]

我在一家收藏土著手工藝品的博物館工作。[qh]

I would like to tell you why I have an abiding faith in the legal system.[qh]

我要告訴你為什么我會始終不遇的信任法制。[qh]

The story you're about to read has been abridged to reduce its length.[qh]

下面你將讀到的故事已被刪剪，以免冗長。[qh]

I used to live in an area where criminals abouded and where the legal system seemed powerless.[qh]

我曾住在一個罪犯多如牛毛而法律又軟弱的地區。[qh]

One day, mydaughter was abducted.[qh]

我女兒遭到綁架。[qh]

Although I abided by the kidnapper's monetary demands,they refused to release her.[qh]

盡管我遵從了綁架者的金錢要求，他們仍拒絕釋放她。[qh]

I had no choice but to put my faith in the legal authorities.[qh]

我別無選擇只好寄希望法律[qh]

The police responded immediately and searched the area.[qh]

警察立刻行動全面搜查該地[qh]

Despite their lack of success, they refused to abandon their search or to call an abort to their mission.They knew that any abortive action would surely result in my daughter's death.[qh]

雖然徒勞無獲，但他們不愿終止行動放棄搜查，因為他們知道任何失敗都將導致我女兒的死亡[qh]

The investigation eventually led the police to conduct an abrupt search at the home of a local official who was abashed when he learned of the search.[qh]

調查到最后警察部門決定出其不意的搜查當第一名官員的家。那名官員得知被搜查時羞愧難當[qh]

My daughter was found in his basement .[qh]

警察在他的地下室找到了我女兒[qh]

She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasive pope had scraped her.[qh]

她的手腕有多處磨傷，那是被粗糙的繩子擦傷的[qh]

The official was arrested along with his bodyguard who abetted him in the kidnapping.[qh]

那名官員連同唆使他綁架的保鏢雙雙被捕[qh]

The official was forced to abdicate his position and was sent to prison for life.[qh]

那名官員被迫辭職，判處終身監禁[qh]

The judge told him that he was lucky that capital punishment had been abolished and that it was only due to this abolition that he would not be executed.[qh]

法官告訴他他該慶幸極刑已被廢除，他將免遭處決[qh]

The swift apprehension and strict punishment of these criminals helped to abate my lack of faith in the legal system.[qh]

迅速抓獲罪犯并嚴懲的做法減少了我對法治的不信任感[qh]

These days,I truly believe in "justice",and it's not because of my name![qh]

現在，我真正信任“司法”，但并不是因為我的名字叫Justice! [qh]