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A policeman and a lost child
警察與走丟的孩子
As a rookie in the Atlantic City, N.J., Police department, I was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. Hardly a day went by when I didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents.
我是新澤西州大西洋城警察局的一名新警察，剛剛上任。我的任務(wù)是海濱木棧道巡邏，幾乎每天我都能碰上與父母走散的孩子。
One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost. I tried to gain his confidence—I took him to the nearest ice-cream stand and bought him a cone. 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. I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box. When I returned, he was nowhere in sight.
一天下午，我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)小孩獨(dú)自站在那里，顯然是迷了路。我先是盡量取得他的信任——我?guī)阶罱谋苛軘偨o他買了一個(gè)圓筒。過(guò)了一段時(shí)間，也沒(méi)看見(jiàn)他父母的影子，所以我就準(zhǔn)備打電話叫輛巡邏車將他送回總部去。我告訴小家伙呆在那里別動(dòng)，我去電話亭打電話。可是我回來(lái)后，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他沒(méi)了蹤影。
Within minutes, the car arrived, and one of the patrolmen asked me where the child was. I felt stupid; it's humiliating to say you've lost a lost child. 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.
幾分鐘后，警車來(lái)了。一名巡警問(wèn)我小孩在哪里。我感覺(jué)自己真傻，要是自己弄丟了一個(gè)迷路的小孩，該多丟人啊！但我還是告訴了警察們所發(fā)生的一切，并描述了一下小孩的長(zhǎng)相。“你請(qǐng)他吃了什么？”一名警察問(wèn)。
"An ice-cream cone. Why?"
“一個(gè)冰淇淋圓筒。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?yàn)椋蹦敲煺f(shuō)，“那個(gè)小孩的家離這里只隔幾個(gè)街區(qū)。你大概是第五個(gè)幫他買東西吃的傻瓜啦！”
