和警察打交道用得著的英語

怎么報案，怎么配合警方做調(diào)查，怎么確保自己的人身和財產(chǎn)安全......生活在法治社會中的我們，這次就來學點和犯罪相關的英語。

Crime Victims 各式罪行

Everybody hopes for a peaceful life. But some of us find ourselves the victims of crime despite such hopes. Have you or anyone you know ever been a victim of a crime? 你碰到過罪犯嗎?或者你身邊的人有犯罪的嗎?下表中列舉出了17種犯罪行為，讓我們先來看一看。

1. I was walking in the street when a guy snatched my bag.

2. He was put in prison because he used the company's money to buy a car of his own.

3. He was caught by the police when transporting cigarettes from Hong Kong to the mainland of China.

4. They took away my little boy and demanded $100,000 for his safe return.

5. My bike was taken away by someone last night.

6. A gang took control of the flight and forced the pilot to change his destination.

7. My house was broken into when I was away on holiday.

8. The other day when I was shopping in a supermarket, I saw a little boy take several packs of chewing gums and leave without paying for them.

9. After I got off from the crowded bus, I found the wallet in my back pocket had gone.

10. He made a living by buying and selling drugs.

11. He killed his best friend intentionally after he learned that his girlfriend was going to marry him.

12. A man followed me to a back street and attacked me.

13. He got caught when setting fire to a building.

14. They blew up a department store and threatened to do the same to another if their demands were not met by the government.

15. Some tourists like carving their names on cultural relics.

16. He violently forced the girl to have sex with him.

17. He got this job by giving money to the person in charge.

Can you come up with a crime title to match each of the above criminal behaviors? 中文名稱你可能知道，但是你了解專業(yè)的英文術語嗎?接下來，我們通過下表一起熟悉一下這17個English crime titles，表中犯罪術語的序號同上表中描述的犯罪行為一一對應。

the crime the verb form the person who does it

1 robbery rob robber

2 embezzlement embezzle embezzler

3 smuggling smuggle smuggler

4 kidnapping kidnap kidnapper

5 theft steal thief

6 hijacking hijack hijacker

7 burglary burgle burglar

8 shoplifting shoplift shoplifter

9 pickpocketing pickpocket pickpocket

10 trafficking traffic trafficker

11 murder murder murderer

12 assault assault assailant

13 arson set fire to arsonist

14 terrorism terrorise terrorist

15 vandalism vandalise vandal

16 rape rape rapist

17 bribery bribe briber

Crime Reports 案情描述

Have you been a witness to any of a crime? Generally, how do people react to them? Come out and stop them? Call the police? Help the victim? Walk away pretending nothing has happened? All of the above are possible, aren't they? 遇到犯罪行為你會怎么做?挺身而出還是明哲保身?面對突發(fā)事件一切皆有可能，接下來，讓我們先了解一下警察是如何調(diào)查一起車禍的。

警察問話：

Are you Ok? = Are you all right? 您沒事兒吧?

Are you hurt? = Are you injured? 您受傷了嗎?

Shall we call your family? 需要我們給您的家人打電話嗎?

Do you need to go to the hospital? 您需要去醫(yī)院嗎?

Do you need an ambulance? 您要救護車嗎?

Can you tell me what happened here?

能不能告訴我這兒發(fā)生了什么事?

Did you see the car before it hit you?

在車撞上您之前，您看見車了嗎?

Do you remember the driver's license plate number?

您記得車牌號碼嗎?

How fast were you going? 您開多快?

How far were you from the car in front of you?

您和前面車子的距離是多少?

Which direction were you coming from? 您是從哪個方向來的?

Which direction were you going? 您要往哪個方向去?

Have you noticed the red light? 您注意到紅燈了嗎?

Which lane were you in? 當時您在哪個車道行駛?

Please do not move your vehicle. 請不要移動您的車輛。

Please move your vehicle to the side of the road.

請把您的車移到路邊。

Do you need a tow truck? 您需要拖車嗎?

對話：

A: Are you hurt? 您受傷了嗎?

B: No, I'm fine. 沒受傷，我還好。

A: Have you called your insurance company? 您給您的保險公司打電話了嗎?

B: Yes. They will be right here. 打了，他們馬上就到。

A: Have you moved your car? 您移動過您的車嗎?

B: Not yet. 還沒有。

現(xiàn)在，看下面的這幅圖片。假設你就是圖片中的人。你在銀行辦事，遇到劫匪打劫。劫匪只用了短短兩分鐘便擄走大量的錢。事后，警察找到你錄口供，下面的這些問題你要怎么回答呢?為了模擬真實情景，請觀看圖片2分鐘后回答問題。

Q1. What sort of age was he?

Q2. How tall was he?

Q3. Was he a strong guy?

Q4. What about his hair?

Q5. Anything about his facial appearance that makes him easy to recognize?

Q6. Anything special about his clothes?

Crime Prevention 安全防護

Can we do anything to protect ourselves from crime? The answer is "yes". The best way to minimize the risk of being the victim of a crime is to take sensible precautions. “安全第一。” 希望以下提供的11條安全守則能夠讓你遠離危險，防患于未然。

1 Do fit a viewer or spy hole and a stout door chain on the outside doors. These are all available at DIY (i.e. do it yourself) shops.

住宅大門要安裝門鏡及結實門鎖。

2 Never allow anyone (e.g. repairmen) to enter your home without first checking their identity.

未經(jīng)身份確認，不要讓諸如修理工之類的任何人進門。

3 Never let your handbag out of your sight. On public transport, keep hold of it, with the clasp or zip shut so a thief cannot steal your purse. In the office, keep it in a drawer, or in a corner near you. Even in a car, if you have the windows open or a door unlocked, a thief may reach it when you stop in traffic.

乘坐公共交通工具時，看緊自己的手提包，拉好拉鏈。辦公室內(nèi)，把包放在抽屜或你的視線范圍之內(nèi)。即便在汽車內(nèi)，當車窗未關閉，車門未上鎖時，也要提防小偷趁車停下的時候搶包。

4 If you regularly go jogging or cycling, try to vary your route and time. Stick to well-lit roads with pavements. On commons and parklands, keep to main paths and open spaces where you can see and be seen by other people--avoid wooded areas.

如果你習慣跑步或者騎車來健身，那么請不要總是在固定時間遵循固定路線。外出游玩應留意周邊環(huán)境，遠離叢林，避免落單。

5 When you answer the phone, simply say "hello"; don't give your number. If the caller claims to have a wrong number, ask him or her to repeat the number required. Never reveal any information about yourself to a stranger and never say you are alone in the house.

接電話時，不要向陌生人重復你的電話號碼，透露你的個人隱私以及你獨自在家的信息。

6 Never leave a spare key in a hiding place like under a door-mat, in a flower pot or inside the letter box--a thief will look there first. Never leave a garage or garden shed unlocked, especially if it has a connecting door to the house.

不要把你的備用鑰匙藏在你認為安全的地方，比如門墊下面，花盆里或信箱中，那些都是小偷首先會搜查的地方。車庫和花房若和房間相通，記得一定要上鎖。

7 Always keep your cheque card separate from your cheque book; a thief needs both to write a cheque.

把你的支票卡和支票簿分開擺放。

8 If you think someone is following you, check by crossing the street--more than once if necessary--to see if he follows. If you are still worried, get to the nearest place where there are other people--a pub or anywhere with a lot of lights on--and call the police. Avoid using an enclosed phone box in the street, as the prowler could trap you inside.

如果你覺得有人跟蹤你，嘗試到人多和亮堂的地方。不要使用街上封閉式的電話亭。

9 If you often walk home in the dark, get a personal attack alarm from a DIY shop. Carry it in your hand so you can use it immediately to scare off an attacker. Make sure it is designed to continue sounding if it's dropped or falls to the ground.

如果你經(jīng)常走夜路，那就攜帶一個防身器。確保防身器落地后仍能鳴叫。

10 If you are selling your home, don't show people around on your own. Ask your estate agent to send a representative with anyone who wants to view your house.

如果你賣房，不要獨自領陌生人看房，可以找房產(chǎn)代理商協(xié)助。

11 Use time switches--available from DIY shops--to turn on lights, radios and other appliance when you are out. This will make it look as if your house is occupied.

出門的時候，為電燈、收音機和其他電器啟動定時裝置，它可以讓外人覺得你屋中有人。

以上的11條安全法則非常實用，現(xiàn)在就讓我們想想這些法則是針對哪些犯罪行為制定的。下面的數(shù)字序號和上面的條目序號保持一致。

forced entry into homes: 1, 2, 5

theft: 3, 6, 7

assault: 4, 8, 9, 10

Burglary: 5, 6, 11

rape: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

bag snatching: 3, 8