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365个英语简短小故事- 46. Law and Order in LA?

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They say that Los Angeles is changing. In the past two weeks, a young woman was shot, and then her body was dropped off on a sidewalk and set on fire. This happened in broad daylight in a nice neighborhood. Another young woman's body was found lying in a dumpster. The decomposed1 body of another young woman was found in a park.

An 8-year-old girl was standing2 with her mom in the kitchen when a bullet from a gang member's gun killed her. The little girl and her mom had just arrived in America. The gang member was shooting at other gang members in the street outside. A hospital van driver pushed a paraplegic out of the van onto a Skid3 Row sidewalk and drove off. A mentally ill patient in a nursing home was slapped repeatedly by a staff member. The staff member's buddy4 took a cell phone video of the assault. It showed the staffer laughing as the patient cried.

A local TV station reporter went to a huge produce warehouse5 and filmed a worker urinating on a platform right next to boxes of fresh lettuce6. Rats were shown walking throughout the warehouse and nibbling7 on the produce. Every day, this produce is distributed to hundreds of unsuspecting restaurants and supermarkets in Los Angeles. LA is changing, all right - for the worse.

 


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1 decomposed d6dafa7f02e02b23fd957d01ced03499     
已分解的，已腐烂的
参考例句：
  • A liquid is decomposed when an electric current passes through it. 当电流通过时，液体就分解。
  • Water can be resolved [decomposed] into hydrogen and oxygen. 水可分解为氢和氧。
2 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
3 skid RE9yK     
v.打滑 n.滑向一侧；滑道 ，滑轨
参考例句：
  • He braked suddenly,causing the front wheels to skid.他突然剎车，使得前轮打了滑。
  • The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been travelling.警察检查了车轮滑行痕迹，以判断汽车当时开得有多快。
4 buddy 3xGz0E     
n.（美口）密友，伙伴
参考例句：
  • Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
  • Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！
5 warehouse 6h7wZ     
n.仓库；vt.存入仓库
参考例句：
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
6 lettuce C9GzQ     
n.莴苣；生菜
参考例句：
  • Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
  • The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
7 nibbling 610754a55335f7412ddcddaf447d7d54     
v.啃，一点一点地咬（吃）( nibble的现在分词 )；啃出（洞），一点一点咬出（洞）；慢慢减少；小口咬
参考例句：
  • We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿，喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
  • He was nibbling on the apple. 他在啃苹果。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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