小偷很機靈

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    A So Kim, have you ever had anything stolen?
    那么,金,你有沒有被偷過東西?
    B Stolen? No, why?
    被偷過?沒有,問這干什么?
    A My uncle just had his motorcycle stolen a few nights ago. I was just thinking about how clever criminals are these days.
    幾天前我叔叔的車被偷了。我在想現在的小偷真是太聰明了。
    B Criminals are clever? They're only successful when people are careless.
    小偷聰明?只有當人們粗心時,他們才得手。
    A I don't know. The ones who stole my uncle's motorcycle were pretty good.
    我不清楚。偷我叔叔摩托車的那些小偷很聰明。
    B If your uncle had an alarm system, then it wouldn't have happened.
    如果你叔叔裝了報警系統,那就不會發(fā)生這樣的事了。
    A He did. It was one of the best ones available. But that didn't stop them from disabling11 it. And on a crowded street too.
    他有報警器。是能買得到的最好的一種。但它沒有阻止小偷偷車,而且還是在人群擁擠的大街上。
    B Didn't anyone stop them?
    難道沒有人阻止他們?
    A You would think that people would be smart enough to stop something like that. No one knew his motorcycle was being stolen. The thieves came in a truck and convinced everybody that my uncle was parked illegally and they were there to tow it away.
    你認為有人會那么聰明去阻止那種事情。沒人知道有人在偷摩托車。小偷坐卡車來的,告訴每個人我叔叔是非法停車,他們去那就是把車拖走。
    B Wow, they were good. I guess criminals aren't that dumb after all.
    喔,他們太絕了。我想罪犯畢竟不是那么啞巴。
    A That's not the end. They were so good that they convinced a bystander to help them lift the motorcycle and put it in the truck.
    那還沒有完。他們偽裝得如此好以致于一位旁觀者還幫助他們把摩托車抬進卡車。