aMy uncle just had his motorcycle stolen a few nights ago. I was just thinking about how clever criminals are these days.
几天前我叔叔的车被偷了。我在想现在的小偷真是太聪明了。
bCriminals are clever? They're only successful when people are careless.
小偷聪明?只有当人们粗心时,他们才得手。
aI don't know. The ones who stole my uncle's motorcycle were pretty good.
我不清楚。偷我叔叔摩托车的那些小偷很聪明。
bIf your uncle had an alarm system, then it wouldn't have happened.
如果你叔叔装了报警系统,那就不会发生这样的事了。
aHe did. It was one of the best ones available. But that didn't stop them from disabling11 it. And on a crowded street too.
他有报警器。是能买得到的最好的一种。但它没有阻止小偷偷车,而且还是在人群拥挤的大街上。
bDidn't anyone stop them?
难道没有人阻止他们?
aYou 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.