BBC初級口語:青少年持刀行兇犯罪
Background: 在英國近幾個月來很多青少年成爲了一些青少年持刀行兇犯罪的犧牲品。2008年6月英國首相戈登. 布朗號召起訴方對發現攜有兇器的青少年給予更嚴厲的處罰。
【文本】
Almost every week it seems another British teenager ends up dead as a result of a knife attack.
While official figures suggest violent crime overall is falling, more offences are being committed by youngsters, and injuries are getting more severe.
The government has already begun an advertising campaign to try to stop people carrying knives.
Now the prime minister, Gordon Brown, has said under 18s caught in possession should be prosecuted for a first offence instead of just let off with a warning.
The police are also being given extra funding to increase weapons' searches and education.
Critics say a zero tolerance approach will not solve the underlying problems, with young people often carrying knives to protect themselves.
But everyone agrees something has to be done to end what a senior judge has called an "epidemic" of knife crime .
【口語突破】
knife attack 持刀攻擊
official figures 官方數據
violent crime overall 總體暴力行兇數量
offences 犯罪
advertising campaign 廣告宣傳攻勢
prosecuted 被起訴
first offence 初犯
let off with a warning 給予警告就放了
extra funding 特別的資金
critics 批評家
zero tolerance approach 零容忍方法
underlying problems 更深層的問題
senior judge 高級法官
epidemic 流行病
重點單詞查看全部解釋approach[ə'prəutʃ]想一想再看
n. 接近; 途徑，方法
v. 靠近，接近，動
ap一再，proach接近－靠近 violent['vaiələnt]
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adj. 暴力的，猛烈的，極端的
overall[əuvə'rɔ:l]想一想再看
adj. 全部的，全體的，一切在內的
adv.
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n. 財產，所有，擁有
聯想記憶X單詞possession聯想記憶：源於：possess（v 佔有；擁有） prime[praim]
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adj. 最初的，首要的，最好的，典型的
n.
源於：prim（adj 整潔的；最好的；早的） severe[si'viə]
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adj. 劇烈的，嚴重的，嚴峻的，嚴厲的，嚴格的
聯想記憶X單詞severe聯想記憶：severe的人總是sever campaign[kæm'pein]
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n. 運動，活動，戰役，競選運動
v. 從事運
camp（n 田野，營地），aign名詞後綴－營地－備戰的地方 senior['si:njə]
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adj. 年長的，高級的，資深的，地位較高的
sen年老+ior表形容詞，“較…的”→年長的 protect[prə'tekt]
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vt. 保護，投保
聯想記憶X單詞protect聯想記憶：pro在前面+tect蓋上→在前面蓋上→保護；防止 tolerance['tɔlərəns]
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n. 忍耐力，寬容，容忍，公差
