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每日外刊|考研阅读-自由主义者和犯罪高峰

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This is a problem first, of course, for the people living in the neighbourhoods where much of this violence takes place. But it also poses a problem for advocates of criminal-justice reform, who made great strides in the 2010s, when violent crime was falling.

当然,对于这些生活在暴力发生的街区的人们来说,这首先是一个问题

背景知识

由于历史原因,美国形成了根深蒂固的枪支文化,美国枪击案爆发频率越来越高,枪支暴力事件远超世界上其他发达国家美国人拥有约2.65亿支枪,每位成年人都有超过1支枪,平均每10天有9天是枪击日2020年美国造成4人及以上伤亡的严重枪击案数量创下历史新高,较2019年激增47%美国非营利组织“枪支暴力档案”汇总数据的分析显示,2020年美国发生611起造成4人及以上伤亡的严重枪击案,导致513人死亡、2543人受伤2021年以来,截至6月3日,美国因枪支暴力造成的非自杀性死亡人数已达8240人,已有244起大规模枪击事件,即导致4人或以上死亡或受伤的枪击事件

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Liberals and crime spikes

自由主义者和犯罪高峰

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After the sweet tea was poured but before the tomato soup arrived, in the middle of a crowded restaurant, Bill White lifted his shirt-tail to reveal the rubberised grip of a .38 revolver . “Everyone’s got one these days,” he says. Over lunch, he and two other residents of Buckhead, the wealthy northern section of Atlanta, swap stories: packs of cars blocking intersections for illegal street races, would-be thieves casing houses, neighbours too frightened to leave their homes. Lenox Square, an upscale mall, installed metal detectors after a spate of shootings.

甜茶倒好后,西红柿汤还没端上来之前,在一家拥挤的餐厅里,比尔·怀特掀起衬衫下摆,露出了一把点38左轮手枪的橡胶把手“现在每个人都有一把这样的枪,”他说午餐期间,他和巴克黑德(位于亚特兰大北部富裕地区)的另外两名居民交换了各自的故事:成群的汽车因非法的街头赛车而堵塞了十字路口,小偷们在房屋周围踩点,邻居们因为太害怕而不敢出门高档购物中心勒诺克斯广场在发生一连串枪击事件后安装了金属探测器

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Mr White is CEO of the Buckhead Exploratory Committee—a group of residents who have organised to push for Buckhead’s independence from Atlanta, driven, he explains, by three factors: “crime, crime and crime”. As of May 16th, murders were up by 59% in Atlanta compared with the same period in 2020. Rapes, aggravated assaults and thefts from and of cars are also well above levels in 2020. Nor is this just an Atlanta problem. Nationally, the spike in murders that began in 2020—according to data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, homicides in American cities rose by 33% from 2019 to 2020—shows no sign of abating .

怀特先生是巴克黑德探索委员会的首席执行官该委员会由一群居民组成,他们组织起来争取把巴克黑德从亚特兰大独立出来他解释说,他们的动力来自三个因素:“犯罪、犯罪、犯罪”截至5月16日,亚特兰大的谋杀案比2020年同期上升了59%强奸、严重袭击和盗窃汽车的情况也远高于2020年的水平这不仅仅是亚特兰大的问题从全国来看,谋杀率从2020年开始飙升——根据大城市领导协会的数据,从2019年到2020年,美国城市的谋杀率上升了33%——没有减弱的迹象但这也给刑事司法改革的倡导者造成了一个问题,他们在2010年代取得了巨大的进步,当时暴力犯罪正在下降

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今日单词

liberals/ˈlɪbərəlz/ n. 自由主义者;自由党;

spike/spaɪk/ n. 快速上升;猛增;

rubberized /ˈrʌbəraɪzd/ adj. 橡胶包裹的;覆盖橡胶的;

grip /ɡrɪp/ n. 把手;手柄;握杆;

revolver /rɪˈvɑːlvər/ n. 左轮手枪;旋转器;

swap/swɑːp/ v. 交换,调换;交易;

block /blɑːk/ vt. 阻止;阻塞;

would-be/ˈwʊd biː/ adj. 想要成为…的; 试图做…的;

case /keɪsː/ v.在…周围踩点;

upscale/ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ adj. 高档的 (产品和服务);

a spate of sth. 一连串;接二连三;

CEO abbr. 首席执行官;执行总裁;

push for sth. 争取…;

homicide /ˈhɑːmɪsaɪd/ n.杀人罪;

abate/əˈbeɪt/ v.减弱;减退;减轻;

pose /poʊz/ vt. 造成;引起;产生;

stride /straɪd/ n. 本意是“一大步”,引申为进展;进步;发展;

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文本选自:The Economist

作者:Unknown

原文发布时间:7 Jun. 2021

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