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Unit 6 Crime and Security Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 1. What would you do if you found that a burglar has broken into your house? When this happens, is it lawful to shoot the burglar in order to protect our private property? Crime and Punishment 1 Serial burglar Brendon Fearon is going to launch a claim for damages from a farmer Tony Martin. The farmer shot and wounded Fearon when he found the burglar had broken into his house. Martin was jailed because of the shooting. 1 连环盗窃犯布朗东· 菲尔森将把农场主托尼· 马丁告上法庭并提出索赔。农场主发现盗窃犯菲尔森破门进入自己的房子之后开枪打伤了他。马丁为此而被监禁。 2 Career criminal Brendon Fearon is suing Martin for more than ￡15,000 in supposed loss of earnings. He says the injuries he suffered left him unable to find work. Lawyers for Fearon—currently in jail for heroin dealing—will make the claim at Nottingham County Court. 2 以犯罪为职业的布朗东·菲尔森向马丁索赔15,000英镑作为对收入损失的赔偿。他说受伤致使他找不到工作。菲尔森目前正因海洛因交易遭监禁, 他的律师将在诺丁汉郡法院提出索赔。 3 Fearon is likely to argue that it was the wounds he suffered while leading the raid on the farm that forced him to seek extra cash by dealing in drugs. Martin’s supporters are furious about the legal move, which could threaten the 59-year-old farmer’s home if the burglar wins. They feel that Fearon may have been encouraged by Martin’s High Court defeat last week, when his application for early release from jail was rejected. 3 菲尔森可能会争辩说正是由于他在抢劫农场的过程中受了伤，迫使他不得不通过毒品交易另找财源。马丁的支持者对上述法律行为感到异常愤怒。如果盗窃犯胜诉的话，这位59岁农场主的家产将受到威胁。上周马丁要求提前出狱的申请遭到拒绝。他们觉得菲尔森可能由于这次马丁在高等法院的败诉而受到了鼓舞。 4 He also says he suffered from a mental disorder which left him too scared to watch fireworks or shoot-outs on TV. 5 At the end of his three-year sentence for leading the raid on Martin’s house, Fearon told a psychiatrist he would never return to a life of crime because of guilt about the death of his teenage associate, who was shot by Martin. 4 菲尔森还说他患有神经紊乱，害怕看烟花或电视剧中的枪战。 5 在因抢劫马丁家所带来的三年牢狱生活即将结束时，菲尔森对一位精神科医生说，他的犯罪生涯将永远结束，因为被马丁开枪打中的那个十几岁同伙的死亡让他感到内疚。 6 But it proved to be a hollow promi