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大学英语精读3双语版 Unit One 第一章 Text 课文 A young man finds that strolling along the streets without an obvious purpose can lead to trouble with the law. 一个青年人发觉茫无目的的沿着大街走，将会导致法律上的麻烦。 One misunderstanding leads to another until eventually he must appear in court for trial … 一个误会导致了另一种情况，直到最后他不得不由于审判出现在法庭上。 A BRUSH WITH THE LAW 与警察的一场小冲突 I have only once been in trouble with the law. 我平生只有一次跟警方发生纠葛， The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, 被捕和出庭的整个过程在当时是一件非常不愉快的事。 but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court. 但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。 It happened in February about twelve years ago. 事情发生大约在12年前，其时正是2月。 I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October. 几个月前我中学毕业了，但上学要等到10月。 I was still living at home at the time. 当时我还在家中居住。 One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I live. 一天早晨，我来到士满。这里是伦敦的一个郊区，离我住的地方不远。 I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go travelling. 我在寻找一份临时工作， 以便积些钱去旅游。 As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, 由于天气晴朗，当时又无急事。 I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, 我便慢悠悠看看橱窗， strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me. 逛逛公园。有时干脆停下脚步，四处张望。 It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. 现在看来，一定是这种明显的毫无目的的游逛，使我倒了霉。 It was about half past eleven when it happened. 事情发生在11点半左右。 I was just walking out of the local library, 我在当地图书馆刚刚走出来， having unsuccessfully sought employment there. 谋职未成。 when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me. 便看到一个人穿越马路，显然是要来跟我说话。 I thought he was going to ask me the time. 我以为他要问我时间， Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me. 不料他说他是警官，要逮捕我。 At first I thought it was some kind of joke. 起先我还以为这是在开玩笑， But then another pol