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A Red Light for Scofflaws 给轻微违法行为亮红灯 1 take liberties with: ?misinterpret; treat something freely, without strict observance of the fact (随意对待)? behave in a bold or impolite way towards， 2．Outlaw litter：unlawful stewing (a place) with rubbish 3.illicit noise：very loud noise which is not permitted? 4. motorized anarchy：disorder or chaos created by motorists ? 5. take to: to be pleased by or attracted to; begin to do sth. as a regular habit 6.dereliction：deliberate eglect；a tendency to be negligent ; 7.exempt from: not affected or bound by (=excused) 8.flurry: porfusion.abundance; great quantity 9.ordinance: ?authoritative law，command or order; a regulation 10. pot smoker：One who smokes marijuana.大麻烟客 duck out of: avoid doing, esp. by making an excuse (=back out) 12.fare beater：one who evades paying the fare on a public vehicle. “Beat” is U.S. slang meaning “cheat” 13. public nuisance：sth. offensive to the community, esp. in violation of others’ legal rights 14.toss-up：the tossing-up of a coin to decide something by its fall? 15. mortal peril：danger that causes or is liable to cause death? 16. brazen: shameless. 17.skirt：?ignore; avoid; evade 18.subvert: destroy the power and influence 19．nullify: make ineffective; invalidate Law-and-order is the longest-running and probably the best-loved political issue in U.S. history. Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish their society. 法律和秩序，可以说是美国历史上历时最久、或许还是人们最爱谈论的政治问题。然而，说来痛心，显然有成百万从来没有想过自己会违法——更不用说犯罪——的美国人，对于遵守那些旨在保护和维持他们的社会的法律条文，却愈来愈表现得放肆起来。 Indeed, there are moments today — amid outlaw litter, tax cheating, illicit noise and motorized anarchy — when it seems as though the scofflaw represents the wave of the future. Harvard Sociologist David Riesman suspects that a majority of Americans have blithely taken to committing supposedly m