今天，我们继续探讨《美女和警察》，女警察是为了自己的职业抱负，保障国家安全而选美。
[3] The money is then pooled and is meant to help send ten policewomen abroad. The previous year, they sent two. Yet the need is as great as ever. The LNP force has a shortfall of about 3,000 police officers and it is particularly in need of trained policewomen. Last year the UN Mission in Liberia sent most of its soldiers and policemen home, putting the LNP in charge of national security. It left an unmet target of having women make up a quarter of the force: they now comprise less than a fifth. That matters because women avoid reporting crimes such as rape to male officers when they might do so to policewomen.
单词注解
shortfall ['ʃɔːtfɔːl]n. 差额；缺少
unmet [ʌn'met] adj. 未满足的；未应付的；未相遇的
in need of 有......的需要，有......的必要
语法
avoid 是及物动词，后面可接名词，动名词，不可接不定式
avoid sth 避开某物
avoid doing sth 避免做某事
You should avoid unnecessary repetition.你避免不必要的重复
They will grab at any excuse to avoid doing the dishes .
他们会随便找个借口来逃避洗碗
翻译
这些钱随后被聚集起来，用于帮助送10位女警出国。去年，送了两个出去学习。然而，需求还是一如既往的大。LNP部队缺少大约3000名警察，尤其是训练过的女警察。去年，联合国驻利比里亚使团送回国了大部分的士兵和警察，让LNP管理国家安全。它留下一个未能达到的目标，这个目标是让女性让武警力量的四分之一，但是现在还不大五分之一。这是重要的，因为女性可能不愿意向警察报告强奸等罪，但是她们会向女警察报告。
[4] On this sweltering afternoon in May, a contestant hoped to win favour both by wearing a diamanté-encrusted pink gown and by impressing potential donors with her ambition to be promoted to senior office in the LNP.
单词注解
sweltering ['swelt ə rɪŋ] adj. 闷热的；热得难受的
翻译
在五月的这个闷热的下午，一位参赛选手希望通过戴一件镶有镶钻的粉色礼服赢得好感，并通过给潜在的捐赠者留下深刻印象，她的雄心壮志将被提升到LNP的高级办公室。
网友评论