《中英對照讀英文 》TV, guns, fridges - prisoner had it all電視、槍枝、冰箱─囚犯全都有
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TV, guns, fridges - prisoner had it all
電視、槍枝、冰箱─囚犯全都有
With a plasma TV, a DVD player, $172,000 in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns, Genilson Lino da Silva had everything he needed for a luxurious life -- in his Brazilian prison cell.
電漿電視、DVD播放機、美金17萬2千元的現金、健身設備、2台冰箱及2、3把槍,葛尼爾森.利諾.達西瓦擁有奢華生活應有的全部東西─不過是在巴西的牢房裡。
It came to an end on Monday when his cell, which also contained a king-sized bed, was raided in a police operation against drug traffickers in the northern city of Salvador.
但一切都在週一結束了。警方當天在查緝北部薩爾瓦多市的毒販時,突檢了他那還有著特大臥床的牢房。
"He was alone in all that comfort. It wasn’t very big but the other cells had several prisoners in them," a spokesman for Bahian state authorities said on Tuesday.
「他就是一個人獨享全部樂趣。雖然牢房不是很大,但其他牢房都是多人共用」,巴希亞州政府發言人週四表示。
Officials said Da Silva, also known by his nickname "Leg," was serving time as the biggest drug trafficker in Bahia state. He was reported as saying the money in his cell was from old robberies and gambling in prison.
官員說,綽號叫「飛毛腿」的達西瓦是巴希亞州最「大尾」的毒販,並因此入監服刑。據稱他宣稱牢房內的錢是來自之前犯下的搶案及獄中賭博所得。
"We will investigate if the leaders of the prison were conniving in this," Paulo Gomes, a state prosecutor, told reporters.
「我們將調查獄政主管是否刻意縱容此事」,州檢察官保羅.葛梅茲告訴記者。
He said he was not surprised that kidnappings, murders, and drug trafficking were being directed from inside the jail. "The surprise was finding 280,000 reais ($172,000) inside a cell."
他說他不驚訝,如果綁架、謀殺及販毒都是自獄中指使的,「讓人吃驚的是,在牢房內竟然能發現28萬巴西幣(合美金17萬2千元)」。
新聞辭典
trafficker:名詞,走私或從事非法買賣者。動詞為traffic,指非法交易,過去式為trafficked。
king-sized:或作king-size,形容詞,特大的、特長的。A king-size cigarette,加長型香菸。
connive:動詞,默許、縱容、共謀。There is no evidence indicating that he connived in this crime.(沒有證據顯示他涉及此案。)
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