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apoliceofficerandhewasarrestingme.AtfirstIthoughtitwassome

kindofjoke.Butthenanotherpolicemanappeared,thistimeinuniform,and

wasleftinnodoubt.

`Butwhatfor?

'

Iasked.

`Wanderingwithintenttocommitanarrestableoffence,'

hesaid.

`Whatoffence?

`Theft,'

`Theftofwhat?

`Milkbottles,'

hesaid,andwithaperfectlystraightfacetoo!

`Oh,'

Isaid.

Itturnedouttherehadbeenalotofpettytheftsinthearea,

particularly30thatofstealingmilkbottlesfromdoorsteps.

ThenImademybigmistake.AtthetimeIwasnineteen,hadlong

untidyhair,andregardedmyselfaspartofthesixties'

`youthcounterculture'

.

Asaresult,Iwantedtoappearcoolandunconcernedwiththeincident,so

Isaid,`Howlonghaveyou'

beenfollowingme?

'

inthemostcasualand

conversationaltoneIcouldmanage.Ithusappearedtothemtobequite

familiarwiththissortofsituation,anditconfirmedthemintheirbeliefthat

Iwasathoroughlydisreputablecharacter.

Afewminuteslaterapolicecararrived.

`Getintheback,'

theysaid.`Putyourhandsonthebackofthefront

seatanddon'

tmovethem.'

Theygotinoneithersideofme.Itwasn'

tfunnyanymore.

Atthepolicestationtheyquestionedmeforseveralhours.Icontinued

totrytolookworldlyandaufaitwiththesituation.Whentheyaskedme

whatIhadbeendoing,ItoldthemI'

dbeenlookingforajob.`Aha,'

I

couldseethemthinking,`unemployed'

Eventually,IwasofficiallychargedandtoldtoreporttoRichinond

Magistrates'

CourtthefollowingMonday.Thentheyletmego.

Iwantedtoconductmyowndefenseincourt,butassoonasmyfather

foundoutwhathadhappened,hehiredaverygoodsolicitor.Wewent

alongthatMondayarmedwithallkindsofwitnesses,includingmyEnglish

teacherfromschoolasacharacterwitness.Buthewasnevercalledonto

giveevidence.My`trial'

didn'

tgetthatfar.Themagistratedismissedthe

caseafterfifteenminutes.Iwasfree.Thepoorpolicehadneverstooda

chance.Thesolicitorevensucceededingettingcostsawardedagainstthe

police.

AndsoIdonothaveacriminalrecord.Butwhatwasmostshockingat

thetimewasthethingsmyreleasefromthechargesoclearlydependedon.

Ihadthe`right'

accent,respectablemiddle-classparentsincourt,reliable

witnesses,andIcouldobviouslyaffordaverygoodsolicitor.Giventheobscure

natureofthecharge,IfeelsurethatifIhadcomefromadifferentbackground,

andhadreallybeenunemployed,thereiseverychancethatIwouldhave

beenfoundguilty.Whileaskingforcoststobeawarded,mysolicitor'

scase

quiteobviouslyrevolvedaroundthefactthatIhada'

brilliantacademic

record'

.

Meanwhile,justoutsidethecourtroom,oneofthepolicemenwhohad

arrestedmewasgloomilycomplainingtomymotherthatanotheryoungster

hadbeenturnedagainstthepolice.'

Youcouldhavebeenabitmorehelpful

whenwearrestedyou,'

hesaidtomereproachfully.

Whatdidhemean?

PresumablythatIshouldhavelookedoutragedandsaid

somethinglike,'

Lookhere,doyouknowwhoyou'

retalkingto?

Iamahighly

successfulstudentwithabrilliantacademicrecord.Howdareyouarrestme!

Thenthey,presumably,wouldhaveapologized,perhapseventakenoff

theircaps,andletmeonmyway.

Clickthebuttontolistentothepronunciationsofnewwords

NewWords

brushn.

brieffightorencounter小冲突；

小接触

processn.

course;

method,esp.oneusedinmanufacture过程；

制作

courtn.

法院；

法庭

arbitrarya.

basedonone'

sownopiniononly,notonreason任意的，武断的（usu.pl.）

circumstancen.

conditions,facts,etc.connectedwithaneventorperson情况，环境

subsequenta.

following,later随后的，接下去的

faten.

whatwillhappenorhappenedtosb.orsth.命运

duea.

expected;

supposed（to）预期的；

约定的；

到期的

temporarya.

lastingonlyforalimitedtime暂时的

strollvi.

walkatleisure

obviousa.

easilyseenorunderstood;

clear明显的；

显而易见的

downfalln.

ruin垮台；

衰落

employmentn.

one'

sregularworkoroccupation;

job职业；

工作

wandervi.

moveaboutwithoutapurpose闲逛；

漫游

commitvt.

do（sth.wrong,bad,orunlawful）干（坏事），犯（错误）

arrestablea.

deservingtobearrested

offence（AmEoffense）n.

crime;

thehurtingoffeelings;

somethingun-pleasant罪行；

冒犯；

不愉快的事

straightface

afaceorexpressionthatshowsnoemotion,humor,orthought板着的脸

pettya.

small;

unimportant小的；

不足道的

doorstepn.

astepinfrontofadoor

regardvt.

considerinthestatedway把…看作；

把…认为

counterculturen.

aculture,esp.oftheyoungwhoopposethetraditionalstandardsandcustomsoftheirsociety反主流文化

unconcerneda.

notworried;

untroubled;

indifferent无忧虑的；

淡漠的

casuala.

careless;

informal漫不经心的；

随便的

conversationala.

oforcommonlyusedintalking会话（用）的

beliefn.

somethingbelieved;

trust相信；

信念；

信仰

thoroughlyad.

completely;

ineveryway完全地，彻底地

thorougha.

havingorshowingabadcharacter;

disreputablea.

havingabadname声名狼籍的

worldlya.

experiencedinthewaysofsociety老于世故的

aufaita.

（F）familiar熟悉的；

精通的

ahaint.

acryofsurprise,satisfaction,etc.啊哈！

magistraten.

civilofficeractingasajudgeinthelowestcourts地方法官

conductvt.

directthecourseof;

manage处理；

主持；

引导

defense（AmEdefense）n.

theactofdefendingincourtthepersonwhohasbeencharged辩护

solicitorn.

（esp.inBritain）lawyerwhoadvisesclientsonlegalmattersandspeaksontheirbehalfinlowercourts（初级）律师

witnessn.

apersonwhogivesevidenceinacourtoflaw;

sth.servingasevidenceorproof证人；

证据

trialn.

theactorfactofexamininganddecidingacivilorcriminalcasebyalawcourt审判

dismissvt.

（ofajudge）stop（acourtcase）驳回，对…不予受理

costn.

（pl.）thecostofhavingamattersettledinalawcourt.esp.thatpaidtothewinningpartybythelosingparty诉讼费

awardvt.

givebyadecisioninacourtoflaw;

giveorgrantbyanofficialdecision判给；

授予

accentn.

wayofspeakingtypicalofthenativesorresi-dentsofaregion,orofanyothergroup口音；

腔调

respectablea.

deservingrespect值得尊敬的

reliablea.

thatmaybereliedordependedupon可靠的，可信赖的

givenprep.

takingintoaccount;

ifallowedorprovidedwith考虑的；

假定

obscurea.

notclearlyseenorunderstood模糊的；

晦涩的

guiltya.

havingbrokenalaw;

showingorfeelinghatonehasdonewrong有罪的；

内疚的

revolvev.

（causeto）goroundinacircle（使）旋转

brillianta.

causinggreatadmirationorsatisfaction;

splendid辉煌的；

卓越的

courtroomn.

aroomwherealawcourtisheld审判室

meanwhilead.

duringthesameperiodoftime同时

gloomilyad.

depressedly,dejectedly忧郁地，沮丧地

complainvi.

complaintn.

reproachfullyad.

speakinanunhappy,annoyed,dissatisfiedway抱怨责备地

presumablyad.

probably

outragevt.

arouseangerorresentmentbyinjuryorinsult引起…的气愤

successfula.

havingdonewhatonehastriedtodo;

havinggainedahighpositioninlife,one'

sjob,etc.成功的；

有成就的

apologizevi.

sayoneissorry道歉，谢罪

apologyn.

Phrases&

Expressions

takesb.tocourt

startanactioninlawagainstsb.对

某人提出诉讼

acoupleof

（informal）asmallnumberof,afew,

usuallytwo少数,几（个）;

一对

saveup

keepforfutureuse;

putmoneyawayin

theformofsavings储蓄

takeone'

stime

dosth.inaleisurelymanner;

not

hurry慢慢来,不着急

atfirst

atthebeginning起先

turnout

provetobe结果;

证明是

callon

ask（sb.）todosth.esp.formally要求

standachance

haveanopportunity;

belikelytodo

orgetsth.有机会,有希望

revolvearound

haveasacenterormainsubject

turnagainst

（causeto）oppose,behostileto

ProperNames

Richmond

里士满（英国地名）

RichmondMagistrates'

Court

里士满地方法院