跟艾米莉一起学口语 第469期:我被抢劫了

 I was robbed. 我被抢劫了。

rob
抢劫；抢夺；非法剥夺
someone is robbed of something
某人被抢劫了某物
She was robbed of her handbag.
她的手提包被偷了。
Poor health has robbed her of a normal social life.
身体不好使她无法参加正常社交活动。

A:I need to report a theft.I was just robbed.
我需要报一宗失窃案。我刚被抢劫了。
B:Ok.Tell me what happened and what was stolen.
好的，告诉我发生了什么，什么东西被偷了。
A:I was on West Street when a man ripped¹ my handbag from my shoulder and ran off.
我当时在西大街，一个男的把我的手提包从我肩膀上扯下来，然后跑掉了。
B:What was in your handbag?
您的手提包里有什么？
A:My wallet with my credit² cards,my phone,a small digital camera and my passsport.
我的钱包，里面有我的信用卡，我的手机，一个小的数码相机和我的护照。
B:You have to cancel your credit cards immediately and you will need to get in touch with the Chinese Embassy³ to get a replacement⁴ passport.
您要立即取消你的信用卡，您还需要联系中国大使馆去取得一个换领护照。
A:Can I use your phone?
我能用一下您的手机吗？
B:Of course.Did you get a look at the thief?Can you describe him to me?Were there any witnesses?
当然，您看到小偷了吗？您能向我描述一下他吗？有目击者吗？
A:This is the phone number of a witness you can contact.She saw it happen.It all happened so quickly.I hardly had time to react.
这是您可以联系的一个目击者的手机号码。她看见事情发生了。事情发生的太快了，我几乎没有时间反应。

1 ripped   

adj. <美俚>喝醉的，受毒品麻醉的 动词rip的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。
• I ripped my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤在栅栏上划破了。

2 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

3 embassy   

n.大使馆，大使及其随员

参考例句：

• Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
• He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。