英语悠选脱口秀 第158期:小哥满大街剪别人自拍杆 到底是英雄还是恶棍

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今天我们要说的这个小哥，跟Moriarty比起来还是要善良很多。但他到底是英雄还是恶棍呢？

People Can't Decide If He's A Hero Or Villain¹.

Buddy² Bolton is a young guy who is living in New York City in the United States.

He recently runs around NYC destroying peoples' selfiesticks with a branch(树枝) cutter.

这个小哥满纽约转悠，看到有人拿自拍杆拍照就冲上去给人家自拍杆给剪了。

他的朋友还帮忙把这些都拍下来了。

He said:”We were sick of Selfie Stick tourists in NYC, so we did this.”

他们还把这个视频放到了油管上。

In the video, you can see Bolton clipping³ tourists' selfiesticks, while they're trying to take a picture.

Even though he does have a good point (it really is an overcrowded city and selfie sticks aren't making it any better), the guy is destroying personal property and that's just not cool.

Not to mention, it could get him in lots of trouble.

好吧，很多人都看不惯别人拿着自拍杆到处拍照，觉得这些游客让城市更加拥挤。但那毕竟也是人家掏钱买的，你二话不说就剪了也不太合适。

他的视频发布后收到了很多留言。

CHAOS⁴ TYPE-R comments: “This is beautiful. Do more. ”

Patricia Johnson1 comments: “THIS GUY DESERVES⁵ TO BE BEATEN UP, BADLY. Destroying what other people paid for with their hard work is NOT FUNNY, ASSHOLE.” 

Lemon Spy 1 says :“I have mixed feelings about this. I'm one of those people who hate selfie sticks, but at the same time, destroying others people's property isn't the way to go.”

Michael Miller1 comments:“This can't be real as he would have loads of phones to pay for lol.”

So what is your opinion? 你觉得Buddy Bolton的做法合适吗？Is he a hero or villain? Let us know by leaving a comment.

Talk to you next time!

1 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

2 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

3 clipping   

n.剪下物；剪报；剪辑；零头衣料adj.剪的；快速的；头等的；恰好的v.用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上( clip的现在分词)；剪掉；缩短；给…剪毛（或发）

参考例句：

• Come in clipping time. 来得恰好。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He spent the whole morning clipping the trees. 他用整个上午修剪这些树。 来自辞典例句

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 deserves   

v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的第三人称单数 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》