密歇根新闻广播 老兵们蹬上自行车成为守护城市的新力量

 

They served and protected the United States while in the military. Now, as veterans, they’re volunteering to serve and protect Detroit — and they're doing it on bicycles.

Project Peace Peddlers brings together all ages of veterans, from those who served in Vietnam to those who've just returned from Afghanistan.

Desert Storm Army veteran Travis Peters came up with this idea, and he joined Stateside to talk about how the project was born out of his military experience.

"We would go on a lot of peacekeeping missions, humanitarian¹ projects, violent storms, aftermaths, clean-ups and stuff like that. So community service is just embedded² in me," Peters said.

"And I love Detroit, so that same global peacekeeping, humanitarian efforts that we did worldwide, why not bring that home?"

Peters sees this as something that will benefit the veterans as much as it will benefit the community.

"A lot of veterans, it gives you a sense of purpose. It gives you that continued service fulfillment right in your own backyard," Peters added.

Peters pitched the idea to Detroit Police Chief James Craig, and he loved it. Now, they are launching the volunteer effort tonight as hundreds of thousands of people head downtown for the big annual Freedom Fireworks.

Listen to the full interview above to hear about how veterans can get involved, why Peters believes this is an arm of the citizens rather than the police, and why this is not a form of vigilantism.

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。