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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Plastic Traffic Cop Slows Cars in Russia 塑膠警察減緩俄羅斯車速
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This is one Russian traffic cop who will never issue a ticket or take a bribe： he's made of plastic.
這是一位絕對不會開罰單，也不會接受賄賂的俄羅斯交通警察：因為他是塑膠做的。
A life-size mock-up of a traffic police officer is prompting more drivers to obey the speed limit on a highway in western Russia, the plastic policeman's flesh-and-blood colleagues said in a report on state-run Channel One television.
一種與真人同樣大小的交警模型正在俄羅斯西部的一條公路上促使更多駕駛人遵守速限，這位塑膠警察的血肉之軀同僚們在國營第一頻道電視台的報導中表示。
"Our monitoring has shown that drivers here ... are more disciplined： they slow down," said Ivan Zybin,the deputy commander of a traffic police detachment in the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border.
「我們的監測結果顯示，這裡的駕駛人……變得更守法：他們會減速。」鄰近烏克蘭邊界的貝爾哥羅德地區交通警察小隊副指揮官紀賓說。
A bit like the kind of flat cardboard cutout that enables tourists to snap photos with world leaders,this fake human figure comes complete with a nearly two-dimensional patrol car, a speed gun and a blackand-white baton — held up to signal travelers to be cautious.
有點類似提供遊客合影留念的世界領袖平面紙板圖案，這種假人還配有幾乎為兩度空間的巡邏車、測速槍，甚至高舉一支黑白相間的警棍，好提醒旅客要小心。
But Alexei Zakharov, the officer who served as the model for the mock-up, said that the sight of his plastic double prompts some drivers to do more than slow down. "They stop and come up to him to show their documents, others sit in their cars and wait for the inspector to approach them. They sit there for five minutes and they drive away," he said.
但替塑膠交警擔任模特兒的警官札哈洛夫則說，部份駕駛看到他的塑膠分身後不只是減速而已。「他們會停車向他走去，並拿出身分證件，其他人則是坐在車裡等著巡官走過來。他們會坐著不動達五分鐘，然後才把車開走，」他說。
新聞辭典
issue a ticket：指開出交通違規罰單或傳票，如The driver was ticketed for parking in front of a fire hydrant.（那個駕駛因為把車停在消防栓前而被開了一張罰單。）
mock-up（或mockup）：（實驗或教學用的）實物大模型。mock sth up則指製做某物的模型以利展示。
complete with：指兼有的、附帶的，如He bought a lovely house complete with furniture.（他買下一幢附有家具的漂亮房子。）
