时代周刊 救生员的自白

I am a lifesaver

我是一名救生员

BY PHIL PLUMMER

文/菲尔·普拉默尔

(Here is a photograph, the caption¹ explains)PLUMMER, not pictured, is the sheriff of Montgomery County, Ohio.

(接下来是一张照片，底下的说明是)普拉默尔，无照片信息，俄亥俄州蒙哥马利县的治安官。

He works with deputy sheriff Gust² Andrew Teague II, 42, photographed handcuffing two unidentified men suspected of drug possession in Dayton, Ohio, on June 29, 2017

图片拍摄于2017年6月29日，俄亥俄州代顿市，其同事，42岁的副警长古斯特·安德鲁·提格二世正在逮捕涉嫌持有毒品的两名不明身份男子。

(Quotation from sheriff Phil Plummer, the article writer in his first person statement)

（正文是治安官菲尔·普拉默尔的亲口讲述）

FENTANYL'S A SYNTHETIC³ SUBSTANCE. It's made in superlabs in China and Mexico.

芬太尼是中国和墨西哥多个超大实验室制造的一种合成物质。

It's so much more addicting⁴ than heroin⁵, and it's easier to produce.

其成瘾性比海洛因强得多，制作起来也更容易。

The problem is that it's so powerful it's killing⁶ people.

问题是，其药效大到足以致命。

You have dealers⁸ literally⁹ sitting at their kitchen table stuffing a gel capsule full of fentanyl and whatever they can put in it to stretch the product.

经销商就坐在他们的实验桌旁，用芬太尼和其它任何能够提高药效的成分把一颗颗凝胶胶囊塞得满满当当。

They call them testers.

这些都是他们所谓的“试用品”。

They'll put whatever product they want in the gelcap.

他们想往胶囊里放什么就放什么。

If they can get their hands on carfentanil, which is 100 times stronger than fentanyl, they'll use it as a tester.

要是他们弄得到药效比芬太尼强100倍的卡芬太尼，他们也会拿它作试用品。

And they'll give you some free samples to see how you like them.

他们会送你一些样品看你是否中意他们的产品。

Unfortunately it's so addicting that if you die, addicts¹⁰ want to go to that dealer⁷ to get that more potent¹¹ compound.

不幸的是，这种胶囊成瘾性过大，即便你死了，其他人也还是会找他们买药效更强的毒品。

It's unbelievable.

简直让人难以置信。

They're chasing the next best high.

他们正在将毒品滥用推向另一个极致。

They're not worried about dying.

他们根本就不怕死。

It changes your brain chemistry where death doesn't faze you, death isn't a fear anymore.

因为毒品会影响成瘾者的脑化学，使死亡变得不再是一种折磨，不再是一种恐惧。

1 caption   

n.说明，字幕，标题；v.加上标题，加上说明

参考例句：

• I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
• There is a caption under the picture.图片下边附有说明。

2 gust   

n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发

参考例句：

• A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
• A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。

3 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

4 addicting   

使沉溺（addict的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I love salt and vinegar chips. They are very addicting. 我爱盐和醋芯片。他们非常上瘾。
• Leave it to Britney to sing a juicy and addicting song. 布兰妮呈现了一首很刺激也很让人上瘾的歌曲！

5 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

8 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

10 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。