万花筒 2009-08-05&08-06 玩大富翁玩到动手打人！

When you play the game Monopoly¹, you take your chances. You could strike a rich, or you could land in a jail.

This man, Kenneth Repke landed in a real jail after what started as a friendly game of Monopoly with his neighbor inside this Fraser town home, ended in an alleged² assault³. You are about to hear the victim’s call for help.

“Yes. I was at my neighbor’s house. We were playing Monopoly and he hit me.”

‘He slapped me and knocked my glasses off my face.”

“O.K. Do you need an ambulance?”

“Um, I don’t think so.”

“This male subject towards the friend asked to buy boardwalk and park place, she refused, he got angry and slapped her in the side of the head, knocking her glasses off and knocking her to the ground.

Neighbors were all abuzz about the board game battle.

“I thought that was like, real violent, for playing a game that's supposed to be friendly. Like I said, I guess he takes the Monopoly pretty seriously.”

As for Repke himself, he had very little to say about his apparent⁴ Monopoly meltdown when we showed up at his front door.

“Well, what happened with this monopoly game?”

“Oh, sorry. I have no comment. “

“You have no comment? Was there an attack or an assault?”

“I see no reason for this right now, there is no concern about this to have you care.”

“Did you hit the woman?”

“Bye!”

 

1 monopoly   

n.垄断，专卖，垄断物（商品），专卖商品

参考例句：

• His monopoly of shipbuilding in that country has been established.他对那个国家造船业的垄断已经建立起来。
• In many countries,tobacco is a government monopoly.在许多国家，烟草由政府专营。

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 assault   

v.猛烈地攻击，袭击；n.突然而猛烈的攻击

参考例句：

• She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.她因受到拐骗和侵犯人身的指控而出庭。
• The trainees were put through an assault course.受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

4 apparent   

adj.表面上的，貌似真实的，显然的，明明白白的

参考例句：

• The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
• His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。