Burglary victim drives off in thieves' van 偷鸡不成反失把米

Dean

He makes sure they can't haul（拖走） away his three flat（平面）-screen televisions

BELLEVUE, Wash. - A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars didn't get away with his three flat-screen televisions — he moved their getaway（逃走的） car.
Patrick Rosario was in the basement（地下室） of his Bellevue home on Tuesday when he heard the burglars upstairs.
The Seattle Times says the 32-year-old Rosario, who had been laid off from his job as a Washington Mutual manager, called 911 while he sneaked out（偷偷溜出） of the house.
He saw a white van sitting in front of his house with the motor running and the keys in the ignition（打火处）, and he got in and drove it to a friend's house.
Police say the burglars left the televisions, a laptop computer and a jewelry box by the door and took off on foot.
The sheriff's（郡治安处） office said no arrests had been made.

Dean

thief 泛指窃贼,小偷;robber指抢劫者,用武力抢夺别人的东西; burglar 专指翻墙入室的窃贼;夜贼 mugger指行凶抢劫者，自背后袭击的盗匪

Dean

lay off:下岗 v. laid-off : adj下岗的. He is laid-off at home.
A lay-off situation arises where your employer is unable to provide work for you, but believes this to be a temporary situation and gives you notification of the lay off before the work finishes.

A short-time situation arises where, due to a reduction in the amount of work to be done, your pay or hours are less than half the normal weekly amount. This must be a temporary situation and your employer must notify you before the reduction starts.

Dean

a laptop computer :手提电脑，或叫做笔记本电脑。笔记本电脑也有说成 notebook computer. 我们用的台式电脑英文是desktop computer. 那么掌上英文电脑怎么说呢？ palmtop computer 也有的说成PDA (personal digital assistant)或handheld pc.
而\"nettop\"与\"netbook\"是新开发的简单易用、经济实惠的新型上网设备——上网本和上网机。

Dean

flat-screen television: 是“平板电视”
其它品种的电视有： plasma TV: 等离子电视机; DVD Combo: DVD组合; LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) TV: 液晶电视。

Dean

getaway car-是小偷用来搬运赃物的车。 那么takeaway是什么意思呢？ 它是指“(饭菜)卖出外吃的, 外卖饭菜的”。

哈哈啊

天和地雅

thanks