地道的词汇一般就是词典里找不到的词汇。而墨尔本悉尼文波PTE培训学校做的每日读报就致力于找到这种一般词典里没有的词，而在墨尔本悉尼报纸里缺经常出现的词，希望对我们澳洲留学生英语提高有帮助。下面开始：
standover man：说服其他贼上缴自己有价值东西的贼
Thief who specializes in persuading other thieves to surrender their valuable items.
From the website of Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read:
“My apprenticeship in crime began in the 1970s. This had me robbing massage parlours and taking on contracts to maim and kill rivals. Once I had obtained a doctorate as a “standover man”, robbing drug dealers and other criminals, who funnily enough couldn’t report me to the police, became childs play. I once told a friend “why rob a straight guy of $20 when you can rob a drug dealer of $10,000 and he can’t go running to the police?” After all both involved some work on my behalf, but the man in the street was less likely to give up his $20 as he had to work hard for it. For the drug-dealers it came easy, so why would they put up a fight. Although some of my victims chose to chew razor blades (at their own request of course), before they would hand over cash? And I am the psychopath!
informant 线人=informer
One of the witnesses was a paid informant for the FBI.
gangland n.adj. 犯罪团伙（的）the people and places involved in violent crime:
puppy farm 饲养狗的地方（farm 这个词在国外用的很多，比如cheese farm 奶酪农场/marine farm 海洋农场/wind farm 发电厂）
读澳洲报纸，练PTE阅读，学PTE地道词汇-文波每日读报
snap up a big picture 拍一个漂亮照片
crop up 出现
a repeat offender 一个惯犯
gazette /gəˈzet/ 报纸-an official newspaper
parolee n.被保释的人
As youth crime wave worsened 当青少年犯罪浪潮恶化时
vets=veterans 老兵
employment push 促进就业
we need more stick and less carrot 我们需要更多的大棒更少的胡萝卜
the softly-softly approach （对青少年犯罪的）软弱的策略
thuggery 暴力行为
mayhem n. 混乱= chaos
Valuable police resources are tied up on a regular basis dealing with violent inmates rioting and destroying property at Parkville youth detention and Malmsbury youth justice centers.
珍贵的警察资源被浪费在处理少年犯的暴动和破坏公共设施上了。。。
文波陪伴，英语不难。
文波陪伴，PTE不难。
文波英语，地道英语学习材料的集中地。
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