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sense of responsibility/ 责任感/ (zérènɡǎn)

A: Have you heard about that recent incident in which a student at a police academy caught a thief breaking the law on a public bus?

你知道最近有个小偷在公交车上作案被警校学生抓住的事情吗？

(nǐ zhīdào zuìjìn yǒuɡè xiǎotōu zài ɡōnɡjiāochē shànɡ zuòàn bèi jǐnɡxiào xuéshēnɡ zhuāzhù de shìqínɡ ma?)

B: No, what happened exactly? 

我不知道,具体发生了什么事？

(wǒ bùzhīdào, jùtǐ fāshēnɡle shenme shì?)

A: A thief was stealing something on a bus and after the police academy student saw him,  he immediately stopped the thief and carried out means to control him and then waited for the police to come and handle the situation. While they were waiting, the thief threatened him and tried to escape.

在公交车上,一名小偷正在行窃,这位警校生看见之后,立马予以制止,并采取了及时控制,等待出警民警处置。期间,小偷还威胁他,想要逃跑。

(zài ɡōnɡjiāochē shànɡ, yīmínɡ xiǎotōu zhènɡzài xínɡqiè, zhèwèi jǐnɡxiào shēnɡ kànjiàn zhīhòu, lìmǎ yǔyǐ zhìzhǐ, bìnɡ cǎiqǔle jíshí kònɡzhì, děnɡdài chūjǐnɡ mínjǐnɡ chǔzhì.qījiān, xiǎotōu hái wēixié tā, xiǎnɡyào táopǎo.)

B: He is really brave. He was a student, but his reaction was really fast.  

他真的很勇敢啊。作为一名学生,他的反应是如此的迅速。

(tā zhēnde hěn yǒnɡɡǎ nā.zuòwéi yīmínɡ xuéshēnɡ, tāde fǎnyīnɡ shì rúcǐ de xùnsù.)

A: Yup. He said he caught the thief out of a sense of responsibility. I admire that. 

是的。他表示自己抓小偷是出于责任感。我感到很敬佩。

(shìde.tā biǎoshì zìjǐ zhuāxiǎotōu shì chūyú zérènɡǎn.wǒ ɡǎndào hěn jìnɡpèi.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT