VOA慢速英語：小男孩推翻鎮(zhèn)上的打雪仗禁令

Boy Asks Town to Lift Snowball Fight Ban

小男孩推翻鎮(zhèn)上的打雪仗禁令

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Cold, snowy weather has arrived in many places. That means young people are enjoying building snowmen, going sledding and having snowball fights.

許多地方都出現(xiàn)了寒冷多雪的天氣，這意味著年輕人可以盡情享受堆雪人、坐雪橇和打雪仗啦。

But in one small American city, snowball fights are illegal.

但是在美國的一個小城市，打雪仗是非法的。

Welcome to Severance, Colorado. The town, north of Denver, gets about 100 centimeters of snowfall a year. For almost 100 years, city rules have said it is illegal to throw or shoot stones or missiles at people, animals, buildings, trees, property or vehicles. Snowballs were considered to be part of the town's definition of "missiles."

歡迎來到科羅拉多州的塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)。這個位于丹佛市北部的小鎮(zhèn)每年降雪量約為100厘米。近100年來，這個小城都規(guī)定向人、動物、建筑物、樹木、不動產(chǎn)或者車輛投擲石頭或投擲物是非法的。雪球就被認(rèn)為是該鎮(zhèn)定義的投擲物的一部分。

Kyle Rietkerk works for the town of Severance. He said children cannot believe that it is illegal to have snowball fights in their hometown. He said town leaders have for years told the children, ‘You have the power, you can change the law.'

Kyle Rietkerk在塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)工作。他說，孩子們都不敢相信在家鄉(xiāng)打雪仗是非法的。他說，鎮(zhèn)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)多年來一直對孩子們說，“你有權(quán)力，你可以改變這項法律。”

But no one had tried -- until now.

但是從來沒有人試過，直到現(xiàn)在。

Nine-year-old Dane Best lives in Severance with his parents and little brother. He has made it his mission to get the snowball-fight ban overturned.

9歲的戴恩·貝斯特(Dane Best)跟父母與弟弟一起住在塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)。他把推翻打雪仗禁令當(dāng)作自己的使命。

Dane says he believes the law is "outdated."

戴恩說他認(rèn)為這項法律“已經(jīng)過時了。”

"I want to be able to throw a snowball without getting in trouble," he said.

他說：“我希望能夠在不惹麻煩的前提下扔雪球。”

Dane's mother, Brooke Best, told The Greeley Tribune newspaper that her son found out it was illegal to throw snowballs within town limits about a month and a half ago. Since then, he has been talking about how to change that.

戴恩的母親布魯克·貝斯特(Brooke Best)對 The Greeley Tribune 報表示，她的兒子在一個半月前發(fā)現(xiàn)，在鎮(zhèn)里扔雪球是非法的。從那以后，他一直在談?wù)撊绾胃淖冞@種狀況。

Dane wrote letters with his classmates in support of overturning the ban.

戴恩跟同學(xué)們寫信支持推翻這項禁令。

And on Monday, he spoke about the issue at a Severance town meeting. Leaders listened as Dane presented his arguments. Then, they all voted to lift the ban.

周一，他在一場塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)的會議上談到了這個問題。鎮(zhèn)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們聽取了戴恩的觀點，然后他們投票解除了這項禁令。

Dane says the first person he hopes to hit with a snowball is his four-year-old brother.

戴恩表示，他希望用雪球打的第一個人是他四歲的弟弟。

Dane and his family have researched other Severance rules, including one that defines pets only as cats and dogs. Dane has a guinea pig, which appears to be illegal in Severance, too.

戴恩和他的家人研究了塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)的其它規(guī)定，其中一項規(guī)定將寵物定義為貓和狗。戴恩有一只豚鼠，在塞弗倫斯鎮(zhèn)看來也是非法的。

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