作业不会做,报警求救?
A 10-year-old Colorado boy called 911 for help with his math, and it paid off.
科罗拉多州一名10岁大的小男孩,打电话给911想要在数学作业上寻求帮助,而竟然收到了回复。
Fort Collins police have just released audio of the call picked up by dispatcher Chris Clow.
柯林斯堡警方刚刚公布了这次由接线员克里斯.克劳接获的报警录音。
"Hi, this isn't an emergency but I'm 10 years old and I'm working on my math homework right now and I can't figure out what 71 divided by 3,052 is," the boy told Clow, who took the April call.
“你好,我遇到的不是紧急情况,不过我今年十岁大啦,我正在做我的数学家庭作业呢,不过我算不出71除以3052等于多少,”这个小男孩告诉接到这个搞怪电话的克劳警官说。
Clow first realized that boy, whose name was not released, had actually confused the numbers and that he needed to solve 3,052 divided by 71, not the other way around.
克劳警官首先意识到这个小男孩,名字没有公布,他搞混了数字,他要求的应该是3052除以71,而不是反过来。
After asking a few questions, Clow came back with the answer: “It’s 42.98, which you would round up to like 43.”
在问了几个问题后,克劳警官带着答案回来了:“答案是42.98,你可以四舍五入成43。”
“Thanks. Thank you,” the boy said.
“谢谢,谢谢你哦。”小男孩说道。
Clow was unavailable to comment but police spokeswoman Kate Kimble told us the department occasionally gets calls from people who are not experiencing an emergency.
克劳对此的看法还不清楚不过警方发言人凯特.基博告诉我们说警察局时不时会接到这种不是紧急情况的人打来的电话。
And, like this time, dispatchers will try to accommodate the caller, she said.
而他们就像这次情况中一样,接线员会尽力给打电话的人提供方便,她说道。
“A lot of times their dispatchers will take that opportunity to educate them about the right and wrong reasons to call 911,” Kimble said, adding that dispatchers will try to help if they have time.
“很多时候接线员们都会利用这个机会来教育他们关于打911电话的注意事项,”基博说道,还补充说如果接线员有时间的话会尽力给他们帮忙。
“Sometimes, as in this case, they feel like people might just need a little bit of compassion in the day and if things aren't busy, they're willing to help them out."
“有时候,就像这个案例一样,他们感觉人们只是在那一天需要一点点同情心,如果事务不太繁忙,他们就会尽力帮助他们。”
Taking it all in stride, Fort Collins police provided a nonemergency number on their Facebook page for those who are in need of help but cautioned that homework does not fall under their purview.
柯林斯堡警局对此泰然处之,他们在自己的脸书页面上提供了一个非紧急求助电话给那些需要帮助的人们,不过提醒了人们家庭作业不是他们管辖的范畴。
“From an early age, kids are taught to call police if they need help. This particular problem wasn't the kind we typically handle, but we're glad Dispatch was able to help solve it,” Fort Collins Police Services wrote on its Facebook page.
“从很小的时候开始,小孩们就被教会了需要帮助就找警察。这次这件事不是我们通常处理的问题,不过我们还是很高兴接线员能够帮忙解决了问题,”柯林斯堡警察服务在它的脸书页面上写道。
“Disclaimer: Not all dispatchers are as skilled in math and/or readily equipped with calculators as Dispatcher Chris.