【轻松英文阅读】禁止无人机

 One town in Colorado may never be getting delivery by Amazon drones, if one man has his way.

 

You may have heard about Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’s plans to create a drone delivery service called “Air Prime.” With Air Prime, products would be delivered to your house within 30 minutes by drone.

 

Though the idea is just in the planning stages, there has been a lot of criticism. But perhaps the town of Deertrail, Colorado has had the most extreme reaction to it. The town is about to vote on an ordinance¹ that will allow drone hunting. You heard it right! If the ordinance is passed, it will be legal to shoot down drones in Deertrail. All you will need is a $25 drone-hunting license² from the city. Moreover, if you bring back pieces of the dead drone you can get a bounty³ of up to $100.

 

The ordinance was the idea of Deertrail resident, Philip Steel. He is a very vocal⁴ critic of the use of drones. He is using it as way to bring attention to the problem.

 

The ordinance will be decided⁵ next week.

1 ordinance   

n.法令；条令；条例

参考例句：

• The Ordinance of 1785 provided the first land grants for educational purposes.1785年法案为教育目的提供了第一批土地。
• The city passed an ordinance compelling all outdoor lighting to be switched off at 9.00 PM.该市通过一条法令强令晚上九点关闭一切室外照明。

2 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

3 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

4 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。