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A Snohomish County senior citizen has earned the nickname "the AARP Ninja" by fighting off a would-be thief.

美國華盛頓州史諾洪米許郡的一位長者，因為擊退一名可能想偷他東西的人，贏得「退休人士協會忍者」的綽號。

Buzz Biechler, 66, was walking home from the Walgreens drug store, when two suspicious men caught his eye. One nearly clipped him on a bicycle, he said, which drew his attention to the second one barreling towards him.

當66歲的巴茲．畢寇勒從沃爾葛林斯藥局走回家時，發現兩名鬼鬼祟祟的男子。他說，其中一人騎腳踏車切過他，讓他注意到另外一人正朝他快速衝來。

"He had (a large piece of wood) raised like this," Biechler said, motioning. "He was running at me full assault. I don’t know. I don’t have anything to steal. I didn’t know what he wanted."

「他像這樣高舉（一大塊木材），」畢寇勒邊比劃邊說。「他以全面攻擊之姿朝我衝來。我不懂。我沒什麼好搶的。我不知道他要幹嘛。」

Biechler has Diabetes, a heart condition, Hepatitis C, and one eye. He made a split-second decision to use the cane he walks with to fend off his attacker, hitting him once in the stomach and once on the ankle.

畢寇勒有糖尿病、心臟病、C型肝炎，還瞎了一隻眼。他不假思索地拿起他的手杖抵擋攻擊者，朝對方的胃部與腳踝各敲一下。

"I kind of feel for the guy. I know what he’s going through," Biechler said, "but at the same time, It’s kind of like, ’don’t tread on me.’"

「我有點同情那傢伙。我知道他的感受，」畢寇勒說，「但我同時也覺得，『少惹我』。」

新聞辭典

fight someone or something off：慣用語，抵擋攻擊。例句：She fought the attackers off by her own.（她獨力擊退數名攻擊者。）

catch someone’s eye：慣用語，吸引某人注意。例句：I hate that restaurant; you can never catch the waiter’s eye to order.（我討厭那家餐廳，你永遠無法引起侍者注意以便點餐。）

feel for someone：慣用語，同情；對他人的痛苦感同身受。

宏浩翻譯引用自 http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=982053&day=2016-04-22