朋友近日在美国街头章莹颖被骗上车600米处遇到的一幕,让他不吐不快。
(以下是他的发言)
一件回想起来后怕但又觉得荒唐可笑的事情 —— 却很有必要在美国的留学生中流传
8月8日下午四点多一些儿的时候,我从儿子的新公寓楼出来沿着Wright Street 西边人行道向南行走,准备到Green Street,刚走了不到50米,忽然看见一辆黑色越野车在我左前方约十米处停了下来,然后倒车到我行走的位置(这个位置距离Wright 街和White街交叉丁字口东约30米)附近刹住了车,司机开始向我打招呼:" Hello, glad to see you here. Can I ask you a way?" 我一时感到很惊讶,但镇定地迅速看了一下车里情况: 有四个人,前排司机是一个四十来岁的男人,副驾驶座上是一个十几岁的男孩儿,后排右边坐的估计是孩子的妈妈,后排左边还有一个更小的孩子,从衣着和肤色上看估计是中东人。于是,我很快回复:" Hello, Glad to see you! " 接着司机又说:"You look like Chinese." "Yes."我答到。接下来的对话用英语回忆下来是:他先说道,
__“Chinese people are friendly. We are losing our way here. Where are we? We are going to Chicago.”
__"Thank you. This is Urbana city. You can go back to the University Avennue first, then turn right, go along it until you get to Lincoln Avenue, then turn left and go along it to the north until you see a high way, then you can go to Chicago . There are about 200 miles frim here."
—"Thank you! But, we need your help. We come from Dubai.We are very rich. But we run out of money , and also, I lost my credit card. You look at me, here, I can give you my gold necklace and my gold watch. You give me 100 US dollars. Then I can go to a gas station to fill my car some petrol."
我听到这里,马上明白他是向我要钱的,要一百美元。同时,他说了他们来自迪拜,非常富有,愿意把他的金项链和金手表给我。我立刻意识到是怎么回事,也立刻警觉起来。便回答:
I am very sorry. But I have no money with me. I am going to look for my son. He is studying in the library. I need to go there now.
听到我说的话后,他还要坚持把他的金项链和手表给我,并装出一副很不得已的样子,一边说一边摘下项链和手表要递给我。我坚持不要,并说:
"Sorry, I don't need them. If you want help , you can go back to a gas station and ask the people working there. There is a filling station nearby. it is only about 100 metres away from here."我一边说,一边给他指向那个加油站。
他听我说到这里,迅速踩了一脚油门把车开走了。
事情的经过就这么简单。但这几天我的眼前却不断出现这一幕情景。
感到后怕的是:那车里面的人假如不是一个夫妻和孩子,而是两三个壮汉,结果会是什么?我也想到上述的位置距离章莹颖的出事地点仅仅只有约600米,会不会有类似的事件将会发生?
感到荒唐和可笑的是:既然那个司机说他们那么富有,钱花完了,信用卡也丢了,说他需要一百美元,还要把自己的金项链和手表摘下换取。这样的举动会让人相信吗?
这种事情在我们国家也经常遇到,但却没有见到开着豪车去这样要钱的。
这就是一种生活经历。假如你遇到过,而且很幸运,下次再遇到,你当然会知道该如何应对。假如没有遇到过,突然碰到,有时还真不知道还怎样处理。假如遇到一个爱贪小便宜的人呢?后果能预料吗?
所以,想了想,还是把把这个经历发出来,以便朋友们感觉一下异地的生活见闻。建议有孩子在国外上学的朋友告诫一下孩子们要处处当心,毕竟安全是第一位的。
[ 本帖最后由 222we 于 2019-8-13 11:04 编辑 ]