據外媒報道，好萊塢巨星布拉德·皮特（Brad Pitt）位于洛杉磯的豪宅近日遭到入室盜竊，警方稱財物被“洗劫一空”。

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突發：布拉德·皮特豪宅遭盜竊

LOS ANGELES — Police are investigating a reportedburglaryat “F1” actor Brad Pitt’s home, two law enforcement sources familiar with the incident told NBC News on Thursday.Pitt was not home at the time, the sources said.

【洛杉磯訊】周四，據兩位了解此案的執法人員向NBC新聞透露，警方正在調查《F1》電影演員布拉德·皮特洛杉磯住宅遭盜竊一事。據稱，事發時皮特并不在家。

A Los Angeles police spokesperson confirmed abreak-inat 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the Los Feliz neighborhood but did not identify who lived there or who owned the home.

洛杉磯警方發言人證實，周三晚10點30分，洛斯費利斯社區的一處住宅確實發生了入室盜竊，但未透露屋主身份。

Thievesransackedthe home and took an unknown amount of miscellaneous property, officials said. The value of the items was not immediately disclosed.

警方表示，盜賊洗劫了這所房屋，并盜走了數量不明的各類財物。被盜物品的價值尚未立即公布。

Police were looking for three people who climbed over a front fence and broke in through the home's front window, the sources said.

消息人士稱，警方正在追捕三名嫌疑人，他們翻過前院圍欄，砸碎房屋前窗潛入。

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洛杉磯富人區名人住宅頻遭盜竊

It’s the latest ina wave of burglariesin recent years that have targeted high-end neighborhoods across Los Angeles and Southern California, where VIPs and celebrities have been victimized.

這是近年來洛杉磯及南加州高端社區一系列入室盜竊案中的最新一起，許多社會名流和知名人士的住宅都接連遭殃。

On Valentine’s Day, the Los Angeles home of actor Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban wasburglarized.

就在情人節當天，演員妮可·基德曼與歌手基思·厄本位于洛杉磯的住所也遭到入室行竊。

A week before that, the Southern California home of Los Angeles Football Club star forward Olivier Giroud, member of the French National Team that won the 2018 World Cup, was burglarized. In that case, thievesmade off withwhat a source described as “a significant amount” of jewelry and other items.

而在那一周前，效力于洛杉磯足球俱樂部、同時也是2018年世界杯冠軍法國國家隊成員的球星奧利維耶·吉魯，其位于南加州的住宅同樣被盜。知情人士透露，盜賊帶走了“大量珠寶和其他貴重物品”。

Authorities have not said whether any of the crimes are connected to South Americanburglary crewsthat have been targetinghigh-end homesfrom coast to coast and have been fixtures in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade.

當局尚未說明這些案件是否與南美盜竊團伙有關。這些團伙十多年來一直在洛杉磯地區活動，專門針對美國東西海岸的高端住宅實施盜竊。

本期重點詞匯解析

burglaryn.入室盜竊

burglary crews入室盜竊團伙

a wave of burglaries一連串的盜竊案件

burglarizev.行竊

break-inn.闖入；非法進入

ransackv.洗劫，強調亂翻

high-end homes高端住宅

make off with迅速逃走，順手帶走，是“偷完就跑”的地道動詞短語a significant amount大量的：指數量相當大的數量或程度

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