Italian thieves return watch to victim after realizing it was fake
- victim 受害者
- fake 假的
They say hospitality in Naples is second to none, and one tourist got a singular experience of the Italian city when thieves robbed him of his watch at gunpoint -- then brought it back when they realized it was fake.
- hospitality [ˌhɒspɪˈtæləti] 热情好客
- Naples 那不勒斯
- be second to none 首屈一指
- singular [ˈsɪŋɡjələr] 奇特的
- rob of 抢劫
- at gunpoint 在枪口威胁下
Two Swiss tourists sitting down for a drink just before midnight on Sunday in Piazza Trieste e Trento, one of the city's main squares, were approached by a young man, who pulled out a gun and held it to the head of one of the men, before grabbing his watch and walking off.
- be approached by 被…接近/靠近
- grab 抓
- walk off 走开
Seven minutes later, another young man made his way through the cafe's outdoor seating area, raising his hands in a gesture of apology, saying sorry, and then delivered the watch back to its owner.
- make one‘s way through 某人走过…
- in a gesture of apology 道歉的姿势
- deliver 传送；交付；发表；递送；交出
The extraordinary footage was captured on the CCTV camera of the bar where they were sitting, Monidee Café.
- extraordinary 非比寻常
- footage 镜头
- capture 捕捉
The reason? It was a counterfeit watch, rather than the priceless Richard Mille contraption it purported to be.
- counterfeit [ˈkaʊntəfɪt] 假冒的；伪造的；仿造的
- rather than 而不是
- contraption 装置；奇异的机械；奇特的装置
- purport[pəˈpɔːt ] to be 声称是
But rather than a goodwill gesture, the owner of the bar said it was more likely to be an attempt to avoid legal reprisals.
- goodwill 好心好意的
- be more likely to be 更有可能是…
- an attempt to do 做…的企图
- reprisal [rɪˈpraɪzl] 报复；报复行动
"They brought it back saying 'Sorry, sorry,' maybe as an attempt to get him not to report it," Antonio Visconti told CNN.
- get sb to do 让某人做…
- report 报警
Piazza Trieste e Trento is in the heart of Naples, with the Royal Palace and opera house, the Teatro San Carlo, in pride of place. Leading on to the famous, colonnaded Piazza del Plebiscito, and bordering the ritzy Chiaia neighborhood, the busy square is known for its cafes and bars, with tourists flocking to the historical Gran Caffe Gambrinus.
- in pride of place 占据最重要的地位，最突出的位置
- lead on to 通向
- colonnade 列柱；柱廊 be ～ed 有柱廊的
- flock to 蜂拥而至
- historical 有历史的
Naples has long struggled with its reputation, and while tourism is booming, a spate of watch thefts this summer has led to one tourism boss suggesting that hotels give out plastic watches for visitors to use.
- struggle with 与…斗争
- reputation 名誉；名声
- while 尽管；在…同时
- boom 繁荣兴旺
- a spate of 一连串的；接二连三
- lead to 导致；促使
- give out 发放
