Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t
36 drive to a store and back home. He always looks
37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything
38 such as strange cars, loud noises,
39 windows , or people gathering on street corners.
Tim
40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group
41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s
42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community
43 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police
44 their homes , streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman , president of
45 neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not
46 them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the
47 to steal from other people or to make them feel
48 sitting in their own homes.
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors
49 out for one another. “We
50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a
51 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the
52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for
53 , or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups
54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do 55 .”
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