英国超市将巧克力锁进防盗盒

近日，英国部分商店正将巧克力棒锁进塑胶盒内。零售商与警方警告，窃贼正针对巧克力进行“订单式”偷窃。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Which inference is most strongly supported by the retailers' decision to lock relatively low-priced chocolate bars in anti-theft boxes?

A. The monetary value per item is less relevant than resale efficiency for offenders.

B. Chocolate has become legally classified as a high-risk controlled good.

C. Retailers believe customers are complicit in resale operations.

D. Anti-theft packaging is cheaper than hiring additional staff.

无注释原文：

Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order

From: BBC

Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.

Sainsbury's said it had begun using "boxes on products which are regularly targeted", with £2.60 bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk locked up in one London branch.

Chocolate was more recently being "sold on by criminals and is now being targeted more frequently by prolific offenders," according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).

Some individual police forces told us they had seen a specific trend of chocolate being targeted. The National Police Chiefs' Council said it was working to tackle this type of crime.

In recent months some police forces have posted videos of chocolate being stolen to highlight the issue.

West Midlands Police shared CCTV footage of a man grabbing trays of chocolate from a shop in Stourbridge, while Wiltshire Police shared a video of a man dragging a whole shelving stand of chocolate out of a shop door.

And earlier last year a man was arrested by Cambridgeshire Police with a coat full of Cadbury's Creme eggs.

Cambridgeshire Police told the BBC: "Chocolate is one of a number of high-value items thieves often target, along with products such as alcohol, meat and coffee.

"Retail theft has a real and lasting impact – not just on businesses, but on the staff who have to deal with related abuse and intimidation."

Meanwhile, the British Retail Consortium's annual crime report found there were 5.5 million detected incidents of shop theft last year, and 1,600 daily incidents of violence and abuse against retail workers. Although this was down by a fifth on the previous year, it was still the second highest on record.

Supermarkets have also been stepping up security on chocolate bars, with Tesco and Co-Op as well as Sainsbury's using the transparent boxes which customers have to ask staff to open.

The Heart of England Co-Op group, which runs 38 stores in the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, told the BBC chocolate theft cost it £250,000 last year. It was the group's most stolen product in 2024 and topped only by alcohol in 2025, it said.

Chief executive Steve Browne told the BBC chocolate theft was a "massive issue".

"In a particular shop, one individual could cost us thousands of pounds in a week," he said. "They were coming in... then literally swiping the whole shelf."

He said a shelf of chocolate could be worth £500 and the group had spent £3m on security and other measures to prevent thefts.

Sunita Aggarwal runs two convenience stores in Leicester and Sheffield.

"People are just coming in, and nicking boxes and boxes of chocolate," she said.

"We know illicit trade is definitely on the up. As retailers, we know it goes on in front of us."

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order

From: BBC

Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.

英国部分商店正将巧克力棒锁进塑胶盒内。零售商与警方警告，窃贼正针对巧克力进行“订单式”偷窃。

作名词，表示“条状物”，英文解释为“a substance that has been made into a solid rectangular shape”如：a bar of soap 一块肥皂，a chocolate bar 一条巧克力棒。

作动词，表示“禁止，阻止”，英文解释为“If someone is barred from a place or from doing something, they are officially forbidden to go there or to do it.”举个🌰： The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night before a match. 运动员在参赛前夜不得喝酒。

🎬电影《逆转王牌》（Runner Runner）中的台词提到：He said I'd be barred from re-entering the country.他说我下次回国时会被禁止入境。

📍set the bar high/low = put the bar high/low 表示设定高/低标准、高/低要求（to set a high/low standard for something）

Sainsbury's said it had begun using "boxes on products which are regularly targeted", with £2.60 bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk locked up in one London branch.

大型超商森宝利（Sainsbury's）表示，已开始对“经常被盯上的产品”使用防盗盒。在伦敦一家分店中，售价仅2.60英镑的吉百利牛奶巧克力（Cadbury Dairy Milk）已被锁起来了。

branch /brɑːntʃ/ 1）表示“分支机构；分部；分行；分店”，英文解释为“one of the offices or groups that form part of a large business organization”举个🌰：He used to work in the local branch of a large bank. 他曾在一家大型银行设在当地的分行工作。

2）表示“一部分；支族，旁系”，英文解释为“a part of something larger”举个🌰：Immunology is a branch of biological science. 免疫学是生物科学的一个分支。

3）表示“（血管）分枝”，英文解释为“a smaller blood vessel or nerve that grows out of the main part”

Chocolate was more recently being "sold on by criminals and is now being targeted more frequently by prolific offenders," according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).

英国超商协会（ACS）指出，巧克力最近更常被犯罪分子转卖，成为惯犯更频繁的目标。

prolific /prəˈlɪf.ɪk/ 表示“作品丰富的；多产的；（运动员）得分高的”，英文解释为“producing a great number or amount of something”举个🌰：He was probably the most prolific songwriter of his generation. 他可能是他这代人中最多产的歌曲作家。

Prolific offender字面意思是“高产的罪犯”，指惯犯，频繁作案、多次犯罪的人。

Some individual police forces told us they had seen a specific trend of chocolate being targeted. The National Police Chiefs' Council said it was working to tackle this type of crime.

部分警方单位向BBC表示，他们观察到巧克力被针对性偷窃的特定趋势。英国全国警察局长理事会（National Police Chiefs' Council）表示正致力打击这类犯罪。

In recent months some police forces have posted videos of chocolate being stolen to highlight the issue. West Midlands Police shared CCTV footage of a man grabbing trays of chocolate from a shop in Stourbridge, while Wiltshire Police shared a video of a man dragging a whole shelving stand of chocolate out of a shop door.

近几个月来，警方发布的巧克力被窃影片凸显了这类问题。西米德兰（West Midlands）警方分享了在斯陶布里奇（Stourbridge）一家商店的监视画面，一名男子抢走整盘巧克力；此外，威尔特郡（Wiltshire）警方则发布一名男子将整排巧克力货架拖出店门的影片。

footage /ˈfʊt.ɪdʒ/ 表示“（描述某一事件的）片段镜头”，英文解释为“Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.”举个🌰：They are planning to show exclusive footage from this summer's festivals. 他们计划独家播放今年夏季节日活动的片断镜头。 补充： 📍closed-circuit footage指的是监控录像画面；

📍CCTV：此CCTV非彼CCTV，其中的CC就是Closed Circuit的缩写，TV就是电视Television的缩写。

grab /ɡræb/ 1）表示“攫取，抢夺”，英文解释为“to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly”举个🌰：A mugger grabbed her handbag as she was walking across the park. 她穿过公园时一个劫匪抢了她的手提包。

2）表示“抓住，利用（机会做某事）；（借机）赶紧…”，英文解释为“to take the opportunity to get, use, or enjoy something quickly”举个🌰：If you don't grab this opportunity, you might not get another one. 如果你不抓住这次机会，可能就没有第二次了。

📍grab sb's attention 表示“吸引（某人的）注意”，英文解释为“to attract someone's attention”举个🌰：With your first sentence you must grab the reader's attention. 你的第一句话就必须抓住读者的注意力。

tray /treɪ/ 表示“盘；碟；托盘”，英文解释为“a flat object, usually with raised edges, used for carrying food and drinks”举个🌰：She was carrying a tray of drinks. 她端着一托盘饮料。

And earlier last year a man was arrested by Cambridgeshire Police with a coat full of Cadbury's Creme eggs.

去年早些时候，剑桥郡警方逮捕一名外套内塞满“吉百利奶油蛋”（Cadbury's Creme Eggs）的男子。

Cambridgeshire Police told the BBC: "Chocolate is one of a number of high-value items thieves often target, along with products such as alcohol, meat and coffee.

剑桥郡警方告诉BBC：“巧克力是窃贼常针对的高价值物品之一，与酒类、肉类、咖啡等并列。”

"Retail theft has a real and lasting impact – not just on businesses, but on the staff who have to deal with related abuse and intimidation."

“零售盗窃不仅对企业造成实质且持久的影响，也对必须面对相关辱骂与恐吓的员工造成冲击。”

intimidation /ɪnˌtɪm.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“恫吓，恐吓”，英文解释为“the action of frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do”举个🌰：The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensifies daily. 针对他们的暴力和恐吓活动每天都在加剧。

Meanwhile, the British Retail Consortium's annual crime report found there were 5.5 million detected incidents of shop theft last year, and 1,600 daily incidents of violence and abuse against retail workers. Although this was down by a fifth on the previous year, it was still the second highest on record.

英国零售协会（British Retail Consortium）的年度犯罪报告显示，去年侦测到的商店盗窃事件达550万起，每天发生1,600起针对零售员工的暴力与辱骂事件。虽然比前一年下降五分之一，但仍是史上第二高纪录。

consortium /kənˈsɔːtɪəm/ 表示“联合；（数家公司或银行联合组成的）联营企业；财团，银团；联盟”，英文解释为“A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to cooperate with each other.”如：a consortium of textile manufacturers 纺织企业联合集团。

Supermarkets have also been stepping up security on chocolate bars, with Tesco and Co-Op as well as Sainsbury's using the transparent boxes which customers have to ask staff to open.

超市也加强对巧克力棒的安保措施，特易购（Tesco）、合作联盟（Co-Op）与森宝利连锁店同样使用需向店员索取开启的透明防盗盒。

transparent /trænˈspær.ənt/ 1）表示“透明的”，英文解释为“If a substance or object is transparent, you can see through it very clearly.”

2）表示“清楚易懂的；显而易见的”，英文解释为“clear and easy to understand or recognize”

3）表示“公开和诚实的，无秘密的”，英文解释为“open and honest, without secrets”举个🌰：We are committed to being totally transparent about our charges. 我们致力于让收费完全透明。

The Heart of England Co-Op group, which runs 38 stores in the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, told the BBC chocolate theft cost it £250,000 last year. It was the group's most stolen product in 2024 and topped only by alcohol in 2025, it said.

英格兰中部合作联盟集团（在西米德兰、华威克郡、莱斯特郡与北安普敦郡经营38家门市）告诉BBC，去年巧克力盗窃造成该集团损失25万英镑。2024年巧克力是其最常被窃产品，2025年仅次于酒类。

Chief executive Steve Browne told the BBC chocolate theft was a "massive issue".

该集团执行长史蒂夫·布朗恩（Steve Browne）告诉BBC，巧克力盗窃是“重大问题”。

"In a particular shop, one individual could cost us thousands of pounds in a week," he said. "They were coming in... then literally swiping the whole shelf."

“在特定门市，一名窃贼一周就能让我们损失数千英镑，他们进来……然后直接扫走整排货架。”

literally /ˈlɪt.ər.əl.i/ 1）表示“确实地；名副其实地”，英文解释为“using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase”举个🌰：They were responsible for literally millions of deaths. 他们的确对数百万人的死负有责任。

2）表示“逐字（翻译）地”，英文解释为“If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.”举个🌰：Translations that are done too literally often don't flow well or don't sound natural. 太拘泥于字面意思的翻译往往会不太流畅或不太自然。

3）表示“（用于强调所说的话）确实，真正地”，英文解释为“used to emphasize what you are saying”举个🌰：He missed that kick literally by miles. 他那一脚踢丢得确实相差好几英里远。

4）表示“只是，仅仅，就”，英文解释为“simply or just”举个🌰：Then you literally cut the sausage down the middle. 那么你就从香肠的中间切开吧。

swipe /swaɪp/ 1）表示“滑屏”，英文解释为“to move your finger over the screen of a mobile phone or tablet in order to move onto the next page, choose something, etc.”举个🌰：Swipe left to see more search results. 左滑查看更多搜索结果。

2）表示“偷窃，盗窃”，英文解释为“to steal”举个🌰：Okay, who swiped my keys? 好吧，是谁偷了我的钥匙？

3）表示“击打，尤指抡起（某物）猛打”，英文解释为“to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement”举个🌰：She opened the window and swiped at the flies with a rolled-up newspaper to make them go out. 她打开窗户，挥舞着卷起的报纸一阵猛打，想把苍蝇赶出去。

He said a shelf of chocolate could be worth £500 and the group had spent £3m on security and other measures to prevent thefts.

他表示，一排巧克力价值可达500英镑，该集团已花费300万英镑于安保及其他防盗措施。

Sunita Aggarwal runs two convenience stores in Leicester and Sheffield.

桑妮塔·阿加瓦尔（Sunita Aggarwal）在莱斯特和谢菲尔德经营着两家便利店。

"People are just coming in, and nicking boxes and boxes of chocolate," she said.

“人们直接进来，偷走一箱又一箱的巧克力。”她说。

nick /nɪk/ 表示“偷”，英文解释为“to steal something”举个🌰：I've had my bike nicked again. 我的自行车又被偷了。

"We know illicit trade is definitely on the up. As retailers, we know it goes on in front of us."

“我们知道非法交易肯定在上升。作为零售商，我们亲眼看见这些事发生。”

illicit /ɪˈlɪs.ɪt/ 表示“非法的；违禁的；社会不容许的”，英文解释为“illegal or disapproved of by society”如：illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis 可卡因和大麻之类的违禁药物。

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