On January 28th 2022, 18-year-old Joe Dix was found lying(被发现躺着) in the street. He had been stabbed seven times by members of a rival drugs gang—one of them wielding a 24-inch (61cm) sword.(他被敌对贩毒团伙成员刺了七刀，其中一人挥舞着24英寸长剑。) Dix died an hour later. “His insides(内脏) were coming out,” his partner would later tell the court.
2022年1月28日，18岁的乔·迪克斯被发现躺在街上。他被一个敌对贩毒团伙的成员刺了七刀——其中一人挥舞着一把24英寸（61厘米）长的剑。迪克斯一小时后死亡。“他的内脏都流出来了，”他的伴侣后来在法庭上作证时说。
Where do you think this happened? London, notorious(臭名昭著的) for knife crime, is an obvious choice. Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, each with its own history(每个都有各自的历史) of gang violence, are others. In fact Dix was murdered in Norwich, a small, quaint(古雅的，别致的) city the Sunday Times(《星期日泰晤士报》) recently crowned the best place to live in Britain.
你觉得这件事发生在哪里？伦敦以持刀犯罪臭名昭著，是一个显而易见的选择。伯明翰、曼彻斯特和利物浦，每个城市都有各自的帮派暴力历史，也是可能的答案。事实上，迪克斯是在诺里奇被谋杀的，这是一个小巧而古雅的城镇，《星期日泰晤士报》最近将其评为英国最宜居的地方。
More than 70% of Britons(英国人) believe knife attacks are rising across the country(全国范围内). They are not. Hospitalisations for “assault by sharp object”, one of the most reliable indicators of violent crime, have fallen by a third in England since 2019.(因锐器袭击而住院的人数，作为暴力犯罪最可靠指标之一，自2019年以来在英格兰下降了三分之一。) Last year homicides(凶杀案) fell to a 50-year low.
超过70%的英国人认为持刀袭击在全国范围内呈上升趋势。但事实并非如此。因“锐器袭击”而住院的人数——这是暴力犯罪最可靠的指标之一——自2019年以来在英格兰下降了三分之一。去年，凶杀案降至50年来的最低点。
Knives outdated
刀已过时