Third-grader gets town’s law banning snowball-throwing tossed

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Third-grader gets town's law banning snowball-throwing tossed

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Finally tonight here. What childhood is complete without a good snowball fight now and then? We’ll just ask 9-year-old Dane, whose town banned it 100 years ago.
最后让我们关注今晚的最后一则新闻。大家想想这个问题吧，一个没有打雪仗的童年是完整的吗？让我们问一下戴恩，一个九岁的小男孩，他居住的小镇竟然在100年前就禁止人们打雪仗。

[hide j=1]Meet 9-year-old Dane Best, from Severance， Colorado, throwing a football in his backyard, but not allowed to throw snowball.，because for nearly a century in his town, the law says it’s illegal.
九岁的戴恩·贝斯特来自科罗拉多州的塞弗伦斯，我们见到他时他正在他家后院扔着一颗足球，因为他居住的小镇不允许人们扔雪球，这项禁令存在已经将近一个世纪了。

I wanner be able to throw snowball without getting in trouble, and I think it’s an outdated law.
我想能够拥有扔雪球的权利，而不是连扔雪球都不被法律允许。而且我认为这条规定已经是过时的了。

He just said, Mom, I would like you to go change the law, ah, and I said I’m not gonna fight to change the law. If you feel this is something you want to change, then let’s take steps and see if something you could do.
他说，妈妈，我希望你能够改变这条法律。然后我说，我并不打算这样做。但是如果你觉得你想要改变这个的话，就让我们一起行动起来，看看你能不能为此做些什么。

So they got an idea. Dane would argue this case to the town board, completing with a powerpoint presentation. His bowtie on. He was ready.
他们想出了一个主意。戴恩向市议会提出了这个问题，利用PPT演示文稿讲述他的看法。他戴上了蝴蝶领结，整装待发。

Kids want to have snowball fight without breaking the law.
孩子们应该拥有自己的权利打雪仗。

His argument, convincing.
他的看法说服了全场。

The children of Severance want the opportunities to have a snowball fight like the rest of the world.
塞弗伦斯的孩子渴望和其他地方的孩子一样，能够来一场酣畅淋漓的雪仗。

His petitions, signed by his third-grade classmates.
作为一个三年级的学生，他的同学们纷纷在他的请愿书上签名。

Those will be submitted into evidence.
你说的每句话都将成为呈堂证供。

And then the vote.
接下来是投票过程。

One by one, the town board voting unanimously to lift the ban. The mayor, delivering the news.
投票一个接着一个进行，市议会最后一致同意解除禁令。随后，市长宣布了这个结果。

It sounds like you get the unanimous pass. It sounds like you just change the law.
看起来你的请愿得到了一致通过。看起来你改变了法律呢！

The town cheering. And tonight, Dane telling us it was a hard-fought victory.
整个小镇沸腾了。就在今晚，戴恩说这真是一个花费了很大努力的胜利。

I was able to throw the first legal snowball.
我将是第一个扔出合法雪球的人！

Well, your throw the snowball which is the first legal one.
对的，你扔的是第一颗合法的雪球。

Tonight, in Severance, Colorado they’re waiting for their next big snowball. Let the snowball fight begin.
今夜，在科罗拉多州的塞弗伦斯，人们正翘首以盼着他们的雪球之战。让我们拉开雪仗的序幕吧！

Dane has his eyes on Washington next, but the snowball’s the first. Hope to see you right here tomorrow.
戴恩一直关注着华盛顿，但是显然雪球更重要。今天的新闻就到这里，明天同一时间同一地点，我们不见不散！[/hide]

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