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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 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and
down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 3 , such as strange
cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in
Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday
of every month. That's 7 Tim get together with about ten of his neighbors to
discuss community 8 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the
police 9 their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tim Stedman, president of 10 neighborhood
watch group, agrees with Tim. "People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not
11 them. Well, it's never happened to me," he said, " but I don't
think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13
sitting in their own homes." Alex, a member of the group, said that all
the neighbors 14 out for one another. "We 15 each other's homes. We keep
watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16 of four or
five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the
17 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for
18 , or someone destroying property, we report to the police."
Alex feels the neighborhood watch group 19
a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, "Police are good
people, but they can't do 20 ."
1. A. yet B. still C. just D. rather