很容易读懂。可能是读懂之后的小兴奋造成的敏感，很喜欢；想起了我读过的几首英文叙事歌词，Bob Dylan的，Bruce Springsteen的，Kurt Cobain的，Tracy Chapman的，Paul Simon的。不是内容，是写法。Bob写过在街上碰到一个过去的朋友，Kurt写过在楼梯拐角碰到一个过去的朋友。
Bronx Man Who Sold Cigarettes Is Shot Dead
By ANTHONY RAMIREZ and JANON FISHER
Published: November 20, 2005
A retiree who sold discount cigarettes to neighbors in an informal cash business he operated out of his Bronx apartment was discovered fatally shot shortly before midnight Friday, the police said yesterday.
The investigation is continuing into the death of the man, Angel Gustavo Jimenez, 71, a retired shop owner originally from the Dominican Republic.
Investigators at the scene said Mr. Jimenez had been found on the kitchen floor with two gunshot wounds in the head. There were no signs of forced entry, they said, and no suspects have been identified.
No gun was found, but two bullet casings were recovered at the scene. While the police said they did not know of a motive for the killing, friends said they had warned Mr. Jimenez about keeping cash in his apartment.
Mr. Jimenez lived in a ground-floor apartment in a 17-story high-rise, part of the Boston Secor Houses, a public housing project in the Baychester section of the Bronx. A walker and wheelchair could be seen in the apartment; Mr. Jimenez had broken his hip, but it had healed poorly, and he walked with a limp.
“Everybody here used to buy cigarettes from him,” said Edwin Ortiz, a friend who helped Mr. Jimenez buy discount cigarettes on the Internet.
Indeed, Mr. Ortiz said he used to chide Mr. Jimenez for selling cigarettes, principally Newports and Marlboros, from a folding table in his apartment, with cash readily visible. Mr. Ortiz said he was a member of “Smoker’s Den,” described on the Internet as an online smoke shop that is part of the Unkechaug Indian Nation of Poospatuck Indians in Mastic, N.Y., on Long Island. Many Indian tribes are legally permitted to sell cigarettes tax-free.
Mr. Jimenez sold cigarette packs for about $5 each, sharply lower than the $7 or more typically charged by retailers. Mr. Ortiz said he bought buy1 10-pack cartons over the Internet at roughly $25 each, and Mr. Jimenez sold them for $50. Mr. Jimenez sold 50 cartons or more every week, Mr. Ortiz said.
Lucila Alvarez, 59, Mr. Jimenez’s home health care aide, was one of the last people to see him alive. She used to take him to a nearby center for physical therapy.
On Thursday, Mr. Jimenez told her that he planned to buy a plane ticket that afternoon for his annual vacation in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, starting Dec. 10 and returning Feb. 10. Mr. Jimenez has two sons and two daughters living there, Ms. Alvarez said.
On Friday morning, Ms. Alvarez, who does not have a key to Mr. Jimenez’s apartment, knocked on his door but heard no response. Mr. Jimenez’s body was found later that evening.
- New York Times
1. 这个buy出现在这里，一点也不理解。
细细看了一下词典，buy有便宜货的意思，Something that is underpriced；这里是不是这个意思？
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