竟只靠抓亂丟煙蒂
Do you think it’s possible to make a living as an informant? Someone just made it come true!
你覺得當舉報人謀生有可能嗎？苗栗就有真實個案。
make a living 謀生inform(v.)通知、告知informant(n.)告密者、舉報者informer 警方的線人make sth. come true 使某事成真
That person in Miaoli will follow smokers until they toss their cigarette butts onto the ground, capture the evidence, hand it in to the EPA (Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency), and testify against them.
這名舉報人靠著跟蹤吸菸者，拍攝他們在路上隨意亂丟煙蒂的證據、交給環保署並親自作證，
toss(v.)扔、拋capture(v.)捕捉、拍攝evidence(n.)證據hand in 提交、交出testify against sb. 提出不利於某人的證據
He earns NT$100,000 per month catching smokers littering their cigarette butts.
每個月竟然因此能賺到新台幣十萬元。
earn(v.)掙得、賺取litter(v.)亂丟（垃圾）
Offenders who improperly dispose of their cigarette butts will be fined anywhere from NT$1,200 to a maximum of NT$6,000, and informants who successfully report a litterbug to the EPA will receive 50% of the fine amount levied on offenders.
亂丟菸蒂的民眾，將被罰款新台幣1,200至6,000元不等，而成功舉報的人，將得到徵收罰款的50%。
offender(n.)違法者offend(v.)違法、違反offense(n.)罪行dispose of sth. 丟棄、清除fine(v.)罰款maximum(adj.)(n.)最高限度（的）minimum(adj.)(n.)最低限度（的）litterbug 在公共場所亂扔垃圾的人levy (a tax) on sth. 對某物徵收（稅）
Professional informants make use of traffic recorders and hidden cameras to collect evidence on the offenders and provide it to the EPA.
專業舉報者會利用行車記錄器與隱藏式相機，來收集違法者的證據，並將證據提供給環保署。
make use of sth. 利用、善用某物collect(v.)蒐集、收集
Among the many “professional informants” in Miaoli, the most famous one has been reporting such crimes for seven years, earning him more than NT$100,000 as a monthly bonus.
在苗栗的許多「專業舉報者」當中，最有名的這位舉報者，已經從事這種「特殊」行業長達七年，每月還因此賺取了超過十萬元的獎金。
crime(n.)違法行為、罪行criminal(n.)罪犯earn sb. sth. 使某人獲得某物