SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

注释：

1、undercover：adj. 秘密的、秘密从事的
2、drinker：n. 酒徒
3、alcoholic beverage：酒精饮料
4、infiltrate：v. 秘密潜入、渗入
5、intoxication：醉、陶醉
6、exempt：v. 免除
7、drunkenness：n. 醉态
8、detain：v. 拘留、阻止