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【在生活中學習語言】中英對照讀新聞---Brazen NZ parrot steals passport 大膽的紐西蘭鸚鵡偷護照

Polly wants a passport—and isn’t above stealing one.

波利想要一本護照，而且並不以去偷一本為恥。

A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man’s passport in a colored bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported Friday.

一隻大膽的鸚鵡發現一本蘇格蘭男子的護照，就放在觀光巴士底下行李艙的彩色袋子裡，於是搶走護照逃進茂密灌木叢中，南島時報報導。

The bird—a parrot of the Kea variety—made its move while the bus was stopped along the highway to Milford Sound on South Island, and the driver was looking through the compartment.

這隻鳥—屬於啄羊鸚鵡—是當巴士停在通往南島米爾福灣的公路邊，司機查看行李艙時採取行動。

Police told the newspaper the passport has not been recovered and is unlikely to be located in the vast Fiordland rain forest.

警方說，那本護照一直沒找回來，而且在這片廣大的峽灣雨林中也不太可能找到。

"My passport is somewhere out there in Fiordland. The Kea’s probably using it for fraudulent claims or something," the passport owner, who did not want to be named, told the newspaper.

「我的護照在峽灣中的某處。這隻鸚鵡八成把它用來做招搖撞騙之類的事情。」這本護照持有人說。

Kea, the world’s only snow line-dwelling parrot, are widely known as inquisitive birds who appear to take delight in attacking rubber items like windshield wiper blades.

啄羊鸚鵡是全球唯一住在雪線的鸚鵡，向以好奇出名，而且顯然以攻擊如汽車雨刷之類的橡膠物品為樂。

"I’ll never look at a Kea in the same way," the man was quoted saying.

「我以後會對啄羊鸚鵡另眼相看」，報導引述這名男子的說法。

新聞辭典

brazen：形容詞，動詞；大膽的、厚臉皮的，大膽、厚臉皮的行動。例句：You are such a brazen liar.（你真是個厚顏無恥的騙子。）

above；介系詞，不屑於、難於，如；above comprehension難以理解的。above oneself 自大的。

take delight in；片語，樂於、以從事某事為樂。例句：She takes delight in helping others.（她以助人為樂。）

 

 

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