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【在生活中學習語言】《中英對照讀新聞》噢，唉喲。我的車為什麼發不動？

Aw, nuts. That’s likely what Hope Wideup thought when her car’s turn signal and windshield wipers wouldn’t work. It’s also what she found later when she opened the hood.

噢，唉喲。這恐怕是霍普．魏達的車的方向燈與雨刷不聽使喚時的內心獨白。而這也是她稍後打開引擎蓋後看到的景象的想法。

"There were thousands in there. They were everywhere," she said, speculating a chipmunk found its way into her car, which had been sitting idle for several weeks, and used the engine compartment as a storage depot for a trove of black walnuts.

「那裡面有成千上萬個。到處都是，」她說，心想某隻花栗鼠想辦法鑽入她那輛已經數週沒開過的車裡，把引擎室當成儲存寶貴的黑胡桃的儲藏室。

Wideup thinks it all started last fall when a chipmunk snatched a garden glove from her yard. She later found the glove in the engine compartment when she was trying to repair the broken turn signal. Unable to fix the problem, however, Wideup let the car sit unused for a couple of weeks and then heard a loud revving sound from the engine when she tried to start the vehicle.

魏達認為，一切始於去年秋天一隻花栗鼠從她的花園裡搶走一隻園藝手套。她稍後在企圖修理壞掉的方向燈時，在汽車引擎室發現這隻手套。由於無法修理好，該車被魏達閒置不用了兩週，而當她企圖發動該車時，就聽到從引擎傳來極大噪音。

That’s when she looked under the hood again and found the walnuts.

就是這時，她再看了看引擎蓋下面，發現了這些胡桃。

 

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