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《中英對照讀新聞》Cheeky bird caged／賤鳥關禁閉

◎陳成良

A zoo caged a cheeky mynah bird for 15 days for being abusive to tourists.

一所動物園將一隻粗魯無禮的八哥鳥關了15天，因為牠辱罵觀光客。

Eight-year-old Mimi was put in solitary confinement at Yuelishan Park in Changsha city, after a visitor complained.

8歲大的「咪咪」遭一名訪客投訴後，在長沙市岳麓山公園遭單獨監禁。

She had to stay in a darkened cage and listen to recordings of polite conversation in a bid to improve her behaviour.

牠必須待在黑籠內，傾聽有禮貌的會話錄音，以改善舉止。

"I was playing with her, and suddenly she said： "You’re a stupid man"," the tourist, Mr Du, told the Chongqing Evening News.

「我當時逗著牠玩，突然牠開口說：『你是個蠢蛋』。」 遊客杜 先生告訴重慶晚報說。

"She also called me an ugly man."

「牠還罵我是醜男。」

A park spokesman said： "When she swears, the feeder refuses to feed her. And while she’s confined, we play her tapes of polite speech."

一名園方發言人說：「當牠開口罵人，飼育員就不給牠東西吃。牠被監禁時，我們播放禮貌談話的錄音帶給牠聽。」

The park says the sentence has cured Mimi of her habit, and that she is now welcoming guests pleasantly. "We hope tourists won’t teach her to swear again," added the spokesman.

園方表示，這個處罰已經矯正「咪咪」的惡習，如今牠和藹可親地歡迎客人。「我們希望遊客別再教牠亂罵人。」該名發言人補充說。

新聞辭典 Dictionary

abusive：形容詞，辱罵的。動詞為abuse（辱罵；誹謗），例句：You are always abusing and offending people. （你總是出言不遜得罪人。）abuse另外常見的意思是「濫用」或「虐待」，用法如：He abused his power while in office. （他在職時濫用權力。）

cheeky：形容詞，（口語）粗魯、無禮的；厚顏無恥的。名詞cheek，原意是指臉頰（腮幫子）。

swear：詛咒；罵髒話。 例句：The captain swore at the crew. （機長把機組人員痛罵一頓。）swear另外常見意思是「發誓」。例句： They refused to swear on a Bible. （他們拒絕手按聖經發誓。）

來源：自由時報

 

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