中英對照讀新聞》2 pythons weighing 100 pounds collapse ceiling in Australia （澳洲2條合計100磅的蟒蛇壓垮天花板）

澳洲民眾回家後，驚見2條巨蟒壓垮天花板。（美聯社資料照）

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An Australian David Tait entered his home in Laceys Creek in Queensland state and was surprised to find a large chunk of the ceiling lying on his kitchen table. "I knew we hadn’t had rain, so I looked around to find what had caused it," Tait said.

一名澳洲民眾大衛．泰特回到位於昆士蘭州萊西溪市的家時，驚訝地發現一大片天花板躺在廚房餐桌上。泰特說：「我知道沒下雨，所以我四處張望尋找事發原因。」

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He soon found two culprits, non-venomous carpet pythons 2.8 meters and 2.5 meters long, that had slithered into a bedroom and living room. The snakes have an estimated combined weight of 45 kilograms.

他很快發現2隻罪魁禍首，各為2.8公尺及2.5公尺的無毒地毯蟒爬進了臥室和客廳。這2隻蟒蛇合計重達45公斤。

Snake catcher Steven Brown was called to remove the two snakes. "I would assume that it was two males fighting over a female that was nearby in the roof," he said. He suspected the female could still be in the ceiling or nearby.

捕蛇專家史蒂芬．布朗被叫來抓2隻蟒蛇。他說：「我想是2隻公蟒為了待在天花板附近的1隻母蟒在打架。」他懷疑，那隻母蟒或許還待在天花板或附近一帶。

The males were returned to the wild, but the suspected third snake hasn’t been found.（AP）

2隻公蟒被野放，疑似還在屋內的第3隻蟒蛇下落不明。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

chunk：名詞，一（大）部分。例句：A substantial chunk of our profits will be used as the fund for research and development.（我們利潤的一大部分會當作研發基金使用。）

venomous：形容詞，有毒的。例句：Do not attack it while you are encountered with a venomous snake.（遇到毒蛇時不要攻擊牠。）

slither：動詞，滑行；爬行。例句：We slithered down the bank to get near the river.（我們滑下堤岸靠近河流。）

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