中英對照讀新聞》Chicago cat fleeing fire survives 5-story jump 芝加哥1隻逃離火災的貓 從5樓跳下後生還

圖為英國首相府「第一貓」賴瑞（Larry），非當事貓。（歐新社資料照）

◎孫宇青

A Chicago cat may now have eight lives after jumping out of a fifth-floor window to escape an apartment fire.

芝加哥某隻貓從5樓窗戶跳出，逃離一場公寓大火後，現在可能只剩8條命了。

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Chicago Fire Department personnel were taking a video of the exterior of the building as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze when a black cat appeared through billowing smoke at a broken window. The fire-fleeing feline briefly tested the side of the building with its front paws, and then jumped.

芝加哥消防局消防員在撲滅大火時，同步拍攝大樓的外觀，正好拍到一隻黑貓在翻騰的煙霧中，從一扇破損的窗戶現身。這隻為了避開火苗的貓咪，用前爪稍微試探大樓邊緣後一躍而下。

Onlookers gasped as the cat fell. It missed a wall as it hurtled downward and instead landed on all four paws atop grass, where it bounced once and immediately ran away.

貓墜下時，圍觀群眾倒吸一口氣。牠直墜而下後並未踩在牆上，而是四爪同時落在草地上，一度彈跳起來，之後立即跑開。

"It went under my car and hid until she felt better after a couple of minutes and came out and tried to scale the wall to get back in," said fire department spokesman.（AP）

消防局發言人說：「牠跑去躲在我的車底下，幾分鐘後感覺好些才出來，接著試著爬牆回去（公寓）。」（美聯社）

新聞辭典

exterior：名詞或形容詞，外部（的）。例句：You will immediately notice the building because its exterior is painted pink.（你會立刻注意到大樓，因為它的外觀被漆成粉紅色。）

blaze：名詞，火焰。例句：It took the firefighters three hours to control the blaze.（消防員花了3小時才控制火勢。）

feline：名詞，貓科動物。例句：There are various kinds of felines in the zoo.（動物園裡有很多種貓科動物。）

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