中英對照讀新聞》For South Africa’s Leader, Being a Burglary Victim Spells Trouble 對南非領導人而言，身為入室竊盜受害者預示麻煩上身

南非總統拉瑪佛沙6月10日罕見召開記者會，論及他隱而未宣的農舍現金竊案。（法新社）

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After a fortune in cash was stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farmhouse, he kept it secret. Now that word is out, critics ask what he was hiding.

在他的農莊失竊一大筆現金後，（南非）總統西里爾．拉瑪佛沙對此保密。如今消息傳了開來，批評人士質問他到底在隱瞞什麼。

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The burglars cut through a wire fence around the sprawling property, crept up to a stone farmhouse, climbed through a window and rifled through the furniture until they found their bounty: a fortune in U.S. dollars, in cash, said to be in the millions.

竊賊切開圍繞這片廣袤土地的鐵絲網，爬上一棟石造農莊，穿窗入室與翻箱倒櫃，直到發現大獎：一大筆美元現金，據說有數百萬。

The farm’s owner was Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, and he never reported the theft, two years ago, to the police or disclosed it publicly.

該農場主人是南非總統拉瑪佛沙，他兩年前不曾報案失竊或公開此事。

But now a political rival has, and the exposure has tumbled Mr. Ramaphosa’s presidency into a full-blown crisis.

但如今一名政敵已將之曝光，而此爆料將令拉瑪佛沙的總統大位陷入全面危機。

新聞辭典

spell trouble：片語，預示有麻煩。例句：As war rages in Ukraine, more than a thousand miles away in Bosnia observers are warning that Russia is fanning the embers of separatism which could spell trouble for the deeply divided Balkan country.（隨著烏克蘭陷入戰火，1千多英里外的波士尼亞的觀察家警告，俄羅斯正在煽動分離主義的餘燼，此舉恐預示這個嚴重分裂的巴爾幹國家將陷入麻煩。）

rifle through：動詞，迅速翻查；匆忙翻找；洗劫。例句：She rifled through the closet, but couldn’t find her favorite dress.（她翻找衣櫃但找不到她最愛的那件洋裝。）

full-blown：形容詞，充分發展的，成熟的。

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