中英對照讀新聞》The Parisian cat hotel that’s feline fairly full巴黎貓旅館貓咪大爆滿

法國巴黎民眾在疫情解封後重新恢復旅遊，導致市內貓旅館供不應求。（示意圖、法新社）

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Much as they enjoyed their cats’company during two years of coronavirus lockdown, Parisians have enthusiastically taken up travel again if the reservation register at one Paris cat hotel is anything to go by.

如果巴黎一家貓旅館的預定登記本上有可供判斷的事情的話，那就是巴黎人又熱情擁抱旅行了，雖然冠狀病毒疫情封鎖的兩年期間，他們喜愛貓咪的陪伴。

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At the Arbre a Chats (Cats’ Tree) hotel, prospective guests need to reserve well ahead, as all its 24 “contemporary and comfortable” cubicles are fully booked — although cats who know one another can double up and share a room.

在貓之樹旅館，想入住的賓客都老早預定，因為旅館所有24間「現代且舒服」的小房間都預定一空，雖然相熟的貓咪可以睡在一起，共享一間房。

“Unlike last year, this year we were fully booked for August from the end of February,” hotel owner Veronica Colson said.

「和去年不一樣的是，今年我們從2月底開始，8月份的預定就已經滿了」，旅館老闆薇蘿妮卡．柯爾森說。

With cats snoozing on couches, sitting high up in the tree-shaped wooden climbing structure in the center, or observing street life from a ledge by the window, the hotel is in full swing as cat owners rediscover the pleasure of travel.

貓咪有的在沙發上打盹，有的坐在中間的樹木形狀的木頭攀爬結構的高處，有的在窗邊的壁架上觀察街頭生活，因為貓主人們重新發現了旅遊的樂趣，這間旅館的生意正如火如荼。

新聞辭典

much as：雖然、即使。例句：Much as I like Bob, I wouldn’t want to live with him.（雖然我喜歡鮑伯，但我不會想和他一起生活。）

if……is anything to go by：根據過去的經驗、把某件事作為例子。例句：If his past plays are anything to go by, this should be a play worth watching.（根據他過去的劇作來判斷，這部戲應該值得一看。）

double up：與他人共用（尤指房間）。例句：Because of the room shortage, we had to double up.（因為房間短缺，我們只好共用一間。）

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