中英對照讀新聞》Bees cause a buzz and lengthy disruption at Indian Wells tennis蜜蜂在印地安泉網球賽造成轟動和長時間干擾

西班牙網球名將卡洛斯．艾卡拉茲和德國好手亞歷山大．茲維列夫14日於美國印地安泉網球場舉行的法國巴黎銀行公開賽8強賽遇到成群蜜蜂搗亂，不得不暫停，圖為養蜂人清除球場蜘蛛攝影機上的蜜蜂。（法新社）

◎周虹汶

A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.

週四在法國巴黎銀行公開賽上，一群蜜蜂對卡洛斯．艾卡拉茲和亞歷山大．茲維列夫的8強賽干擾將近2小時。

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Alcaraz swatted at the bees buzzing around him before running for cover and the match was suspended 19 minutes in with Alcaraz serving tied at 1-1. He went on to win 6-3, 6-1 in less time than the delay of 1 hour, 48 minutes.

比賽進行到第19分鐘後暫停，艾卡拉茲在發球局打成1比1平手時，拍打在他周圍嗡嗡作響的蜜蜂，然後跑去找掩護。他最終以6比3、6比1獲勝，花費時間少於延誤的1小時48分鐘。

Dozens of bees attached themselves to the overhead spider camera that traverses the court and a man without any protective covering used a vacuum to clean them off.

數十隻蜜蜂附著在橫越球場上頭的蜘蛛攝影機上，一名沒有任何防護罩的男子用吸塵器清理牠們。

The players left the court during the delay. When they returned, the chair umpire told them there were still some bees aroundt.

球員們在延遲期間離開球場。當他們返回時，主審告訴他們周圍還有些蜜蜂。

The bee vacuumer was summoned back to the court with a spray bottle and was cheered wildly by the crowd.

吸塵器清蜂員帶著一個噴霧瓶被召回球場，受到觀眾的瘋狂歡呼。

新聞辭典

swat：動詞，指猛擊、拍打；名詞，指用勁打擊、全壘打。例句：Those missiles are capable of swatting enemy planes with deadly accuracy.（那些飛彈能準確無誤地擊中敵機。）

swarm：名詞，指一起移動的一大群昆蟲、蜂擁的一大群人；動詞，指昆蟲成群結隊地移動、人潮湧動。例句：During the summer, tourists swarm this little beachside town.（遊客夏季湧向這個海濱小鎮。）

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