中英對照讀新聞》Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into a river 阿拉斯加夫婦在房屋倒塌入河26天後與貓咪團圓

美國阿拉斯加州朱諾郡家貓因住家掉進氾濫的門登霍爾河而和家人走失，26天後終於歷劫歸來團圓。（美聯社

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A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing.

阿拉斯加一對教師之前需要好消息，在他們房屋倒塌掉進因冰河爆發引發洪水氾濫的河流中，幾乎失去所有財產之後，且他們的貓咪也走失了。

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Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears.

伊麗莎白．威爾金斯當時抱著希望，如果有動物能在8月5日掉進門登霍爾河的房子裡倖存下來，那就是里奧──這對夫婦養的一隻有著堅韌大眼不怕熊的黑白貓。

That faith paid off 26 days after the flood when Tonya Mead posted a photo of Leo to the Juneau Community Collective Facebook page. Wilkins immediately knew it was Leo, the “COVID kitten” they rescued in 2020.

洪水發生後26天，當托妮亞．米德把里奧一張照片貼上「朱諾社區集體臉書」頁面，此信念有了正面回報。威爾金斯立刻意識到牠是里奧──牠們2020年救到的「新冠小貓」。

“Leo was a little thinner, but otherwise totally fine,” Wilkins said. “He ate four cans of tuna and went outside to kill a mouse. I imagine that is how he survived.”

「里奧瘦了些，但其他方面都很好，」威爾金斯說。 「牠吃了四個鮪魚罐頭，然後出去殺了一隻老鼠。我想那是牠存活下來的方式。

新聞辭典

hold onto：片語動詞，指保留、保存。例句：He held onto the lead until the final lap.（他到最後一圈還保持領先。）

pay off：片語動詞，指取得成功、得到好結果、還清欠款、付清工資後遣散、收買。例句：There were rumours that key witnesses had been paid off to keep quiet.（謠傳關鍵證人都被收買封口了。）

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