芝加哥1隻逃離火災的貓從5樓跳下後生還
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。
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. 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)。」
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,因它外觀被漆成粉紅色。)
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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