A skunk got its head stuck in a salad dressing jar. But he was saved by a Michigan police officer earlier this month.
The skunk, head in jar, wandered into a police station parking lot. It was spotted by Officer James Kellett.
Kellett wanted to help, but was not interested in being sprayed by the skunk. So he grabbed a pellet gun and shot at the jar from a safe distance.
The shots cracked and shattered the jar. The skunk was left with a glass collar around its neck. With its head free, the skunk ran off.
"I didn't want to use deadly force, and it is a residential area," Kellett said.
"The way he was when he took off, he was able to eat, breathe and spray -- and do anything else skunks like to do."(Staff Writer, with AFP)
一隻臭鼬的頭卡在一個沙拉醬瓶裡。不過這個月初，美國密西根州的一位警察救了牠一命。
這隻頭卡在瓶裡的臭鼬遊蕩到警局的停車場，警員詹姆斯．凱樂特發現了牠。
凱樂特想要幫牠，可是他並不想要被這隻臭鼬的臭氣噴到。所以，他拿了一把空氣槍並從安全的距離瞄準瓶子射擊。
幾次的射擊打碎了瓶身。臭鼬的脖子上只留下一圈玻璃瓶口。因為臭鼬的頭部重獲自由，所以牠很快就跑掉了。
凱樂特說：「我不想使用致命的武力，況且又是在住宅區內。」
他又說：「牠離開時，能吃、能呼吸，還會噴發臭氣-還能做其他臭鼬都喜歡做的事。」
（法新社／翻譯：艾利斯）
1. wander v.i./v.t.
遊蕩 (you2 dang4)
例: Max wandered around the city last night.
(麥克斯昨晚在城裡遊蕩。)
2. spray v.i./v.t.
散發 (san4 fa1)，噴灑 (pen1 sa3)
例: You don't want to get sprayed by a skunk.
(你不會想被臭鼬散發的臭氣噴到。)
3. pellet gun n.
空氣槍 (kong1 qi4 qiang1)
例: Dean got a pellet gun for his birthday.
(狄恩得到一把空氣槍作為他的生日禮物。)
4. shatter v.i./v.t.
粉碎 (fen3 sui4)
例: The glass shattered when Sue dropped it.
(蘇手一放，玻璃杯就摔碎了。)
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