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Dog jumps into tiger pit at Memphis Zoo 狗闖虎籠驚魂記
Monday, Jan 21, 2008,Page 14
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A black Labrador Retriever jumps to catch a frisbee in Stamford, Connecticut, US, Aug. 31, 2004.
二ＯＯ四年八月三十一日在美國康州史丹佛市，一隻黑色的拉布拉多犬跳起來接飛盤。
照片︰美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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If there is one place to avoid in a zoo, it's inside the tiger pit. A dog in Memphis, Tennessee, US, learned that lesson the hard way. Now it's recovering from wounds to its neck and shoulders.
"This is one lucky animal," Memphis Zoo spokesman Brian Carter said.
Earlier this month, the female retriever mix ran into the zoo and led workers on a chase. She finally jumped over a wall at the tiger exhibit.
She swam across a 3.7m wide pool to the inside of the exhibit. Once there, she was quickly attacked by a female tiger.
Zoo workers used fireworks to distract the tigers in the exhibit. The workers got them into an area they stay in at night.
One tiger had the dog in her grasp for several minutes.
After emergency treatment, the dog was taken to an animal medical center.
The dog was wearing a collar, Carter said. Zoo officials were trying to find the animal's owner. (STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
若說到動物園裡最危險的地方，就屬老虎的獸欄了；美國田納西州孟菲斯市的一隻狗可是受到教訓才學會這一課。現在，牠脖子和肩膀上的傷口正慢慢復原中。
孟菲斯動物園發言人布萊恩．卡特說：「這隻狗算是運氣好。」
本月初，這隻混種的母獵犬跑進動物園裡，讓動物園員工費了一番功夫追捕；最後，牠跳越老虎展區的圍牆。
牠游過一個三點七公尺寬的池子來到老虎展區內部，牠一上岸就立刻被一隻母老虎攻擊。
園方人員發射煙火引開虎群的注意，然後將牠們引移至夜間休息區。
有一隻母老虎死抓著這隻狗兒好幾分鐘。
經過緊急搶救後，這隻狗兒被送到一個動物醫護中心。
卡特表示，這隻狗兒戴有項圈，動物園工作人員正在努力尋找牠的飼主。
（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. pit n.
獸欄 (shou4 lan2)，窪坑 (wa1 keng1)
例: I went to an alligator pit near Xiamen, China.
(我去了中國廈門附近的一個短吻鱷養殖場。)
2. wound n.
傷口 (shang1 kou3)
例: Mary has a wound on her neck.
(瑪莉的脖子上有一個傷口。)
3. exhibit n.
展區 (zhan3 qu1)
例: There's an interesting new exhibit at the art museum.
(美術館裡面有一個有趣的新展區。)
4. distract v.t.
使分心 (shi3 fen1 xin1)
例: "Don't distract her during dinner," Mom said.
(「不要在用餐的時候使她分心，」媽媽說。)
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