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Confused granny sparks sea rescue 糊塗阿嬤烏龍報案
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008,Page 13
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Members of Venezuela's National Army take part in a search and rescue operation off the coast of Venezuela, Jan. 5, 2008.
一月五日，委內瑞拉國軍在該國外海參與搜救行動。照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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An elderly woman in Scotland called the coastguards last month, but she made a mistake. The lady was watching a film on television and saw swimmers in distress. She mixed up drama with real life and called the coastguard.
A Royal Navy helicopter, a lifeboat and a team of coastguards were sent to hunt for the "missing" swimmers. The lady didn't give her name. She was calling from Ayr, southwest Scotland.
But officials realized soon afterwards that the woman imagined scenes from a film were real. The lady had been watching the 2003 film Open Water. The film shows a couple being attacked by sharks while scuba diving.
"She was watching a program on TV and she phoned 999 (the emergency number in Britain) and asked for the coastguard," a local coastguard spokesman said.
"We could hear the screams in the background. She just thought it was a real incident happening in front of her."
He added: "You can't charge her with hoax calls, you just feel sorry for her."(STAFF WRITER WITH AFP)
蘇格蘭一位老太太上個月打電話給海巡隊，但是她搞了一場烏龍。這位女士在電視上看到電影中的泳客遇險，她混淆了現實生活和電影，打電話到海巡隊報案。
一架皇家海軍直昇機、一艘救生艇和一組海巡隊員受派到海中去搜尋「失蹤的泳客」。這位從英國西南部艾爾郡打電話報案的女士沒有留下她的姓名。
但是海巡隊很快就發現這位女士把電影中的情節想像成真實事件了。這位女士看的電影是二ＯＯ三年的「顫慄汪洋」，片中描述一對情侶在潛水時被鯊魚攻擊。
「她在電視上看到這個影片，就撥了999（英國緊急事故專線）請海巡隊派人前往救援，」當地海巡隊發言人表示。
「我們可以聽到電話那頭傳來背景的尖叫聲，她以為那是在她面前發生的一幕真實事件。」
他補充說道：「你沒辦法控訴她報假案，你只會覺得她很可憐。」（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. coastguard n.
海岸警備隊 (hai3 an4 jing3 bei4 dui4)
例: We called the coastguard when we saw a boat capsize at sea.
(我們看到一艘船在海上翻覆就打電話給海巡隊報案。)
2. in distress n. phr.
遇難 (yu4 nan4)
例: The puppies were in distress.
(那些狗狗遭遇不幸。)
3. drama n.
戲劇 (xi4 ju4)
例: What a drama! I'm glad that's over.
(太誇張了吧！我很慶幸這都結束了。)
4. scuba diving n. phr.
帶氧氣筒潛水 (dai4 yang3 qi4 tong3 qian2 shui3)
例: We went scuba diving in Malaysia.
(我們去馬來西亞潛水。) |
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