Monday mornings are hard enough. Imagine finding 85 chickens running loose in your school.
Workers arriving to open Northeast High School in Philadelphia found dozens of hens walking around the hallways. The birds were brought to the school sometime over the weekend, said school district spokesman Fernando Gallard.
"We don't know where the chickens came from or who they belong to," Gallard said. "I'm pretty sure there is a very upset farmer somewhere who wants them back."
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The floors were covered with droppings and chicken feed. Most students were sent home for the day because the school needed to be cleaned up. A farmer was called to round up the birds.
Police are checking surveillance tapes to see if they can determine who was behind the prank. Whoever did it will have to pay a big fine, Gallard said. (STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
星期一的早晨真夠麻煩，想像發現八十五隻雞在你的學校裡亂跑。
美國費城東北高中的工友到學校開門時，發現好幾十隻雞在走廊上亂跑。該校區發言人菲南多．葛里特表示，有人趁週末時，將這些雞帶到學校裡。
「我們不知道這些雞是從哪裡來的，也不知道牠們是誰的，」葛里特說：「我確定現在會有個非常生氣的農夫，想把牠們要回來。」
學校地板上到處都是雞大便和飼料；由於學校需要清掃，大部分的學生那天都停課回家。學校也打電話請一位農場人員來圍捕雞群。
警方正在檢視監視錄影帶，看看是否能找到這場惡作劇背後的主使者。葛里特說，不管是誰做的，都將被重罰。(美聯社/翻譯:楊鴻泰)
In an effort to fight phone scams, British mobile phone company O2 has introduced Daisy, an AI designed to engage phone con artists in time-wasting conversations. Daisy is portrayed as a kindly British granny, exploiting scammers’ tendency to target the elderly. Her voice, based on a real grandmother’s for authenticity, adds to her credibility in the role. “O2” has distributed several dedicated phone numbers online to direct scammers to Daisy instead of actual customers. When Daisy receives a call, she translates the scammers’ spoken words into text and then responds to them accordingly through a text-to-speech system. Remarkably, Daisy
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1. 他走出門，左右看一下，就過了馬路。 ˇ He walked outside, looked left and right, and crossed the road. χ He walked outside and looked left and right, crossed the road. 註︰並列連接詞 and 在這句中連接三個述語。一般的結構是 x, y, and z。x and y and z 是加強語氣的結構，x and y, z 則不可以。 2. 他們知道自己的弱點以及如何趕上其他競爭者。 ˇ They saw where their weak points lay and how they could catch up with the other competitors. χ They saw where their weak points lay and how to catch up with the other competitors. 註：and 一般連接同等成分，結構相等的單詞、片語或子句。誤句中 and 的前面是子句，後面是不定詞片語，不能用 and 連接，必須把不定詞片語改為子句，and 前後的結構才相等。 3. 她坐上計程車，直接到機場。 ˇ She took a cab, which took her straight to the airport. ˇ She took a cab and it took her straight
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