Police in Mexico arrested a man who stole an empty police car after he slammed the car into a garbage dumpster at the end of a two-hour joy ride.
"When I found the car and I saw it had the key in the ignition, well, I just got in," car thief Alejandro Juarez told local media here.
"I was thinking about taking off the tires so I could sell them," he said.
PHOTO: EPA
"But then I was thinking first I would take it for a spin and then bam, I got a bit distracted and crashed," Juarez said.
Officer Erika Moncada had stopped her patrol car and left the engine running to respond to a fight when Juarez happened upon the vehicle.
After Juarez' two-hour joyride and surprise stop, police took him into custody.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
墨西哥一名男子偷走無人警車，並開著它兜風兜了兩小時，最後撞上大型垃圾箱，被警方逮捕。
偷車賊亞雷漢卓．華瑞茲向當地媒體表示：「我看到這輛車的時候，鑰匙就插在引擎發動孔上，然後我就上車了。」
他說：「我本來想取下輪胎，拿去變賣。」
華瑞茲說：「但後來我又想，我可以先開去兜兜風啊，結果砰一聲，一不留心就撞車了。」
警員愛芮卡．蒙卡達停下巡邏車，未將引擎熄火就趕去處理鬥毆事件，華瑞茲碰巧經過看到這輛車。
華瑞茲兜了兩小時風，意外停下來後，警方便將他逮捕。
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
Photographer Franziska Stuenkel likes to take spontaneous urban shots, so she needs a nimble camera that is ready to go when inspiration strikes: her German-made Leica M11. “I have to be very quick and discreet,” said the Berlin-based artist who captures reflections of people walking past windows, their contours merging with the shapes behind the glass. Stuenkel’s compact Leica is the perfect camera for the job, the 51-year-old told AFP. Famous for its pocket-sized and retro-style devices, the Leica brand is celebrating a milestone as it marks 100 years since its first commercial camera was presented to the public. The
Picture a 45-foot-long animal with a 5-foot-long skull and 3-foot-long arms. It may not seem strange until you realize that a human with those proportions would be 6 feet tall with 5-inch arms. Although the Tyrannosaurus rex went extinct 65 million years ago, the mystery of its unusual body __1__ has fascinated scientists for over a century. Barnum Brown, the paleontologist who first discovered T. rex fossils, initially found it hard to believe that the tiny arms belonged to such a __2__ creature. One of his colleagues speculated that the short forelimbs might have been used to hold the
Dogs’ noses are incredibly keen. They can even detect changes in cortisol levels in human sweat and breath. Known as the “stress hormone,” cortisol increases when humans are under pressure. Recent research indicates that the smell of human stress can influence a dog’s behavior and emotions. In the study, human volunteers were exposed to the stressful tasks of preparing and delivering a speech on the spot and then solving math problems. __1__ Researchers collected sweat and breath samples from the volunteers on pieces of cloth during both their stressful and restful states. Meanwhile, other researchers worked with 18
1. 錢已經用一半了。 ˇ Half of the money is gone. χ Half of the money are gone. 註：Half of ... 作主詞時，動詞與介詞 of 後面的名詞或代名詞相一致，即名詞或代名詞是單數時，動詞該是單數；若為複數，則動詞也該是複數，例如： Half of the story is interesting. Half of the stories are interesting. Half of it is interesting. Half of them are interesting. 2. 許多人走過這條路。 ˇ Many a man has travelled this road. χ Many a man have travelled this road. 註：many a 意義上雖然作 many 解，但後面應跟單數名詞，動詞也用單數形式。 3. 敵人被迫投降。 ˇ The enemy were forced to surrender. χ The enemy was forced to surrender. 註：enemy 作為總稱，前面須有定冠詞，用作句子主詞時，動詞通常用複數形。類似的情形如 talent： Taiwan is known for its semiconductor technology and is actively working to attract and retain global talent. 4. 他倆誰都不該責怪。 ˇ Neither of them is to blame. χ
RSS