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http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=892918&day=2015-06-27

 

A German shop assistant in a late-night convenience store chased away two armed robbers demanding money with the hose of a vacuum cleaner she was using to clean her shop in Berlin’s Neukölln district, police said on Wednesday.

警方週三說,德國柏林新克爾恩區一家便利商店的店員,深夜憑著她正用來打掃店舖的吸塵器之軟管,把兩名持械要錢的強盜趕跑。

One of the two would-be robbers was brandishing a pistol and demanded she turn over the money from her cash register in the attempted robbery just after midnight on Tuesday.

週二午夜一過,這宗未遂搶案兩名自許為盜匪者的其中一人,耍著手槍並要她把收銀機裡的錢倒出來。

But police said the woman, 59, stormed toward the duo and aimed the hose attachment of her switched-on vacuum cleaner at them.

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“God knows we all have demons, and we are works in progress in trying to grow into our better selves.”

– Vin Diesel, Actor

「老天爺知道我們都有恐懼,而我們都是半成品,試圖成為更好的自己。」馮‧迪索 (演員)

 

God knows 用來強調某事的真實性。例:God knows I don’t like math. (我真的不喜歡數學。) demon (n.) 惡魔,惡鬼。work in progress 未完成、進行一半的事物。

 

馮‧迪索 (1967-) 出生美國紐約,為演員及電影製作人,1998 年在史帝芬·史匹柏導演的戰爭片《搶救雷恩大兵》演出後成名,其代表作為《玩命關頭》系列電影。

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“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.”

– Lucille Ball, Actress

「運氣?我不相信運氣,我從來就不指望它,而且我害怕指望它的人。運氣對我來說是另一回事:努力而且知道什麼是機會,什麼不是。」露西爾‧鮑爾 (演員)

 


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http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=891956&day=2015-06-24

 

For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter’s Hero Dog award has gone to a cat.

這是頭一遭,洛杉磯一個動物庇護機構的「英雄犬」獎項頒給一隻貓。

In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his bicycle in the driveway of the family’s Bakersfield home.

20145月,貓咪塔拉擊退攻擊其6歲主人的一隻狗,當時他在貝克斯菲爾德住家車道騎腳踏車。

Tara body-slammed Scrappy, a chow-mix that lived next door, when the dog got out of his yard, ran for Jeremy Triantafilo, grabbed his leg and started shaking from side-to-side.

塔拉以肉身猛撞隔壁家的鬆獅混種犬斯奎皮,這條狗當時跑出庭院,衝向傑洛米.崔安塔菲洛,緊咬他的腿,並開始左右甩動。

Jeremy, who is autistic and had to have eight stitches, calls Scrappy a "bad dog," said his dad, Roger Triantafilo. About Tara, Jeremy said, "She is my hero."

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“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

– Brian Tracy, Motivational Coach

 

「你現在已擁有你需要的一切,來面對世界所丟給你的任何問題。」布萊恩‧崔西 (勵志教練)

 


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