◎張沛元 2011/08/19
Two runaway circus elephants in Germany surprised passersby and police by showing up at a bus stop during a brief bid for freedom, officials in Hanover said.
德國漢諾威官員表示，2頭落跑的馬戲團大象在短暫的自由脫逃時間中，現身1座巴士站，嚇壞路人與警察。
Dunia, a 40-year-old Indian elephant, and her counterpart Daela, a 25-year-old African elephant, were apprehended by police near the western city of Hanover nonchalantly munching on tree leaves and looking for all the world as if they were waiting for the bus.
40歲的印度母象杜妮亞與另1頭25歲的非洲象達伊拉，是在滿不在乎地大嚼樹葉、看似就像在等巴士時，於德國西部城市漢諾威附近被警方逮捕。
The pair had escaped from their enclosure at a nearby travelling circus and walked some 50 metres （165 feet） to the stop, police said.
警方表示，這2頭大象從附近1家旅行中的馬戲團獸欄逃脫，走了大約50公尺（165英尺）來到巴士站。
"It was simply an unlucky situation for the circus," Hanover police spokesman Heiko Steiner said. "The two elephants were quite cooperative and peaceful. Everyone was amused."
「這只是這家馬戲團碰上的一件衰事，」漢諾威警方發言人海伊柯．史坦納說。「這2頭大象很合作，態度平和。大夥不禁莞爾。」
If the two were trying to make an escape, they were not going far, Steiner said. The police station is only a stone’s throw from the bus stop.
倘若這2頭大象有意逃跑，牠們也走不了多遠，史坦納說，因為警察局就位在該巴士站不遠處。
新聞辭典
runaway：名詞／形容詞，逃跑／逃跑的。例句：Have you ever seen Julia Roberts’ Runaway Bride?（你有沒有看過茱莉亞．羅勃茲主演的「落跑新娘」？）
for all the world like something：慣用語，很像～。例句：She looked for all the world like a movie star.（她看起來很像是電影明星。）
within a stone’s throw：慣用語，一石之遙，形容非常近。例句：The gas station was located within a stone’s throw of our house.（從我家走兩步路就到加油站。）
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