英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2024/03/11 05:30
◎陳成良

Police in England say a drunken driver did the right thing after doing the wrong thing.

英格蘭警方表示，一名酒後駕駛者在做錯事後採取了正確的行動。

An emergency dispatcher received an unusual call just before noon Monday when a motorist reported he was driving drunk and said he “doesn’t know what he is doing,” North Yorkshire police said. The man said he had a rough weekend.

一名緊急救援調度員在週一中午前接到一通不尋常的電話，一名駕駛報告說他正在酒後駕駛，並表示他「不知道自己在做什麼」，北約克郡警方表示。這名男子聲稱自己的週末過得很糟糕。

“Man calls the police to report that HE is a drink driver,” police said, using the British term for the offense. “It’s not every day that this happens.”

警方使用英國對該違法行為的術語，表示「男子報警稱自己是酒後駕駛者」。「這種情況並不是每天都會發生。」

When officers arrived, the 52-year-old man was in a van on the side of the road. A breath test revealed he was three times over the legal limit.

警察到場時，這名52歲男子正坐在路邊的一輛麵包車裡。呼氣測試顯示，他的酒精含量是法定限值的3倍。

新聞辭典
dispatcher：名詞，交通工具或人員等的）調度員；（尤指應急車輛的）調度員。例句：I used to work as a truck dispatcher for a mining company.（我以前曾擔任礦業公司的卡車調度員。）

rough：形容詞，在本文意思為辛苦的、受苦的。例句：The new country had a rough time during the civil war.（這個新國家在內戰時期備受苦難。）

英倫翻譯社轉自 https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1635011