每日英語跟讀 Ep.K368: About Germany - 德國消防員解救高中考試與普廷豬

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K368: About Germany - German firefighters ‘free’ high-school exam from locked safe

Firefighters in the western German town of Bocholt received an unusual distress call Friday from a local high school after teachers were unable to open a safe containing the questions for a final-year exam that students were due to take.

德國西部博霍爾特鎮的消防員週五接到一通來自當地一所中學的不尋常求救電話，在教師們無法打開裝有學生們預定參加之畢業考題的保險箱後。

Firefighters raced to the scene to find that the lock had jammed and set about sawing open the safe, the Bocholt fire department said.

博霍爾特消防局說，消防員趕到現場，發現鎖卡住了，開始鋸開保險箱。

“That way the students were able to sit their exam with about an hour’s delay,” it said.

它說：「這樣一來，這些學生能在延遲1小時後參加考試。」

While teachers cheered the firefighters for saving the day, the reaction from students was mixed.

教師們為消防員化險為夷而歡呼，學生們則是反應不一。

“Some of them would probably have enjoyed a sunny day off instead,” said fire department spokesman Matthias Hanne.

消防局發言人馬蒂亞斯．漢恩說：「他們當中一些人可能本來想要享受一個陽光明媚休息日來替代。」

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德國野生動物園為一隻叫普廷的豬重新命名 German wildlife park renames Putin the pig

An animal park in Bavaria that had named one of its wild boars Putin due to its Russian genetic heritage held a ceremony to rechristen the hairy hog with a German name following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

在俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭後，巴伐利亞邦一間動物園舉行儀式，為一隻有著俄國基因而被叫做普廷的毛茸茸野豬，重新取一個德國名字。

Eckard Mickish, operator of the park, said he named the boar after Russian President Vladimir Putin three years ago upon its arrival. At nearly 200 kg, the hog weighed around three times as much as those typically found in Germany.

動物園負責人艾卡德‧密奇許說，在這隻野豬3年前入園時，他以俄國總統普廷的名字為牠命名。牠體重近200公斤，是德國常見野豬的約3倍。

But lately whenever Mickish had to do a roll call of the boar for visitors, a shiver went down his spine when mentioning Putin. He also worried how Ukrainian visitors would feel.

但近來當密奇許必須為遊客逐一介紹野豬而提到普廷時，他感到背脊發涼。烏克蘭遊客的感受也令他掛慮。

He soon came to the conclusion that no pig deserved this name so the park announced on social media a search for a new name. About 2,700 suggestions poured in, and Eberhofer - the name of a policeman from a popular Bavarian book series - won the vote.

他很快就決定，沒有任何豬應該被叫做這個名字，因此園方在社群媒體公開徵求新名字。約2700則建議蜂擁而入，而艾伯霍弗—巴伐利亞一本暢銷書裡面一名警察的名字—雀屏中選。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1517176 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1514187