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進入《中英對照讀新聞》8-year-old drives younger sister to McDonald’s after craving a burger－想吃起司漢堡的8歲男童，開車載妹妹去麥當勞
美國俄亥俄州一名8歲男童開車到麥當勞買漢堡。（美聯社/資料照）
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An 8-year-old Ohio boy wanted a cheeseburger so badly, he got behind the wheel of his dad’s van and took matters into his own hands, police said.
警方表示，（美國）俄亥俄州一名8歲男童非常想吃起司漢堡，甚至不惜開著他父親的休旅車，親自處理這個問題。
The boy said it was simple： He just watched some YouTube videos on how to drive a car, according to investigators. Before long, they said he chauffeured his sister effortlessly to the McDonald’s half a mile from his East Palestine home while his parents were sleeping.
該名男童說，其實很簡單：根據調查人員的說法，他（男童）看了一些如何駕車的YouTube影片。不久，調查人員說，他（男童）就趁著父母睡著時，不費吹灰之力地開車載著妹妹，前往距離他位於東巴勒斯坦的住家半英里外的麥當勞。
Witnesses said the 8-year-old obeyed all traffic laws like making sure to stop properly at red lights, waiting for traffic to pass before taking a left turn, and staying within the speed limits, Fox 5 reported.
「福斯第五頻道」報導，目擊者指出，該名8歲男童遵守所有交通規則，像是紅燈前停車、等所有車輛通過後才左轉，而且沒有超速。
When the two siblings pulled up to the drive-through window with piggy bank money in tow, the McDonald’s workers were convinced this was all a prank.
當這對小兄妹拿著撲滿錢，在得來速窗口靠邊停車時，麥當勞的工作人員以為這是在惡搞開玩笑。
"The workers thought that the parents were in the back, but obviously they weren’t," responding patrolman Jacob Koehler told WFMJ.
「工作人員以為父母在後座，但顯然他們並不在（後座）」，巡警雅各．寇勒告訴WFMJ電視台。
《新聞辭典》
behind the wheel：慣用語，開車。例句：She is a different person when she is behind the wheel.（她一開車就變了個人。）
take matters into one’s own hands：慣用語，自己動手處理某事（通常是別人做不好，所以自己來做）。例句：The police haven’t done anything about the burglary, so local residents have taken matters into their own hands.（警方未能解決竊盜問題，當地居民只好自己來。）
in tow：慣用語，帶著，有…緊跟在後。
