《中英對照讀新聞》Dog saves owner, dies trying to save cat 靈犬救主後，為了再救貓而喪命

◎陳成良

After a disabled woman’s cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying unsuccessfully to rescue the cat.

一名殘障婦女養的貓引起房子失火後，她受過特殊訓練的狗奮身救主，後來試圖再救貓不成而送命。

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Jamie Hanson said her 13-year-old dog Jesse brought her artificial leg and a phone she used to call 911.

潔米．韓森說，她的13歲愛犬潔西將義肢及電話拿給她，讓她得以用電話撥打911報案。

"She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went up there to get the cat and she wouldn’t come back to me," Hanson, 49, said at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, where she was being treated for her injuries.

「牠讓我得以逃出屋外，後來牠聽見樓上傳來貓叫聲，又上樓救貓，就此再也沒回到我身邊。」49歲的韓森在她療傷的「奧蘿拉‧希波干紀念醫療中心」說。

She received third-degree arm burns in the fire at her home. Both pets died.

她在住家的火災中手臂受到三級灼傷，兩隻寵物則同赴黃泉。

Hanson, who lost a leg in a car accident three years ago, said she was on the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back of the couch. "And he jumped onto a table that had a candle on it and tipped it over and lighted the artificial plants on fire," she said.

3年前在車禍中失去一條腿的韓森說，她坐在沙發看電視時，貓咪越過沙發後背。「然後牠跳到一張放有蠟燭的桌子上，弄倒蠟燭，導致人造花草起火燃燒。」她說。

Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her artificial leg from the table, "so my dog got my leg for me and went and got the phone and brought the phone to me."

韓森說，她跌落沙發，拿不到桌上的義肢，「於是我的狗把義肢拿給我，還去拿電話給我。」

新聞辭典

couch：長沙發；睡椅。couch potato （成天躺著或坐在沙發上看電視的人）。例句： My father becomes a couch potato during football season.（足球賽季我的父親成天坐在沙發上看電視。）

tip：動詞，使翻倒。例句：I’m sorry I tipped the bottle over.（抱歉，我把瓶子弄翻倒了。）

artificial：人工的；矯揉造作的。例句：Her artificial manner made me sick. （她那裝腔作勢的樣子令我噁心。）