中英對照讀新聞》Buck takes shelter inside church on hunting season’s 1st day 雄鹿在狩獵季第一天進到教堂避難

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A 10-point buck sought sanctuary inside a southern Michigan church on opening day of the state’s firearm deer hunting season.

一隻10叉角的雄鹿在密西根州槍枝獵鹿季開跑日，躲進了該州南部一間教堂。

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Pastors at Grace Sturgis encountered the buck inside the church’s auditorium on Monday before it leapt through a window and back into the wild.

斯特吉斯感恩堂的牧師們週一在教會的禮堂撞見這隻雄鹿，之後牠跳過窗戶回到荒野。

A video the church posted on Facebook shows the buck wandering around the church. Pastors Amanda and Luke Eicher and Justin Wickey erected barricades in a hallway to try to keep the animal from the rest of the church. At one point, it climbed stairs to a balcony.

教會貼上臉書的一段影片顯示，該頭雄鹿在教堂附近徘徊。牧師阿曼達和路克．艾徹以及賈斯汀．威基在門廳架起障礙物，試圖阻止這隻動物進到教堂其他區域。牠一度爬上通往一處陽台的樓梯。

The buck didn’t appear to have any gunshot wounds and was bleeding just a bit from what appeared to be cuts from the glass. Besides the broken window, the only other damage was blood stains on the carpet. （AP）

這隻雄鹿看來沒受到任何槍傷，只有流點血，似乎是玻璃割傷。除了那扇破掉的窗戶，地毯上的血跡是其他惟一損壞的部分。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

take shelter：片語動詞，指避難。例句：We took shelter from the rain in the convenience store.（我們在便利商店裡躲雨。）

sanctuary：名詞，指聖殿、教堂、祭坊、庇護權、鳥獸禁獵區。例句：The forest seemed to have become a bird sanctuary.（這片森林似乎已成鳥樂園。）

at one point：片語，指在某處、一度。例句：At one point, she started eating vegetarian diet.（她有一陣子開始茹素。）