中英對照讀新聞》Former owner of water buffalo that roamed Iowa suburb for days pleads guilty 愛荷華州郊區遊蕩數日的水牛前主人認罪

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The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days pleaded guilty for having an animal at large. The owner was fined $105 and court costs Thursday.

1頭水牛在愛荷華州郊區德梅茵亂跑幾天，他的主人因為讓1隻動物逍遙法外而認罪，他週四被罰款105美元，並支付法庭費用。

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The owner was taking the animal to slaughter when it escaped in August.

Police spent days searching for it as it roamed Pleasant Hill, a town of 11,000 residents. Fans named the animal PHill after the city.

今年8月，主人帶這隻動物去屠宰場時，牠趁機逃跑。警方花了數天時間尋找牠，而牠卻在擁有1萬1000居民的普萊森特‧希爾鎮上遊蕩。粉絲以這座城市的名字，將這隻動物命名為PHill。

Police at one point shot PHill while trying to capture the animal, but it escaped and continued to roam for several days before being tranquilized with help from zoo and animal rescue workers.

警方曾在試圖捕捉PHill時朝牠開槍，牠卻逃跑了，並繼續遊蕩了幾天，最後在動物園和動物救援人員的幫助下，被注射鎮定劑。

新聞辭典

roam：動詞，流浪、漫遊、遊蕩。例句：After the bars close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.（酒館關門後，成群結夥的年輕人在城裡街道上遊蕩。）

tranquilize：動詞，使平靜、使鎮定。例句：The vet had to tranquilize my cat in order to examine her.（獸醫必須讓我的貓鎮定下來，才能檢查牠。）