《中英對照讀新聞》Sniffer dogs for hire to anxious parents 緝毒犬可供出租給愛兒心切的家長

◎羅彥傑

Worried parents can now hire out drug sniffer dogs to search their children’s bedrooms in a new service launched in the US.

焦急的家長們現在可以透過美國境內推出的一項新服務，雇用緝毒犬來搜查小孩的臥房。

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Organisers of the Dogs Finding Drugs project say their highly trained dogs can detect even the tiniest whiff of drugs within seconds.

「緝毒犬」專案主辦人員說，他們的狗受過高度訓練，甚至可在數秒內偵測到最微小的毒品痕跡。

The $200-an-hour dogs can detect marijuana, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines, as well as prescription drugs with trace amounts of those narcotics.

這些每小時收費200美元的狗，能偵測大麻、海洛英與甲基安非他命，以及帶著這些微量麻醉品的處方藥。

Anne Wills, who runs the non-profit organisation in Catonsville Maryland, says parents are clamouring for the service and she expects business to "explode."

在馬里蘭州卡頓士維經營此一非營利組織的安妮．威爾絲說，家長們對這項服務躍躍欲試，她預期業績會「爆大量」。

"I know that when my kids were growing up, every once in a while I’d have liked to know what they were doing," she told the Baltimore Sun.

「我曉得當我的孩子成長時，有時我會想知道他們在做什麼，」她告訴《巴爾的摩太陽報》。

◎新聞辭典

for hire：片語，供出租、供雇用。例句：You can get boats for hire here.（你在這裡可以租到小船。）

whiff：名詞，一點點、些許，或是（香菸、氣體等的）一吸。例句：He caught a whiff of her perfume.（他聞到一股她身上的香水味。）

every once in a while：片語，有時、偶爾。例句：I like a drink in the evening every once in a while.（我喜歡偶爾晚上喝一杯。）