《中英對照讀新聞》German police find lamb in a Munich brothel, and rescue it 德國警方在慕尼黑妓院發現並救出一隻小羊

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German police detained a 25-year-old prostitute for keeping a three-week-old lamb named Birke as a pet in a Munich brothel, police said in a statement.

德國警方在一份聲明中說，一名25歲娼妓遭到扣押，因她把一隻名為伯克的3週大羔羊養在慕尼黑一間妓院裡當寵物。

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The woman was also briefly detained for drug possession - she and her lamb were discovered during a narcotics raid. Prostitution itself is legal in Germany. Keeping a lamb in a brothel evidently is not.

該女子也因持有毒品而遭暫時扣押——她和她的小羊在一場毒品搜捕突襲行動中遭查獲。賣淫本身在德國是合法的。在妓院裡養小羊顯然不是。

Police said the woman showed them a letter from veterinary authorities laying out the conditions in which a lamb should be raised. Those conditions did not include inside a brothel, so she was forbidden to keep the lamb, police said.

警方說，該女子向他們出示來自獸醫部門的一封信函，當中解釋飼養小羊應該有的條件。警方說，該些情況並不包括待在妓院裡，因此她被禁止飼養該隻小羊。

"The lamb was turned over to an animal protection group," the statement said. "During its short stay with police, the lamb felt comfortable and starting drinking from a bottle."（Reuters）

該聲明說：「這隻小羊已被移交予動物保護團體。」「在牠與警方待在一起的短暫期間，這隻小羊覺得輕鬆自在，而且開始從瓶裡喝水。」（路透）

新聞辭典

detain：動詞，指挽留、耽擱、扣押。例句：I won’t detain you any further.（我不會再耽擱你了。）

lay out：片語動詞，指展示、陳設、規劃、設計、闡述、入殮準備、花大錢、擊倒在地。例句：He laid out a fortune for his car.（他在他的車子上砸了大錢。）

raise：動詞，指提升、養育、籌集、激起；名詞，指增高、高處、加薪。例句：The accident raises questions about the safety of the machine.（這起事故引發了對該機器安全性的質疑。）