中英對照讀新聞》All change at Downing Street, except Larry the Cat唐寧街的一切都變了,只有貓咪賴瑞不變
◎林家宇
On a night of sweeping change across British politics, one thing at the heart of the government remained the same on Friday morning: Larry the Downing Street cat.
英國政治發生劇變的一夜後,隔天一早在政府中心仍有一件事保持不變:唐寧街之貓賴瑞
The white and tabby cat, who bears the official title Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, was seen padding around the famous high gloss black door to Number 10 - the office he will now share with his sixth prime minister.
這隻白色虎斑貓的官方頭銜為內閣辦公室首席捕鼠官,牠被看見在知名的10號亮面黑門周邊漫步。牠和牠任內第六位首相將共享這座官邸。
Larry has been resident in the seat of British power since 2011 when, under then-prime minister David Cameron, he was adopted from the nearby Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.
賴瑞自2011年起居住在英國的權力中心。當時,時任首相大衛.卡麥隆從鄰近的巴特西貓狗之家領養賴瑞。
On Friday, his latest housemate, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, took up office having won a landslide electoral victory.
賴瑞的最新室友,工黨領袖施凱爾在選舉中大勝並入主首相辦公室。
While Larry is clearly going nowhere, he might soon have some company: Starmer already has a cat named JoJo who is expected to join him when he takes up residence in the street.
儘管賴瑞顯然哪裡也不會去,牠可能很快會有夥伴陪同:施凱爾已有一隻名叫JoJo的貓,預料會和主人一同住進唐寧街。
新聞辭典
sweeping:形容詞,全面的、廣泛的。例句:The new CEO made sweeping changes to the structure of the company.(新任執行長對公司架構進行全面性改動)
adopt:名詞,領養、收養。例句:Fortunately, The little girl was adopted by the good-hearted couple.(很幸運地,小女孩被一對好心夫婦收養)