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進入《中英對照讀新聞》’Dead man’ was just on holiday 「死人」剛剛還在度假
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A man who forgot to tell anyone he was going on holiday to Australia came home to find they were mourning his death.
一名忘記將自己赴澳洲度假一事告訴任何人的男子，回到家才發現他們正哀悼他的過世。
The confusion began in June, when 49-year-old Michael O’Neill, from Middlesbrough, England, made a last-minute decision to head Down Under without telling a soul.
這起烏龍事件始於6月，當時49歲、來自英格蘭密得堡的麥可歐尼爾 ，在最後一刻決定前往澳洲，而且沒告訴別人。
His neighbours grew worried and called police, who broke into his flat and found no evidence of his whereabouts.
他的鄰居愈來愈擔心並報警，警方遂破門進入其公寓，找不到有關其下落的證據。
The situation grew even worse last week when his friends saw a death notice in a local newspaper. By an incredible coincidence, another Michael O’Neill from Middlesbrough had died - and both have brothers named Kevin and Terry.
情勢在上週甚至變得更糟，當時他的友人在一家本地報紙上看到訃聞。一個不可思議的巧合是，另一個來自密得堡的麥可歐尼爾已逝世─而且兩人都有名叫凱文與泰利的兄弟。
"I went out on June 2 to stay with a friend and when I got back last Monday I found my door had been smashed in," the living Mr O’Neill told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
「我在6月2日出門，和一名朋友在一起，當我上週一回來時，我發現家門遭到破壞，」尚活在人間的歐尼爾先生告訴英國《每日電訊報》。
"My neighbours thought I had died so they got in touch with police who came and broke the door down."
「我的鄰居認為我已往生，所以他們和警方聯絡，警方就過來並弄壞了門。」
新聞辭典
on holiday：片語，在度假。例句：I will be on holiday all next month.（下個月我全月休假。）
soul：名詞，原指靈魂、心靈，這裡指人。例句：Not a single soul in sight.（一個人影也看不到。）
break in：片語，破門而入，有時指非法強行闖入。例句：The thief broke in through the bed-room window.（這個小偷打破臥室窗戶而入。）
