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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Boy’s birthday gift is dad back from Iraq 男童的生日禮物是從伊拉克回來的老爸
◎張沛元
Gabriel Hurles’ sixth birthday party wasn’t a surprise but his present sure was. The kindergartner was so engrossed in the cupcakes his mother brought to his class on that he didn’t notice the enormous wrapped box off to the side. "That’s one big giant present," a 6-year-old classmate told him. "See what you got, Gabriel."
蓋伯瑞爾．赫利斯的6歲生日派對並非驚喜派對，但他的禮物肯定令人嚇一跳。這名唸幼稚園學童相當專注於媽媽帶到他班上的杯子蛋糕，以至於沒有注意到旁邊那個包裝妥當的超級大箱子。「那真是個超級大的禮物，」一名6歲的同學告訴他。「看看是什麼嘛，蓋伯瑞爾！」
Gabriel peeled back the wrapping paper to find the surprise of his young life - his father, an Army mechanic back in Nevada on leave from his second tour in Iraq.
蓋伯瑞爾拆掉包裝紙，發現他年幼生命中的驚喜──擔任陸軍技師的父親，他剛從第2趟伊拉克外派任務中休假返回內華達州。
"It’s my dad!" he told his classmates at Sutro Elementary School in Dayton a few miles northeast of Carson City. "Hi daddy."
「是我爸！」他告訴蘇卓小學的同學，這所學校位於卡森市東北方數英里遠的岱頓。「嗨，爹地。」
Army Spc. Casey Hurles, 23, hadn’t seen his son since he left in June. When he learned his leave would coincide with his son’s birthday, he hatched the plan to hide out in the 4-foot tall box.
23歲的陸軍技術兵凱西．赫利斯6月離開後就沒見過兒子。當他發現他的休假適逢兒子生日時，便計畫躲在這個4英尺高的箱子裡。
新聞辭典
wrap：動詞，包裹；纏繞；覆蓋。wrapped，被包裝起來的，被包裝好的；wrapping，包裝紙，包裝材料。片語，wrapped up in，全神貫注於；參與涉入。例句：She is wrapped up in her studies.（她全神貫注於她的研究。）
engross：動詞，全神貫注於。例句：She is engrossed in her studies.（她全神貫注於她的研究。）
hatch：動詞，孵蛋；策劃。俚語，down the hatch，乾杯（敬酒用語）。乾杯亦可做drink up、bottom up，或cheers。
