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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Eagle knocks out power with dead deer 老鷹用死鹿打斷電力供應
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A deer fawn apparently dropped by a bald eagle onto a high-voltage line was behind a power outage this week in western Montana, a Northwestern Energy official said.
一頭顯然被白頭鷹掉在一條高壓電線的幼鹿是本週西蒙大拿州停電的原因，西北能源公司一名職員指出。
"It’s a first-time thing," Northwestern spokeswoman Michelle Sullivan said. "A deer dangling on the line, that’s never happened before."
「這是頭一遭的事，」西北能源公司女發言人蘇莉文說，「一頭鹿懸垂在電線上，以前未曾發生過。」
Sullivan said linemen investigating the cause of the outage in a rural neighborhood of East Missoula couldn’t believe their eyes when they found the carcass of the fawn draped over electric wires more than two stories high.
蘇莉文說，調查東密蘇拉一處鄉下週邊地區停電原因的線務員，當發現幼鹿屍體垂掛在逾兩層樓高的電線上時，簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛。
Workers blamed the eagle after homeowner Lee Bridges reported that one of the birds had spent 15 minutes perched in a spruce in her yard that morning just after the neighborhood lost electricity.
工作人員在屋主布里吉斯通報，當天早上就在鄰近街坊停電不久，白頭鷹群中有隻停在她家後院的雲杉達15分鐘後，將停電事件歸咎於這隻鷹。
When Northwestern crews arrived, Bridges approached a repairman to learn what caused the outage. "He pointed up to the sky and said, ’There’s your problem -- a flying deer,’" said Bridges.
當西北能源的工作人員到達，布里吉斯走向一名維修工，以了解是什麼造成停電。「他往上指著天空說，『這是問題所在—一頭飛天鹿，』」布里吉斯說。
She said the eagle had likely been plotting how to retrieve what remained of its prey.
她表示，這隻鷹可能在思考如何取回牠的殘餘獵物。
Bald eagles can have wingspans of nearly 8 feet and weigh up to 14 pounds. Accounts suggest the fawn was just days old.
白頭鷹翼展可達約8英尺、重達14磅，據傳這頭幼鹿僅有幾天大。
新聞辭典︰
knock out︰片語，摧毀、中斷，也有擊倒、使震驚之意。例句︰He knocked himself out with work.（工作把他累垮了。）
fawn︰名詞為小動物、未滿一歲的幼鹿，動詞則為討好、奉承。例句︰She fawns on her superiors in order to get a promotion.（為了升遷，她對上司討好奉承。）
dangle︰動詞，懸盪、懸垂，也有不安的等待之意。例句︰Don’t keep me dangling： tell me if I passed the test.（別讓我的心老是懸著，告訴我是否我考試及格了。）
