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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Man shot after dog causes gun to go off 狗兒引發槍枝走火 男子中彈
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An Utah hunter was on the mend Wednesday after surviving a gunshot wound from man’s best friend - yes, a dog.
一名猶他州獵人從人類最好的朋友—是的，狗兒—挨了一槍倖存後，週三已好轉。
While authorities don’t know all the particulars, this much is certain, hospital crews had to extract 27 pellets of birdshot from the man, according to news reports.
雖然當局不了解整個詳細狀況，不過可以確定的是，醫護人員必須從這名男子身上取出27個打鳥鉛彈碎片，根據新聞報導。
The incident happened over the weekend when two men and a canine set up to go duck-hunting in the Great Salt Lake near a bird refuge outside Brigham City, according to CNN affiliate KSL.
這起事件發生於週末，當時兩男一犬準備好要去布里罕市外鄰近一處鳥類保護區的大鹽湖獵鴨，根據CNN的聯網台KSL報導。
Before the hunting could commence, one of the men, a 46-year-old from Brigham City, got out of his boat and laid his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of the vessel, KSL reported.
在可以開始打獵前，來自布里罕市的46歲男子下船，同時將12口徑的獵槍放在船頭，KSL報導。
From there, it gets weird.
之後，事情變得不可思議。
"The dog got excited, was jumping around inside the boat and then it jumped on the gun. It went off, shooting the (man) in the buttocks," Box Elder County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Kevin Potter said.
「狗狗興奮起來，在船內蹦蹦跳跳，接著牠跳上獵槍。槍枝走火，射中男子的屁股，」巴克斯艾爾德郡副警長波特說。
The man was apparently setting up decoys when the gun went off, said Potter. But how – exactly – did this happen?
這名男子在槍枝走火時顯然正在準備獵鴨誘餌，波特表示。不過，此事究竟如何發生？
The dog "did something to make the gun discharge," Potter told KSL. "I don’t know if the safety device was on. It’s not impossible the dog could have taken it off safety," he said.
狗狗「做了某事讓槍開火，」波特告訴KSL。「我不知道保險裝置是否打開。不過狗兒不可能取下保險裝置，」他說。
新聞辭典
go off︰片語，爆炸、被發射、發出巨響。例句︰The alarm will go off at six o’clock.（鬧鐘將在6點響聲大作。）
on the mend︰片語，（病情、事態）好轉中。例句︰The economy is on the mend.（經濟在好轉中。）
set up︰片語，為…做好準備。例句︰It took a long time to set up the experiment.（為這項實驗做好準備花費了一段很長的時間。）
