《中英對照讀新聞》Crossing guard cat watches out for students 導護貓注意學生安全
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Twice a day, every weekday, a large black cat named Sable trots from the garage where he lives to a nearby street corner in West Richland, Wash.
每週週間,每天兩次,一隻名叫沙寶的大黑貓從牠住的華盛頓州西里奇蘭一間車庫跑出來,到附近的一個街角。
He plops down in a patch of grass and watches as children cross the street to and from Enterprise Middle School, earning him the nickname "the crossing guard cat." Sable’s daily habit also has earned the domestic shorthair a bit of Internet fame.
當孩子們穿越街道,進出企業中學時,牠一屁股坐在一塊草地,留神觀看,這為牠贏得「導護貓」的綽號。沙寶的每日習慣也讓這隻短毛家貓在網路上小有名氣。
"It has been amusing how it’s just taken off," said Lance Morrison, patriarch of Sable’s adopted human family.
「牠就這樣走紅,很是有趣,」沙寶的收養家庭男主人藍斯.莫里森說。
The family moved to a house on Eagle Street in West Richland about a year ago, and that’s when Sable took over crossing-guard duties, Tamara Morrison said.
這家人約在一年前搬到西里奇蘭老鷹街的一棟房子,就從那時起沙寶接任導護職責,塔瑪拉.莫里森說。