【读新闻学英语】到底是谁带走了小狗狗？！86岁铲屎官很焦心
By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2017年12月01日 02:09
It has been two weeks of restless nights for 86-year-old Elizabeth Overton after the toy poodle she was looking after was stolen from central Auckland.
自从自己的玩具贵宾犬被偷，住在奥克兰中区86岁的老奶奶Elizabeth Overton，已经两个礼拜辗转难安了。
Restless：坐立不安的
Poodle：贵宾犬
Normi, a two-year-old male toy poodle with brown curly hair, went missing on November 14 after escaping from Overton's Epsom property.
这只小狗名叫Normi，是一只雄性玩具贵宾犬，有一身棕色的卷毛。11月14日，它从Overton在Epsom的房子里逃走了。
Curly：卷曲的
The retiree had been looking after the shy little dog for approximately three months before a gate was left open and he ran out into lunchtime traffic on Mountain Rd.
这位退休老人照顾这只害羞的小狗狗，已经快3个月了。但就在那一天，有一扇门忘了关，狗狗就跑到了Mountain Rd午餐时间的车流里。
Approximately：近似地、大概
What happened next has left Overton fearful for the dog's safety and lacking in sleep.
接下来发生的事情，让Overton非常担心狗狗的安全，担心到睡不着觉。
lack in：缺少，在……缺少
"According to one or two of the neighbours he walked up the street and went on to the road and caused a little bit of havoc," Overton said.
“有一两位邻居说，它沿街走到了大路上，造成了一点点破坏，”Overton说。
Havoc：破坏、浩劫
"Two women then tried to catch him and apparently this woman drove up, stopped the car, got out and picked up the little dog and drove off with him."
“接着两名女子想要抓住狗狗，显而易见有一名女士把车开了过来，然后停车走了出来，把小狗狗抓上车，然后带着它开走了。”
Apparently：显然地
After reporting the incident to the SPCA, local vets and lost pet registers to no avail, Overton is convinced the driver of the vehicle had malicious intentions.
在向动物保护组织SPCA，当地兽医和宠物丢失机构报告后，依旧徒劳无功。Overton确信，车辆的司机可能出于恶意带走了狗狗。
To no avail：徒劳无功
Malicious：恶意的，恶毒的
"This to me is stealing because there is no way he would have come from anywhere else but around here and she should have checked up.
“这对我来说就是偷，因为除了这里之外，狗狗不可能来自其他地方，她应该要询问。”
Check up：检查、核对
"I think she knew that it is a very expensive little dog and I am sure she knew exactly what she was doing."
“我觉得她知道这只小狗非常贵，我很确定她完全知道自己在做什么。”
Normi is registered, microchipped and has been desexed.
Normi是一只注册在籍的狗狗，安装了芯片，还做了绝育。
Microchip：微型芯片
Anyone with information about Normi's whereabouts is asked to contact NZ Herald on [email protected] or 0800 437 253.
如果您知道Normi在哪，请联系英文《先驱报》：[email protected]，也可以拨打电话：0800 437 253。
Whereabouts：下落、行踪
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