《中英對照新聞》Toothbrush Scare 牙刷驚魂

The buzzing electric toothbrush of a former wife of James Bond star Sean Connery sparked a security alert at an Australian airport on Sunday.

一把不斷發出嗡嗡聲的電動牙刷，屬於飾演詹姆士．龐德的明星史恩•康納萊的前妻所有，二十日在澳洲一座機場引發安全警戒。

Diane Cilento, who was married to Connery from 1962-1973, told national news agency Australian Associated Press that she was on a Virgin Blue plane due to leave the eastern city of Brisbane for the northern city of Cairns around midday Sunday when she was asked to return to the terminal.

黛安•希雷多，在一九六二至一九七三年期間與康納萊維持婚姻關係，告訴全國性通訊社「澳洲美聯社」，當她在週日大約正午時分上了「維珍藍」航空公司一架預定從東部城市布里斯班飛往北部城市肯因茲的飛機時，被人要求返回航站大廈。

I was called off the plane and they had my bag there and they knew my name and they wouldn't go near it because there was a terrible noise coming from it,'' she said. ``They made me open it and it was my (electric) toothbrush.''

「我被取消班機，他們把我的行李帶到那裡，他們知道我的姓名，而且不願走近行李，因為裡面傳來一陣可怕的噪音，」她說。「他們讓我打開它，發現那是我的（電動）牙刷。」

Dictionary新聞辭典

alert：名詞，警戒狀態、警報；形容詞，警覺的、警惕的、注意的。

例句：Sirens brought the whole street to the alert.（警報聲使整條街處於警戒狀態。）

due：形容詞，預定應到的、預定的。例句：The guests are due to arrive here next week.（客人們預定下週到這裡。）

due to 為片語，指應歸功於、由於，後接名詞或動名詞。例句：The name was omitted due to oversight.（由於疏忽，那個名字被遺漏了。）

to leave...for：片語，指離開、前往∼。

例句：We will leave Taipei for Tokyo tomorrow.（我們明天將離開台北，前往東京。）

to call off：片語，指取消、停止做（某事）。

例句：The meeting was called off.（會議已取消。）