《中英對照讀新聞》Pickpockets rob German man after faeces attack 扒手在糞便攻擊後搶奪德國男子

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Thieves in Germany stole 7,500 euros from a man by throwing faeces at him from behind and then pick-pocketing him while they pretended to help clean up the mess, authorities said.

德國竊賊利用從背後對一名男子潑糞，然後假裝幫他清理時趁機行竊的方式，偷走這名男子7,500歐元，當局說。

After withdrawing 8,000 euros from a bank for a holiday the man was struck in the back of the neck by what he described as human faeces, police in the central town of Giessen said.

這名男子為了度假，從銀行提領8,000歐元後，脖子後面被他所謂的人的糞便打中，中部的吉森鎮的警方說。

"Immediately afterwards two large women came up to him from behind and claimed they had seen someone excreting down onto the street from above," police said in a statement.

「沒多久，兩名魁梧的婦女從後面走近他身旁，而且聲稱她們看到某人從上面大便到街上來，」警方聲明說。

The two women then began briskly wiping the filth from the man's clothing with paper towels they had with them. They were soon joined by a third man, who also came bearing paper towels.

這兩名婦女然後開始用早就帶在身上的紙巾勤快的擦拭男子衣服上的穢物。隨即有第三名男子加入她們，這名男子也帶著紙巾。

Only when the man went to take his foul-smelling trousers to cleaners did he notice that 7,500 euros had been taken from his back pocket by one of the would-be helpers, police said.

這名男子帶著有惡臭味的褲子交給洗衣業者時，才發現7,500歐元已被這些假冒幫忙者中的一人從他的後面口袋取走，警方說。

新聞辭典

pick-pocket：名詞，指扒手，亦可當動詞用。例句：Pickpocketing is one of the oldest and most widespread crimes in the world.（扒竊是世界上最古老與最普遍的犯罪行為之一。）

come up to：片語，走近∼。例句：I myself did not have a chance to talk to him but he was friendly to everyone who came up to him. （我自己沒有機會和他聊天，但他對每一位走近他身邊的人都很友善。）

filth：名詞，骯髒、污物。例句：We can't live in filth and be healthy. （我們不可能住在骯髒的環境而又能保持健康。）

foul-smelling： 形容詞， 指惡臭的。例句：Foulsmelling stools also have normal causes, most notably diet.（惡臭難聞的大便也有正常的原因，主要是飲食所致。）