《中英對照讀新聞》Chattering monkeys help save new-born baby in well吱吱叫的猴子幫忙救了水井中的新生兒

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Chattering monkeys helped save the life of a new-born baby girl apparently thrown into a 10 metre deep well by her parents in a town in eastern India, a witness said.

在印度東部一個城鎮，吱吱叫的猴子協助拯救一名明顯遭父母丟棄在10公尺深水井內的新生女嬰，一名目擊者說。

The monkeys, which had gathered excitedly on the well's edge in Bishnupur town, about 200 kilometers west of Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state, drew the attention of passersby, the witness, Samar Sengupta said.

這些猴子激動地聚集在位於西孟加省省會科爾卡塔以西約200公里的畢錫努波鎮的這座水井旁，吸引了路過行人的注意，目擊者薩瑪爾．山古普塔說。

"Attracted by the chattering of the monkeys, some morning walkers went near the abandoned well and looked down to see the baby lying on heap of garbage. She was crying," Sengupta said.

「受到猴子吱吱叫的吸引，一些早起的行人走近這座廢井並往下看，看見這個嬰兒躺在垃圾堆上。她在哭，」山古普塔說。

"The monkeys left after the child was rescued," he said. Superintendent of Bishnupur Hospital Aloke Mondal said the child, just two days old, was doing well.

「這些猴子直到這個小孩獲救後才離開，」他說。畢錫努波醫院督導阿洛克．蒙達爾說，這個出生才兩天的小孩，目前情況不錯。

"A girl child is unwanted to most families in our society. She is believed to have been thrown by her parents into the well which was abandoned a few years ago," Mondal said.

「我們社會的大多數家庭都不要小女嬰。相信她是被父母丟到這座數年前廢棄的水井裡，」蒙達爾說。

新聞辭典

chattering︰形容詞，指吱吱叫的、喋喋不休的。例句︰Chattering students will be asked to be quiet by the librarians.（喋喋不休的學生將被圖書館員要求肅靜。）

to draw the attention of ∼︰片語，吸引∼的注意。例句︰The speaker drew attention of the audience to the point at issue.（演講者把觀眾的注意力導向引起爭論的重點上。）

passerby︰名詞，指路人，複數為passersby。例句︰I stopped a passerby and asked him to phone an ambulance.（我攔住一個路人，請他打電話叫救護車。）