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Stray dog killed on MTR tracks

 

流浪犬於港鐵遭碾斃，一石激起千重浪，引發公眾再思生命何價。

Tens of thousands of animal lovers are livid and hitting out at the MTR Corp after a through train from Guangzhou killed a stray dog on the tracks near Fan Ling Station.

livid 狂怒的，暴怒的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

= furious (informal)

 

  • outrage (noun 名詞) + over

 

例子：outrage over dog killed on MTR tracks

 

fume 發怒；生悶氣；表示氣憤

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：People fumed that anyone with a brain and a little bit of conscience would not have let the trains move before the dog could be rescued.

 

市民透過網上聯署，希望為流浪犬尋回公道：

In an extraordinary mass outpouring of grief for the stray, more than 75,000 people put their names to an online petition seeking "justice for the dog."

 

an outpouring of sth 流露

例子：an outpouring of creative energy   創造力的迸發

 

stray 閒蕩

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：He has strayed in the street for three days.

 

(mind or eyes) stray 失神，不集中

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：His mind had strayed back to his youth.   他失了神，回想著自己的青年時代。

 

stray into/onto sth 偏離主題

 

例子：We’re straying into other issues, which are not directly related what we have been discussing.  

 

例子：Try not to stray from the point in your answers .   你在回答中盡量不要離題。

 

stray 偶爾的；意外的；零星的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：A stray bullet hit her in the leg .   一顆流彈擊中她的腿部。

  • stray animals 流浪動物

 

有網民嘲諷港鐵職員救狗不力：

Some Facebook users ridiculed the MTR staff, remarking that they had time to find a chair but not enough time to rope and pull the dog to safety.

 

 

 

ridicule 嘲笑

(verb 動詞/noun 名詞)

 

= mock (made fun of sbd in an unkind way)

 

ridiculous 可笑的

(adjective 形容詞)

= absurd

 

批評者援引外國案例，指出公共運輸為保護動物而延誤並不罕見：

It was being noted last night that services on a line of the New York City subway system were halted for around two hours last August so that two kittens could be rescued from the tracks.

 

halt 停止

(verb 動詞 / noun 名詞)

= stop

 

  • come to a halt

例子：The train creaked to a halt when the driver saw a dog on the track.

 

  • call a halt to something

例子：The government called a halt to the construction of the new project.

 

  • “Halt!” 軍事用語，用於步操喊停

 

  • speak or do sth in a halting way 因不確定而說話／行動遲疑

例子：speak haltingly

 

Kevin 教室     Thousand vs. thousands?

 

Tens of thousands of animal lovers are livid and hitting out at the MTR Corp (after a through train from Guangzhou killed a stray dog on the tracks near Fan Ling Station).

 

沒有確切數字，僅表達約數時，可以加 “s”：

Hundreds and thousands of…　成百上千的…

Millions of…　數以百萬計的…

 

可是當hundred, thousand, million前面有數字時，便不可加 “s”：

There are three hundred people here.    VS

There are hundreds of people here.

   
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