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每日英語跟讀 Ep.921: About UK -British Foreign Office cat heads for retirement 英國外交部的貓迎向退休生活與裸體男逛牛津

2020年8月19日

每日英語跟讀 Ep.921: About UK -British Foreign Office cat heads for retirement

Palmerston, the cat who has lived at the Foreign Office for four and a half years, will trade in his London residence for retirement in the countryside, where his mouse-catching duties for the diplomats will come to an end.

帕默斯頓,那隻4年半來生活在外交部的貓,將從倫敦的官邸換到鄉下退休,屆時牠替外交官捕鼠的任務將劃下句點。

Writing to the more than 100,000 followers on his Twitter feed, the black and white moggy, who once lived at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, said he wanted to spend more time relaxing away from the limelight.

這隻一度住在「巴特西貓狗之家」的黑白貓在推特上向超過10萬名跟隨者發文說,牠想把更多時間用來放輕鬆,遠離公眾關注。

"I have enjoyed climbing trees and patrolling the fields around my new home in the countryside," he wrote to the Foreign Office’s most senior civil servant, Simon McDonald, signing off with two paw prints.

牠寫給外交部最高階公務員西蒙.麥唐諾:「我喜歡爬樹,在我鄉下新家附近巡邏」,結尾留下兩隻爪印。

"I will miss hearing the footsteps of an Ambassador and sprinting to my hideout to see who it is."

「我會想念聽到大使的腳步聲,以及快快跑到我的藏身處看看是誰。」

There will be no wider reshuffle as Larry the cat remains on Downing Street whilst fellow feline Gladstone retains his post at the finance ministry.

不會有更大幅度改組,貓兒賴瑞繼續待在唐寧街,而貓夥伴格萊斯頓保留財政部的職位。

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Man parades down Oxford Street wearing nothing but mask/男子只戴口罩 光溜溜在牛津街巡遊

A man strolled down central London’s most popular shopping street on Friday with only a mask to cover his nudity, leaving passerbys astounded, amused and shocked.

一名男子週五沿著倫敦市中心最受歡迎的購物街漫步,僅用一只口罩覆蓋裸體,讓路人大驚、好笑又震撼。

As the man walked nonchalantly along Oxford Street, naked except for the light blue face mask over his groin, some took pictures on their phones while others simply stared.

當這名男子若無其事沿著牛津街裸體行走時,僅有那只淺藍色口罩蓋在他的腹股溝上,有些人拿手機拍了照,而其他人只行注目禮。

It was unclear what prompted the stunt but masks becam e compulsory on Friday in English shops.

不清楚這花招從何而生,但口罩週五在英國商店變成必戴物品。

A Reuters photographer caught a picture of the man from an office above the street.

路透一名攝影師從那條街上方的一間辦公室拍到這名男子的照片。

Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1390193 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1393231

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