◎詹立群
Dan slurped desperately on his pink nursing bottle and spilled milk all over the place, while his brother Tom patiently waited to take a swim in the family pool.
丹自顧自地吸吮著牠的粉紅色奶瓶，並把牛奶灑得到處都是，當時牠的兄弟湯姆很有耐心地等著要去家裡的泳池游泳。
It would be a typical family scene if not for the fact that Dan and Tom tip the scales at 700 pounds, have claws that could slice a man in two and were raised along with seven other tigers sleeping in the beds of Ary Borges’ three daughters.
如果丹與湯姆實際上不是重達700磅、擁有能把人撕成兩半的爪子，這會是一幅典型的家庭景象：牠們與其他7隻老虎一起被豢養，睡在阿里．柏吉斯3個女兒的床上。
Borges also has two lions, a monkey, and a pet Chihuahua named Little inside his makeshift animal sanctuary, where man and beast live together in his spacious red-dirt compound, separated from the outside world by tall metal fences and high wooden walls.
還有2隻獅子、1隻猴子與1隻名叫「小小」的寵物吉娃娃，在柏吉斯的臨時動物庇護所裡，在那兒人與獸共同生活在他寬敞的紅土大院，以高聳的金屬圍籬與高大的木牆（圍起）與外面世界隔絕。
The Brazilian family is now locked in a legal dispute for the cats, with federal wildlife officials working to take them away. While Borges does have a license to raise the animals, Brazilian wildlife officials say he illegally bred the tigers, creating a public danger.
這個巴西家庭為了這些大貓陷入法律爭議，聯邦野生動物官員試圖帶走牠們。雖然柏吉斯確實擁有飼養這些動物的許可證，巴西野生動物官員卻說他違法養虎，製造公共危險。
新聞辭典
slurp：動詞，吃喝（某物）時發出很大聲音。例句：He was slurping down his soup.（他喝湯時發出嘖嘖的聲音。）
tip the scales at：片語，（某物）重達...。例句：The boxes which tip the scales at more than 100 pounds are stolen.（重逾100磅的箱子被偷了。）
sanctuary：名詞，避難所、庇護所。例句：There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.（醫院後方有個政治難民庇護所）
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