Motorists driving on the Auckland motorway on Sunday were in for a surprise as a sheep somehow ended up on top of a truck.
星期天在奥克兰高速公路上行驶的司机会感到惊讶，因为一只羊不知何故最终站在了一辆卡车上。
Motorists：常坐汽车的人

Video posted to Facebook shows a large truck on the side of the road with its hazard lights turned on.
在发布到Facebook上的一段视频显示路边有一辆大卡车，其危险示警灯已经打开。
Hazard：风险

Visible on top of the huge vehicle is a single sheep, which seems to be calmly standing and enjoying the view of the motorway.
在巨大的车顶可以看到一只绵羊，它似乎正平静的站着并欣赏高速公路的景色。
Calmly standing：平静的站着

The truck was a Heikell Transport vehicle, a livestock transport company, so it's likely there were more sheep inside.
这辆卡车是Heikell公司的运输车辆，这是一家畜牧运输公司，所以车里很可能有更多绵羊。
Livestock transport：畜牧运输

而在两天后新西兰也发生了另一件事情：

A section of Auckland's Northern Motorway is closed after a cattle truck and trailer flipped at the Greville Rd onramp, heading southbound.
奥克兰北部高速公里的一个路段在一辆运送牛的卡车和其拖挂的车翻车后封闭了南行线。
Cattle：黄牛

A police spokesperson said police received a call about 9.25pm that a stock truck had flipped on the motorway.
一名警方发言人说，警方于晚上9点25分接到一个卡车在高速公路上翻车的报警电话。
Flipped：翻转

"It appears a number of cattle are loose," said the spokesperson.
"A section of the motorway is currently closed and diversions are in place while police and animal control work to move the cattle."
“看起来很多牛都被解放了。”发言人说。
“高速公路的一部分目前已经关闭，车辆已经改道，而警察和动物控制部门正在努力移动牛群。”
Diversions：分流

A member of the public near the scene told the Herald around 15 cattle had been corralled together in an area fenced off by cordon tape.
现场附近的一名市民告诉先驱报，大约有15头牛被赶进了警方设置的警戒线。
Corralled：赶进了

It looked as though the cattle were being assessed by animal control and he could not see any dead cattle.
看起来牛群正在接受动物控制部门的评估，他没有看到死牛。
Assessed：评估

Only the southbound lane has been closed but motorists are being asked to avoid the area. Diversions are in place along Oteha Valley Rd.
只有南行向的车道被关闭，但是司机被要求避开该区域。在Oteha Valley Rd沿线设有分流线。
Avoid：避免

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