A Queensland woman who was left with a collapsed lung, broken ribs and other internal injuries after a six-foot kangaroo attacked her and her husband has spoken of the terrifying ordeal.

一只六尺高的袋鼠袭击了昆士兰周的一名妇女以及她的丈夫，导致这名妇女肺部萎陷、肋骨骨折，还有其他内伤。她向大家述说了这可怕的经历。

collapsed lung：气胸

ordeal：苦难经历

Linda Smith, 64, from Darling Downs, was attacked by the mammoth kangaroo early yesterday evening after trying to save her husband from the same animal.Smith and her husband Jim have worked in animal welfare for years and feed around 30 kangaroos and wallabies at their Cypress Gardens property every night.

64岁的Linda Smith来自Darling Downs。昨天晚上她试图挽救被袋鼠袭击的丈夫，却同样遭到了袋鼠的袭击。多年来Smith和丈夫一直从事动物福利工作，每天晚上在他们的Cypress花园照顾30只成年袋鼠和小袋鼠。

welfare：福利

wallabies：小袋鼠

But last night when the couple started to feed the dozens of hungry animals, a different kangaroo showed up."This one kangaroo came in and I thought it was one of the kangaroos we have raised. He was a huge grey, would have been at least six foot." she said.

但是昨晚，当这对夫妇开始喂养十几只饥饿的袋鼠时，一只不同的袋鼠出现了。她说到：“这只袋鼠来了，我以为它是我们喂养的其中一只袋鼠。它是灰色的，很巨大，至少6尺高。”

feed：喂食

The kangaroo attacked her husband, kicking him onto his back."Jim was on the ground and the kangaroo just kept at him. I went outside to try and help him and took a broom and a piece of bread, but he knocked the broom out of my hand then attacked me.I got him off Jim and Jim got up and I managed to grab a piece of wood to defend myself with that. Then my son came out to try and help me and hit him over the head with a shovel. I have never been one to want to hurt animals."

这只袋鼠攻击了她的丈夫，把他踢倒在地。“Jim倒在地上，袋鼠还盯着他。我走出去想帮Jim，手上拿着扫把和一片面包，但是袋鼠把我手上的扫把打掉了，然后袭击了我。我转移了袋鼠在Jim身上的注意力，Jim站起来了。我设法拿了一块木头防身。然后我的儿子出来帮我，用铲子打袋鼠的头。我从来没有想过自己会成为伤害动物的人。”

broom：扫把

shovel：铁铲

The shovel hit forced the kangaroo to retreat back into the bushes and allowed the family to call emergency services. Smith was taken to Toowoomba Hospital where she is expected to have surgery this afternoon to treat her injuries.

被铲子击中头部的袋鼠被迫退回到灌木丛中，这家人才得以拨打了急救电话。Smith被送到了Toowoomba医院，今天下午她将接受手术治疗。

retreat ：撤回