A West Auckland resident made an alarming discovery at a children's playground after taking his dog for a walk last Saturday.

上周六，奥克兰西区一名居民到儿童游乐场遛狗，却发现了一样很可怕的东西。

Alarming：使人惊恐的；令人惊慌的；引起恐慌的

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was walking through Glendene Reserve around 8am on Saturday when he stumbled across a large suspicious object near the children's playground.

这名不愿意透露姓名的男子说，周六上午8点左右，他在穿过Glendene Reserve时，在儿童游乐场附近无意中发现了一个大型可疑物体。

Anonymous：匿名的

Stumble across：偶然发现

Taking a closer look, the man soon found a long knife that had been attached and taped to a long pole.

他仔细一看，发现是一把长刀，被绑在一根长杆子上。

Pole：磁极；电极；柱子；杆子

The dangerous object was found just metres away from a box of dumped alcohol and in the vicinity of a children's play area.

发现这个危险的物体时，还在不远处看到了酒瓶，而且就在儿童游乐区附近。

Dumped：废弃的；被甩了的

Vicinity：邻近，附近；近处

While the knife had some kind of stains on the blade, the resident said the "weapon" was probably used for cutting high objects rather than any criminal activity.

虽然这把刀的刀刃上有一些污渍，但这名居民表示，这把“武器”可能是用来切割高处物体的，而不是用于犯罪活动。

Stain：污点；污渍

Criminal：犯罪的；犯法的

"I was taking the dog for a walk and I happened to look over and see this homemade object with a knife on the end of it. It was pretty unreal to see lying around a park.

"There were a bunch of empty alcohol cans and rubbish so we picked those up to tidy up the park.

“我去遛狗的时候，碰巧看到这个自制的东西，末端有一把刀。看到它躺在公园，这是很不真实的。还有一堆空的酒瓶和垃圾在地上，我们清理了下公园，把这些垃圾捡了起来。”

Homemade：自制的

A bunch of：一群；一束；一堆

"I took the stick home to dispose of rather than leave it at the park where children play.

“我把这根绑着刀的棍子带回家处理，而不是把它留在公园里，这里有很多小孩来玩耍，太危险了。”

Dispose：处理；处置

"I don't know what they were trying to do but I just think why someone would leave something like that there at the park for people to find, especially a park where kids play and people walk their dogs."

“我不知道他们想要做什么，但我只是想为什么有人会在公园里留下这样的东西，特别是这里是儿童玩耍和人们遛狗的公园。”

Locals have since thanked the man for disposing of the weapon but are disappointed such an item would be left at a park where children frequently play.

当地的居民非常感谢这名男子处理了这件武器，但他们很失望，因为这样的东西会留在孩子们经常玩耍的公园里。

Frequently：频繁地，经常地

Police confirmed to the Herald the incident hasn't been reported but asks for members of the public to contact them if they find any suspicious weapons or objects.

警方表示，他们暂时没有收到相关的报告，但如果公众发现任何可疑的武器或物体，请及时联系警方。

Suspicious：可疑的；怀疑的；多疑的

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