【读新闻学英语】多亏了一只海豹，价值10亿纽币的毒品案破获了

By 新西兰中文先驱网 2019年9月11日 15:02

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海豹：有事吗？

图片来源：NZ Herald

Two illegal immigrants who allegedly sailed across the Indian Ocean to Western Australia with $1 billion of illegal drugs have been thwarted by a seal.

两名非法移民涉嫌把价值10亿纽币的非法毒品通过穿越印度洋运到澳洲西海岸，可这一行动却被一只海豹阻止了。

thwarted：阻挠

French national Antoine Dicenta, 51, and British man Graham Palmer, 34 are accused of running their yacht aground and fleeing in a dinghy to nearby Burton Island where one tonne of drugs were found hidden in seaweed.

51岁的法国人Antoine Dicenta和34岁的英国男子Graham Palmer被指控驾驶他们自己的游艇，然后换乘小艇停在Burton岛附近，那里有一吨毒品藏在海藻中。

dinghy：小艇

Initially, local rescuers were concerned when they discovered a damaged yacht had struck a reef 60km off the coast of Australia.

最初，当地救援人员在距离澳大利亚海岸60公里处的一块珊瑚礁处发现了一艘受损的游艇。

Initially：最初

The boat was spotted on Monday, triggering a major search and rescue operation.

这艘船在周一被发现后，引发了一次重大的搜救行动。

triggering：触发

Police, fisherman and locals searched for the pair but suspicions were raised when someone saw two men trying to hide a large stash of goods under seaweed.

警方、渔民和当地人开始搜救他俩，但是有人发现他们正在试图在海藻中藏匿大量物品时，引起了人们的怀疑。

suspicions：怀疑

But as the pair were trying to get back to their alleged stash of illicit drugs, one daring seal decided to uncover the whole escape plan.

但是当他们试图回到毒品藏匿点时，一只大胆的海豹打乱了他们的逃跑计划。

stash：藏匿

"When they got on the island, the guys made a run for their tender and there was this big, huge seal asleep between them.They woke it up and it jumped up with its big chest out and bellowed at them.The guys basically had the choice of going through the seal or getting arrested and they ended up choosing getting arrested." Geraldton Volunteer Marine Rescue Service vice commander Damien Healy told ABC radio on Monday.

Geraldton志愿者海洋救援服务副指挥官Damien Healy周一告诉ABC电台：“当他们抵达岛上，这俩人带着毒品逃跑，发现一个巨大的海豹正在那里睡觉。他们吵醒了海豹，海豹突然跳起来，向他俩吼叫。这俩人面临的选择，要么就是绕过海豹，要么就是等待被捕，他们选择了后者。”

bellowed：大吼