中英对照读新闻》A Potentially Hazardous Cat Puts a Japanese City on Alert 一只有潜在危险性的猫让一座日本城市如临大敌
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日本广岛县福山市野村镀金工厂提供的画面，显示野猫闯入该工厂沾染有毒物质六价铬后留下掌印。 （法新社）(photo:LTN)◎ 张沛元
The citizens of Fukuyama, Japan, are on watch for a potentially hazardous cat that appears to have fallen into a tank of toxic chemicals at a factory and then escaped, darting across the factory yard and into the city at large.
日本（广岛县）福山市的市民正提防一只有潜在危险性的猫，该猫显然掉进一家工厂内的有毒化学物质槽后跑掉，快速穿过厂区进入该市脱逃。
Be on the lookout, the citizens of Fukuyama, were warned, for a cat with “abnormalities.”
福山市民被警告，要密切注意一只「异常」的猫。
A representative from the factory said that paw prints were spotted near the tank by an employee arriving for work Monday morning and that the security video showed the cat fleeing the factory around 9:30 the night before.
该工厂的一名代表说，一名员工週一早上到厂上班时在化学槽附近发现掌印，而监视器画面显示该猫前晚9时30分左右逃离该工厂。
The tank holds hexavalent chromium, a reddish-brown solution widely used in plating that has been shown to cause lung cancer in humans if inhaled.
该化学槽内有六价铬，是一种广泛用于电镀的红棕色溶液，已被证明人类一旦吸入将导致肺癌。
新闻辞典
dart：名词，飞镖，飞快突然的动作；动词，飞奔，勐冲去。例句：A responsible owner should train his/her dog not to dart outside when the door is open.（负责任的饲主应该训练爱犬不要一开门就往外冲。）
on the lookout for：片语，密切注意着；费心寻觅着。例句：She is on the lookout for a cheap flight ticket to Tokyo.（她正留心想买一张去东京的便宜机票。）
