全通翻譯/翻譯社

◎周虹汶

A 2-year-old cancer survivor with an amputated arm is getting a special gift：A kitten that also suffered an amputation.

一名手臂截肢的2歲癌症存活者，得到一件特別的禮物：一隻也經歷截肢手術的小貓。

Matt and Simone Tipton, of Orange County, had been searching for a kitten for their daughter Scarlette, who was born with a rare form of cancer. Scarlette’s left arm had to be amputated when she was 10 months old.

橘郡的馬特和西蒙．提普頓一直在為他們患有一種罕見癌症的女兒史考蕾尋找一隻小貓。史考蕾10個月大時，左臂被截斷。

Doctors say she’s now cancer free.

醫師們說，她現在已經沒有癌症。

Scarlette’s parents wanted to find a kitten that had undergone an amputation surgery to help in their daughter’s ongoing recovery. That’s when they heard about Holly, a kitten two women found bleeding from a traumatic injury in December.

史考蕾的雙親之前想找一隻經歷過截肢手術的小貓，幫助他們女兒後續復原之路。就在那時，他們聽聞霍莉的事—一隻12月時被兩名婦女發現正因外傷流血的小貓。

The kitten’s left front leg was amputated.

這隻小貓的左前腿被截斷。

The family drove to the San Jacinto animal shelter to adopt the cat named Holly on Christmas Eve. （AP）

這個家庭在耶誕夜驅車前往聖哈辛托動物收容所，領養這隻名為霍莉的貓。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

adopt：動詞，指採用、接納、收養、批准。例句：The United Nations Security Council just adopted a resolution.（聯合國安全理事會剛通過一項決議案。）

ongoing：形容詞，指不間斷的、進行的。例句：The problem is ongoing.（這個問題還沒解決。）

traumatic：形容詞，指創傷的、治療外傷的；名詞，指外傷藥。例句：It was a traumatic experience for me.（那對我而言是個創傷經歷。）