《中英對照讀新聞》Intruder arrested while having a bath 闖入者在洗澡時落網

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Police in America arrested an intruder who broke into an east Texas home - after they arrived at the crime scene to find the man having a bath in the house he’d broken into.

美國警方逮捕了一名闖進德州東部某間房屋的不速之客，因為他們抵達犯罪現場時，發現此人正在他所闖入的屋內洗澡。

Police were called to the home in Tyler, Texas at around 3：30 in the morning, when a resident of the house reported that a man had kicked the front door in. The resident fled, but police en route to the scene were told the intruder was still there.

警方在凌晨3點半左右接獲報案，準備前往這間位在德州泰勒市的房屋，因當時屋內一名住戶通報說，一名男子踢開前門闖入。這名住戶逃了出來，但警方在趕赴現場途中被告知，這名不速之客仍在那裡。

And indeed, when they arrived, they were surprised to find that the man had stripped naked and was having a bath.

果不其然，當警方抵達時，驚訝地發現此人已脫得一絲不掛而且正在洗澡。

After a brief, and presumably rather wet, struggle, the intruder - identified as 25-year-old Larry Ticey - was arrested, and jailed pending charges of misdemeanor criminal trespass.

在一場短暫而且大概非常濕漉漉的搏鬥後，這名經確認身分為25歲的賴利．提塞的闖入者終於被捕，而且在非法侵入罪的輕罪罪名起訴前被關進監牢。

新聞辭典

break into︰片語，非法強行闖入、破門而入。例句︰We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.（因為弄丟了鑰匙，我們不得不破門而入。）

en route︰片語，在途中。例句︰They were en route from Kuala Lumpur to Paris.（他們在從吉隆坡去巴黎的途中。）

have a bath︰片語，洗一個澡。例句︰She is giving her child a hot bath.（她正在替她的小孩洗熱水澡。）