【摘要2019.12.26.自由】◎孫宇青
Emilie Talermo
from San Francisco offered a $7,000 reward and has hired a plane to fly over
the city to search for her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from
outside a grocery store.
來自舊金山的艾蜜莉．塔勒摩，提供7000美元（逾21萬台幣）報酬，並租下一架飛機，飛越整座城市搜尋她的藍眼睛迷你澳洲牧羊犬。這隻狗狗在一家商店外被人拐走。
The small plane,
which cost an additional $1,200 flied a banner with the website she set up to
find her 5-year-old dog, Jackson. "I am just one person and I really need
to get the word out there," she said.
這架另花1200美元（逾3.6萬台幣）租下的小飛機，掛上寫有一串網址的旗幟，那是她為了搜尋5歲的傑克森特地架設的網站。她說：「我只有一個人，真的很需要把消息散播出去。」
Talermo and her
friends have distributed thousands of flyers with the photo of the 13-kilogram
dog with a white, black, and gray fur and bright blue eyes.
塔勒摩和她的朋友已發送數千張傳單，上頭印有這隻13公斤重、毛色為白、黑、灰相間，並擁有明亮雙眼的狗狗照片。
To help finance
her search, Talermo launched a GoFundMe, where she has raised more than $7,000.
She plans to donate the extra money to Rocket Dog Rescue.
為了資助她的搜尋計畫，塔勒摩還透過群眾募資平台「GoFundMe」籌措資金，已募集逾7000美元。她計畫將剩餘的錢捐給動物救援組織「Rocket
Dog Rescue」。
"Those
people I’ve met throughout the years know my love for this dog. I’m just blown
away by everyone’s support," she said.（AP）
她說：「這幾年我遇到的人都知道我有多愛這隻狗狗，對於眾人鼎力相助，我感到受寵若驚。」（美聯社）
新聞辭典
miniature：名詞或形容詞，小型的；縮樣。例句：The
miniature of the Taipei 101 is highly popular.（台北101大樓的模型非常受歡迎。）
get the word out：慣用片語，宣傳；散布消息。例句：Let’s
get the word out to everyone that we won the global contract.（我們把爭取到國際訂單的消息告訴大家吧！）
flyer：名詞，廣告傳單。例句：Our
mailbox is stuffed with flyers.（我們家的信箱被傳單塞爆了。）
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