Woman fined for taking turtle for a walk in Rome婦女在羅馬帶烏龜散步被罰款

【摘要2020.4.18.自由】◎周虹汶

An Italian woman who took her pizza-sized turtle out for a walk has been fined 400 euros by the Roman police for breaking strict coronavirus confinement rules.

把披薩大小之烏龜帶出門散步的一名義大利婦女，因違反嚴格的冠狀病毒禁閉規定，被羅馬警方罰400歐元。

Italians need a justifiable reason to be out on the street in the middle of a pandemic that has officially claimed more than 20,000 lives in the Mediterranean country since February.

陷於2月以來奪走這個地中海國家逾2萬條性命的全球大流行之中，義大利人需要一個正當理由來外出上街。

Taking your dog out for a walk is viewed as a good enough reason to leave your home.

帶狗出門散步被視為離開住家夠好的一項理由。

But it seems taking your turtle out for one is not.

但帶烏龜外出似乎不是。

The Roman police said "the 60-year-old woman was caught outside her home without a justifiable reason" and fined.

羅馬警方說，「這個60歲婦女無正當理外出，在住家外面被逮」，並且遭到罰款。

"The woman was walking with a turtle," the police statement said.

警方聲明說，「這名婦女跟一隻烏龜散步。」

Roman police spokesman Nunzio Carbone said the turtle was "as big as a pizza" but not wearing a leash. （AFP）

羅馬警方發言人努茲歐．卡爾波說，這隻烏龜「大如披薩」但沒拴繩。（法新社）

新聞辭典

confinement：名詞，指限制、關押、禁閉、分娩。例句：When does your wife expect her confinement?（您太太預期何時生產？）

in the middle of：片語，指在當中、在中途、正忙於。例句：In the middle of something?（正在忙嗎？）

leash：名詞，指（牽動物的）繩索、鍊子。例句：Please keep your dog on a leash.（請牽好你的狗。）