房子起火鸚鵡大呼"救命"

Emergency crews responding to a house fire in Idaho Friday night expected to find an elderly woman inside the home when they heard cries of "help" and "fire."
周五的晚上，愛(ài)達(dá)荷州一幢房子失火，消防員緊急出警，當(dāng)聽(tīng)到屋里有人喊“救命”、“著火了”時(shí)，他們還以為是個(gè)老太太被困屋內(nèi)。

But after an extensive search, firefighters were only able to find two parrots — one who happened to be more verbal than the other.
但經(jīng)過(guò)一番徹底搜查，消防員僅在里面發(fā)現(xiàn)兩只鸚鵡——其中有一只恰好特別愛(ài)說(shuō)話(huà)。

Calls about the two-alarm blaze in rural Boise came into the Middleton Fire Department at about 9:30 p.m., said Victor Islas, a community relations officer for the department.
米德?tīng)栴D消防站負(fù)責(zé)社區(qū)警民關(guān)系的警官維克特·伊斯拉斯稱(chēng)，晚上9點(diǎn)30分左右，他們接到了來(lái)自博伊西鄉(xiāng)郊的二級(jí)火警電話(huà)。

"Once the captain did his walk-around, he could hear something or someone inside yelling, 'help, fire, help, fire,'" Islas said. Crews went into "rescue mode" and called for backup, thinking that the calls for help were coming from an elderly female, Islas said.
伊斯拉斯說(shuō)，“隊(duì)長(zhǎng)在火場(chǎng)四周查看時(shí)，突然聽(tīng)到有什么東西或什么人在里面大喊：‘救命，著火啦，救命，著火啦。’”他表示，當(dāng)時(shí)大家以為被困求救的可能是一位老太太，所以全體消防員進(jìn)入“營(yíng)救模式”，并要求支援。

When firefighters couldn't find anyone in the house, they started using thermal imagery technology, which detected no people, but rather, a parrot sitting on a table, Islas said.
伊斯拉斯說(shuō)，當(dāng)消防員在屋里找不到人時(shí)，他們便用熱成像技術(shù)探測(cè)，但仍然找不到被困人員，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)一只鸚鵡正坐在桌子上。

The boisterous female parrot was rescued, along with a quieter male parrot. The female parrot was given oxygen by way of an adult oxygen mask, Islas said. She immediately perked up and started to imitate the sounds of the sirens, he said.
他表示，這只愛(ài)吵鬧的雌鸚鵡和另一只相對(duì)安靜的雄鸚鵡就這樣獲救了。他說(shuō)，通過(guò)成人氧氣面罩給這只雌鸚鵡輸入氧氣后，她立刻活躍起來(lái)，開(kāi)始模仿警報(bào)器的聲音。

No one was injured in the fire, which ended up being contained to only one room in the house, according to the Middleton Fire Department.
米德?tīng)栴D消防站稱(chēng)，本次火災(zāi)中無(wú)人受傷，火勢(shì)被成功控制在一個(gè)房間的范圍內(nèi)。

Vocabulary

two-alarm：二級(jí)火警（級(jí)數(shù)越高險(xiǎn)情越大）

backup：后援，支援

thermal imagery technology：熱成像技術(shù)

boisterous：愛(ài)吵鬧的

perk up：振作精神

（譯者：李楠楠BISTU 編輯：杜娟）