小羊傻笑为哪般 只因误食千磅大麻

 A flock of sheep were left feeling rather woolly-headed after accidentally munching¹ on thousands of pounds worth of cannabis plants.

一群绵羊感到头晕目眩，原来它们不小心嚼食了价值数千英镑的大麻类植物。

The animals began stumbling about after getting high on seven bags of the intoxicating² plant, which had been dumped in their field.

这些动物误食了被人遗弃在草地上的七袋具有毒性的植物，出现吸毒后兴奋症状，走路也开始东倒西歪。

Police won’t be taking action against the sheep for tucking into their illegal meal, but are determined³ to catch the “irresponsible” crooks⁴ who grew and discarded the class B drug.

警方不会对这些误食了毒性草料的绵羊加以惩治，但是他们决定要逮住那些种植并遗弃了这些B类毒品的“不负责任的”恶棍们。

The ?4,000 hoard⁵ of cannabis plants, each about 3ft tall, was found by the flock at the edge of Fanny’s Farm in Merstham, Surrey.

这批价值4000英镑的大麻类植物大约每株3英尺高，是在萨利郡梅尔萨姆镇的法妮农场边境上首先被一群羊发现的。

Farm shop manager Nellie Budd said: "My sheep being inquisitive⁶ had an interesting feast on it. They weren't quite on their backs with legs in the air but they probably had the munchies.

农场商场部经理内莉·巴德称：“我的这群羊一向很有好奇心，它们的好奇心给它们带来了有趣的收获。它们还不至于四蹄朝天或者如坠云雾，不过它们应该是饱餐了一顿。”

"They haven't had any other side effects but I'll tell you about the meat next week.

“它们没有表现出任何其他的副作用，不过到下个星期我才能告诉你它们的肉质有没有变化。”

Investigating officer Detective Constable⁷ David Fair said: "It is extremely irresponsible for whoever dumped these illegal plants in this way."负责调查此事的官方人员，大卫·菲尔警探称：“无论是谁，这样丢弃这些非法植物都是极不负责任的。”

"We are doing all we can to find out how the drugs came to be at the location and who is responsible for growing and discarding the plants."“我们正竭尽全力调查这些毒品是怎么来到此地的，还在调查谁要对种植和丢弃这些植物负责。”

However, bringing the criminals to justice will be a challenge because the sheep chomped⁸ their way through quite a lot of the evidence.

不过，要将那些罪犯绳之以法可能有些挑战，因为绵羊们已经嚼掉了大部分的证据。

1 munching   

v.用力咀嚼（某物），大嚼( munch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句

2 intoxicating   

a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的

参考例句：

• Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
• On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚，鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 crooks   

n.骗子( crook的名词复数 )；罪犯；弯曲部分；（牧羊人或主教用的）弯拐杖v.弯成钩形( crook的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The police are getting after the crooks in the city. 警察在城里追捕小偷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cops got the crooks. 警察捉到了那些罪犯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hoard   

n./v.窖藏，贮存，囤积

参考例句：

• They have a hoard of food in the basement.地下室里有他们贮藏的食物。
• How many curios do you hoard in your study?你在你书房里聚藏了多少古玩？

6 inquisitive   

adj.求知欲强的，好奇的，好寻根究底的

参考例句：

• Children are usually inquisitive.小孩通常很好问。
• A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.陈腔烂调的答案不能满足好奇的听众。

7 constable   

n.(英国)警察，警官

参考例句：

• The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
• The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气，不肯冒起火来。

8 chomped   

v.切齿，格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿( chomp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He chomped his way through two hot dogs. 他呼哧呼哧地吃掉了两个热狗。
• The boy chomped his sandwich. 这个男孩大口嚼着三明治。 来自互联网