不只救人 消防员火场氧气罩救仓鼠

 　　U.S. firemen completed a rescue with a difference last week - by saving four trapped hamsters using tiny oxygen masks.

　　上周美国消防队员执行了一次与众不同的救援——用氧气面罩拯救4只被困的仓鼠。

　　The stricken pets were caught in a mobile home fire in Lacey, Washington and faced suffocating¹ in the blaze before fire crews stepped in.

　　它们被困在华盛顿州莱西市一辆着火的房车中，在消防队员进来前，它们面临在火中窒息的危险。

　　Heroic firefighters got into the blazing home and pulled out five trapped rodents², before treating them with miniscule hamster oxygen masks to bring them back to life.

　　勇敢的救火队员们冲进着火的房间救出5只被困仓鼠，并用仓鼠用微型氧气面罩救活了它们。

　　不只救人 消防员火场氧气罩救仓鼠

　　They used oxygen and first aid to treat Oreo, Madonna and her three unnamed hamster babies, having brought the fire under control.

　　救火队员们用氧气和急救箱治疗了Oreo、Madonna和它们的三只仓鼠宝宝，并控制住火势。

　　Sadly, one of the babies didn’t survive - but the other four critters made it through thanks to the fire crew’s unlikely rescue operation.

　　令人悲伤的是，一只小仓鼠没能挺住，但其它4只都在救火队员令人惊讶的救治下活了下来。

　　According to KOMO News in Seattle, there were no people inside the mobile home during the fire, which is thought to have been caused by a faulty clothes dryer³.

　　西雅图KOMO新闻报道，着火时没有人在房车里，估计是烘干机问题导致了火灾。

　　Lacey Fire Department later tweeted: ‘Yes. Our crews are trained and specially⁴ equipped to care for animals that have been rescued from a house fire.

　　’莱西市消防局稍后在推特上写道：“没错。我们的队员们受过训练，也拥有特殊装备来照料从火灾中救出的动物。”

1 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

2 rodents   

n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。 来自辞典例句

3 dryer   

n.干衣机，干燥剂

参考例句：

• He bought a dryer yesterday.他昨天买了一台干燥机。
• There is a washer and a dryer in the basement.地下室里有洗衣机和烘干机。

4 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。