雙語短文:郊野的美洲獅大綱
The McAlister family lives in a small house in a valley on the west coast of Canada. There were few neighbors near their house. They had lots of land that lead out to the mountains.
麥阿里斯特一家人住在加拿大西海岸一個山谷裏的小屋裏。他們家附近鄰居很少，很多通到山裏的土地都是他們的。
The McAlister’s had several encounters with raccoons, squirrels, goats and other mountain animals that would come searching for food. They once had a bear in their back yard looking through the garbage. One summer day, Mrs. McAlister was at home with the two children. Mr. McAlister was at work.
麥阿里斯特家遇到過幾次正在覓食的浣熊、松鼠、山羊和其他山裏的動物。有一次，他們還在後院遇到一隻在垃圾堆裏覓食的熊。某個夏日，阿里斯特太太和兩個小孩待在家裏，阿里斯特先生則去上班。
The two children were playing in the backyard. As Mrs. McAlister was finishing up, she heard her oldest daughter scream. She looked up and saw a cougar perched on the fence ready to pounce on the youngest child. Mrs. McAlister ran outside to save her children. At first, she screamed and waved at the giant cat trying to scare it. But the cat hissed at the woman and came closer.
兩個小孩在後院本來玩得好好的，結果阿里斯特太太吃完東西時，卻聽到大女兒的尖叫聲。她擡頭一看，看到一隻美洲獅停在籬笆上準備撲向她最小的小孩，於是阿里斯特太太趕緊跑出去救她小孩。一開始，她一邊尖叫一邊向那隻大貓揮手想要把它嚇住，可是那隻貓對她嘶嘶叫着越靠越近。
Then Mrs. McAlister grabbed a shovel in the yard and swung it at the cougar. Finally, the cougar ran off and Mrs. McAlister held her children and was thankful they were safe.
於是阿里斯特太太抓起後院的一把鐵鍬對着美洲獅揮來揮去。最後美洲獅跑開了，阿里斯特太太抱着她的孩子，很欣慰他們都平安無事。
