
床墊偷渡記
Recently a video has gone viral in Spain.
最近有個影片在西班牙瘋傳。
go viral爆紅、瘋傳
In the video, two African migrants were discovered by police when attempting to cross the Spanish border.
影片中,兩位非洲移民試圖闖過西班牙邊界時被警方發現。
migrant(n.)移民discover(v.)發現attempt to試圖border(n.)邊界、國境
The shocking part was: they were hidden inside a pair of mattresses.
令人驚訝的是,他們躲在兩個床墊中。
shocking(adj.)令人驚訝的hide(v.)躲藏mattress(n.)床墊
The Spanish police officers had a van pull over and asked to inspect the cargo on it.
西班牙警方要求一輛廂型車靠邊檢查貨物。
pull over靠邊停inspect(v.)檢查cargo(n.)貨物
The driver immediately fled. Later, the police took two mattresses off of the van and cut them open. They found two young African men inside.
駕駛當場逃走,之後,警方從車上拿下兩個床墊並切開,發現有兩名年輕的非洲移民在其中。
flee(v.)逃跑mattress(n.)床墊
The two migrants told police that they each paid 4,500 euros to a human trafficker in order to be transported to Europe from North Africa.
這兩位移民告訴警方,他們各自付了4,500歐元給一個人口販子,想從北非抵達歐洲。
migrant(n.)移民human trafficker人口販子transport(v.)運送、運輸
The two men were taken to a migrant holding center.
兩位移民目前被送往移民安置中心。
migrant(n.)移民
The U.N. said that over 62,000 migrants arrived in Spain in 2018 by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, while another 6,723 migrants arrived by land.
聯合國指出,在2018年有62,000位移民利用地中海抵達西班牙,另外還有6,723人利用陸路抵達。
migrant(n.)移民the Mediterranean sea地中海