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Thai police may wear short sleeves to save energy: official7 K4 u+ {% a, n& E
' k2 `+ N% p A Thailand may allow its police officers to cool off by wearing a newshort-sleeve uniform, a move they hope will also help save energy atpolice stations, a spokesman said Saturday.
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2 W- T' I4 R3 G( N, N Thai policecurrently have only a brown, torso-hugging long-sleeve uniform thatthey wear even while directing traffic in Bangkok』s sweltering heat.
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I9 @6 R; |7 [ C7 @( x National police Chief Sereepisut Taemeeyaves has proposed a newlighter-weight khaki uniform that would have short sleeves to make itcooler for police on the street, spokesman Pongsapat Pongcharoen said.
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! ]' G- C* q0 j8 w+ k! } Sereepisut also hopes the change would help police save energy andreduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging officers to turn downair conditioners at police stations, Pongsapat added.3 ?) ]- X3 c2 Q
3 t9 a6 m# e+ _ "Wehave discussed changing to a new police uniform for a long time, tofind something more relaxed and suited to our climate," he said.6 h0 _( @& C* I
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Approving a new uniform is a complicated and lengthy process, and willrequire the police commission to seek a change to the laws regulatingthe force, Pongsapat added.' o' s; N" k# V8 Y7 I
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上週六,泰國警方一名發言人對外公佈,泰國警察也許不久就能換上清涼的短袖制服了,泰國政府希望此舉還能幫助警察局節省能源。
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0 O" _5 g$ d- y5 ~; D2 t2 W' L. [ 目前,泰國警察只有一套棕色的長袖緊身制服,就算炎炎烈日下在曼谷街頭指揮交通,他們也得穿著這身行頭。0 F/ C; e$ K9 k
% w" Y% C% s$ g- W* ? 據發言人彭薩帕特‧彭查羅恩介紹,泰國國家警察局長捨裡披素‧德米亞威提議將目前的警察制服換成更為輕便的短袖卡其布制服,這樣在街頭執勤的警察就能涼快得多了。
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據介紹,捨裡披素警長還希望此舉能減少警局辦公室內空調的使用,以節省能源和減少溫室氣體的排放。2 I8 f9 D" c" I5 F: ]0 o; s5 B
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彭薩帕特說:「關於警察換裝的問題,我們已經討論了很長時間。我們想找到一種既穿著輕便、又適合泰國氣候的服裝。」
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他說,新制服的審批要經過一個複雜而漫長的過程,而且還需要警察委員會對相關法律做出相應的修改。
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9 l- R( ~" l, o' S- \1 _ 美國:野火雞感恩節突訪小鎮
+ t& [& u) K3 p( W! R Turkeys visit NY town for Thanksgiving0 I3 `, F- n$ a
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Fifteen wild turkeys strutted into a suburban hamlet of N.Y. on Thanksgiving Day and then left just in time to avoid dinner.( T: O* t* k$ R
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The turkeys showed up Thursday morning, drawing crowds of spectators, but left — marching in single file — at about 1 p.m.8 u* @1 P. O/ }5 `6 V. N
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Suffolk County police were called because the turkeys created atraffic hazard while crossing a road. But the officers didn』t have tointervene because the birds kept walking — and hadn』t been seen orheard from since, residents said Friday.; t/ O$ P* F! ?$ ^7 \
# T V" c& {6 N7 [ Resident JoyceLogan said there was nopractical joke involved and the turkeys may havewandered into the Long Island neighborhood about 40 miles east ofManhattan from a nearby wooded area, where she had been hearing gobblessince summer.
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7 C6 E: N5 N- V" m( _* A2 M Logan said the birds walked away in a straightline between her house and her neighbor』s, and she went back inside toprepare a store-bought turkey dinner for her family.
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- o/ g1 l. J) d, W7 _8 L% n4 L Unlikesome neighbors, Logan said, she never had thoughts of catching one ofthe turkeys in her yard and turning it into dinner.
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"I can』t eat something that I』ve met," she said.
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感恩節當天,15只野火雞「大搖大擺地」闖進美國紐約市郊的一個村莊,之後又「及時地」在晚飯前撤離了該地。6 T2 j- j) j& ?3 f* y1 Z
) v2 E; k& k- S* p 這群火雞於上週四早上出現在當地,吸引了眾多居民圍觀,但到了下午一點鐘左右,它們又排著隊離開了此地。
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據薩弗克縣居民上週五介紹,這群火雞過馬路時一度引發交通混亂,但由於它們一直在前進,(之後也未見蹤影,)所以聞訊趕來的警察沒有採取任何干預措施。2 X; H+ Y" I% ~5 W$ c1 z
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當地居民喬伊絲‧洛根說,這絕對不是惡作劇,這些火雞可能從附近的一個樹林一直「溜躂」到了位於曼哈頓以東約40英里的長島。洛根說,從今年夏天開始,她就經常聽見從附近的樹林裡傳出火雞「咕咕」叫的聲音。
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洛根說,火雞們排成整齊的一隊,從她家和鄰居家之間走過,離開了小鎮;之後,洛根又回去為全家準備火雞大餐,不過火雞是從商店裡買的。. P7 o3 {, N+ J1 ^
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洛根說,她與一些鄰居的想法不同,她從沒想過要從院子裡抓一隻火雞,把它變成盤中餐。1 Q; I( ^/ m9 C7 ?, X' `* g; m
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她說:「我不能把我見過的東西吃掉。」 |
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