When a man in Macon, Ga. , came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands. A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, "Local Man Saves Child by Killing Vicious Animal. "
一位男子在喬治亞州的麥根城遇到一條狗在襲擊一個男孩。他敏捷地用兩手卡住了狗的脖子并掐死了它。一位記者目睹了這件事，向這位男子表示祝賀并說次日的新聞標(biāo)題將是：“本地男子殺惡畜救孩童”。

The hero, however, told the journalist that he wasn't from Macon.
然而，這位英雄卻告訴記者他不是麥根人。

"Well, then," the reporter said, the headline will probably say, 'Georgia Man Saves Child by Killing Dog. '"
“那么，”記者說，“標(biāo)題可能為‘喬治亞男子殺狗救孩童’。

"Actually," the man said, "I'm from Connecticut."
實(shí)際上，”那男子道，“我是康涅狄格人。”

"In that case," the reporter said in a huff, "the headline will read ,'Yankee Kills Family Pet.'"
“這樣的話，”記者怒氣沖沖地說，“標(biāo)題將是‘北方佬殺死家庭愛犬’。

【注釋】

(1) Ga. Georgia的縮寫（美國的）喬治亞州

(2) come upon 偶然遇見

(3) grab v.抓?。粩埲?/p>

(4) throttle v.勒死；縊死

(5) congratulate v.祝賀

(6) vicious adj. 兇惡的

(7) Connecticut n.（美國）康涅狄格州