Masked Mexican thieves cash in on new H1N1 flu 墨西哥蒙面賊利用H1N1新型流感

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Masked Mexican thieves cash in on new H1N1 flu

墨西哥蒙面賊利用H1N1新型流感

Three armed thieves in Mexico City hid their faces while robbing watches from a department store by wearing the blue surgical masks which are now ubiquitous in the new flu-hit city.

3名武裝竊賊在墨西哥市一家百貨公司搶劫手錶時，戴著目前在受新型流感侵襲的該城市隨處可見的藍色手術用口罩，隱藏自己的面貌。

Employees and security guards at a branch of the Sanborns department store told the daily Excelsior newspaper that the thieves were able to slip through the shop on Sunday without attracting attention, as they blended into a sea of masked shoppers.

桑伯恩百貨公司某分店的員工與警衛告訴「至上報」，這些賊週日在不引人注意的情況下，混進一群戴著口罩的顧客中，溜進店內。

One of the robbers threatened store assistants with a gun while another guarded the door and the third helped himself to watches from the jewelry department.

劫匪之一用槍威脅店員，另一人看守門口，第三人則隨意取走珠寶店的手錶。

Banks in the Mexican capital have been forced to abandon normal rules over not letting in customers wearing face coverings.

墨西哥首都的銀行已被迫放棄有關不讓戴口罩顧客上門的正常規定。

Faced with the new flu outbreak, which has triggered a major global health scare, the government took emergency measures over the weekend and advised residents in the crowded city to wear face masks at all times outside their homes.

在面臨已引發全球衛生大恐慌的新型流感疫情下，墨國政府在週末採取緊急措施，建議這個擁擠的城市居民在戶外隨時戴口罩。

新聞辭典

cash in on：片語，利用、從～中撈到好處。例句：Let’s cash in on the fine weather and go out.（讓我們利用好天氣出去玩吧。）

ubiquitous：形容詞，普遍存在的、無所不在的。例句：Bluetooth technology becomes more ubiquitous in markets around the world.（藍芽技術在全球市場上變得更無所不在。）

help oneself to：片語，隨意拿取、偷取。例句：They broke into the shop and helped themselves to the stock.（他們破門而入，隨意竊取店內貨品。）