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An armed robber who held up a convenience store in Pittsburgh made a less-than-clean getaway - dropping all but $1 of the money he’d stolen as he fled.
一名搶劫匹茲堡某便 利商店的武裝搶匪，逃逸得實在不甚高明－在逃走時把自己偷來的錢全部弄丟，只剩1美元。
Pittsburgh police are hunting for the clumsy robber - who, to his credit, did manage to get away with seven packets of cigarettes in addition to the $1 he kept hold of.
匹茲堡警方正緝捕這名烏龍搶匪－此人確實成功地帶走7包香菸外加保住的1美元，很了不起（暗諷語）。
Auhtorities say the man robbed the Uni-Mart in the Troy Hill area of Pittsburgh at around 11：30pm on Sunday night.
當局表示，這名男子週日夜間11時30分左右，搶劫了位在匹茲堡特洛丘 地區的Uni-Mart便利商店。
Wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun at the store’s clerk, the robber made the clerk hand over the packs of cigarettes and $66 in cash.
戴上滑雪面罩並對著商店店員揮舞手槍，這名搶匪逼店員交出香菸盒及66美元的現 金。
But as he fled, he dropped $65 of the cash.
但他在逃逸時，弄丟了65美 元的現金。
Nobody was hurt in the robbery. Police were examining surveillance video, but have not yet made any arrests.
這起搶案沒有人受傷。 警方正調閱監視錄影，但尚未進行任何逮捕行動。
新聞辭典
hold up：片語，持械搶劫。例句：Several masked men held up a bank.（數名蒙面歹徒持槍搶劫了銀行。）
to one’s credit：片語，給某人帶來榮譽、值得讚揚。例句：Much to his credit, he won the first prize at the speech contest.（他在演講比賽中獲得一等獎，給他帶來很大榮譽。）
hand over：片語，交出、移交。例句：The thief was handed over to the police.（小偷被移交給警方。）
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