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A pistol-packing grandmother in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again.
阿拉巴馬州北部一名隨身配槍的阿嬤相信，入侵的歹徒下次干擾她時，會三思而後行。
Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur.
警方說，69歲的艾瑟兒．瓊絲對著一名18歲男子的腹部開槍，當時她發現他在自己位於第開特市的家中臥房內。
Jones tells The Decatur Daily she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her. She says she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Monday.
瓊絲告訴「第開特日報」，她睡覺時，槍都放在旁邊的枕頭下。她說在週一凌晨快3點時聽見房門嘎嘎作響，就隨手拿了槍。
Police say the suspect removed a window air conditioner to get inside the home. He is in the hospital and faces a charge of second-degree burglary.
警方說，這名嫌犯移動了一台窗型空調，以進入屋內。他現在人在醫院，而且面臨二級竊盜罪的指控。
新聞辭典
think twice：片語，重新考慮、仔細考慮。例句：I would like to think twice about the contract before signing it.（在簽合約以前我想要再考慮考慮。）
rattle：動詞，發出連續短促的尖銳聲音，或發生格格聲。例句：The windows rattled in the wind.（窗戶在風中格格作響。）
next to：片語，緊靠～旁邊；貼近。例句：Police found John Nelson 35, lying unconscious next to his car with stab wounds to the back of head.（警方發現35歲的約翰尼爾森在自己的汽車旁不省人事，頭部後面有傷口。）
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