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"Gift" Causes Panic

　

Police in Chemnitz, Germany, scrambledsintosaction after a retiree reported receiving a package from the United States marked“gift”-- the German word for poison.

　　Experts in chemical and biological hazards were called to the scene because of current fears of terrorist attacks, officials said. The alert was called off when it dawned on one officer that the word on the package was English, and it was opened to reveal only a poster.

　

　

　

　

美国“礼物”引来虚惊一场

　　昨天，德国开姆尼斯市一名退休老人收到了一个来自美国、上面写有“gift”(英语的“礼物”)字样的包裹。由于“gift”一词在德语中是“毒药”的意思，这名老人报告了警察局。由于最近恐怖袭击威胁严重，不仅警察闻风而动，连生化危机专家也被召到场。

　　最后，人们发现包裹里放着的只是一张海报！