sows and pigs 澳大利亚, apologize, error, 新闻

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Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the' y3 V" d- d; X9 r7 `
Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.
8 `0 z6 g0 t% r$ JThe story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were( o; e0 S7 p0 r& g
floating down the Dawson River".
" n5 h0 @/ W6 K! L- i# @5 OWhat Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and+ j2 P$ p5 M, P3 d* O
pigs", not "30,000 pigs".
/ r  r7 ?1 X- s( u5 X0 O" hThe Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today'2 m: O7 b0 M+ [
s Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know., p7 \5 H, P9 j! w4 {- h8 f
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上面是澳大利亚国关于发洪水的一个新闻更正。前一个新闻说据某某报道，洪水冲走了3000 头猪。
& i2 q& F1 N8 W* i更正说，不是3000头猪，是30头 母猪和小猪。sow是母猪的意思。sows and 与thousand发音
; Z7 D$ c3 u, w. K很像，记者一心想写轰动性的新闻，于是3000头猪就被冲进了Dawson River。