【双语】只因天太冷！美国囚犯越狱又回头

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美国肯塔基州42岁的罗伯特·维克近日好容易从监狱逃出，不巧“北极漩涡”来了。只穿了监狱发的裤子外加衬衫和夹克的维克因为太冷被迫走进一家汽车旅店，让伙计报警。警方让维克回来了……

Just how cold is it in Kentucky? Apparently cold enough for an escaped prisoner to decide to turn himself in.
　　美国肯塔基州的天气有多冷？答案是已经冷到让越狱囚犯决定自首回监狱了。

　　Authorities say the inmate escaped from a minimum security facility in Lexington on Sunday. As temperatures dropped into the low single digits Monday, officials say the man walked into a motel and asked the clerk to call police.
　　据美国肯塔基州官方报道称，囚犯罗伯特·维克周日从安保不严的列克星顿监狱越狱。但第二天气温骤降低个位数（约-10°C），警方称，维克被迫走进一家汽车旅店，让伙计报警。

　　Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts says 42-year-old Robert Vick of Hartford told the clerk he wanted to turn himself in and escape the arctic air.
　　列克星敦警方发言人赛莱乐·罗伯茨称，42岁的哈特福特人罗伯特·维克跟店里伙计说，他想自首并逃离北极一般的寒冷天气。

　　Roberts says Vick was checked out by paramedics and returned to Blackburn Correctional Complex.
　　罗伯茨称，维克已接受医务人员检查，并且已经被遣送回布莱克本监狱。

　　Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb says Vick would have been dressed in prison-issued khaki pants, a shirt and a jacket when he escaped.
　　监狱发言人丽莎·兰姆说，维克逃走的时候，可能只穿了监狱发的卡其布裤子外加衬衫和夹克。

　　Wind chill readings were 20 below zero Monday in Lexington.
　　而风寒指数显示，列克星敦周一的气温已经下跌至零下20度（约-30°C）。