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Post Office Vs Pooches: Leash the hounds
狗與郵遞員：放狗
Online shopping helps the post office's bottom line-and delight mutts.
網(wǎng)上購物促進(jìn)了郵局業(yè)務(wù)，但也讓惡犬高興了。
Chiselled in granite on a post office in Manhattan is the United States Postal Service's unofficial motto: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
曼哈頓郵局前的花崗巖上刻著美國郵政局的非官方宣言：“無論鵝毛大雪，還是傾盆大雨；無論炎炎烈日，還是昏暗夜色，都無法阻止郵差用飛快的速度完成他們所指定的任務(wù)。”
Dogs sometimes do, though.
然而有時候狗卻能阻止他們。
The number of canine attacks on postal workers has climbed from 5,581 in 2013 to 6,755 in 2016.
犬類攻擊郵遞員的案件數(shù)量從2013的5581件增至2016年的6755件。
Most attacks occur in cities, where postal workers often walk to make deliveries.
大部分的攻擊行為發(fā)生在城市，因?yàn)樵诔鞘朽]遞員往往步行去送貨。
Los Angeles has the worst record, with 80 dog attacks last year, followed by Houston with 62.
舊金山的情況最嚴(yán)重，在去年有80條犬類攻擊的記錄，休斯頓以62條的記錄位居其次。
Thanks to e-mail, online banking and the like, the postal service delivers many fewer letters than it used to.
由于電子郵件、網(wǎng)上銀行等類似事物的出現(xiàn)，郵政服務(wù)派送的信件比以往要少得多。
The volume of first-class mail it handles has dropped from 91bn items in 2008 to 61bn in 2016.
一等信件的處理數(shù)量已經(jīng)從2008年的九百一十億件下降至2016年的六百一十億件。
But internet shopping has led to a jump in parcel deliveries—up from 3.3bn to 5.2bn in the same period.
但是網(wǎng)上購物使得包裹遞送的數(shù)量激增——在同一時期內(nèi)從三十三億件增長到五十二億件。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
