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Posties with parcels often knock on doors, which gives the dogs an opportunity.
攜帶包裹的郵遞員常常要上門送貨，這給他們帶來了被狗襲擊的危險。
Following a rise in canine attacks in 2015, the post office launched an app on postal workers' hand-held scanners that warns of dogs at certain houses.
自從2015年犬類攻擊事件增多之后，郵局在快遞員的手持掃描儀上開發了一款軟件，這款軟件可以警告他們一些房子里的狗很危險。
Owners of repeat offenders are told to pick up post at a nearby post office.
屢教不改的狗狗主人被告知要在附近的郵局自行取件。
If a loose dog plagues a postman, delivery to an entire neighbourhood can be suspended.
如果一只未被拴繩的狗狗困擾了快遞員，那么整條街區的派送都會被暫停。
Carriers are also trained to use their satchels as barriers and carry pepper spray.
郵局還教快遞員用挎包抵擋攻擊，并讓他們攜帶胡椒噴霧。
Some carry dog biscuits to distract aggressive and hungry mutts.
一些快遞員用狗餅干來吸引那些好斗又很餓的野狗。
Dog attacks cost the postal service $2.8m in medical compensation and other expenses last year, up from $1.2m in 2011.
犬類攻擊使郵政業在去年的醫療賠償金和其他費用上花費了280萬美元，而2011年僅有120萬美元。
Half of the attacks in 2016 required medical treatment or time off from the mail route.
2016年，半數的攻擊中傷者都需要醫療救助或者暫停投遞工作。
The postal service has asked customers to put dogs in a different room before opening the door.
郵政服務都要求主人在開門前將狗放置在別的房間。
But the danger is unlikely to disappear.
但是危險可能會不定時發生。
Another reason to hope that Amazon can make drone deliveries work—though those drones could be worth a nibble, too.
這也是郵遞員希望亞馬遜使用無人機投遞貨物的原因之一——雖然無人機也可能會被咬一口。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
