双语：山东民警奋力救起落水充气娃娃(图)

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山东民警奋力救起落水充气娃娃

　　近日一则山东18警察勇救落水充气娃娃的新闻被国外媒体争相报道，据悉事情发生在11日下午，山东省文登市有人报警称在河里发现一具疑似尸体的漂浮物，警方随即发动18名警察整整打捞了一个小时才将尸体打捞上来，结果发现费了老大劲救起的竟是一个充气娃娃。

　　据 RocketNews24.com报道，在意识到“被耍”了之后警方将打捞上来的充气娃娃放到群众面前，一些围观的家长(微博)赶忙蒙住孩子的眼睛离去。警方发言人称他们必须采取行动，因为真的是太像真人了。

　　Police in China launched a majorrescue operation to save a drowning woman, only to discover thevictim was actually a discarded sex doll。

　　A crowd of around 1,000 peoplegathered at a riverbank in Shandong Province as 18 officers workedfrantically for almost an hour to save the stricken rubbertoy。

　　Additional medical workers andfirefighters struggled to get to the scene as the dramaunfolded。

　　The officers, who had beenresponding to reports of a woman in distress, eventually managed to haul the rubber toy to safety。

　　According to RocketNews24.com,after realising their embarrassing mistake, the rescuers presentedthe doll to the crowd, who quickly covered their children’s eyesand dispersed。

　　Shandong Province is majormanufacturing centre for sex toys。

　　Last month we reported how ayoung Chinese reporter was left mortified after mistaking a sex toyfor a rare mushroom in a television report。

　　Villagers from Liucunbu, a ruralcommunity outside western Chinese city of Xi’an, had discovered thesex toy while drilling a new well shaft。