雙語金句﹕偷鑽失手 吞鑽被捕

【明報專訊】「他從展示櫃裏取出鑽石，似乎是在品評它之際，突然把它放入嘴裏吞掉。」


" He had taken the diamond out of a display cabinet and appeared to be appraising it and suddenly put it in his mouth."

斯里蘭卡警方稱，一名32歲中國男子昨在該國最大型珠寶展覽會場，向鑽石商稱要選購一枚值10.6萬港元的1.5卡鑽石，擬以移形換影伎倆，用假鑽換掉，惟被瞧見，他馬上把那直徑7.2毫米的鑽石吞下。警方拘捕他，照X光後見到鑽石在他的喉嚨。