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Sri Lankan police arrested a Chinese tourist suspected of swallowing a diamond worth 1.8 million rupees （$13,600） on Wednesday at the island nation’s biggest international gem and jewellery exhibition.
斯里蘭卡警方週三逮捕一名涉嫌在該島國最大規模的國際珠寶展上，吞下一顆價值180萬盧比（1萬3600美元）的鑽石的中國觀光客。
Chow Cheng, 32, is believed to have swallowed the diamond as he inspected it at the exhibition, attended by buyers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Europe, police said.
警方表示，據信32歲的趙成（譯音）在這場吸引來自中國、香港、泰國、印度與歐洲買家的會場上檢視這顆鑽石時，一口將之吞下。
"His intention was to steal it," Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana told Reuters. "The x-ray shows the diamond is in his throat."
「他原本的盤算是要偷，」警方發言人羅哈納告訴路透。「X光顯示鑽石在他喉嚨裡。」
Suresh Christopher Wijekoon, owner of the exhibition stall, said Chow had tried to switch the original diamond with a synthetic one.
鑽石被人吞掉的珠寶展攤位負責人維傑肯說，趙姓男子企圖拿合成鑽來掉包真鑽。
"He realised that I noticed it. Then he immediately swallowed it," Wijekoon told Reuters.
「他知道我發現了。然後他就馬上吞下真鑽石。」維傑肯告訴路透。
The Indian Ocean island is famed for its blue sapphires, diamonds and a jewellery industry that accounted for $532 million of its export revenue in 2011. （Reuters）
這個印度洋上的島國以其翡翠、鑽石與珠寶業聞名， 2011年該產業出口營收達5億3200萬美元。
《新聞辭典》
swallow：動詞，吞。相關諺語，look like the cat that swallowed the canary，形容某人非常得意、很成功。例句：Your performance must have gone well. You look like the cat that swallowed the canary.（你的演出一定很不錯，瞧你一臉志得意滿的模樣。）
inspect：動詞，檢查，視察。例句：The general inspected the troops.（將軍檢閱部隊。）
be famed for：以…知名。例句：The island nation is famed for its hospitality.（這個島國出了名的好客。）
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