双语：12岁男孩欲驾车横穿澳洲开了1300公里才被发现

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　　The boy was pulled over in Broken Hill in the New South Wales outback on
Saturday after a patrol noticed the car’s bumper dragging on the ground.
        　　这名男孩于星期六在新南威尔士州内的布拉肯山被拦截，当时巡视警车发现车辆的保险杠拖在地面上。
        　　Police said the boy had been attempting to drive 4,000km from Kendall in
NSW to Perth, Western Australia.
        　　警方表示，该男孩试图从新南威尔斯州肯德尔开往4000公里外澳大利亚西部的珀斯。
        　　He was arrested and taken to Broken Hill police station.
        　　他被捕并被带到了布拉肯山派出所。
        　　His parents, who had reported him missing, picked him up on Sunday.
        　　他父母之前报告了他失踪，而后在星期天把他接走了。
        　　"He’d taken the family car," Det Insp Kim Fehon told the Australian
Associated Press.
        　　侦探Kim Fehon对澳大利亚联合新闻报说：“他开走了家里的车子。”
        　　"His parents reported him missing immediately after he left home, so they
were looking for him."
        　　“他的父母在他离家后马上就报告了他失踪，并一直在找他。”
        　　It is unclear how the boy was able to make the journey, alone and
unnoticed, across all of New South Wales and through remote and often hostile
terrain.
        　　目前还不清楚这个男孩是如何单独穿越新南威尔士州各地的偏远且困难的地形，而且没被发现。
        　　A NSW Police spokesman told the BBC it was possible he could face charges
under the Young Offenders Act.
        　　新南威尔士警方发言人告诉BBC，根据“青少年罪犯法”，他可能会面临指控。