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When a pig farmer sued a hot air balloon firm, he needed to prove he wasn’t telling porkies. 如果一个养猪的农民想要状告热气球公司，那么他得证明自己不是在胡说八道。 Luckily for Dan Gilbank, he had maths professor, the laws of trigonometry, a lucky photograph and a golfer’s laser rangefinder to back up his case. 丹·吉尔本克就是这样一个幸运的农民，数学教授、三角原理、一张照片还有一个高尔夫球手常用的激光测距仪都帮他赢得了官司。 Farm manager Mr Gilbank, 46, and his father Mick, 67, were adamant that a low-flying balloon had caused 250 of their pigs to stampede into a ditch, with disastrous – and costly – consequences. 丹是一名农场经理，今年46岁，他和67岁的父亲米克，都坚信，使他们家250头猪受到惊吓逃窜到一条沟里从而造成灾难性后果及巨大经济损失的，是一个低空飞行的热气球。 Now the farm’s owners have won nearly £40,000 compensation following a two-year legal battle. 官司持续了两年的时间，如今该农场的主人获得了近4万英镑的赔偿。 The stampede happened in April 2017 when a hot air balloon carrying a party of sightseers flew over Low Moor Farm, near York. 农场的猪受惊事件发生在2017年4月份的一天，当时一个载着一群游客的热气球飞过约克郡附近的低摩尔庄园。 | 
