’I can’t take it!’ cried Kadhafi interpreter 格達費的口譯員高喊「我受不了了」！

◎魏國金

If Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s rambling, podium-hogging speech at the United Nations tried the patience of many UN delegates, spare a thought for his simultaneous interpreter.

如果利比亞領袖格達費在聯合國上隨意漫談、霸住講台的演說令許多聯合國代表失去耐性，那麼想一想他的同步口譯員。

The Libyan’s interpreter managed to hang on for the first 75 minutes of Wednesday’s epic before crying： "I just can’t take it anymore!" reported the New York Post daily.

這位利比亞領袖的口譯員勉力撐了週三這場長篇大論的前75分鐘之後，大呼「我真的再也受不了了」，據紐約郵報報導。

Spotting the emergency, the UN’s Arabic section chief, Rasha Ajalyaqeen, took over for the final 20 minutes.

聯合國阿拉伯語口譯科主管拉沙．阿加亞金發現這件緊急狀況，接手最後的20分鐘。

"His interpreter just collapsed," a colleague was quoted as saying by the Post. "This is the first time I have seen this in 25 years."

「他的口譯員真的崩潰了」，紐約郵報引述一名同事的話報導，「這是25年來我第一次目睹這種情形。」

Speeches by heads of state to the UN during the annual, week-long General Assembly are meant to last a quarter hour maximum.

在為期一週的聯合國大會年會期間，會員國領袖發表的演說最長理應是15分鐘。

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try the patience of a saint（Job）︰即使聖人（約伯；聖經中備受命運捉弄的義人）也無法忍受，意即令人受不了。本文的句子衍生自此句，意指許多聯合國代表失去耐性。

spare a thought︰片語：想一想、思及。例句︰We should educate the children to spare a thought for those in need.（我們應教育孩子們多為需要的人想一想。）

hang on︰片語：堅持、持續。例句︰The strains of music hung on for a long time.（樂曲聲久久迴盪。）

Student fearing bad grades fakes kidnapping 害怕成績差的學生捏造綁架案

◎羅彥傑

An 11-year-old Huntsville boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades.

一名11歲、住在亨茨維爾市的男孩在說故事方面拿了高分，因為他安排一場騙局來掩飾自己的難看分數。

Police say the boy faked his kidnapping Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card, saying that a man with a pistol snatched him after he left Ed White Middle School.

警方表示，這名男孩週五捏造自己遭到綁架，以避免把難看的成績單帶回家。他宣稱一名持手槍男子在他離開愛德懷特中學時抓住他。

The boy said the man forced him into a "beat-up car" and threatened to kill him.

男孩表示，這名男子強迫他坐上1輛「破舊的汽車」，威脅要殺他。

The student said he escaped by jumping out of the car but wasn’t able to grab his bookbag, which contained the report card. He ran to his grandparents’ house and later confessed to lying. His grandfather called police to apologize.

學生說，他用跳車的方式逃走，但無法抓住自己的書包，而書包裡有成績單。他跑到祖父母的家中，後來坦承說謊。他的祖父打電話給警方道歉。

Sgt. Mark Roberts said police were suspicious that the boy was able to "escape" with his band instrument, but not his bookbag.

巡佐馬克羅伯特說，對這名男孩能夠帶著自己的樂隊樂器「逃走」，卻不是書包，警方早就起了疑心。

Roberts said the boy faces no charges at this time.

羅伯特說，這名男孩現在沒有面臨控罪。

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hoax：名詞，騙局、惡作劇，亦可當動詞用。例句：There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.（飯店裡根本沒有炸彈，這不過是一場騙局。）

beat-up：形容詞，破舊的、破爛的。例句：It is a little expensive for a beat-up book like that.（對於像這樣一本破書而言，這有點貴。）

at this time：片語，此時、現在。例句：Authorities say they do have more information concerning the deaths but would not elaborate at this time.（當局表示他們確實在這些命案方面掌握更多的情報，但此刻不會詳細說明。）

Recession drives US restaurateurs, diners to food trucks 不景氣驅使美國餐廳業者、顧客轉往行動餐車

◎管淑平

Every Thursday night, Lonnie Bishop and Lisa Case have a dinner date. For $5 each, the couple dines on fancy hot dogs served from a food truck.

每週四畢修和凱斯都有個晚餐約會，每人花5美元，這對情人吃的是一輛餐車賣的豪華熱狗。

The fire engine-red food truck is part of a growing fleet of mobile food vendors that raise the bar from the traditional "taco trucks" that sell mainly Mexican fare at construction sites. Their menus are wildly different which are tasty and inventive fare, often organic.

這輛顏色鮮紅的餐車，是數量正在成長的行動食品販售攤車隊的一部分，這些新餐車是把在建築工地以賣墨西哥食物為主的傳統「玉米餅餐車」升級，他們提供的餐點很不一樣，是美味和創意餐點，通常是有機的。

The trend has drawn entrepreneurs looking for opportunities in the recession and diners seeking cheap eats.

這股潮流已經吸引在這波不景氣中尋找契機的企業家，以及尋找便宜小吃的用餐人。

Big chains like Taco Bell uses Twitter for its promotional taco truck that hit the road this summer, handing out free food along its cross-country route.

大型連鎖餐廳如Taco Bell利用Twitter推銷他們今年夏天上路的玉米餅餐車，走遍全國送出免費食物。

Diner Michelle Madrid, 26, said it’s now hip to be a penny-pincher

26歲的顧客梅瑞德說，現在當個花錢錙銖必較的人才是時髦。

"It used to be cool to have a credit card and be all high-flying. Now cash is king," said Kam Miceli, who helped start "Green Truck," which serves high-end organic fare.

「過去是有信用卡、花大錢很酷。現在是現金為王。」協助成立販賣高檔有機食品「綠色餐車」的米契利說。

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raise the bar：動詞片語，提高某事物的門檻、等級。例句：The supervisor has raied the bar for promotion.（主管提高了晉升門檻。）

penny-pincher：名詞片語，（負面）守財奴、吝嗇鬼，（正面）花錢節儉的人。

high-flying：形容詞，很成功的、很有抱負、野心的，或很揮霍、奢華的。例句：I rather be a penny-pincher than be high-flying in everything.（我寧可當守財奴，也不要什麼都很奢華。）

Style critics hit latest Ikea design： catalog type 設計評論家抨擊Ikea最新設計：目錄字體

◎俞智敏

Ikea, the Swedish furniture chain, says it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog.

瑞典家具連鎖店Ikea表示，該公司從沒想到，改變最新一期目錄中的字體會引起如此大的批評聲浪。

The company’s decision to make its first such font change in 50 years — from the iconic Futura typeface to the Verdana one — has caused a worldwide reaction on the Internet.

Ikea決定進行50年來的首次字體改變，把原本極具代表性的Futura字體改成Verdana字體，不料竟在網路上引發全球強烈反彈。

"We’re surprised," Ikea spokeswoman Camilla Meiby said. "But I think it’s mainly experts who have expressed their views, people who are interested in fonts. I don’t think the broad public is that interested."

「我們很驚訝，」該公司發言人梅比女士表示。「但我認為這主要是專家們表達他們的看法，他們對字體很有興趣。我想一般大眾不會那麼有興趣」。

Verdana was invented by Microsoft for use on a computer screen, not on paper. Its wide, open letters with space between characters are designed to increase legibility on small computer screens.

Verdana字體是由微軟公司所發明，目的是在電腦螢幕上使用，而非平面紙張。這種字體較寬鬆，字母之間距離較大，能夠增加文字在小型電腦螢幕上的易讀性。

Ikea said that in order to reach many people in many different ways, it needed a font that works in both digital and print media.

Ikea表示，為使用各種方法接觸到更多人，該公司需要一種同時能適用於數位及印刷媒體上的字體。

But some Ikea fans were outraged, finding Verdana less elegant than Futura. The online forum Typophile ended its first post with the words, "It’s a sad day."

但部分Ikea迷卻大為憤怒，他們認為Verdana字體不如Futura字體優雅。網路論壇Typophile上的第一則留言結尾就寫著，「這真是悲傷的一天」。

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backlash：名詞，指對某事物的強烈反應或反對，如the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism（60年代對於中產階級唯物主義的強烈反動）。

typeface：名詞，指鉛字字樣、印刷字體，如Use bold typeface for your headings.（標題應使用粗體字。）

legibility： 名詞，指（字跡等的）易讀性、辨識程度，形容詞為legible，如Her handwriting is barely legible.（她寫的字別人根本看不懂。）亦可指能夠輕易看出來的，如legible weaknesses in character and disposition（在性格與氣質上的明顯缺點。）反義字則為illegible。

Flu fighters battle pandemic online 流感戰士在線上對抗疫病大流行

◎陳成良

The world is gripped by a flu pandemic and it’s up to you to stop it -- that is, if you choose to play a new game developed by a Dutch medical center and available online for free.

流感大流行籠罩世界，只有你才能阻止其蔓延——也就是說，如果你選擇玩一款由荷蘭醫學中心研發、可在線上免費取得的新遊戲。

The Great Flu（www.thegreatflu.com）allows players to choose their viral adversary, pick the part of the world it spreads in and then control how to manage the outbreak given a limited amount of funds and medications.

這個名為「大流感」（www.thegreatflu.com）的遊戲讓玩家選擇其病毒敵人以及蔓延地，隨後利用有限的資金和藥物，控制如何應付疫情爆發。

The game was developed by the Erasmus University Medical Center, in Rotterdam, and launched in April, the same month the H1N1 swine flu virus emerged.

該遊戲於4月份發行，由荷蘭鹿特丹的伊萊姆斯大學醫院中心研發。H1N1流感（豬流感swine flu）病毒在同一個月出現。

The World Health Organization declared H1N1 a full pandemic in June and it has now spread to some 180 countries, causing at least 1,462 laboratory-confirmed deaths.

世界衛生組織6月份宣布H1N1新流感病毒已全面爆發，目前該病毒已蔓延至大約180個國家，實驗室確診的死亡人數至少有1,462人。

Earlier this year, another, humorous online game based on the virus, called Swinefighter（www.swinefighter.com）, also allowed players to beat the spread of H1N1.

今年稍早，另一款以病毒為基礎、名為「豬戰士」（www.swinefighter.com）的詼諧線上遊戲，也可讓玩家克服H1N1蔓延。

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grip：動詞，握；緊咬；夾住。例句：She gripped my hand in fear.

（她恐懼地握緊我的手。）

pandemic：形容詞，（疾病等）普遍流行的、蔓延各地的。 地方性的。當名詞時，指大流行病。反義字為endemic，指（疾病等）地方性的。

adversary：名詞，仇敵；敵人；（比賽的）對手。例句：He finally met a forceful adversary today. （今天他總算碰到了勁敵。 ）

NY’s ’skinniest’ house has fat price tag：$2.7M／紐約最「瘦」的房子有個肥價格：270萬美元

◎張沛元

It’s 9.5 feet wide and 42 feet long （2.9 meters wide by 12.8 meters long） and is billed as the narrowest house in New York City. But there’s nothing small about its asking price： $2.7 million.

這棟房子只有9.5英尺寬與42英尺長（2.9公尺寬與12.8公尺長，約11.23坪），被宣告是紐約市最狹窄的房子。但它的開價可一點也不小家子氣：270萬美元。

Located in Greenwich Village, the red brick building was built in 1873 and sandwiched between two larger structures.

坐落於格林威治村，這棟紅磚建築建於1873年，被夾在2棟較大型的建築物之間。

It’s famous for other reasons, too. Corcoran real estate broker Alex Nicholas says anthropologist Margaret Mead and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once called it home.

這棟房子還基於其他理由而知名。柯克蘭房地產的仲介人員艾利克斯．尼可拉斯說，人類學家瑪格莉特．米德與詩人愛德娜．聖文森．米蕾，都曾住過這棟房子。

The three-story structure boasts plenty of light with large windows in the front and back, and a skylight.

這棟3層樓的建築號稱光線充足，因為前後都有大窗戶，還有一扇天窗。

The current owner bought it in 2000 for $1.6 million.

目前的屋主在2000年以160萬美元買下這棟房子。

Nicholas says it’s a place for someone who wants a little history.

尼可拉斯說，這是一棟想要發思古之幽情的人會喜歡的房子。

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fat：形容詞，肥胖的，厚的，大量的。fat chance：可能性甚低。例句：Will he get a promotion? Fat chance.（他會升官嗎？太陽打西邊出來噢。）

sandwich： 動詞，把……作成三明治；將……塞在中間，擠進。例句：I was sandwiched in between two fat guys on a crowded subway train this morning.（我今天早上在擁擠的地鐵車廂內被夾在兩個肥男中間。）

boast of someone or something：片語，吹噓誇耀令自己感到得意的人或物。例句：She is going to boast of her grandchildren again.（她又要開始誇耀她的孫子女們了。）

Vegetative patients ’still learn’ 植物人還是能學習

◎鄭寺音

Patients with severe brain damage who do not appear to have signs of consciousness still seem able to learn, a Cambridge University study suggests.

一項劍橋大學的研究顯示，腦部嚴重受創、看來沒有知覺跡象的病患，似乎還是可以學習。

Researchers tested for Pavlovian-like responses in 22 people in a persistent vegetative state by playing a noise prior to a puff of air to the eye. Some subjects learnt to anticipate the puff of air causing the eye muscles to twitch, Nature Neuroscience reported.

自然神經科學期刊報導，研究人員先對22名處於持續性植物人狀態的病患發出聲音，再對著他們的眼睛噴氣，來測試這些病患是否會有巴普洛夫式反應。部分病患學到預期會有噴氣，會抽動眼部肌肉。

Study leader Dr Tristan Bekinschtein from the University of Cambridge said the consensus had been that learning to link one stimulus with another - in this case a noise and a puff of air - was dependent on explicit awareness of the association.

來自劍橋大學的研究領導人貝金斯肯坦說，一般認為，學習將一種刺激與另一種相連結——在這個案例中，是聲音與噴氣——必須要明確感覺到連結。

But the study, where up to 70 puffs of air were delivered over a 25 minute period, showed that this sort of conditioning is possible even in patients who are not conscious.

但在這份25分鐘內噴氣多達70次的研究顯示，即使是沒有知覺的病患，也有可能出現制約性反應。

Electrodes positioned by the eyes picked up whether the muscles began to respond or not. And a control experiment doing the same tests on people under general anaesthesia did not produce the same responses, suggesting that the learning does not happen when truly unconscious, and that some patients may have some level of consciousness not apparent on traditional tests.

放置在眼睛旁邊的電極，會捕捉到肌肉是否開始有反應，而對照組中接受全身麻醉進行同樣實驗的人，並未出現同樣反應，顯示學習不會在真正無意識時發生，也顯示部分病患或許有傳統測試看不出來的、某種程度的知覺。

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vegetative：形容詞，植物人狀態的。

puff：名詞，一陣，一股。例句： Sean blew a puff of smoke at his reflection in the mirror.

（史恩對著鏡子裡的自己吐了一口菸。）

twitch：動詞，抽動、使勁拉。例句：He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.（他試著要壓抑微笑，但還是感覺到嘴角動了一下。）

Granny’s Sight Restored With Tooth Implant 阿嬤的視覺因植入牙齒而恢復

◎魏國金

A formerly blind grandmother has regained her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye.

一名先前失明的阿嬤在外科醫師移植一顆牙齒到她眼睛後，恢復了視覺。

American granny Sharron Thornton, 60, was blind for nine years after contracting Stevens-Johnsons syndrome, a rare disease that scarred her cornea. But doctors in Miami, Florida, made history after extracting her canine and drilling an optical cylinder lens into it.

60歲的美國阿嬤雪倫．松頓在染患史提芬—約漢森症候群後失明9年，這種罕見疾病損害她的角膜。然而佛州邁阿密的醫師在取出她的犬齒，並在牙上鑽入一個圓柱狀光學晶體後，創造歷史。

Ms Thornton is the first person ever to have her "eye tooth" taken out, reshaped and inserted in this type of surgery. She said： "We take sight for granted, not realising that it can be lost at any moment. This truly is a miracle.

在這類手術中，松頓女士是史上第一位讓上犬齒取出、模塑並植入的人。她說：「我們將視覺當作理所當然，而不了解它可能隨時喪失。這真是一項奇蹟。」

The tooth and the lens were implanted under her skin for two months so they could bond. They were then implanted in the centre of her eye, after a series of procedures to prepare the socket.

這枚牙齒與晶體被植進她的皮膚下兩個月，以使兩者結合。接著在進行一系列準備置入的程序後，將它們植入她的眼球中間。

The grandmother first realised she could see when doctors put antibiotics in her eye and she could tell the liquid was yellow. Once bandages were removed, she was able to recognise objects and faces within a few hours. Two weeks later she was able to read newspapers.

當醫生為她上抗生素眼藥，而她能說出藥水是黃色時，這位阿嬤首度了解她能看見。拆掉繃帶後，她能夠在幾小時內辨識物體與人臉。兩週後她能看報。

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contract︰動詞，感染（疾病）、染上（習慣）。例句︰He has contracted the habit of talking to himself.（他養成自言自語的習慣。）

bond︰動詞，黏合、結合，為……作保。例句︰His girlfriend bonded him.（他的女友為他作保。）

at any time︰任何時候、隨時；at no time則指任何時候都不、從來沒有。例句︰At no time have I said such a thing！（我從來沒說過這樣的話！）

Sleep-deprived doctors told to drink coffee 睡眠不足的醫師被要求喝咖啡

◎羅彥傑

Exhausted Australian doctors have been told to drink up to six cups of coffee a day to stay awake during extended shifts, building pressure on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to seize control of state-run hospitals.

筋疲力盡的澳洲醫師們被要求，每天喝多達6杯咖啡，以便在加班時保持清醒，此事增加了陸克文總理接管國營醫院的壓力。

A document on fatigue management released by health officials in Queensland state recommended doctors ingest 400 milligrams of caffeine to stay awake on the job, or the equivalent of six cups of coffee, after warnings that patients were dying.

在有人警告病患性命即將不保後，昆士蘭州衛生官員公布有關疲勞處理的文件，建議醫師應攝取400毫克的咖啡因，以便在工作時保持清醒，這相當於6杯咖啡。

"For management to just say go and have a cup of coffee and get over tiredness, it cheapens the whole issue," Australian Medical Association Vice President Steven Hambleton told Reuters.

「管理階層只是喊著去喝杯咖啡來克服疲倦，貶低了整個議題。」澳洲醫學會副會長史蒂芬．漢貝登說。

"We are talking about serious issues here, and this is not just a serious suggestion at all. It can’t be a weakness to say you’re dog tired," he said.

「我們討論的是嚴肅議題，這卻完全不是一個嚴肅的建議。說自己累到動彈不得，不能算是個缺點，」他說。

Australia’s national centre-left government is under pressure to seize control of the nation’s ailing public hospital system, currently managed by state governments with federal funding support.

澳洲中間偏左的全國性政府正面臨接管每況愈下的公立醫院體系的壓力，而該體系目前是由聯邦資助各邦政府的方式來管理。

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stay awake：片語，例句：保持清醒。例句：I try to stay awake and remember my home address.（我試圖保持清醒，並記得家裡的地址。）

get over：片語，度過、克服。例句：You will soon get over your shyness.（你會很快克服害羞的。）

dog tired（dog-tired ）：形容詞，指累到動彈不得、筋疲力盡的。例句：I am so dog tired each time I get back home. （每次我回到家，都累到動彈不得。）

Houston schools ban ’sexting’休士頓學校禁止「色情簡訊」

◎管淑平

In Houston, Texas, thousands of students are returning to school to discover a new rule：no "sexting" -- the distribution of nude or semi-nude photographs or videos by text message.

德州休士頓數千名學生開學重返校園會發現一個新規定：不准「色情簡訊」－透過簡訊寄發裸體或半裸圖片、影音。

"Some principals raised the issue, so we included a provision saying sending, receiving, possessing sexually suggestive messages is forbidden," said Hans Graff, assistant general counsel at the Houston Independent School district.

「部分校長提出這個問題，因此我們納入了一條規定指出，不允許寄發、接收、擁有性暗示訊息。」漢斯．葛拉夫，休士頓獨立學區助理主委說。

A recent study found 22 percent of US teenage girls and 18 percent of teenage boys have sent messages or posted images or video online showing them nude or semi-nude.

近期研究發現，美國22%青少女和18%的青少年曾將他們全裸或半裸照片、影片，透過手機傳送或張貼到網路上。

"A student may be sending pictures to their boyfriend and they break up and he sends it to everybody," said Graff.

葛拉夫說：「學生也許會傳照片給他們的男朋友，他們分手後，他就把照片寄給大家。」

Aside from the disruption and trauma the practice can cause, Graff warns that the pictures potentially violate child pornography laws that ban sexually suggestive pictures of underage children.

除了這種行為可能帶來的關係破裂與創害，葛拉夫警告，這種照片也可能違反兒童色情法，該法禁止未成年孩子的性暗示圖片。

"Any pictures of an underage child could potentially be child pornography and we are not really interested in seeing students punished criminally," he said.

「任何一名未成年孩子的照片，都有可能是兒童色情照，我們真的不樂見學生受刑事懲罰。」他說。

"We want to put them on notice that it’s just not something that really belongs in school."

「我們想叫他們注意，這不是學校裡該有的事情。」

◎新聞詞典：

sexting：結合sex（色情）和texting（傳簡訊）兩個字而成的新創名詞，指傳送色情內容的簡訊。

raise an issue：片語，提出問題。例句：He raised the issue first and picked up the fight.（他先提出這個問題，挑起戰火的。）

put someone on notice：片語，提醒某人、讓某人注意。例句︰I had put you on notice about these risks.（我提醒過你注意這些風險。）

Costume provokes devil of a row 選美服裝引爆爭執

◎ 俞智敏

Bolivia and Peru are not always on the best of terms but their latest row is not of a political nature - it’s down to the choice of a dress.

玻利維亞與秘魯的關係雖非一直很和睦，但兩國之間最新的口水戰卻與政治無關，竟然是由一件禮服所引起。

For her appearance at the Miss Universe contest in the Bahamas recently, Miss Peru has chosen a dress inspired by an Andean dance popular in both nations.

秘魯小姐最近在巴哈馬群島參加環球小姐選美比賽時，選擇了一件靈感來自安地斯山原住民舞蹈的禮服，這種舞蹈在秘魯與玻利維亞都很盛行。

Bolivia has accused the Miss Peru organisers of unfairly appropriating Bolivian cultural heritage. Bolivian Culture Minister Pablo Groux was quoted in Peruvian newspapers as saying that Bolivia would sue.

玻利維亞指控秘魯小姐選美組織不當盜用了玻利維亞的文化遺產。秘魯報紙甚至引述玻國文化部長格魯的話說，玻國準備提告。

Peru, meanwhile, coolly maintains the dance is part of the culture of the Altiplano, or high plateau, which straddles the two countries.

秘魯方面則冷靜堅稱，這種舞蹈是所謂高原文化的一部分，而安地斯高原橫跨了秘魯與玻利維亞兩國。

In Peru La Diablada, or the Devil’s Dance, is played at the carnival of Puno in the south of the country. In Bolivia, it is the main dance at the carnival in the city of Oruro which has been given special cultural heritage status by the UN.

在秘魯，這種名為「惡魔之舞」的舞蹈是在南部的普諾嘉年華中表演。在玻利維亞，這種舞蹈則是歐魯洛市嘉年華的重頭戲，聯合國甚至給予其特殊文化遺產的地位。

However most historians agree that La Diablada dates from colonial times, before Peru and Bolivia existed as independent nations.

歷史學家則大多同意，惡魔之舞源自殖民時期，當時獨立的秘魯與玻利維亞根本還不存在。

新聞辭典

the/a devil of a ：片語（舊式用法），形容極度困難或重大的情勢，如We had the devil of a job/time trying to find this place!（我們費了好大一番工夫才找到這個地方。）在本文標題中則暗指文內的惡魔舞蹈，為雙關用語。

on good/bad terms：指關係良好／惡劣，如I’ve always been on good terms with my neighbours.（我跟鄰居一直保存友好關係。）

appropriate ：動詞，正式用語，指不當挪用、佔用或盜用，如He lost his job when he was found to have appropriated some of the company’s money.（他佔用公款被發現後就被開除了）

Australia pledges $7.8 mln for native languages 澳洲矢言砸780萬美元拯救原住民語言

◎陳成良

Australia has pledged 7.8 million US dollars this year to help save more than 100 indigenous languages which are in grave danger of dying out.

澳洲政府已承諾今年將提撥780萬美元，以協助保存100多種岌岌可危的本土語言。

Arts Minister Peter Garrett said the money would be spent on translation services, tests for children and a feasibility study for a national centre for Aboriginal languages.

藝術部長賈瑞特表示，這筆經費將用於翻譯服務，為兒童進行測驗，並研究成立國家原住民語言中心的計畫是否可行。

"These languages are... a significant part of Australia’s heritage and we must ensure they are protected for the benefit of future generations," Garrett said.

「這些語言屬於澳洲重要的歷史遺產，為了後代子孫福祉著想，我們必須確保它們得到保護。」

"A focused and coordinated national approach is critical to safeguard indigenous culture and save these unique languages."

「一套集中精力且協調一致的全國性作法，對捍衛原住民文化並保存這些獨特語言，至關重要。」

Australia has 145 languages and dialects with 110 at risk, according to a 2005 report, as they are often spoken only by small groups of over-40s. About 30,000 people are currently studying indigenous languages around the country.

澳洲共有145種語言及方言，其中110種有失傳風險，因為它們往往只被40歲以上的小族群所使用，據一份2005年的報告指出，目前全國各地約有3萬人學習原住民語言。

Native Australians account for about two percent of the population and typically live in small settlements scattered around the continent-sized nation.

澳洲是個大陸般大小的國家，原住民人口佔總人口約2%，通常居住在小型部落當中。

新聞辭典

indigenous：形容詞，土生土長的（並非外來的）、在地的，如 This plant is indigenous to Taiwan.（這種植物是台灣土生土長的。）

aboriginal：形容詞，原始的，土著的；名詞，原住民。例句：There are many aboriginal descendant families living here.（這裡住有很多原住民後裔家庭。）

account for：（數量、比例等方面的）佔。例句：It accounts for 40 percent of all traffic accidents.（這佔所有交通事故的4成。）

It’s nuts! Squirrel becomes a Web sensation／真瘋狂！松鼠成為網路當紅炸子「鼠」

◎張沛元

There’s a squirrel popping up all over the Internet.

有隻松鼠遊走蹦跳於整個網際網路世界。

The rodent first made its appearance in a holiday photo taken by an American couple in Canada and has gone on to become a Web sensation.

這隻囓齒動物的初露面，是在一對美國夫妻於加拿大所拍攝的一幀度假照片上，並已成為網路當紅炸子「鼠」。

Melissa Brandts and her husband, Jackson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, were taking a time delay picture of themselves in front of a lake at Canada’s Banff National Park when the squirrel jumped into the frame.

當這隻松鼠跳進鏡頭畫面時，明尼蘇達州明尼亞波里斯的梅麗莎．布蘭德茲跟她老公傑克森，正在加拿大的班夫國家公園的一座湖泊前，用相機的自拍功能拍照。

"We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take the picture when this curious little ground squirrel appeared, became intrigued with the sound of the focusing camera and popped right into our shot!"

「當我們把相機架在一些石頭上準備拍照時，這隻好奇的小地松鼠出現，對相機對焦的聲音很感興趣，然後蹦入我們的鏡頭！」

The holiday photo has since gone viral on the Internet and websites such at "The Squirrelizer" have sprung up in which the photo of the squirrel can be inserted into any picture.

這張假日照片從此如病毒般在網路上散播開來，像是The Squirrelizer之類的網站如雨後春筍般成立，讓人能將松鼠的照片插嵌入任何照片裡。

新聞辭典

nuts：形容詞，俚語，發瘋的；狂熱的。nut，名詞，堅果；本文主角為吃堅果的松鼠，此處使用nuts顯然意在創造一語雙關。

sensation：名詞，轟動的人或事。例句：I was told that the Japanese teen sensation Arashi’s new single is set to be released next month.（據說日本青少年風靡的天團「嵐」下個月要發行新單曲。）

-ize：字尾，使造成，使成為。範例，dramatize，使戲劇化； materialize，物質化。

Bangladesh suit ban to save power 孟加拉禁穿西裝以節能

◎鄭寺音

The prime minister of Bangladesh has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets and ties to save electricity.

孟加拉總理已禁止男性公務員穿西裝、夾克與領帶，來節省電力。

Sheikh Hasina told officials that doing so would minimise their use of air-conditioners. Bangladesh suffers from daily power cuts as power plants are unable to meet the country’s demand.

哈席娜告訴官員，這樣做可將空調使用量降至最低。孟加拉的電廠無法符合國家需求，因此每天都必須限電。

A senior official told the BBC the government would soon encourage businesses to follow its example.

一名高層官員告訴英國廣播公司，政府很快就會鼓勵商界效法。

Bangladesh’s official dress code has been rewritten - after Sheikh Hasina ordered government employees to do more to ease the country’s energy shortage. Even ministers now will no longer be expected to wear suits and ties.

孟加拉官方的穿著規範在哈席娜要求政府官員有更多作為，來減輕國家的能源短缺問題之後，已被重寫。即使是部會首長，預料往後也不會穿西裝打領帶。

During the hot months between March and November, men have been ordered to wear trousers and shirts instead, and these do not have to be tucked in any more.

在3到11月的炎熱月份，男性被要求穿著襯衫與褲子就好，襯衫也不用再塞到褲子裡面。

Officials and ministers have also been told not to turn their air-conditioners below 24C. In June, the government introduced daylight saving, and the clocks moved forward by one hour, in another attempt to cut energy consumption.

官員與部長也被要求，不要把空調調到攝氏24度以下。6月間，政府開始日光節約時間，時鐘向前調一個小時，這是降低能源消耗的另一個嘗試。

新聞辭典

minimise： 動詞，使減到最少，使縮到最小。例句：Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to minimize the impact of the oil spill.（環保人士正在盡一切所能，來降低石油外漏的影響。）

follow the example of sb=follow sb’s example：片語，以某人為榜樣、效法某人。

tuck：動詞，把……塞進。例句：Should I tuck my shirt into my trousers?（我該把襯衫塞進褲子裡嗎？）

Sarah the cheetah becomes the fastest animal on land 獵豹莎拉成為陸上最迅速的動物

◎魏國金

An eight-year-old cheetah called Sarah has broken the world speed record for land animals. Covering 100 metres in 6.13 seconds, Sarah set a new speed record for all land mammals in Cincinnati.

一頭名叫莎拉的8歲獵豹打破陸上動物的世界速度紀錄。莎拉以6.13秒跑百米的速度，在辛辛那提締造所有陸上哺乳動物的速度新紀錄。

The middle-aged cheetah shaved more than 3 seconds off the fastest human time, 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt this year.

這頭中年獵豹比牙買加短跑傳奇烏賽恩．波爾特今年創下的9.58秒人類最快速度還快逾3秒。

Running on a specially designed course at Cincinnati Zoo, Sarah pipped the record of 6.19 seconds set by a cheetah in South Africa in 2001. Chasing a lure similar to those used in greyhound racing, she hit speeds of up to 60mph.

莎拉在辛辛那提動物園特別設計的場地上奔跑，一舉超越2001年一頭獵豹在南非寫下的6.19秒紀錄。她追逐一個類似被用於賽狗的誘餌，飆速高達時速60英里。

"We are so thrilled that Sarah has smashed this record," said Cathryn Hilker, 78, the organiser of the attempt. Sarah undertook three attempts to break the record and smashed it on the second time of asking.

「莎拉打破這個紀錄令我們非常振奮」，該項嘗試任務的主辦人、78歲的凱薩琳．希爾克說。為了破紀錄，莎拉進行3次試跑，而在第2次嘗試時締造新猷。

新聞辭典

shave︰動詞，刮（鬍鬚）；掠過、擦過；（美俚）險勝、減輕；例如，shave a sentence to three years （刑期減為三年。）

pip︰動詞，打擊、擊敗。例如︰pip one’s opponent in a race（在比賽中擊敗對手。）pip當名詞有出眾的人或物之意，例句︰The girl is a pip.（這女孩姿色出眾。）

lure：名詞，誘惑 、吸引力、誘餌。例句︰He couldn’t resist the lure of money.（他抵擋不住金錢的誘惑。）

smash︰動詞，打碎、擊潰。例如，smash the record（打破紀錄。）

Man stole woman’s car on 1st date 男子在首次約會就偷了女子的車

◎羅彥傑

In what must rank as one of the worst first dates in history, police say that a man first skipped out on the restaurant bill - and then stole his date’s car.

這絕對可以列為史上最糟糕的首次約會之一，根據警方表示，一名男子先是不付餐廳帳單就離開，然後又偷走約會對象的車子。

Authorities say 23-year-old Terrance Dejuan McCoy had dinner with a woman April 24 at Buffalo Wild Wings in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale. The woman says the two met a week earlier at a Detroit casino and she knew McCoy only as ’Chris.’

當局表示，23歲的泰倫斯．德胡安．麥考伊4月24日在底特律市郊佛岱爾的水牛城Wild Wings餐廳與一名女子共進晚餐。這名女子表示，兩人一週前在底特律一間賭場邂逅，她只曉得麥考伊叫作「克里斯」。

The woman told police that McCoy said he left his wallet in her car and asked for keys. He then sped away in the 2000 Chevrolet Impala.

這名女子告訴警方，麥考伊說他把錢包放在她的車內，向她討鑰匙。接著他就駕著這輛2000年出廠的雪佛蘭Impala汽車加速駛離。

The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak reports that police identified McCoy by a photo he’d sent to the woman’s cell phone, and his phone number.

「皇家橡樹論壇日報」報導說，警方從麥考伊先前傳送到這名女子手機的照片中認出他的身分，以及他的電話號碼。

The car was found in Detroit May 5 with the radio missing. McCoy was arrested and Ferndale officers brought him back to the city July 25.

這輛車5月5日在底特律被人發現，收音機則不翼而飛。麥考伊被捕，佛岱爾的警官們在7月25日把他帶回來。

McCoy is charged with unlawfully taking the car, and is now awaiting trial.

麥考伊被控以非法取走車輛的罪名，目前正等候審判。

新聞辭典

date：名詞，常指男女約會，亦可指涉約會對象。例句：What’s your perfect date?（你理想中的約會對象是什麼樣的人？）

skip out on：片語，（尤指不顧某人而）離開、溜走。例句：One day he just skipped out on his wife, leaving her with four kids to take care of.（某天他就撇下妻子出走，留下4個孩子給她照顧。）

speed away：片語，加速駛離。例句：The ambulance sped away in haste.（救護車急忙加速駛離。）

Groom fixes teeth to marry dentist’s daughter新郎整牙為娶牙醫之女

◎管淑平

Gordon Taylor of Wight Isle, 32, was told to get his teeth fixed before he could walk down the aisle with Sarah Lewis, 26, daughter of a dentist.

32歲的懷特島人戈登．泰勒被告知，他得先去把他的牙處理好，才能與26歲的牙醫之女莎拉．路易斯步上紅毯。

Taylor must have a series of fillings and cosmetic surgery, and Lewis’s father, Dr Philip Lewis, even made him wear a ’snap-on smile’ cosmetic denture for the wedding.

泰勒必須進行一連串的補牙和矯正手術。路易斯的爸爸菲利浦．路易斯醫師甚至要他在婚禮上戴「嵌入式美齒齒套」。

"I didn’t mean to neglect my teeth, I guess it was just the lifestyle I was leading," said Mr Taylor.

「我不是故意不管我的牙齒，我想是因為我的生活方式使然。」泰勒先生說。

"When I met Sarah, I guess her family noticed them more than most because her father is a dentist."

「我想我認識莎拉時，她們家最注意的就是牙齒，因為她父親是個牙醫。」

Dr Lewis, 56, admitted he was horrified by the sight of his future son-in-law’s teeth. Sarah’s mother Joy, who works as a receptionist at Dr Lewis’s surgery, added： "Gordon is a lovely chap but he had awful teeth, really awful teeth."

路易斯醫師承認，當他看到未來女婿的一口牙齒時嚇了一跳。莎拉的媽媽、在路易斯醫師的醫院擔任接待員的喬伊補充說，「戈登是個令人喜愛的小伙子，但是他有一口真的很爛的爛牙。」

And his bride said she was thrilled Mr Taylor had agreed to undergo the dental work to win her hand.

而他的新娘說，她很高興泰勒為了贏得她的芳心，已經同意去整牙。

"I will always love him regardless but I know the finished look will certainly please him as well as our family and friends," she said.

「無論如何，我都會愛他，但是我知道他和我們家、我們的朋友一樣，肯定都會喜歡整牙完成後的樣子。」

◎新聞詞典：

walk down the aisle with：片語，步上紅毯。這裡的aisle指西式婚禮中教堂中央讓新人走上祭壇的走道，通常會鋪上紅毯。

to win a lady’s hand：片語，贏得女士的芳心而與之結婚。例句：I would give her everything to win her hand.（我願付出一切來贏得她的芳心）

chap：名詞，小伙子。例句：The chap pursued her for 5 years but failed to win her hand, and she has walked down the aisle with someone else.（這個年輕人追她追了五年還是未能贏得芳心，她已經嫁給別人了。）

Nymphs and classics help Europe bridge its language divide 希臘女神和古典文學協助歐洲跨越語言鴻溝

◎俞智敏

If you thought that English is the language of the 21st century, think again. In Europe, the future could be Latin.

假如你認為英語是21世紀的語言，最好再重新想想。在歐洲，拉丁文恐怕才是未來的語言。

In the EU, languages are big political business. Each member state fights fiercely for its national tongue, with EU texts routinely translated into all 23 of the bloc’s official languages.

在歐盟，語言可是重要的政治問題。所有會員國都拚命爭取其國家語言的地位，歐盟文件通常都會翻譯成23個會員國的官方語言。

But trouble starts when there is only room to use one word from one language - such as when creating an internet domain name.

但如果只有空間使用一種語言的一個字詞，例如創造網域名稱時，問題就出現了。

English, the EU’s most widespread language, might seem to have the advantage in such questions. But other member states fear that too much English use would cement it as the EU’s unofficial working tongue, a politically impossible position.

歐盟最普遍的語言英語似乎在這類問題上佔有優勢。但其他會員國擔心，太常使用英語會鞏固英語被視為歐盟非官方工作語言的地位，這在政治上可站不住腳。

"English has become the lingua franca, but we are not allowed to say so," one EU linguist commented.

「英語早已變成了通用語言，但我們不被允許這麼說」，一位歐盟語言學者表示。

The EU’s solution has been to find a politically neutral language in the only place it could realistically look： European history.

歐盟的解決辦法是要找出一種政治上中立的語言，而歐盟實際上唯一能尋找的地方就是：歐洲歷史。

With Latin at the root of many of the technical, scientific, religious and legal terms in Europe, Virgil’s language is perfectly placed to become the EU’s virtual language.

拉丁文是歐洲許多技術、科學、宗教及法律術語的根源，因此古羅馬詩人維吉爾所使用的語言恰好可做為歐盟的虛擬語言。

新聞辭典

tongue：名詞，指語言、方言。如My mother tongue is Hakka.（我的母語是客家語。）

cement：動詞，原指用水泥接合，本文指鞏固、加強，如

Our object is to further cement trade relations.（我們的目標是要進一步加強貿易關係。）

lingua franca：名詞，通常為單數，原為義大利文，意指法蘭克語，現多指結合數種不同語言、以利不同語言族群之間溝通的混合語或通用語，如The international business community sees English as a lingua franca.（國際商務社群視英語為通用語言。）

NYC hot dog vendor evicted over whopping rent bill 巨額租金帳單逼走紐約市熱狗小販

◎ 張沛元

Homeowners aren’t the only ones in hot water over overpriced real estate. A New York City hot dog vendor has been evicted from his prize spot outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art because he couldn’t pay a whopping rent bill of nearly $54,000 a month.

房屋所有人並非唯一飽受高房價之苦的人。一名紐約市熱狗小販因為付不出將近5萬4000美元的龐大月租費，被從大都會博物館外的這個絕佳（賣熱狗）地點趕走。

Snack cart owner Pasang Sherpa of Queens had a deal with the city’s parks department that required him to pay almost $643,000 per year for the vending rights near the museum steps.

來自皇后區的點心車老闆帕山．薛帕曾與市政府公園處達成協議，該協議要求他每年支付幾乎達64萬3千美元，以便持有在該博物館台階附近賣熱狗的權利。

He says he was $310,000 behind on his payments when he was evicted.

他說，他被趕走時還欠31萬美元。

But another museum row hot dog vendor, Dan Rossi, said Sherpa can sell dogs at one of his carts. "He’s gonna work for me now," said Rossi. "Nobody’s gonna touch him now without talking to me."

不過，另一名在博物館街賣熱狗的小販丹．羅西說，薛帕可以在他的其中一輛點心車賣熱狗。「他現在為我工作」，羅西說。「沒有人可以不跟我說一聲就動他。」

Sherpa and Rossi say the city needs to do a better job keeping so called "black market" hot dog vendors away from the Met.

薛帕與羅西說，市政府應該要好好管一管那些離大都會博物館有一段距離的所謂「黑市」熱狗小販。

These unlicensed dealers offer dogs and drinks for less money than the legit businessmen, whose prices are set by the Parks Department.

這些無照攤商所提供的熱狗與飲料，比售價必須由公園處訂定的合法生意人便宜得多。

新聞辭典

whopping：形容詞，巨大的；副詞，非常地。

in hot water：俚語，陷入麻煩，身陷困境以致可能遭到懲罰。例句：Those e-mails defaming about your boss can land you in hot water.（你那些誹謗你老闆的電子郵件會讓你惹上麻煩。）

prize：形容詞，一流的；得獎的。

’Visual diet’ links to attraction 「視覺飲食」與吸引力相關

◎鄭寺音

Girls who attend single-sex schools are more attracted to feminine looking boys, researchers have claimed. The St Andrews University-led study suggested a girls-only education could have a "significant impact" on what the youngsters found attractive.

研究人員宣稱，上女校的女孩子，比較容易受到女性化外型的男孩子吸引。聖安德魯斯大學領導的研究顯示，女校教育可能對這些年輕人的審美觀有重大影響。

Boys at all-male schools proved less susceptible to the effect, although the study found they did prefer the company of boys with more masculine faces.

上男校的男孩子比較不會受到這種影響，不過研究發現，他們確實比較喜歡與臉孔比較陽剛的男孩子交朋友 。

The effect was weakened if children had siblings of the opposite sex at home.The research team said the results suggested a person’s "visual diet" influenced what they thought was attractive.

如果小孩子有異性手足，這種影響會減弱。研究團隊說，這項結果顯示一個人的「視覺飲食」影響他們認為的吸引力。

They asked 240 children, aged 11-15, attending co-educational and single-sex schools, to rate faces in terms of attractiveness.

他們要求240個上男女合校或是單一性別學校、年齡在11歲到15歲的小孩，為各種臉孔的吸引力評分。

It suggested female pupils at single-sex schools, compared with those at mixed schools, had a significantly stronger preference for facial femininity in both male and female faces.

研究顯示，女校學生比上男女合校的學生，更強烈偏好帶有女性化臉孔的男性與女性。

新聞辭典

feminine：形容詞，女性化。例句：Her clothes are always very feminine.（她的衣服總是非常有女人味。）

youngster：名詞，年輕人。例句： The scheme is for youngsters between the ages of 10 and 16.

（這項計畫是為了10到16歲的年輕人。）

susceptible：形容詞，易受……影響的。例句：She isn’t very susceptible to flattery.（她不會很容易受到諂媚影響。）

Bread can be used as contraceptives? 麵包能當避孕器用？

◎魏國金

Some women believe bread, cling film and chicken skin can be used as contraceptives, a poll has revealed. The survey of 1,000 women aged 18 to 50 unearthed a number of misconceptions about family planning.

一項民調顯示，一些女性相信麵包、保鮮膜與雞皮能作為避孕器。這份針對1000名18歲至50歲婦女進行的調查，揭露出一些關於家庭計畫的錯誤觀念。

One in five detailed bizarre methods of contraception including eating garlic or using bread, plastic wrap or chicken skin as a barrier method.

每5名受訪者中有1人詳述怪誕的避孕方式，其中包括吃大蒜或使用麵包、保鮮膜或雞皮作為阻止受孕的方法。

The poll, carried out by Opinion Health for drug manufacturer Bayer Schering Pharma, also found a number of misunderstandings about the contraceptive pill.

這項由「健康意見」研究機構為藥廠「拜耳先靈西藥部」進行的民調也發現一些關於避孕藥的誤解。

Half of those surveyed wrongly thought that taking the pill long term could cause infertility, and 10% said that it would always take a number of years to regain fertility after coming off the medication.

半數接受調查者誤認為，長期服用避孕藥恐造成不孕，10%表示，在停藥後總需耗費數年才能重獲生育能力。

新聞辭典

bizarre︰怪誕的、超乎尋常的。例句︰He bacame increasingly bizarre in speech.（他的言談變得越來越古怪。）

come off︰脫離、離開。也有成功之意，例句︰Their attempt to rob the jewelry store did not come off.（他們搶劫珠寶店的企圖沒有成功。）

Car at repair shop had goat in trunk 修車廠的汽車行李廂內有山羊

◎羅彥傑

Authorities in Minnesota said a goat in the trunk of a woman’s car when she took it to a repair shop has been placed in the care of a veterinarian.

明尼蘇達州當局說，一名女子的汽車行李廂裡頭的山羊已交給一名獸醫照料，這頭山羊是被女子帶到汽車修理廠。

James Prusci, an auto repairman with Tires Plus in Winona, said a woman came in to the store just before noon Friday and informed him, there was a live goat in her trunk, the Winona Daily News reported Monday.

威諾納市Tires Plus修理廠一名汽車修理師傅詹姆斯．普魯塞說，一名女子在週五正午前不久進入店內並告訴他，自己的行李廂有一頭活山羊，「威諾納每日新聞」週一報導說。

Prusci said the woman told him she planned to butcher the animal but her car broke down en route to St. Paul, Minn. Workers heard the goal crying in the trunk.

普魯塞說，這名女子告訴他，她打算屠宰這個動物，但她的車在前往明尼蘇達州聖保羅市的途中拋錨。工人們聽見行李廂裡有山羊的叫聲。

The mechanic said he called animal control and a vehicle from the service arrived with two police cars as the woman was preparing to drive away.

這位師傅表示，他打電話給動物管理單位，該單位派的一輛車，隨同兩輛警車抵達，當時這名女子正準備駕車離去。

Winona Police Sgt. Chris Nelson said the goat was placed in the care of a veterinarian.

威諾納警局巡佐克利斯．尼爾森說，這頭山羊已交由一名獸醫照料。

新聞辭典

break down：片語，損壞、故障。例句：We are sorry to arrive late, but the car broke down.（對不起我們來晚了，不過原因是車子壞了。）

en route：法文，指在路途中。例句：I can pick up David en route to my office.（我可以在前往我辦公室的途中接大衛。）

drive away：片語，把車開走、驅車離開。例句：He drove his guests away.（他開車把客人們送走了。）

Is boy reincarnation of dead fighter pilot? 男孩是陣亡戰鬥機飛行員投胎？

◎管淑平

11-year-old US boy James Leininger could be the reincarnation of a Second World War fighter pilot, according to his parents.

11歲的美國男孩詹姆斯．雷寧捷可能是一名第二次世界大戰戰鬥機飛行員的轉世投胎，根據他父母指出。

From an early age, James would play with nothing else but planes, his parents said. But he has suffered from regular nightmares about being shot down in a plane when he was 2.

從小詹姆斯就只喜歡玩飛機，他的父母說。但是兩歲時他就常做有關坐在一架飛機中被擊落的惡夢。

Mrs Leininger said: "In the throes of his nightmares you couldn’t work out what he was saying." "But two or three months in, I heard him saying, ’Airplane crash, plane on fire, little man can’t get out’, and he said the plane was shot down by the Japanese. It chilled me to my bone hearing this."

雷寧捷太太說：「受到這些惡夢折磨，你無法弄清楚他在說什麼。」「但是兩到三個月的時間中，我聽過他說『飛機墜落、飛機著火，無法逃生』，還說是被日本人擊落的。聽到這讓我毛骨悚然。」

James told his father Bruce he flew a Corsair, and the name of the boat he took off from " Natoma" and he flew with "Jack Larson." And the boy pointed at a picture of Iwo Jima and said that was where he was shot down.

詹姆斯告訴他的爸爸布魯斯，他飛的是海盜式戰鬥機，起飛戰艦名稱「納托馬」，他和「傑克．拉森」一起飛。這名男孩還指著一張硫磺島的照片，說就是在那裡被擊落。

After some research, Bruce discovered both the names were real, and Larson is living in Arkansas. He also found that just one pilot died during the battle of Iwo Jima, James M Huston Jnr, 21. He was shot down on March 3, 1945.

做了一些研究後，布魯斯發現這兩個名字都是真的，拉森現住在阿肯色州。他還發現硫磺島戰役中只有一名飛官陣亡：21歲的赫斯頓，在1945年3月3日被擊落。

And now the highly educated parents have become convinced their son has had a former life.

現在這對受過高等教育的父母相信了，他們的兒子確實有段前世。

新聞辭典

reincarnation：名詞，輪迴轉世，投胎轉世。例句：Buddhism believes in reincarnation.（佛教相信輪迴轉世。）

in the throes of：片語，身處於某種痛苦掙扎的狀態。例句：The country is in throes of financial crunch.（這個國家為身處財政崩盤掙扎。）

chill somebody to the bone：片語，讓某人感到十分害怕。例句：The horror movie "Aliens" chilled to my bone.（恐怖片「異形」讓我毛骨悚然。）

Russia’s Putin strips for stardom, again 俄羅斯的普廷再次為明星光環脫衣

◎俞智敏

Russia’s Putin strips for stardom, again

俄羅斯的普廷再次為明星光環脫衣

Eat your heart out, Sarkozy. Stand back, Barack. Vladimir Putin proved that even a gimlet-eyed Russian politician can rise to the status of global celebrity in the multimedia age, as pictures of his bare chest and manly deeds on Siberian holiday caused tongues to wag worldwide.

去傷心吧，薩科茲。靠邊站，巴拉克。普廷證明了就連目光銳利的俄羅斯政客，也能在這個多媒體時代躍升至全球名流的地位，他最近在西伯利亞度假打赤膊、從事充滿男子氣概活動的照片，引起全世界議論紛紛。

Two state-owned Russian television channels recently broadcasted video of Putin’s gym-toned arms chopping through the water in a butterfly stroke and others showing him riding bare-chested on horseback.

兩家俄羅斯國營電視台最近播放了普廷用在健身房裡訓練過的雙臂大秀蝶泳英姿，以及光著上身騎馬的影片。

Within hours, everyone from the BBC to the tabloids seized on the story, apparently grateful for a bit of middle-aged beefcake in August, the slowest of news months.

數小時內，從英國廣播公司到全球小報全都開始報導這條新聞，顯然對在新聞最清淡的八月，能夠出現一些中年壯男的清涼畫面十分感激。

Moscow invented the cult of personality, and Putin has long been touted as a kind of post-Soviet superman here.

莫斯科當局發明出這種個人崇拜，而普廷在俄羅斯一直被視為是後蘇聯時代的超人。

His feats play differently at home and abroad, drawing admiration from an adoring Russian public and scorn from skeptics abroad.

普廷的表演在國內外的評價兩極，崇拜他的俄羅斯民眾大表欽佩，但國外的懷疑論者卻是一片嘲諷。

新聞辭典

eat one’s heart out：片語，原指非常傷心，如The children are eating their hearts out over their lost dog. （狗兒走失了，孩子們非常難過。）但若把名人姓名接在此片語後使用，即表示說話者在開玩笑，戲稱他們比這位名人還要好，例如I’m singing in the village production of Tosca next month - eat your heart out Pavarotti!（我下個月要在村裡的托斯卡歌劇表演裡獻唱，很傷心吧，帕華洛帝！）

cause/set （some）tongues to wag：片語，指引人議論，引發八卦話題，如The way she was so scantily dressed will also cause tongues to wag.（她穿得那麼少，一定會引發非議。）

beefcake：名詞，非正式用法，指裸體或半裸之健壯男子或這種照片，cheesecake則指穿著清涼的妙齡美女或這種照片。

Nanotech and biological hybrid could speed computers技結合生物學可加快電腦速度

◎陳成良

Nanotech and biological hybrid could speed computers

奈米科技結合生物學可加快電腦速度

Researchers are working on integrating nanotechnology with biological materials to create more powerful computers, medical tools and even prosthetics.

研究人員正致力整合奈米科技與生物材料，以打造出更高效能的電腦、醫療器具甚至是義肢。

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced this week that they have built a hybrid platform out of a mixture of biological and manmade materials. The platform is enabling them to build prototypes of what they’re calling bio-nanoelectronic devices.

勞倫斯利佛摩國家實驗室的科學家本週宣布，他們利用生物及人造材料的一種混合物，建立了一個混合體平台。該平台使他們能夠建立他們所稱的「生物奈米電子儀器」雛形。

The platform, according to the laboratory, is based on nanowires that are coated in lipids, which are essential structural components of living cells. By combining the nanowires with the lipids, the resulting platform becomes more complex, which enables the hybrid material to convert signals much faster than today’s most powerful computers.

據該實驗室指出，此平台是以塗上脂質外膜的奈米線為基礎，脂質是活細胞必要的組構成分。藉由結合奈米線與脂質，產生的平台變得更複雜，使得這種混合物質轉換訊號的速度遠超過今日多數高效能電腦。

Various scientific teams are working to combine computer and electronic technology with biological materials.

不同的科學團隊正致力於將電腦及電子科技與生物材料結合為一。

This past spring, MIT researchers announced they had combined nanotechnology with genetically engineered viruses to build batteries that could power hybrid cars and cell phones.

今年春天，麻省理工學院的研究人員宣布，他們已結合奈米科技與基因工程改造的病毒，打造出可為混合動力汽車及手機提供動力的電池。

新聞詞典 Dictionary

hybrid： 名詞，混合體、（動植物的）雜種。 hybrid car則指使用一種以上動力的車輛，如氣電混合車或油電混合車。例句：Toyota’s hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan’s top-selling car in August for the fourth straight month.（豐田大受歡迎的Prius油電混合車，在8月連續4個月成為日本最暢銷車款。）

integrate：動詞，使成一體；使結合、使合併。例句：I integrated your suggestion with my plan.（我把你的建議採納到我的計畫中來。）

essential：形容詞，必要的；不可缺的。例句：It is essential to balance one’s budget. （量入為出是很重要的。）

A Columbus family has wrapped up a 52-week tour of the nation’s zoos.The Taviano Family made its final stop at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Saturday, 10TV News reported.

哥倫布市的一家人完成了一趟52週的全國動物園之旅。10號頻道電視台的新聞報導，塔維安諾一家人週六造訪哥倫布動物園暨水族館，完成最後一站。

The family visited 52 zoos in as many weeks.

這個家庭在52週裡造訪了52座動物園。

Marla Taviano said her husband and three daughters spent weekends traveling in a minivan to different zoos. She said the idea started with a simple desire to see the world on a budget.

瑪拉．塔維安諾說，她丈夫與3個女兒利用週末開著車造訪不同的動物園。她說，這個主意始於想要省錢看世界這個簡單的慾望。

"I wanted to go on an adventure," she said. "I want to travel the world, but it’s kind of hard to do if you don’t have a lot of money."

「我想冒險」，她說。「我想遊遍世界，但你若沒有很多錢，這可難了。」

Taviano said the idea to travel to zoos just kind of popped in her head. "We could go to zoos around the country （and） see the animals that are from these other countries without having to go there," she said.

塔維安諾說，造訪動物園的構想就這樣乍現腦海。「我們可以去全國各地的動物園，不必出國也能看來自其他國家的動物」，她說。

Taviano said she planned to write a book about her family’s 22,000-mile journey.

塔維安諾說，她打算寫一本關於他們這一家人2萬2千英里旅程的書。

She also said her children planned to write a book from their perspective.

她還說，她的孩子們打算以她們的角度寫一本書。

新聞辭典

wrap up：片語，結束，終於完成或成功；總結。例句：Wrap up a business deal as soon as possible.（儘快敲定一筆生意。）

as many：片語，一樣多。

perspective： 名詞，觀點，角度。from my perspective：依我來看，從我的觀點來看。例句：From my perspective, it sounds a very good idea.（依我來看，這是個很好的主意。）類似的用法有：from where I stand; from my point of view; the way I see it。

Women cry for 16 months of their lives 女性一生哭泣16個月

◎鄭寺音

Researchers found that between birth and the age of 78 a woman will cry for more than 12,000 hours, for reasons including hunger as a baby to falling out with a partner when older.

研究人員發現，女性從出生到78歲，會哭超過1萬2000小時，理由包括從小時候因肚子餓而哭，到大一點因為與伴侶吵架而哭。

During their first year they will shed tears for three hours a day when they need changing, feeding or entertaining. When they grow older, teenage girls cry for approximately 2 hours and 13 minutes a week and by their mid 20s they will cry for as much as 2.24 hours a week after falling out with their partner, watching a soppy film or losing a loved one.

出生第一年女性一天裡會因為需要換尿布、餵食或娛樂而掉淚3小時，長大一點，少女一週大約哭2小時又13分鐘，20來歲中期之前，與伴侶吵架、看了讓人感傷的電影或是失去所愛的人之後，一週會哭2.24小時。

The poll of 3,000 people, conducted by www.TheBabyWebsite.com, shows the reasons why women cry change dramatically over our lifetime.

這份由TheBabyWebsite.com訪問3千人的調查顯示，女性哭泣的原因在一生中會有大幅改變。

Between the ages of one and three years of age children cry for up to 2 hours and five minutes a day. Their main reasons for crying include falling over, hurting themselves and feeling tired.

在1到3歲之間，小孩子每天最多哭2小時5分。哭的主要理由包括跌倒、弄傷自己、覺得累。

And between the ages of four and 12 years old children continue to cry for 2 hours and 11 minutes a week. Children in this age bracket are most likely to cry after hurting themselves, being told off for doing something naughty or feeling poorly.

4歲到12歲之間的小孩，一週哭2小時11分。這個年齡層的小孩最可能會在弄傷自己、被告知不要做某些頑皮的事情或是覺得可憐哭泣。

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fall out with：片語，吵架。例句：He left home after falling out with his parents.（他與父母吵架後離家。）

soppy：形容詞，感傷的。例句：That’s one of the soppiest stories I’ve ever heard!（那是我聽過最讓人感傷的故事之一！）

bracket：名詞，階層，族群。例句：Most British university students are in the 18 - 22 age bracket.（英國多數大學生是在18到22歲這個年齡層。）

Dutch museum says ’moon rock’ worthless wood 荷蘭博物館說，「月岩」是沒價值的木頭

◎ 魏國金

A piece of moon rock showcased in a key Amsterdam museum is nothing but petrified wood, museum authorities said of a gift made to a former Dutch prime minister by a US envoy.

展示於阿姆斯特丹一家重要博物館的一塊月岩，不過只是石化的木頭，館方提到這個由美國特使送給前荷蘭總理的禮物時說。

The exhibit at the Rijksmuseum, originally gifted to Willem Drees in 1969 by then US ambassador William Middendorf as a souvenir of a pathbreaking trip by three US astronauts on July 20, 1969.

這塊陳列於國立博物館的展品，原本是由當時的美國大使威廉．米登道夫於1969年，當作是同年7月20日3名美國太空人率先登月的紀念品，贈送給威廉．德瑞斯。

"When we received it, we insured it for 100,000 florins or 50,000 euros in today’s money," said Xandra van Gelder, the editor-in-chief of the museum’s internal magazine.

「當我們收下它後，為其投保10萬佛羅林（荷蘭貨幣），也就是相當於今日的5萬歐元」，該博物館內部刊物的總編輯參德拉．范．格爾德說。

But she told AFP that it was "hardly worth 50 euros," adding that museum authorities had been alerted by space and other experts. This was confirmed by independent studies on the object, which is roughly the size of a matchbox.

然而，她告訴法新社，它「幾乎不值50歐元」，並補充，太空與其他專家曾警告過館方。對這個約是火柴盒大小的物品進行的獨立研究證實了這項警告。

"What is also strange is that in 1969, when Willem Drees was given this ’rock,’ it was 11 years after he had stepped down as prime minister."

「也令人不解的是，當威廉．德瑞斯被贈送這塊『岩石』時是1969年，當時他卸任總理職位已11年了。」

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nothing but︰片語，只不過、僅僅。例句︰She did nothing but gurmble.（她只會發牢騷。）

pathbreaking︰形容詞，開路先鋒的、開創性的。例如︰pathbreaking scientific discoveries（開創性的科學發現。）

insure︰動詞，給……投保。例句︰He insured his house against fire.（他給自己的房子保了火險。）

Cop arrests girl, 5 - twice 警察逮捕5歲女童兩次

◎羅彥傑

A German police chief has come under fire after arresting a five-year-old girl for playing too roughly with his son - and then charging her for giving him the finger.

德國一名警察主管，因為逮捕和自己兒子玩得太瘋的一名5歲女童，之後又控告她對他比出中指，備受各界抨擊。

Little Monika Kretzmer was in tears when the police chief drove her home under arrest when she upset his son at a sandpit.

年幼的莫妮卡．克雷澤默流著眼淚，由這名警察主管開車把她送回家，她因為在沙坑玩時擾亂他的兒子而被捕。

But the furious cop arrested her again a few days later when she saw him in uniform and allegedly stuck a finger up at him.

但這名盛怒的警察數天後又逮捕了她，當時她看見他穿著制服，據稱還對他比出中指。

The police chief despatched a team of officers to the family home in Chiemgau, Germany, to warn her parents of her actions and tell them she would be charged with anti social behaviour.

這名警察主管派出一隊警官到這家人位於德國基姆高的家中，對她的行為向她父母提出警告，並告訴他們，她將被控反社會行為罪。

But family lawyer Roland Netzer said： "This sort of behaviour by the police in the city casts a shadow over their reputation. We have filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry and we can assure the policeman she doesn’t even know what it means to show someone the finger."

但這家人聘請的律師羅蘭．奈澤表示：「本市警方的此種行為令他們自己的聲譽蒙羞。我們已向內政部申訴，而且我們可以向這名警察保證，她甚至不曉得對人比出中指的意思是什麼。」

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under fire：片語，受到攻擊或批評責難。例句：President Ma Ying-jeou’s administration has come under fire for its slow response to the disaster.（馬英九總統的政府因為救災反應慢而備受抨擊。）

give ～ the finger：片語，向某人伸出中指。例句： It is very impolite to give someone the finger.（對某人比出中指是非常不禮貌的。）

in tears：片語，流著淚。例句：I found Mary in tears because John had broken her doll.（我發現瑪麗在哭，因為約翰弄壞她的洋娃娃。）