Wrong number leads Zambian diplomat to NJ school 一通打錯的電話將尚比亞外交官帶至新澤西州學校

 ◎張沛元
The Zambian ambassador to the United Nations made a speech Wednesday at New Jersey’s West Orange High School to make amends for dialing the wrong phone number.
尚比亞駐聯合國大 使週三在新澤西州的西橙高中發表一場演說，以彌補他稍早打錯的一通電話。
In the fall, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe was trying to reach a diplomat from Sierra Leone. But the number he dialed was one digit off. He ended up calling Logan Svitzer, a student who was sitting in his U.S. history class at the school.
去年秋天，拉札洛斯．卡帕姆鮑威大使企圖聯絡一名來自獅子山國的外交官。但他所撥打的電話號碼少了一個數字，結果他打給了一 名當時正在西橙高中上美國歷史課的學生，羅根．史維澤。
His teacher, Robbin Sweeney, was so annoyed that she called the number and got the ambassador. She thought it was a prank - and spent 10 minutes on the phone with him to verify who he was.
史維澤的老師羅蘋．史威尼感到深受打擾，於是回電給這位大使。她原本以為這是一場惡作劇─而且在電話上花了10分鐘 以確認對方的身分。
Kapambwe spoke at the school to make up for the inconvenience. He told students about Zambia and urged them to consider diplomatic service as a career.
卡帕姆鮑威到該校演說以彌補他所造成的不便。他向學生們介紹尚比亞，並且 呼籲他們考慮以外交服務為畢生職志。

新聞辭典
amend： 名詞，動詞，修正，修改，改善；amendment，名詞，修正案。例句：The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure.（美國憲法第五修正案保護人民在司法程序中不會受到政府濫權迫害。）
annoy：動詞，氣惱，打擾，令人 不快。例句：Who’s making such an annoying noise？（是誰在製造這麼惹人厭的噪音啊？）
make up for something：片語，彌補，補償，填補。例句：His skill makes up for his lack of speed.（他的精湛手藝彌補了他的慢速度。）