民團：先訂監督規範 再審服貿
2014-03-03
〔記者蘇芳禾／台北報導〕兩岸服務貿易協議最快在三月中旬進入逐條審查，不過學者、民間團體都認為，應先制訂監督條例等相關規範，立法院才有資格審查服貿協議。民進黨團總召柯建銘更直言，服貿通過機率趨近於零，請社會大眾不用擔心。
柯建銘：服貿通過機率趨近於零
對此，國民黨政策會執行長林鴻池表示，立法權不能凌駕行政權。依據兩岸人民關係條例，兩岸簽署協議，涉及需要修法的條文就送立法院，沒有涉及修法者送立法院備查即可。
立法院將於三月十日前完成服貿協議最後一場公聽會，之後展開逐條審查。台灣守護民主平台、反黑箱服貿民主陣線昨舉辦「兩岸協議國會監督法制化」座談會，討論兩岸簽署協議的各種法律問題。也邀請朝野立委參加，到場的有民進黨團總召柯建銘、民進黨中國事務部主任洪財隆、台聯立委賴政昌、周倪安。國民黨拒絕出席，親民黨因行程不克參加。
中研院法律所副研究員黃國昌發言指出，他曾在公聽會上質疑，立法院是依據哪一條法律來審查服貿協議，全立法院竟沒有人知道。他表示，在沒完成立法前，立法院「喬」出來的審查規則，都不是人民可接受的，也不是民主法治國家的常態。
民主陣線召集人、律師賴中強則舉兩岸於二○○八、二○○九年簽署的海運、空運補充協議指出，當時馬政府原指兩岸航運互免營利事業所得稅、營業稅不涉及修法，後來國稅局卻認定「欠缺法律執行依據」，最後直到二○一○年才在立法院三讀通過，這個案例足以說明馬政府對於「是否涉及法律修正」完全是恣意認定。賴中強也建議，可仿效中國與韓國簽署ＦＴＡ作法，針對超敏感產品設下二十年的調適期；或是附上生效條件，例如要求中國簽署聯合國兩人權公約後，才可開放廣告業等技術性暫緩之手段。
柯建銘指出，國民黨如果敢將服貿強行送出委員會，後果一定會非常嚴重，「就是硬碰硬」。賴振昌表示，台聯認為立法院不應在監督協議簽署的法規訂定前進行審查。
2014年5月20日 星期二
2014年5月16日 星期五
Queen’s 63-year-old wedding cake slice sells for £1,750 英國女王有63年歷史的結婚蛋糕賣得1750英鎊
Queen’s 63-year-old wedding cake slice sells for £1,750
英國女王有63年歷史的結婚蛋糕賣得1750英鎊
2013-10-24◎國際新聞中心
The fruit cake has been perfectly preserved since the wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.
這塊水果蛋糕在白金漢宮那場婚禮之後，一直完美地保存著。
The lavish four-tier cake, that stood at 9ft tall, was split between 2,000 guests who celebrated the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. The 3.5 ins by 7.5 ins slice was given to one of the couple’s guards of honour at the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
那個豪華的4層蛋糕有9英尺高，當時分給慶祝伊莉莎白女王與菲利普親王婚禮的2000名賓客。而這片3.5吋寬、7.5吋長的蛋糕，是分給當時女王夫婦在西敏寺舉行婚禮時的儀仗隊成員。
It was later donated to the Princess Alice Hospice, in Esher, Surrey, where it lay in a filing cabinet drawer for 15 years.
後來這塊蛋糕捐給英國薩里郡伊舍鎮的慈善機構「愛麗絲公主療養院」（Princess Alice Hospice），它們把蛋糕放在壁櫥的抽屜裡15年。
It went for a hammer price of £1,500 but with added fees the overall price was £1,750.
蛋糕是以1500英鎊落槌，但加上附加費用後的總價是1750英鎊。
新聞辭典
slice：名詞，一片，東西的一小部分。例句：The film presents us with a fascinating slice of history.（這部電影為我們呈現了一小段迷人的歷史。）
preserve：動詞，保留。例句：These laws are intended to help preserve our natural resources.（這些法律是為了幫助我們保護自然資源。）
lavish：形容詞，揮霍，鋪張，不吝於。例句：The critics were lavish in their praise for the paintings.（批評家不吝於稱讚這幅畫。）
英國女王有63年歷史的結婚蛋糕賣得1750英鎊
2013-10-24◎國際新聞中心
The fruit cake has been perfectly preserved since the wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.
這塊水果蛋糕在白金漢宮那場婚禮之後，一直完美地保存著。
The lavish four-tier cake, that stood at 9ft tall, was split between 2,000 guests who celebrated the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. The 3.5 ins by 7.5 ins slice was given to one of the couple’s guards of honour at the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
那個豪華的4層蛋糕有9英尺高，當時分給慶祝伊莉莎白女王與菲利普親王婚禮的2000名賓客。而這片3.5吋寬、7.5吋長的蛋糕，是分給當時女王夫婦在西敏寺舉行婚禮時的儀仗隊成員。
It was later donated to the Princess Alice Hospice, in Esher, Surrey, where it lay in a filing cabinet drawer for 15 years.
後來這塊蛋糕捐給英國薩里郡伊舍鎮的慈善機構「愛麗絲公主療養院」（Princess Alice Hospice），它們把蛋糕放在壁櫥的抽屜裡15年。
It went for a hammer price of £1,500 but with added fees the overall price was £1,750.
蛋糕是以1500英鎊落槌，但加上附加費用後的總價是1750英鎊。
新聞辭典
slice：名詞，一片，東西的一小部分。例句：The film presents us with a fascinating slice of history.（這部電影為我們呈現了一小段迷人的歷史。）
preserve：動詞，保留。例句：These laws are intended to help preserve our natural resources.（這些法律是為了幫助我們保護自然資源。）
lavish：形容詞，揮霍，鋪張，不吝於。例句：The critics were lavish in their praise for the paintings.（批評家不吝於稱讚這幅畫。）
Diana Nayad completes swim from Cuba to Florida 黛安娜．奈雅德成功從古巴游到佛羅里達
Diana Nayad completes swim from Cuba to Florida
黛安娜．奈雅德成功從古巴游到佛羅里達
2013-10-22◎ 詹立群
Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
看起來頭暈目眩、嚴重曬傷，美國耐力長泳健將黛安娜．奈雅德週一走上岸，成為史上未使用防鯊籠從古巴游到佛羅里達的第一人。
The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking pictures and cheering her on.
64歲的奈雅德在美國東部夏令時間下午2點抵達目的地，離週六從哈瓦那啟程已經過了53個小時。當她靠岸時，在岸上等待的觀眾跳進及腰的水裡圍著她拍照、為她歡呼。
Nyad’s previous try was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen.
奈雅德之前的嘗試因為遇上船故障、暴風雨、亂流，還有水母把她的臉叮腫了而失敗。
President Barack Obama was among a flurry of public officials and celebrities who tweeted congratulations. The president’s tweet read：“Never give up on your dreams.”
政府官員和名人紛紛推文祝賀，包括歐巴馬總統。歐巴馬推文說：「永遠別放棄你的夢想」。
Although she had some swelling of the lips, tongue and the airway near the mouth, Nyad wouldn’t need a long recovery, the doctor said, calling her stable and “very healthy.”
醫生說，即使奈雅德的雙唇、舌頭與氣管有點腫脹，但不需多久時間即可復元，說她情況穩定且「非常健康」。
Nyad first garnered national attention in 1975 when she swam the 28 miles around the island of Manhattan in just under eight hours. In 1979 she swam the 102 miles from North Bimini, Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Fla., in 27.5 hours.
奈雅德在1975年首次獲得全國關注，當時她以不到8小時環繞曼哈頓島游了28英里。1979年，她費時27.5小時游了102英里，從巴哈馬北比米尼島游到佛羅里達州棕櫚灘。
新聞辭典
wade：動詞，涉水。例句：The children are wading in the pool.（孩子們在池裡走來走去。）
current：名詞，水流。例句：The prevailing current flows from east to west.（主道的水流由東向西。）
swollen：形容詞，腫脹的。例句：He has a swollen ankle.（他的腳踝腫起來了。）
黛安娜．奈雅德成功從古巴游到佛羅里達
2013-10-22◎ 詹立群
Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
看起來頭暈目眩、嚴重曬傷，美國耐力長泳健將黛安娜．奈雅德週一走上岸，成為史上未使用防鯊籠從古巴游到佛羅里達的第一人。
The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking pictures and cheering her on.
64歲的奈雅德在美國東部夏令時間下午2點抵達目的地，離週六從哈瓦那啟程已經過了53個小時。當她靠岸時，在岸上等待的觀眾跳進及腰的水裡圍著她拍照、為她歡呼。
Nyad’s previous try was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen.
奈雅德之前的嘗試因為遇上船故障、暴風雨、亂流，還有水母把她的臉叮腫了而失敗。
President Barack Obama was among a flurry of public officials and celebrities who tweeted congratulations. The president’s tweet read：“Never give up on your dreams.”
政府官員和名人紛紛推文祝賀，包括歐巴馬總統。歐巴馬推文說：「永遠別放棄你的夢想」。
Although she had some swelling of the lips, tongue and the airway near the mouth, Nyad wouldn’t need a long recovery, the doctor said, calling her stable and “very healthy.”
醫生說，即使奈雅德的雙唇、舌頭與氣管有點腫脹，但不需多久時間即可復元，說她情況穩定且「非常健康」。
Nyad first garnered national attention in 1975 when she swam the 28 miles around the island of Manhattan in just under eight hours. In 1979 she swam the 102 miles from North Bimini, Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Fla., in 27.5 hours.
奈雅德在1975年首次獲得全國關注，當時她以不到8小時環繞曼哈頓島游了28英里。1979年，她費時27.5小時游了102英里，從巴哈馬北比米尼島游到佛羅里達州棕櫚灘。
新聞辭典
wade：動詞，涉水。例句：The children are wading in the pool.（孩子們在池裡走來走去。）
current：名詞，水流。例句：The prevailing current flows from east to west.（主道的水流由東向西。）
swollen：形容詞，腫脹的。例句：He has a swollen ankle.（他的腳踝腫起來了。）
Study： Just 227 tree species dominate Amazon landscape 研究︰僅只227種樹種主控亞馬遜地景
Study： Just 227 tree species dominate Amazon landscape
研究︰僅只227種樹種主控亞馬遜地景
2013-10-23◎魏國金
Despite being home to about 16,000 tree species, just 227 "hyperdominant" species account for half of Amazonia’s total trees, a study suggests.
儘管孕育約1萬6000種樹種，但僅只227種「超優勢」樹種就佔了亞馬遜雨林所有林木的半數，研究推測。
An international team of researchers found that the region was, in total, home to an estimated 390 billion trees. Writing in Science, they added that the rarest 11,000 species made up only 0.12% of tree cover.
一支國際研究團隊發現，該區域估計共有約3900億棵樹。在這篇發表於「科學」期刊的研究中，他們補充說，最罕見的1萬1000種樹種僅佔植被的0.12％。
The results were based on a survey of 1,170 plots and half-a-million trees across the six-million-square-kilometre area, often described as the lungs of the world.
相關結果奠基於對這塊佔地廣達600萬平方公里區域內的1170處林區、50萬棵樹的調查，該區常被稱為世界之肺。
The authors said that the underlying cause of the hyper dominance of the 227 species, which accounted for 1.4% of the estimated number of species in the region, remained unknown.
作者群指出，這227種樹種的超優勢根本原因仍然不明。這些樹種佔該區推估的樹種量的1.4％。
The lead author Dr. Hans ter Steege said： "We don’t really know why these species are so incredibly dominant because they do not have any particular ecological feature that stands out."
研究主要撰文者漢斯．德．史提吉博士說︰「我們真的不知道為何這些樹種如此不可思議地佔優勢，因為它們並無任何突出的特定生態特性。」
The most dominant species was indentified as Euterpe precatoria, a palm tree native to central and southern America, with a mean estimate population of more than five billion individuals within Amazonia.
最優勢的樹種被鑑別出為「串珠埃塔棕」，這種原產於中美與南美的棕櫚樹，在亞馬遜雨林內平均估計超過50億棵。
Conversely, the researchers noted that the rarest 5,800 species had communities with fewer than 1,000 individuals.
相反的，研究人員指出，最罕見的5800種樹種，其樹群不到1000棵。
新聞辭典
hyper–︰有超出、高於、過度之意。例如︰hypercorrect（矯枉過正的）、hypercritical（吹毛求疵的）。
account for︰動詞片語，（數量、比例）佔，也有做出說明之意。例句︰Police said that 46 persons are still not accounted for.（警方表示仍有46人身分不明。）
stand out︰動詞片語，醒目、突出、傑出。例句︰She stood out among the students by her self-discipline.（在學生群中，她的自律使她與眾不同。）
研究︰僅只227種樹種主控亞馬遜地景
2013-10-23◎魏國金
Despite being home to about 16,000 tree species, just 227 "hyperdominant" species account for half of Amazonia’s total trees, a study suggests.
儘管孕育約1萬6000種樹種，但僅只227種「超優勢」樹種就佔了亞馬遜雨林所有林木的半數，研究推測。
An international team of researchers found that the region was, in total, home to an estimated 390 billion trees. Writing in Science, they added that the rarest 11,000 species made up only 0.12% of tree cover.
一支國際研究團隊發現，該區域估計共有約3900億棵樹。在這篇發表於「科學」期刊的研究中，他們補充說，最罕見的1萬1000種樹種僅佔植被的0.12％。
The results were based on a survey of 1,170 plots and half-a-million trees across the six-million-square-kilometre area, often described as the lungs of the world.
相關結果奠基於對這塊佔地廣達600萬平方公里區域內的1170處林區、50萬棵樹的調查，該區常被稱為世界之肺。
The authors said that the underlying cause of the hyper dominance of the 227 species, which accounted for 1.4% of the estimated number of species in the region, remained unknown.
作者群指出，這227種樹種的超優勢根本原因仍然不明。這些樹種佔該區推估的樹種量的1.4％。
The lead author Dr. Hans ter Steege said： "We don’t really know why these species are so incredibly dominant because they do not have any particular ecological feature that stands out."
研究主要撰文者漢斯．德．史提吉博士說︰「我們真的不知道為何這些樹種如此不可思議地佔優勢，因為它們並無任何突出的特定生態特性。」
The most dominant species was indentified as Euterpe precatoria, a palm tree native to central and southern America, with a mean estimate population of more than five billion individuals within Amazonia.
最優勢的樹種被鑑別出為「串珠埃塔棕」，這種原產於中美與南美的棕櫚樹，在亞馬遜雨林內平均估計超過50億棵。
Conversely, the researchers noted that the rarest 5,800 species had communities with fewer than 1,000 individuals.
相反的，研究人員指出，最罕見的5800種樹種，其樹群不到1000棵。
新聞辭典
hyper–︰有超出、高於、過度之意。例如︰hypercorrect（矯枉過正的）、hypercritical（吹毛求疵的）。
account for︰動詞片語，（數量、比例）佔，也有做出說明之意。例句︰Police said that 46 persons are still not accounted for.（警方表示仍有46人身分不明。）
stand out︰動詞片語，醒目、突出、傑出。例句︰She stood out among the students by her self-discipline.（在學生群中，她的自律使她與眾不同。）
NYC ‘delivers’ blow to scofflaw bikes 紐約市打擊藐視法律的自行車
NYC ‘delivers’ blow to scofflaw bikes
紐約市打擊藐視法律的自行車
2013-09-16◎管淑平
The New York City is putting the heat on rogue delivery bicyclists, who have been shirking the new commercial cycling rules — issuing nearly 3,000 violations in less than four months, authorities said.
紐約市對一直逃避新商業用自行車規範的不守法自行車快遞員採取強硬措施。當局說，不到4個月，已開出近3000張罰單。
The legislation went into effect at the end of April and since then the Department of Transportation has issued nearly $300,000 in violations to city businesses.
這項立法自4月底生效後，交通運輸局已對該市商家開出將近30萬美元的違規罰款。
The new guidelines require delivery people to wear reflective vests, helmets, and have their bikes outfitted with a red taillight, white headlight and a bell. Bikes also need to have a sign displaying the restaurant’s name.
新的規範要求快遞員穿著反光背心、安全帽，並且為他們騎乘的自行車配備紅色尾燈、白色車頭燈和車鈴，也必須有顯示餐廳名稱的標示。
The first violation is a $100 summons, and repeat offenders face $250 fines.
初犯是一張100美元的罰單，再犯則面臨250美元罰款。
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said that safety couldn’t be compromised so that deliveries could be made faster.
交通運輸局局長柯沈捷說，不能為了更快速運送貨件而危害安全。
"Cutting corners on safety just to make faster bike deliveries shortchanges every New Yorker," Sadik-Khan said.
「在安全上打折扣只會讓每個紐約人受到更快捷的自行車快遞之害」，柯沈捷說。
新聞辭典：
scofflaw：名詞，藐視法律者、常違反法規者。例句：Police is taking aggressive actions against traffic scofflaws.（警方正積極打擊交通違規者。）
put the heat on：動詞片語，施壓、逼使某人做某事，對某人某事採取強硬手段。例句：The opposition lawmakers put the heat on the president to quit.（反對黨議員施壓總統辭職。）
cut corners：動詞片語，抄捷徑，不循正常方式而以最便宜、省事的方式行事；節省。例句：We should try to cut corners on production costs without compromising quality.（我們應該設法節省生產成本而不犧牲品質。）
紐約市打擊藐視法律的自行車
2013-09-16◎管淑平
The New York City is putting the heat on rogue delivery bicyclists, who have been shirking the new commercial cycling rules — issuing nearly 3,000 violations in less than four months, authorities said.
紐約市對一直逃避新商業用自行車規範的不守法自行車快遞員採取強硬措施。當局說，不到4個月，已開出近3000張罰單。
The legislation went into effect at the end of April and since then the Department of Transportation has issued nearly $300,000 in violations to city businesses.
這項立法自4月底生效後，交通運輸局已對該市商家開出將近30萬美元的違規罰款。
The new guidelines require delivery people to wear reflective vests, helmets, and have their bikes outfitted with a red taillight, white headlight and a bell. Bikes also need to have a sign displaying the restaurant’s name.
新的規範要求快遞員穿著反光背心、安全帽，並且為他們騎乘的自行車配備紅色尾燈、白色車頭燈和車鈴，也必須有顯示餐廳名稱的標示。
The first violation is a $100 summons, and repeat offenders face $250 fines.
初犯是一張100美元的罰單，再犯則面臨250美元罰款。
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said that safety couldn’t be compromised so that deliveries could be made faster.
交通運輸局局長柯沈捷說，不能為了更快速運送貨件而危害安全。
"Cutting corners on safety just to make faster bike deliveries shortchanges every New Yorker," Sadik-Khan said.
「在安全上打折扣只會讓每個紐約人受到更快捷的自行車快遞之害」，柯沈捷說。
新聞辭典：
scofflaw：名詞，藐視法律者、常違反法規者。例句：Police is taking aggressive actions against traffic scofflaws.（警方正積極打擊交通違規者。）
put the heat on：動詞片語，施壓、逼使某人做某事，對某人某事採取強硬手段。例句：The opposition lawmakers put the heat on the president to quit.（反對黨議員施壓總統辭職。）
cut corners：動詞片語，抄捷徑，不循正常方式而以最便宜、省事的方式行事；節省。例句：We should try to cut corners on production costs without compromising quality.（我們應該設法節省生產成本而不犧牲品質。）
Putin offers ring to make peace with Patriots football owner 普廷提供戒指與愛國者足球隊老闆和解
Putin offers ring to make peace with Patriots football owner
普廷提供戒指與愛國者足球隊老闆和解
2013-08-16◎張沛元
Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling a truce in the War of the Ring.
俄羅斯總統普廷在「魔戒大戰」中高舉停戰牌。
Accused of pocketing a diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft showed him back in 2005, Putin came up with a peace offering, albeit barbed.
被控將美式足球「新英格蘭愛國者隊」老闆羅伯特．卡福特在2005年拿給他看的鑲鑽超級盃冠軍戒摸走放入口袋的普廷，想出一個有點諷刺的和平提議。
"You know, I remember neither Mr Kraft nor a ring," Putin said when asked about the incident during an economic forum on Friday in St Petersburg - the city where the ring saga started.
「你們知道的，我既不記得卡福特先生也不記得戒指，」普廷週五在戒指事件發生地聖彼得堡的一場經濟論壇上被問到此事時，如是說。
"I remember some souvenirs were handed out. But if it is so precious to Kraft and the team, I have a proposal," Putin said - he would ask a Russian jeweler to make "something really good, noticeable - so that it is clear that it is an expensive thing, with good metal and a stone."
「我記得有人拿出某些紀念品。但倘若這對卡福特與該隊如此珍貴，我有一個提議，」普廷說，——他將要求一名俄羅斯珠寶商打造「某個很讚、吸睛的東西——當然是價值不菲的貴重東西，有很棒的金屬與一顆寶石。」
The Russian ring could "be handed down from generation to generation of the team that Mr Kraft represents", he said, and would be "the smartest, most partner-like solution to this difficult international issue." （Reuters）
他說，這枚俄羅斯戒指「可以讓卡福特先生代表的球隊代代相傳」，也將是「對這個麻煩的國際爭議最聰明、最具有夥伴精神的解決之道」。（路透）
新聞辭典
make your peace with somebody：慣用語，與某人停止爭執、和好。例句：The runaway girl knew she had to go back home and make her peace with her parents.（那名蹺家女孩知道她得回家跟父母和好。）
call a truce：慣用語，同意終止敵意、戰鬥、仇恨等。truce，名詞，停戰；休戰。
hand something down （to someone）：慣用語，將某物傳給年輕人或下一代。例句：My grandfather handed his precious watch down to my father.（我祖父把他珍貴的手錶傳給我父親。）
普廷提供戒指與愛國者足球隊老闆和解
2013-08-16◎張沛元
Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling a truce in the War of the Ring.
俄羅斯總統普廷在「魔戒大戰」中高舉停戰牌。
Accused of pocketing a diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft showed him back in 2005, Putin came up with a peace offering, albeit barbed.
被控將美式足球「新英格蘭愛國者隊」老闆羅伯特．卡福特在2005年拿給他看的鑲鑽超級盃冠軍戒摸走放入口袋的普廷，想出一個有點諷刺的和平提議。
"You know, I remember neither Mr Kraft nor a ring," Putin said when asked about the incident during an economic forum on Friday in St Petersburg - the city where the ring saga started.
「你們知道的，我既不記得卡福特先生也不記得戒指，」普廷週五在戒指事件發生地聖彼得堡的一場經濟論壇上被問到此事時，如是說。
"I remember some souvenirs were handed out. But if it is so precious to Kraft and the team, I have a proposal," Putin said - he would ask a Russian jeweler to make "something really good, noticeable - so that it is clear that it is an expensive thing, with good metal and a stone."
「我記得有人拿出某些紀念品。但倘若這對卡福特與該隊如此珍貴，我有一個提議，」普廷說，——他將要求一名俄羅斯珠寶商打造「某個很讚、吸睛的東西——當然是價值不菲的貴重東西，有很棒的金屬與一顆寶石。」
The Russian ring could "be handed down from generation to generation of the team that Mr Kraft represents", he said, and would be "the smartest, most partner-like solution to this difficult international issue." （Reuters）
他說，這枚俄羅斯戒指「可以讓卡福特先生代表的球隊代代相傳」，也將是「對這個麻煩的國際爭議最聰明、最具有夥伴精神的解決之道」。（路透）
新聞辭典
make your peace with somebody：慣用語，與某人停止爭執、和好。例句：The runaway girl knew she had to go back home and make her peace with her parents.（那名蹺家女孩知道她得回家跟父母和好。）
call a truce：慣用語，同意終止敵意、戰鬥、仇恨等。truce，名詞，停戰；休戰。
hand something down （to someone）：慣用語，將某物傳給年輕人或下一代。例句：My grandfather handed his precious watch down to my father.（我祖父把他珍貴的手錶傳給我父親。）
Later retirement linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s, study shows 研究顯示，較晚退休與阿茲海默氏症風險較低有關
Later retirement linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s, study shows
研究顯示，較晚退休與阿茲海默氏症風險較低有關
2013-08-15◎國際新聞中心
Workers who postpone retirement are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia known to affect the elderly than those who leave their jobs at age 60, a recent survey of nearly half a million European retirees shows.
最近一份針對近50萬名歐洲退休者的研究顯示，延後退休的勞工，比60歲就離開職場的人，較不可能罹患阿茲海默氏症與其他已知影響老人的失智症。
The study looked at health and insurance records of more than 429,000 former workers in France and found that the risk of developing dementia declined with each additional year worked beyond an average retirement age, said Carole Dufouil, research director at INSERM, a French government agency in charge of the study.
負責這項研究計畫的法國政府機構國家衛生研究院（INSERM）研究主任杜福爾表示，這份觀察42萬9000多名法國前勞工健康與保險紀錄的研究發現，每比平均退休年齡多做1年，罹患失智症的風險也隨之下降。
"Our data show strong evidence of a significant decrease in the risk of developing dementia associated with older age at retirement, in line with the ’use it or lose it’ hypothesis," Dufouil said in a statement about the study.
杜福爾在關於這份報告的聲明中說明：「我們的資料提出有力證據，顯示罹患失智症的風險顯著下降，與年紀較大時退休有關，符合『用進廢退』的假設。」
INSERM, in findings presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Boston on Monday, found there was a 14 percent reduction in Alzheimer’s detection in workers who retired at age 65 over those who retired at 60. （Reuters）
阿茲海默氏症協會在波士頓國際研討會發表的這項研究成果發現，65歲退休者，罹患阿茲海默氏症的比率，比60歲退休者少14%。（路透）
新聞辭典
postpone：動詞，延後。例句：They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.（他們決定把假期延後到明年。）
affect：動詞，影響。例句：Both buildings were badly affected by the fire.（兩棟建築物都因為這場火嚴重受損。）
detection：名詞，發現、查出。例句：Early detection of the cancer improves the chances of successful treatment.（早期發現癌症可提高成功治療機會。）
研究顯示，較晚退休與阿茲海默氏症風險較低有關
2013-08-15◎國際新聞中心
Workers who postpone retirement are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia known to affect the elderly than those who leave their jobs at age 60, a recent survey of nearly half a million European retirees shows.
最近一份針對近50萬名歐洲退休者的研究顯示，延後退休的勞工，比60歲就離開職場的人，較不可能罹患阿茲海默氏症與其他已知影響老人的失智症。
The study looked at health and insurance records of more than 429,000 former workers in France and found that the risk of developing dementia declined with each additional year worked beyond an average retirement age, said Carole Dufouil, research director at INSERM, a French government agency in charge of the study.
負責這項研究計畫的法國政府機構國家衛生研究院（INSERM）研究主任杜福爾表示，這份觀察42萬9000多名法國前勞工健康與保險紀錄的研究發現，每比平均退休年齡多做1年，罹患失智症的風險也隨之下降。
"Our data show strong evidence of a significant decrease in the risk of developing dementia associated with older age at retirement, in line with the ’use it or lose it’ hypothesis," Dufouil said in a statement about the study.
杜福爾在關於這份報告的聲明中說明：「我們的資料提出有力證據，顯示罹患失智症的風險顯著下降，與年紀較大時退休有關，符合『用進廢退』的假設。」
INSERM, in findings presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Boston on Monday, found there was a 14 percent reduction in Alzheimer’s detection in workers who retired at age 65 over those who retired at 60. （Reuters）
阿茲海默氏症協會在波士頓國際研討會發表的這項研究成果發現，65歲退休者，罹患阿茲海默氏症的比率，比60歲退休者少14%。（路透）
新聞辭典
postpone：動詞，延後。例句：They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.（他們決定把假期延後到明年。）
affect：動詞，影響。例句：Both buildings were badly affected by the fire.（兩棟建築物都因為這場火嚴重受損。）
detection：名詞，發現、查出。例句：Early detection of the cancer improves the chances of successful treatment.（早期發現癌症可提高成功治療機會。）
Japan’s fake food is real deal for tourists 日本假食物幫觀光客大忙
Japan’s fake food is real deal for tourists
日本假食物幫觀光客大忙
2013-08-13◎陳維真
Alberto Pellegrini doesn’t speak or read Japanese, a deficit that threatened to leave the Italian tourist starving in a nation famous for its gastronomic delights.
義大利觀光客佩拉格利尼看不懂日文也不會說日文，這個障礙恐讓這位觀光客在以美食聞名的國度餓肚子。
Fortunately for the hungry honeymooner, restaurants across this food-obsessed nation -- where English menus range from sparse to non-existent -- often display their wares in the form of intricately-made plastic replicas.
在這個對食物癡迷的國度，英文菜單不是很少就是根本付之闕如，但對這位來度蜜月的飢餓觀光客來說，幸運的是，各地餐廳通常會以精緻的塑膠模型陳列出商品。
The sight of a giant hotdog slathered in condiments doesn’t faze the average Japanese restaurant goer, and these fake food parades are often so similar to the real thing that they almost dare potential customers to take a bite.
塗上調味醬的巨大熱狗並不會嚇到一般的日本顧客，這些陳列的假食物逼真到幾乎讓想上門的顧客咬一口。
A sudsy-looking beer, perfectly glazed sushi and indestructible deep-fried pork cutlets are a common sight on the streets of neon-lit Tokyo and even the smallest towns.
看似冒著泡泡的啤酒，完美上釉的壽司，以及堅不可摧的炸豬排在霓虹燈照亮的街道上經常可見，甚至在小鎮裡也能看到。
"It can really help," Pellegrini said as he and his new wife combed lunch venues in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza shopping district.
佩拉格利尼和新婚妻子在東京高級購物區銀座尋找午餐地點時說：「真的很有幫助。」
"I point at the food and I just say ’I want this, I want that.’ It is easier because choosing from a list（in Japanese）is impossible."（AFP）
「我指著食物然後只要說：『我想要這道，我想要那道。』這樣真的簡單多了，因為要從一整排（的日文）中選擇是不可能的。」（法新社）
新聞辭典
faze：動詞，煩擾、使擔憂；使膽怯。例句：She was not fazed by his show of anger.（他展現怒火並沒有讓她感到害怕。）
indestructible：形容詞，不滅的；不能破壞的。例句：These plastic containers are almost indestructable.（這種塑膠容器幾乎牢不可破。）
comb：動詞，徹底搜查。例句：She combed through her boyfriend’s cell-phone records.（她仔細搜查了男友的手機紀錄。）
日本假食物幫觀光客大忙
2013-08-13◎陳維真
Alberto Pellegrini doesn’t speak or read Japanese, a deficit that threatened to leave the Italian tourist starving in a nation famous for its gastronomic delights.
義大利觀光客佩拉格利尼看不懂日文也不會說日文，這個障礙恐讓這位觀光客在以美食聞名的國度餓肚子。
Fortunately for the hungry honeymooner, restaurants across this food-obsessed nation -- where English menus range from sparse to non-existent -- often display their wares in the form of intricately-made plastic replicas.
在這個對食物癡迷的國度，英文菜單不是很少就是根本付之闕如，但對這位來度蜜月的飢餓觀光客來說，幸運的是，各地餐廳通常會以精緻的塑膠模型陳列出商品。
The sight of a giant hotdog slathered in condiments doesn’t faze the average Japanese restaurant goer, and these fake food parades are often so similar to the real thing that they almost dare potential customers to take a bite.
塗上調味醬的巨大熱狗並不會嚇到一般的日本顧客，這些陳列的假食物逼真到幾乎讓想上門的顧客咬一口。
A sudsy-looking beer, perfectly glazed sushi and indestructible deep-fried pork cutlets are a common sight on the streets of neon-lit Tokyo and even the smallest towns.
看似冒著泡泡的啤酒，完美上釉的壽司，以及堅不可摧的炸豬排在霓虹燈照亮的街道上經常可見，甚至在小鎮裡也能看到。
"It can really help," Pellegrini said as he and his new wife combed lunch venues in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza shopping district.
佩拉格利尼和新婚妻子在東京高級購物區銀座尋找午餐地點時說：「真的很有幫助。」
"I point at the food and I just say ’I want this, I want that.’ It is easier because choosing from a list（in Japanese）is impossible."（AFP）
「我指著食物然後只要說：『我想要這道，我想要那道。』這樣真的簡單多了，因為要從一整排（的日文）中選擇是不可能的。」（法新社）
新聞辭典
faze：動詞，煩擾、使擔憂；使膽怯。例句：She was not fazed by his show of anger.（他展現怒火並沒有讓她感到害怕。）
indestructible：形容詞，不滅的；不能破壞的。例句：These plastic containers are almost indestructable.（這種塑膠容器幾乎牢不可破。）
comb：動詞，徹底搜查。例句：She combed through her boyfriend’s cell-phone records.（她仔細搜查了男友的手機紀錄。）
UK lawmaker loses party support over slut remark 英國議員罵人蕩婦失去黨的支持
UK lawmaker loses party support over slut remark
英國議員罵人蕩婦失去黨的支持
2013-10-31◎國際新聞中心
A British member of the European Parliament has been temporarily disowned by his right-wing party after referring to a room of party delegates on Friday as ``sluts.’’
歐洲議會一名英國成員週五在將一屋子的黨代表稱為「蕩婦」後，他所屬的右翼政黨宣布暫時停止他的黨職。
Godfrey Bloom found himself in hot water on Friday at the conference of the United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP, when he said "this place is full of sluts’’ in response to a delegate who joked that she did not clean behind her fridge.
布魯週五發現他在英國獨立黨（UKIP）的會議上惹上麻煩，當時一名代表開玩笑說她不打掃冰箱後面的積塵，布魯回應道「這個地方充滿蕩婦」。
Bloom insisted he was joking, that "slut’’ was a way of referring not to promiscuity but untidiness. He later asked a BBC reporter if her mother had ever called her a slut. That reporter laughed – but the comments set off a firestorm.
布魯堅稱他是開玩笑，說「蕩婦」不是指性關係複雜，而是說邋遢。他後來詢問一名英國廣播公司的記者，她媽媽是不是曾叫她蕩婦。該名記者笑了，但這番言論引發風暴。
Party leader Nigel Farage said Bloom had
"gone beyond the pale’’ with his slut comment. "What he ought to have learnt is that time and time again he says things that overshadow the whole agenda that UKIP is fighting for.’’
獨立黨黨魁法拉吉說，布魯的蕩婦言論「太超過」。「他必須要了解，他一再發表的言論，模糊了獨立黨爭取的整個議程。」
新聞辭典
disown：動詞，聲明與…斷絕關係。例句：It’s a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.（這是以上世紀為背景的故事，有關一名女孩的父母在她嫁給外國人後，與她斷絕關係。）
in hot water：片語，身處麻煩。例句：He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.（他發現自己因為有關移民的言論惹上麻煩。）
beyond the pale：片語，讓人無法接受。例句：Her recent conduct is beyond the pale.（她最近的作為讓人無法接受。）
英國議員罵人蕩婦失去黨的支持
2013-10-31◎國際新聞中心
A British member of the European Parliament has been temporarily disowned by his right-wing party after referring to a room of party delegates on Friday as ``sluts.’’
歐洲議會一名英國成員週五在將一屋子的黨代表稱為「蕩婦」後，他所屬的右翼政黨宣布暫時停止他的黨職。
Godfrey Bloom found himself in hot water on Friday at the conference of the United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP, when he said "this place is full of sluts’’ in response to a delegate who joked that she did not clean behind her fridge.
布魯週五發現他在英國獨立黨（UKIP）的會議上惹上麻煩，當時一名代表開玩笑說她不打掃冰箱後面的積塵，布魯回應道「這個地方充滿蕩婦」。
Bloom insisted he was joking, that "slut’’ was a way of referring not to promiscuity but untidiness. He later asked a BBC reporter if her mother had ever called her a slut. That reporter laughed – but the comments set off a firestorm.
布魯堅稱他是開玩笑，說「蕩婦」不是指性關係複雜，而是說邋遢。他後來詢問一名英國廣播公司的記者，她媽媽是不是曾叫她蕩婦。該名記者笑了，但這番言論引發風暴。
Party leader Nigel Farage said Bloom had
"gone beyond the pale’’ with his slut comment. "What he ought to have learnt is that time and time again he says things that overshadow the whole agenda that UKIP is fighting for.’’
獨立黨黨魁法拉吉說，布魯的蕩婦言論「太超過」。「他必須要了解，他一再發表的言論，模糊了獨立黨爭取的整個議程。」
新聞辭典
disown：動詞，聲明與…斷絕關係。例句：It’s a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.（這是以上世紀為背景的故事，有關一名女孩的父母在她嫁給外國人後，與她斷絕關係。）
in hot water：片語，身處麻煩。例句：He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.（他發現自己因為有關移民的言論惹上麻煩。）
beyond the pale：片語，讓人無法接受。例句：Her recent conduct is beyond the pale.（她最近的作為讓人無法接受。）
"Standing man" inspires silent protests in Turkey 「站立人」啟發土耳其靜默示威活動
"Standing man" inspires silent protests in Turkey
「站立人」啟發土耳其靜默示威活動
2013-08-04◎俞智敏
A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.
一名土耳其男子在伊斯坦堡的塔克席姆廣場上進行長達8小時的靜默抗議，塔克席姆廣場正是近幾週來土國警方與反政府示威者爆發暴力衝突的地點，他的行為則啟發了數百人跟進抗議。
Erdem Gunduz said he wanted to take a stand against police stopping demonstrations near the square, Dogan news agency reported.
甘杜茲表示他想要對警方阻止群眾在廣場上示威一事表達反對立場，據杜甘新聞社報導說。
He stood silently, facing the Ataturk Cultural Centre which was draped in Turkish flags and a portrait of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, from 6 p.m.
他從下午6時就面朝掛有土耳其國旗與土耳其國父凱末爾畫像的阿塔圖爾克文化中心，一語不發地站著。
By 2 a.m., when the police moved in, about 300 people had joined him. Ten people, who refused to be moved on by police, were detained.
到了次日凌晨2時警方終於出動時，已有約300人加入他的行列。10名拒絕被警方移開的示威者遭到拘捕。
Gunduz, swiftly dubbed "standing man" on social media in Turkey, inspired similar protests elsewhere in Istanbul as well as in the capital Ankara and the city of Izmir on the Aegean coast.
甘杜茲很快就在土耳其社交媒體上被暱稱為「站立人」，他的行為在伊斯坦堡其他地區，以及首都安卡拉和愛琴海濱的伊斯米爾市等地激起類似抗議。
The silent protests were in stark contrast to demonstrations at the weekend, which saw some of the fiercest clashes so far when police fired teargas and water cannon to clear thousands from Taksim Square. （Reuters）
這些靜默抗議和週末的示威形成了強烈對比，當時警方曾發射催淚瓦斯與強力水柱，強制驅離塔克席姆廣場上的數千名示威群眾，雙方爆發迄今最嚴重的衝突。（路透）
新聞辭典
follow someone’s lead：片語，指效法某人、跟從某人或接受其指引，如John followed his father’s lead and became a lawyer.（約翰跟隨父親的腳步，成為一名律師。）
vigil：名詞，指守夜祈禱、警戒或監視，尤指發生在夜間，如The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison.（在他預定被處決的前夕，該組織在監獄外徹夜替他舉行燭光祈禱儀式。）
「站立人」啟發土耳其靜默示威活動
2013-08-04◎俞智敏
A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.
一名土耳其男子在伊斯坦堡的塔克席姆廣場上進行長達8小時的靜默抗議，塔克席姆廣場正是近幾週來土國警方與反政府示威者爆發暴力衝突的地點，他的行為則啟發了數百人跟進抗議。
Erdem Gunduz said he wanted to take a stand against police stopping demonstrations near the square, Dogan news agency reported.
甘杜茲表示他想要對警方阻止群眾在廣場上示威一事表達反對立場，據杜甘新聞社報導說。
He stood silently, facing the Ataturk Cultural Centre which was draped in Turkish flags and a portrait of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, from 6 p.m.
他從下午6時就面朝掛有土耳其國旗與土耳其國父凱末爾畫像的阿塔圖爾克文化中心，一語不發地站著。
By 2 a.m., when the police moved in, about 300 people had joined him. Ten people, who refused to be moved on by police, were detained.
到了次日凌晨2時警方終於出動時，已有約300人加入他的行列。10名拒絕被警方移開的示威者遭到拘捕。
Gunduz, swiftly dubbed "standing man" on social media in Turkey, inspired similar protests elsewhere in Istanbul as well as in the capital Ankara and the city of Izmir on the Aegean coast.
甘杜茲很快就在土耳其社交媒體上被暱稱為「站立人」，他的行為在伊斯坦堡其他地區，以及首都安卡拉和愛琴海濱的伊斯米爾市等地激起類似抗議。
The silent protests were in stark contrast to demonstrations at the weekend, which saw some of the fiercest clashes so far when police fired teargas and water cannon to clear thousands from Taksim Square. （Reuters）
這些靜默抗議和週末的示威形成了強烈對比，當時警方曾發射催淚瓦斯與強力水柱，強制驅離塔克席姆廣場上的數千名示威群眾，雙方爆發迄今最嚴重的衝突。（路透）
新聞辭典
follow someone’s lead：片語，指效法某人、跟從某人或接受其指引，如John followed his father’s lead and became a lawyer.（約翰跟隨父親的腳步，成為一名律師。）
vigil：名詞，指守夜祈禱、警戒或監視，尤指發生在夜間，如The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison.（在他預定被處決的前夕，該組織在監獄外徹夜替他舉行燭光祈禱儀式。）
Syria’s warring sides trade wheat for flour 敘利亞交戰雙方以小麥換麵粉
Syria’s warring sides trade wheat for flour
敘利亞交戰雙方以小麥換麵粉
2013-08-03◎陳成良
Away from the battlefield, some Syrian rebels are doing business with the same government they are trying to topple.
在戰場之外，一些敘利亞反抗軍和他們試圖推翻的政府做起了生意。
Both sides want to keep providing basics like bread, fuel and water in the areas they control. When shifting front lines split up supply chains, they started to trade.
雙方都希望在自己控制的區域內維持麵包、燃料和水等基本必需品的供應。當前線的變化切斷了供應鏈時，他們開始進行交易。
In the northwestern Idlib province, rebels control most of the wheat fields but have no way to grind the grain into flour. The government has the flour mill, but can’t get enough wheat to supply it.
在西北部的伊德利卜省，反抗軍控制著大多數麥田，但是無法將小麥磨成麵粉。敘利亞政府控制著麵粉廠，卻得不到足夠的小麥供應。
The two worked out a deal. Every week, the rebels deliver tens of thousands of tons of wheat to the mill in Idlib city. The government grinds it down, takes a cut, and sends it back.
雙方達成一項協議。反抗軍每週向伊德利卜市的麵粉廠運送數萬噸小麥，政府將小麥磨成麵粉，留下自己的部分，將剩下的部分還給反抗軍。
"Wheat is not something to do with the government, it’s something to do with the people," said Abu Hassan, an opposition figure who works in a bakery in Salqin, a town in Idlib province.
「小麥和政府無關，與人民有關。」在伊德利卜省塞爾金鎮一家麵包店工作的反對派人員哈山表示。（路透）
新聞辭典
warring：形容詞，交戰的；相爭的；敵對的。例句：There are signs of （a）rapprochement between the warring factions.（交戰派系之間出現了和解跡象。）
split：動詞，劃分，分開。例句：He split up with me.（他跟我分手了。）
figure：名詞，人物，名人。例句：Williams became a figure in politics.（威廉斯成了政界要角。）
敘利亞交戰雙方以小麥換麵粉
2013-08-03◎陳成良
Away from the battlefield, some Syrian rebels are doing business with the same government they are trying to topple.
在戰場之外，一些敘利亞反抗軍和他們試圖推翻的政府做起了生意。
Both sides want to keep providing basics like bread, fuel and water in the areas they control. When shifting front lines split up supply chains, they started to trade.
雙方都希望在自己控制的區域內維持麵包、燃料和水等基本必需品的供應。當前線的變化切斷了供應鏈時，他們開始進行交易。
In the northwestern Idlib province, rebels control most of the wheat fields but have no way to grind the grain into flour. The government has the flour mill, but can’t get enough wheat to supply it.
在西北部的伊德利卜省，反抗軍控制著大多數麥田，但是無法將小麥磨成麵粉。敘利亞政府控制著麵粉廠，卻得不到足夠的小麥供應。
The two worked out a deal. Every week, the rebels deliver tens of thousands of tons of wheat to the mill in Idlib city. The government grinds it down, takes a cut, and sends it back.
雙方達成一項協議。反抗軍每週向伊德利卜市的麵粉廠運送數萬噸小麥，政府將小麥磨成麵粉，留下自己的部分，將剩下的部分還給反抗軍。
"Wheat is not something to do with the government, it’s something to do with the people," said Abu Hassan, an opposition figure who works in a bakery in Salqin, a town in Idlib province.
「小麥和政府無關，與人民有關。」在伊德利卜省塞爾金鎮一家麵包店工作的反對派人員哈山表示。（路透）
新聞辭典
warring：形容詞，交戰的；相爭的；敵對的。例句：There are signs of （a）rapprochement between the warring factions.（交戰派系之間出現了和解跡象。）
split：動詞，劃分，分開。例句：He split up with me.（他跟我分手了。）
figure：名詞，人物，名人。例句：Williams became a figure in politics.（威廉斯成了政界要角。）
Lack of sleep leads to groggy genes： study 研究：睡眠不足導致基因無力
Lack of sleep leads to groggy genes： study
研究：睡眠不足導致基因無力
2013-08-08◎國際新聞中心
Lack of sleep has a potentially harmful effect on gene expression, according to a study out Tuesday that sheds light on the link between sleep deficits and a wide range of health conditions.
週二公布的一份研究說明睡眠不足與多項疾病的關聯性，根據研究，睡眠短缺可能有害基因表現。
Lack of adequate shut-eye had already been linked to conditions from heart disease and cognitive impairment to obesity. But sleep researcher Derk-Jan Dijk and his fellow researchers have delved into the molecular mechanisms behind the phenomenon, looking at how missed sleep leads to health problems.
缺乏足夠的闔眼已被與多項疾病連結，從心臟病、認知障礙到過胖等。但睡眠研究人員狄克與研究員同僚更深入這種現象背後的分子機制，研究睡眠不足如何導致健康問題。
They found that a week of sleeping six hours or less a night affects the expression of some 711 genes -- including those involved in inflammation, immunity, and stress responses.
他們發現，一週內每天睡眠不超過6小時，影響約711種基因表現，包括與發炎、免疫、壓力反應等有關的基因。
Moreover, compared with test subjects who were allowed to sleep as long as 10 hours a night, those who lacked sleep had irregularities in their genes’ circadian rhythms. （AFP）
此外，相較於一晚得以睡長達10小時的受試者，缺乏睡眠者的基因生理時鐘紊亂。（法新社）
新聞辭典
groggy：形容詞，無力的。例句：I felt a bit groggy for a couple of days after the operation.（我手術後好幾天感到沒力。）
shed light on：片語，闡釋。例句：As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.（身為經濟學家，他對這個問題能提供些許看法。）
delve into：片語，探究某事。例句：It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past.（太深入探究別人的過去不是件好事。）
研究：睡眠不足導致基因無力
2013-08-08◎國際新聞中心
Lack of sleep has a potentially harmful effect on gene expression, according to a study out Tuesday that sheds light on the link between sleep deficits and a wide range of health conditions.
週二公布的一份研究說明睡眠不足與多項疾病的關聯性，根據研究，睡眠短缺可能有害基因表現。
Lack of adequate shut-eye had already been linked to conditions from heart disease and cognitive impairment to obesity. But sleep researcher Derk-Jan Dijk and his fellow researchers have delved into the molecular mechanisms behind the phenomenon, looking at how missed sleep leads to health problems.
缺乏足夠的闔眼已被與多項疾病連結，從心臟病、認知障礙到過胖等。但睡眠研究人員狄克與研究員同僚更深入這種現象背後的分子機制，研究睡眠不足如何導致健康問題。
They found that a week of sleeping six hours or less a night affects the expression of some 711 genes -- including those involved in inflammation, immunity, and stress responses.
他們發現，一週內每天睡眠不超過6小時，影響約711種基因表現，包括與發炎、免疫、壓力反應等有關的基因。
Moreover, compared with test subjects who were allowed to sleep as long as 10 hours a night, those who lacked sleep had irregularities in their genes’ circadian rhythms. （AFP）
此外，相較於一晚得以睡長達10小時的受試者，缺乏睡眠者的基因生理時鐘紊亂。（法新社）
新聞辭典
groggy：形容詞，無力的。例句：I felt a bit groggy for a couple of days after the operation.（我手術後好幾天感到沒力。）
shed light on：片語，闡釋。例句：As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.（身為經濟學家，他對這個問題能提供些許看法。）
delve into：片語，探究某事。例句：It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past.（太深入探究別人的過去不是件好事。）
Bradley Manning’s mother： My son is ’Superman’ 布拉德利．曼寧之母︰我兒是「超人」
Bradley Manning’s mother： My son is ’Superman’
布拉德利．曼寧之母︰我兒是「超人」
2013-08-07◎魏國金
In a rare interview, the British mother of U.S. soldier Bradley Manning has urged her son not to give up hope, even as he faces up to 136 years in prison for disclosing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents.
在一次罕有的專訪中，美國士兵布拉德利．曼寧的英籍母親敦促兒子別放棄希望，即使他因洩漏數十萬件美國機密檔案而面臨最高達136年的徒刑。
In comments published by the Mail on Sunday, Susan Manning said he should know she considered him her "Superman." "Never give up hope, son," she was quoted as saying. "I know I may never see you again, but I know you will be free one day. I pray it is soon.’’
在英國週日郵報刊出的談話中，蘇珊．曼寧表示，他應該知道她把他看做是她的「超人」。「絕不要放棄希望，兒子，」報導引述她的話說，「我知道我也許再也看不到你，但我知道有一天你將獲釋，我祈禱這一天不久就會到來。」
Susan Manning, a 59-year-old from Wales, had not given an interview in years. She is divorced from her son’s father, Brian, and the Mail said she suffered from unspecified health problems.
59歲、來自威爾斯的蘇珊．曼寧數年來不接受訪問。她與兒子的爸爸布萊恩仳離，而週日郵報指出，她飽受不明健康問題之苦。
Manning’s parents have largely stayed out of the spotlight since transparency group WikiLeaks began publishing the documents leaked to it by the 25-year-old Army private.
自從透明化組織「維基解密」開始公布這位25歲陸軍大兵洩漏給它的文件後，曼寧的父母大多避開聚光燈。
The soldier was convicted last month on a slew of charges, including Espionage Act violations, but was acquitted of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy. （AP）
這名士兵上月在許多指控中被判有罪，包括觸犯「間諜法」，但最嚴重的「資敵」控罪則獲判無罪。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
spotlight︰名詞，聚光燈、公眾焦點。例如，seek the spotlight（想出鋒頭。）
slew︰美式口語，許多。例句︰He already has a slew of friends.（他已有一大票朋友了。）
acquit︰動詞，宣告…無罪。例句︰He was acquitted on two of the charges.（他被控的2項罪名皆判無罪。）
布拉德利．曼寧之母︰我兒是「超人」
2013-08-07◎魏國金
In a rare interview, the British mother of U.S. soldier Bradley Manning has urged her son not to give up hope, even as he faces up to 136 years in prison for disclosing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents.
在一次罕有的專訪中，美國士兵布拉德利．曼寧的英籍母親敦促兒子別放棄希望，即使他因洩漏數十萬件美國機密檔案而面臨最高達136年的徒刑。
In comments published by the Mail on Sunday, Susan Manning said he should know she considered him her "Superman." "Never give up hope, son," she was quoted as saying. "I know I may never see you again, but I know you will be free one day. I pray it is soon.’’
在英國週日郵報刊出的談話中，蘇珊．曼寧表示，他應該知道她把他看做是她的「超人」。「絕不要放棄希望，兒子，」報導引述她的話說，「我知道我也許再也看不到你，但我知道有一天你將獲釋，我祈禱這一天不久就會到來。」
Susan Manning, a 59-year-old from Wales, had not given an interview in years. She is divorced from her son’s father, Brian, and the Mail said she suffered from unspecified health problems.
59歲、來自威爾斯的蘇珊．曼寧數年來不接受訪問。她與兒子的爸爸布萊恩仳離，而週日郵報指出，她飽受不明健康問題之苦。
Manning’s parents have largely stayed out of the spotlight since transparency group WikiLeaks began publishing the documents leaked to it by the 25-year-old Army private.
自從透明化組織「維基解密」開始公布這位25歲陸軍大兵洩漏給它的文件後，曼寧的父母大多避開聚光燈。
The soldier was convicted last month on a slew of charges, including Espionage Act violations, but was acquitted of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy. （AP）
這名士兵上月在許多指控中被判有罪，包括觸犯「間諜法」，但最嚴重的「資敵」控罪則獲判無罪。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
spotlight︰名詞，聚光燈、公眾焦點。例如，seek the spotlight（想出鋒頭。）
slew︰美式口語，許多。例句︰He already has a slew of friends.（他已有一大票朋友了。）
acquit︰動詞，宣告…無罪。例句︰He was acquitted on two of the charges.（他被控的2項罪名皆判無罪。）
Man tries selling himself on eBay for $1.50 男子試圖在eBay上以1.5美元出賣自己
Man tries selling himself on eBay for $1.50
男子試圖在eBay上以1.5美元出賣自己
2013-08-05◎管淑平
eBay, the auction site famous for its knock-off Ray Ban sunglasses and iPhones, recently had a listing for something unique： a balding old white guy.
以其廉價仿冒雷朋太陽眼鏡和iPhone手機出名的拍賣網站「電子海灣」，最近出現一筆獨特的拍賣品：一名禿頭白人老頭。
Steve Sewell, an unemployed 58-year-old British man, unsuccessfully tried to auction himself off on eBay in an attempt to get the attention of employers.
58歲的失業英國男子史帝夫．塞威爾，試圖在eBay上拍賣自己以吸引雇主的注意，但未能成功。
For the low, low price of only 99 pence （$1.50）, eBay bargain hunters could have had their very own human being. But despite the rock-bottom offer, the posting closed on Monday with no bids.
以低到只要99便士（1.5美元）的價錢，在eBay上找便宜的人就能夠擁有屬於自己的人。但儘管這種低到谷底的價錢，這項拍賣週一仍在沒有人出價競標下結束。
Sewell has a diploma in electrical and electronic engineering, is qualified as an IT technician and has worked as a mechanic. Another highlight of his long career： working as a toilet paper tester.
塞威爾擁有電子、電機工程學歷，有資訊技術人員資格，也從事過技工。他漫長職業生涯的另一令人注目之處，就是當過廁所衛生紙試用員。
In the listing, he described himself as having “some wear to moving parts,” as well as being in used condition with “excellent interpersonal skills, infinite patience and an indestructible sense of humour.”
在這項拍賣上，他形容自己「可活動部件有些損耗」，有使用過，擁有「絕佳人際技巧，無限的耐心，以及無敵的幽默感。」
According to the Daily Mail, Sewell claims ageism is the reason he can’t find a job.
根據「每日郵報」報導，塞威爾宣稱年齡歧視是他無法找到工作的原因。
He said： ’My family said I’m worth more than 99p, but desperate times call for desperate measures...... The bills are mounting up and it’s getting desperate now.’
他說：「我家人說我不只值99便士，但是情況危急的時候要有孤注一擲的手段……帳單越積越多，現在已無計可施。」
新聞辭典：
knock-off：名詞，仿冒品。例句：Those are just some cheap knock-offs.（那些東西只不過是些便宜的假貨。）
call for：動詞片語，在本文意思為「要求」、「需要」。例句：Thousands protesters called for a full and transparent investigation into the soldier’s death.（數千名示威者要求全面且公開調查這名士兵之死。）
mount up：動詞片語，在本文意思為「（程度或數量上）逐漸增加」。例句：Your daily expenses are mounting up.（你的日常開支越來越大。）
男子試圖在eBay上以1.5美元出賣自己
2013-08-05◎管淑平
eBay, the auction site famous for its knock-off Ray Ban sunglasses and iPhones, recently had a listing for something unique： a balding old white guy.
以其廉價仿冒雷朋太陽眼鏡和iPhone手機出名的拍賣網站「電子海灣」，最近出現一筆獨特的拍賣品：一名禿頭白人老頭。
Steve Sewell, an unemployed 58-year-old British man, unsuccessfully tried to auction himself off on eBay in an attempt to get the attention of employers.
58歲的失業英國男子史帝夫．塞威爾，試圖在eBay上拍賣自己以吸引雇主的注意，但未能成功。
For the low, low price of only 99 pence （$1.50）, eBay bargain hunters could have had their very own human being. But despite the rock-bottom offer, the posting closed on Monday with no bids.
以低到只要99便士（1.5美元）的價錢，在eBay上找便宜的人就能夠擁有屬於自己的人。但儘管這種低到谷底的價錢，這項拍賣週一仍在沒有人出價競標下結束。
Sewell has a diploma in electrical and electronic engineering, is qualified as an IT technician and has worked as a mechanic. Another highlight of his long career： working as a toilet paper tester.
塞威爾擁有電子、電機工程學歷，有資訊技術人員資格，也從事過技工。他漫長職業生涯的另一令人注目之處，就是當過廁所衛生紙試用員。
In the listing, he described himself as having “some wear to moving parts,” as well as being in used condition with “excellent interpersonal skills, infinite patience and an indestructible sense of humour.”
在這項拍賣上，他形容自己「可活動部件有些損耗」，有使用過，擁有「絕佳人際技巧，無限的耐心，以及無敵的幽默感。」
According to the Daily Mail, Sewell claims ageism is the reason he can’t find a job.
根據「每日郵報」報導，塞威爾宣稱年齡歧視是他無法找到工作的原因。
He said： ’My family said I’m worth more than 99p, but desperate times call for desperate measures...... The bills are mounting up and it’s getting desperate now.’
他說：「我家人說我不只值99便士，但是情況危急的時候要有孤注一擲的手段……帳單越積越多，現在已無計可施。」
新聞辭典：
knock-off：名詞，仿冒品。例句：Those are just some cheap knock-offs.（那些東西只不過是些便宜的假貨。）
call for：動詞片語，在本文意思為「要求」、「需要」。例句：Thousands protesters called for a full and transparent investigation into the soldier’s death.（數千名示威者要求全面且公開調查這名士兵之死。）
mount up：動詞片語，在本文意思為「（程度或數量上）逐漸增加」。例句：Your daily expenses are mounting up.（你的日常開支越來越大。）
Pakistani television show gives away real babies as prizes 巴基斯坦電視秀，送真娃當獎品
Pakistani television show gives away real babies as prizes
巴基斯坦電視秀，送真娃當獎品
2013-08-14◎魏國金
A Pakistani show that gives away babies on live television is causing controversy among viewers for turning children into prizes, but the creators say it’s a good deed that makes parents happy.
巴基斯坦一個送出寶寶的現場直播電視節目，因為將小孩變成獎品而引發爭議，但製作者表示，這是讓為人父母者高興的良善行為。
CNN reported the show, which broadcasts seven hours a day during Ramadan, vets parents seeking an adopted child and gives some of them babies during the broadcast.
美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報導，這個在齋戒月每天播出7小時的節目，審查想領養孩子的父母，並在節目播出時將寶寶送給其中一些人。
The children come from a non-governmental organization, the Chhipa Welfare Association, which often finds abandoned babies, according to CNN.
CNN說，孩子是來自時常發現棄嬰的非政府組織「奇帕福利協會」。
But not everyone is pleased. "A good thing done in reckless manner is not good, human beings are not trophies," Facebook user Yasin Janjua posted online. "This is not okay, it is child abuse," another user posted.
然而，不是每個人都對節目感到高興。「以魯莽方式而做的好事並非善行，人不是獎盃，」臉書用戶雅辛．賈努瓦在網路上貼文說。「這不OK，這是虐童。」另一用戶貼文表示。
However, CNN reported the show is very popular and the welfare association said each couple registers and passes screening in advance.
不過，CNN報導，這個節目非常受歡迎，而該福利協會表示，每對夫妻都有登記，且事先通過篩選。
It says it receives up to 15 abandoned babies a month. "Our team finds babies abandoned on the street, in garbage bins -- some of them dead, others mauled by animals. So why not ensure the baby is kept alive and gets a good home?" said Ramzan Chhipa, who runs the organization.
該機構指出，1個月最多拾獲15名棄嬰。「我們的人在街頭、垃圾桶內找到被丟棄的嬰兒—某些已經死了，另一些被動物所傷。所以何不確保讓嬰兒活下去，並找到一個好家庭？」經營該組織的拉姆贊．奇帕說。
新聞辭典
vet︰動詞，審查、檢查。例句︰The candidates were very thoroughly vetted.（候選人受到非常徹底的審查。）
reckless︰形容詞，魯莽的、草率的、馬虎的。例句︰Reckless driving is a serious crime that requires offenders to pay hefty fines.（魯莽駕駛是要求觸犯者支付鉅額罰款的嚴重犯罪。）
in advance︰片語，事先、預先。例句︰You ought to have told me in advance.（你應該事先告訴我的。）
巴基斯坦電視秀，送真娃當獎品
2013-08-14◎魏國金
A Pakistani show that gives away babies on live television is causing controversy among viewers for turning children into prizes, but the creators say it’s a good deed that makes parents happy.
巴基斯坦一個送出寶寶的現場直播電視節目，因為將小孩變成獎品而引發爭議，但製作者表示，這是讓為人父母者高興的良善行為。
CNN reported the show, which broadcasts seven hours a day during Ramadan, vets parents seeking an adopted child and gives some of them babies during the broadcast.
美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報導，這個在齋戒月每天播出7小時的節目，審查想領養孩子的父母，並在節目播出時將寶寶送給其中一些人。
The children come from a non-governmental organization, the Chhipa Welfare Association, which often finds abandoned babies, according to CNN.
CNN說，孩子是來自時常發現棄嬰的非政府組織「奇帕福利協會」。
But not everyone is pleased. "A good thing done in reckless manner is not good, human beings are not trophies," Facebook user Yasin Janjua posted online. "This is not okay, it is child abuse," another user posted.
然而，不是每個人都對節目感到高興。「以魯莽方式而做的好事並非善行，人不是獎盃，」臉書用戶雅辛．賈努瓦在網路上貼文說。「這不OK，這是虐童。」另一用戶貼文表示。
However, CNN reported the show is very popular and the welfare association said each couple registers and passes screening in advance.
不過，CNN報導，這個節目非常受歡迎，而該福利協會表示，每對夫妻都有登記，且事先通過篩選。
It says it receives up to 15 abandoned babies a month. "Our team finds babies abandoned on the street, in garbage bins -- some of them dead, others mauled by animals. So why not ensure the baby is kept alive and gets a good home?" said Ramzan Chhipa, who runs the organization.
該機構指出，1個月最多拾獲15名棄嬰。「我們的人在街頭、垃圾桶內找到被丟棄的嬰兒—某些已經死了，另一些被動物所傷。所以何不確保讓嬰兒活下去，並找到一個好家庭？」經營該組織的拉姆贊．奇帕說。
新聞辭典
vet︰動詞，審查、檢查。例句︰The candidates were very thoroughly vetted.（候選人受到非常徹底的審查。）
reckless︰形容詞，魯莽的、草率的、馬虎的。例句︰Reckless driving is a serious crime that requires offenders to pay hefty fines.（魯莽駕駛是要求觸犯者支付鉅額罰款的嚴重犯罪。）
in advance︰片語，事先、預先。例句︰You ought to have told me in advance.（你應該事先告訴我的。）
Brothers run at bear to save younger sister 兄弟檔奔向熊救小妹
Brothers run at bear to save younger sister
兄弟檔奔向熊救小妹
2013-08-09◎張沛元
The Kelly family had a relaxing Sunday morning breakfast, but apparently they didn’t clean up as well as they initially thought. According to NBC-2, a bit of bacon grease was still on the campground grill, and that was enough to draw the attention of a bear.
凱利一家人已吃過優閒的週日早餐，但顯然清理得不如自以為的乾淨。據NBC-2報導，一小塊培根油脂還停留在營地烤肉架上，已足以吸引一頭熊的注意。
Two staff members of the camp came to warn the Kelly family that a bear was close by, and that’s when 11-year-old Baden Kelly sprung into action.
兩名營地工作人員過來警告凱利一家人附近有熊，就在此時，11歲的貝登˙凱利已採取行動。
Baden began screaming in order to get the bear’s attention. He was able to distract the bear long enough for most of his family to run into a nearby cabin.
貝登開始尖叫，以便吸引熊的注意。他讓熊轉移注意力的時間，長到足以讓大部分家人跑向附近一棟小木屋。
However, his little sister Moriah, perhaps due to the shock of the situation, didn’t run.
然而，也許是被這情況嚇到了，他的小妹妹茉莉亞沒有跑。
"I said, ’Run, Moriah,’ and she didn’t run, so I got to her and I started running with her, and that’s when the bear started running after us," Baden said. "By the time it got to about 10 feet behind us, my brother [Logan] came running really fast out of his cabin and shouted very loudly."
「我說，『跑啊，茉莉亞』，可是她沒跑，所以我過去跟她一起跑，就在這時那熊開始追我們，」貝登說。「等牠跑到我們後面約10呎時，我弟（羅根）飛快地從小木屋跑出來，然後叫得很大聲。」
Baden told Fox13Now.com that he "was scared because of Moriah and she’s just little, she wouldn’t have been able to fight for herself. So I had to make a choice and do that."
貝登告訴Fox13Now.com，他「很害怕，因為茉莉亞，而且她還小，無法為自己奮戰。所以我決定要那樣做。」
新聞辭典
run at someone or something：慣用語，跑向某人或某事。例句：A lion ran at an African safari vehicle and scared all the tourists on board.（一頭獅子奔向一輛非洲狩獵車，嚇壞車上所有遊客。）
spring into action：慣用語，立即開始行動或做事。
fight for someone or something：慣用語，為某人或某事的福祉奮戰；為某人或某事奮戰。例句：I think you should learn to fight for your own rights.（我想你得學著爭取自己的權利。）
兄弟檔奔向熊救小妹
2013-08-09◎張沛元
The Kelly family had a relaxing Sunday morning breakfast, but apparently they didn’t clean up as well as they initially thought. According to NBC-2, a bit of bacon grease was still on the campground grill, and that was enough to draw the attention of a bear.
凱利一家人已吃過優閒的週日早餐，但顯然清理得不如自以為的乾淨。據NBC-2報導，一小塊培根油脂還停留在營地烤肉架上，已足以吸引一頭熊的注意。
Two staff members of the camp came to warn the Kelly family that a bear was close by, and that’s when 11-year-old Baden Kelly sprung into action.
兩名營地工作人員過來警告凱利一家人附近有熊，就在此時，11歲的貝登˙凱利已採取行動。
Baden began screaming in order to get the bear’s attention. He was able to distract the bear long enough for most of his family to run into a nearby cabin.
貝登開始尖叫，以便吸引熊的注意。他讓熊轉移注意力的時間，長到足以讓大部分家人跑向附近一棟小木屋。
However, his little sister Moriah, perhaps due to the shock of the situation, didn’t run.
然而，也許是被這情況嚇到了，他的小妹妹茉莉亞沒有跑。
"I said, ’Run, Moriah,’ and she didn’t run, so I got to her and I started running with her, and that’s when the bear started running after us," Baden said. "By the time it got to about 10 feet behind us, my brother [Logan] came running really fast out of his cabin and shouted very loudly."
「我說，『跑啊，茉莉亞』，可是她沒跑，所以我過去跟她一起跑，就在這時那熊開始追我們，」貝登說。「等牠跑到我們後面約10呎時，我弟（羅根）飛快地從小木屋跑出來，然後叫得很大聲。」
Baden told Fox13Now.com that he "was scared because of Moriah and she’s just little, she wouldn’t have been able to fight for herself. So I had to make a choice and do that."
貝登告訴Fox13Now.com，他「很害怕，因為茉莉亞，而且她還小，無法為自己奮戰。所以我決定要那樣做。」
新聞辭典
run at someone or something：慣用語，跑向某人或某事。例句：A lion ran at an African safari vehicle and scared all the tourists on board.（一頭獅子奔向一輛非洲狩獵車，嚇壞車上所有遊客。）
spring into action：慣用語，立即開始行動或做事。
fight for someone or something：慣用語，為某人或某事的福祉奮戰；為某人或某事奮戰。例句：I think you should learn to fight for your own rights.（我想你得學著爭取自己的權利。）
Artefacts offer Pacific shark species absence clues 工藝品提供太平洋鯊魚物種缺席線索
Artefacts offer Pacific shark species absence clues
工藝品提供太平洋鯊魚物種缺席線索
2013-08-01◎國際新聞中心
Nineteenth Century tools made from sharks’ teeth suggest that two species of shark used to populate the Central Pacific but are no longer present.
19世紀用鯊魚牙齒製作的工具，顯示2種鯊魚原本生活在中太平洋，現在卻已不復存在。
Using artefacts from museums, a team of US researchers found that spot-tail and dusky sharks used to inhabit the reefs surrounding the Gilbert Islands.
利用博物館裡的工藝品，一支美國研究團隊發現，尾點鯊與灰真鯊原本居住在吉爾伯特島周邊的礁群中。
The unusual historical data would help evaluate the success of ecological conservation measures, they added.
他們還說，這種稀奇的歷史資料，有助評估生態保育措施的成效。
In their paper, the team from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, and Columbia University, New York, said indigenous artefacts often represented an "under-utilised source of data".
在他們的報告中，這個來自芝加哥菲爾德自然史博物館與紐約哥倫比亞大學的團隊說，原生工藝品往往代表「未充分利用的資料來源」。
新聞辭典
populate：動詞，居住於。例句：The settlers began to move inland and populate the river valleys.（這些開拓者開始移往內陸，居住在河谷。）
present：形容詞，現在的、在場的。例句：I don’t have her present address.（我沒有她現在的住址。）
indigenous：形容詞，原住民的、原生的。例句：Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?（這個地區有沒有原生蛙類？）
工藝品提供太平洋鯊魚物種缺席線索
2013-08-01◎國際新聞中心
Nineteenth Century tools made from sharks’ teeth suggest that two species of shark used to populate the Central Pacific but are no longer present.
19世紀用鯊魚牙齒製作的工具，顯示2種鯊魚原本生活在中太平洋，現在卻已不復存在。
Using artefacts from museums, a team of US researchers found that spot-tail and dusky sharks used to inhabit the reefs surrounding the Gilbert Islands.
利用博物館裡的工藝品，一支美國研究團隊發現，尾點鯊與灰真鯊原本居住在吉爾伯特島周邊的礁群中。
The unusual historical data would help evaluate the success of ecological conservation measures, they added.
他們還說，這種稀奇的歷史資料，有助評估生態保育措施的成效。
In their paper, the team from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, and Columbia University, New York, said indigenous artefacts often represented an "under-utilised source of data".
在他們的報告中，這個來自芝加哥菲爾德自然史博物館與紐約哥倫比亞大學的團隊說，原生工藝品往往代表「未充分利用的資料來源」。
新聞辭典
populate：動詞，居住於。例句：The settlers began to move inland and populate the river valleys.（這些開拓者開始移往內陸，居住在河谷。）
present：形容詞，現在的、在場的。例句：I don’t have her present address.（我沒有她現在的住址。）
indigenous：形容詞，原住民的、原生的。例句：Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?（這個地區有沒有原生蛙類？）
Dinosaurs, basic astronomy stump Australians：survey 調查顯示 恐龍、基礎天文學難倒澳洲人
Dinosaurs, basic astronomy stump Australians：survey
調查顯示 恐龍、基礎天文學難倒澳洲人
2013-08-06◎陳維真
One in four Australians believe humans co-existed with dinosaurs while one in three think it takes just one day for the Earth to orbit the sun, according to a "worrying" survey published Wednesday.
根據一份週三公布、「令人憂心」的調查顯示，有4分之1的澳洲人以為，人類與恐龍曾同時存在，3分之1的澳洲人認為，地球繞太陽公轉只要花1天。
The Auspoll survey of 1,515 adults for the Australian Academy of Sciences showed basic scientific knowledge was declining on key questions, including human influences on evolution and the Earth’s reserves of fresh water.
Auspoll為澳洲科學院調查1515名成年人，發現澳洲人對重要問題的基礎科學知識持續下滑，包括人類對演化的影響，以及地球的淡水存量等。
Only 59 percent of those surveyed knew that it took Earth one year to orbit the sun, a fall of two percentage points from the same survey three years ago -- with 30 percent saying it took just one day.
只有5成9受訪者知道地球繞太陽公轉一周需時1年，比3年前同一調查減少2個百分點，其中還有3成受訪者認為，地球繞太陽轉1圈只要1天。
Some 27 percent said the earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, down from 30 percent in the previous survey; while 70 percent said they knew evolution was currently occurring.
約27%受訪者表示，最早出現的人類曾與恐龍存活在同一時期，少於前次調查的3成；7成受訪者知道演化還在進行。
Ten percent said evolution was not occurring, nine percent said they did not believe in evolution and another 12 percent said they were not sure -- a similar result to 2010.
有1成的人表示目前沒有發生演化，9%受訪者不相信演化，另有12%不確定，與2010年的調查結果類似。
"It’s a worrying wake-up call to see scientific literacy declining among young adults, and to a lesser degree among the broader Australian adult population," said Les Field, secretary for science policy at the academy.（AFP）
澳洲科學院的科學政策處長菲爾德表示：「年輕人以及部分澳洲成年人的科學素養每況愈下，是個令人憂心的警訊。」（法新社）
新聞辭典：
stump：動詞，難倒。例句：John is stumped by an unexpected question.（約翰被這個意想不到的問題難倒了。）
orbit：動詞，環繞（天體等）的軌道運行。例句：Mercury orbits the Sun.（水星環繞太陽而行。）
wake-up call：名詞，警鐘。例句：Today’s statistics will be a wake-up call for the administration.（今天出爐的統計數據將是執政團隊的一記警鐘。）
調查顯示 恐龍、基礎天文學難倒澳洲人
2013-08-06◎陳維真
One in four Australians believe humans co-existed with dinosaurs while one in three think it takes just one day for the Earth to orbit the sun, according to a "worrying" survey published Wednesday.
根據一份週三公布、「令人憂心」的調查顯示，有4分之1的澳洲人以為，人類與恐龍曾同時存在，3分之1的澳洲人認為，地球繞太陽公轉只要花1天。
The Auspoll survey of 1,515 adults for the Australian Academy of Sciences showed basic scientific knowledge was declining on key questions, including human influences on evolution and the Earth’s reserves of fresh water.
Auspoll為澳洲科學院調查1515名成年人，發現澳洲人對重要問題的基礎科學知識持續下滑，包括人類對演化的影響，以及地球的淡水存量等。
Only 59 percent of those surveyed knew that it took Earth one year to orbit the sun, a fall of two percentage points from the same survey three years ago -- with 30 percent saying it took just one day.
只有5成9受訪者知道地球繞太陽公轉一周需時1年，比3年前同一調查減少2個百分點，其中還有3成受訪者認為，地球繞太陽轉1圈只要1天。
Some 27 percent said the earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, down from 30 percent in the previous survey; while 70 percent said they knew evolution was currently occurring.
約27%受訪者表示，最早出現的人類曾與恐龍存活在同一時期，少於前次調查的3成；7成受訪者知道演化還在進行。
Ten percent said evolution was not occurring, nine percent said they did not believe in evolution and another 12 percent said they were not sure -- a similar result to 2010.
有1成的人表示目前沒有發生演化，9%受訪者不相信演化，另有12%不確定，與2010年的調查結果類似。
"It’s a worrying wake-up call to see scientific literacy declining among young adults, and to a lesser degree among the broader Australian adult population," said Les Field, secretary for science policy at the academy.（AFP）
澳洲科學院的科學政策處長菲爾德表示：「年輕人以及部分澳洲成年人的科學素養每況愈下，是個令人憂心的警訊。」（法新社）
新聞辭典：
stump：動詞，難倒。例句：John is stumped by an unexpected question.（約翰被這個意想不到的問題難倒了。）
orbit：動詞，環繞（天體等）的軌道運行。例句：Mercury orbits the Sun.（水星環繞太陽而行。）
wake-up call：名詞，警鐘。例句：Today’s statistics will be a wake-up call for the administration.（今天出爐的統計數據將是執政團隊的一記警鐘。）
US shutdown prompts global trepidation, bemusement 美國政府關門造成全球恐慌與困惑
US shutdown prompts global trepidation, bemusement
美國政府關門造成全球恐慌與困惑
2013-11-03◎俞智敏
From Chinese bloggers to European central bankers, the world is watching the US government shutdown with a mixture of bewilderment and growing nervousness that any debt default could hit struggling economies.
從中國部落客到歐洲各國央行總裁，全球正以結合了困惑與日益俱增的緊張心情，密切注意美國政府關門事件發展，擔心美國債務違約可能重創經濟陷入困境的其他國家。
In emerging superpower China, a one-party state where legislative deadlock holds little fear for the Communist rulers, the official Xinhua news agency said the situation had once again brought to the fore "the ugly side of partisan politics in Washington".
在新興超級強權中國，共黨統治者所掌控的一黨專制政府根本無需擔心立法程序面臨僵局，官方新華社報導說，這個情況再度凸顯出「華府黨派政治的醜陋面。」
"Though its immediate impact looks limited, the damage will multiply if the drama drags on for days or even weeks, arousing concerns over its spillover effect," it said in a commentary, referring to the US economy.
「儘管其立即性的影響似乎有限，假如這齣戲碼拖延數日或數週，引發外界擔憂其連帶效應，傷害就將擴大數倍，」新華社在一篇提及美國經濟的評論中表示。
While US visa and passport operations are unaffected, the crisis in Washington has forced hundreds of thousands of federal workers to stay at home, closed museums and national parks and put much scientific research on hold.
儘管美國簽證和護照服務不受影響，華府危機卻迫使數十萬名聯邦政府員工留在家中，博物館和國家公園關門，大部份的科學研究也得暫停。
One US researcher who travelled 30 hours to Perth in Australia for a science conference found himself barred from presenting his work on Parkinson’s disease. "It’s actually a federal offence if I do go ahead and give the talk or even continue attending the conference," Michael Lazarou told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
一位美國學者搭機飛了30小時來到澳洲伯斯參加一場科學會議，才發現無法上台發表他對帕金森氏症的研究內容。「假如我上台發表演說，或甚至只是繼續參加會議，事實上都算構成聯邦罪行，」拉札魯對澳洲廣播公司說。
"I had prepared for such a long time to come here and give this talk -- all that effort and it goes to waste now."
「我為這場演講準備了這麼久，這些努力現在全都白費了。」
新聞辭典
bring to the fore：片語，指凸顯、強調某事，使某事更受矚目，例句︰All the talk about costs brought the question of budgets to the fore.（有關開銷的討論，使得預算的問題更受到注意。）
spillover：名詞，指自某容器、空間或地區溢出、滿出來，引申為指某事引發的副作用或連帶影響，例句︰We have benefited from a spillover of prosperity from neighboring states.（鄰州經濟繁榮，我們也跟著受惠。）
go to waste：片語，指導致某事受到浪費，或未被使用即遭丟棄，例句︰It’s a shame to see all that food go to waste.（這麼多食物白白被丟掉真是太可惜了。）
美國政府關門造成全球恐慌與困惑
2013-11-03◎俞智敏
From Chinese bloggers to European central bankers, the world is watching the US government shutdown with a mixture of bewilderment and growing nervousness that any debt default could hit struggling economies.
從中國部落客到歐洲各國央行總裁，全球正以結合了困惑與日益俱增的緊張心情，密切注意美國政府關門事件發展，擔心美國債務違約可能重創經濟陷入困境的其他國家。
In emerging superpower China, a one-party state where legislative deadlock holds little fear for the Communist rulers, the official Xinhua news agency said the situation had once again brought to the fore "the ugly side of partisan politics in Washington".
在新興超級強權中國，共黨統治者所掌控的一黨專制政府根本無需擔心立法程序面臨僵局，官方新華社報導說，這個情況再度凸顯出「華府黨派政治的醜陋面。」
"Though its immediate impact looks limited, the damage will multiply if the drama drags on for days or even weeks, arousing concerns over its spillover effect," it said in a commentary, referring to the US economy.
「儘管其立即性的影響似乎有限，假如這齣戲碼拖延數日或數週，引發外界擔憂其連帶效應，傷害就將擴大數倍，」新華社在一篇提及美國經濟的評論中表示。
While US visa and passport operations are unaffected, the crisis in Washington has forced hundreds of thousands of federal workers to stay at home, closed museums and national parks and put much scientific research on hold.
儘管美國簽證和護照服務不受影響，華府危機卻迫使數十萬名聯邦政府員工留在家中，博物館和國家公園關門，大部份的科學研究也得暫停。
One US researcher who travelled 30 hours to Perth in Australia for a science conference found himself barred from presenting his work on Parkinson’s disease. "It’s actually a federal offence if I do go ahead and give the talk or even continue attending the conference," Michael Lazarou told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
一位美國學者搭機飛了30小時來到澳洲伯斯參加一場科學會議，才發現無法上台發表他對帕金森氏症的研究內容。「假如我上台發表演說，或甚至只是繼續參加會議，事實上都算構成聯邦罪行，」拉札魯對澳洲廣播公司說。
"I had prepared for such a long time to come here and give this talk -- all that effort and it goes to waste now."
「我為這場演講準備了這麼久，這些努力現在全都白費了。」
新聞辭典
bring to the fore：片語，指凸顯、強調某事，使某事更受矚目，例句︰All the talk about costs brought the question of budgets to the fore.（有關開銷的討論，使得預算的問題更受到注意。）
spillover：名詞，指自某容器、空間或地區溢出、滿出來，引申為指某事引發的副作用或連帶影響，例句︰We have benefited from a spillover of prosperity from neighboring states.（鄰州經濟繁榮，我們也跟著受惠。）
go to waste：片語，指導致某事受到浪費，或未被使用即遭丟棄，例句︰It’s a shame to see all that food go to waste.（這麼多食物白白被丟掉真是太可惜了。）
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning 一場策劃數月的聯邦預算危機
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
一場策劃數月的聯邦預算危機
2013-11-04◎管淑平
Shortly after President Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III gathered in the capital to plot strategy.
總統歐巴馬展開他的第二任期後不久，由前司法部長愛德恩．梅瑟三世率領一個組織鬆散的保守派運動人士聯盟，在首都聚會出謀劃策。
Their push to repeal Mr. Obama’s health care law was going nowhere, and they desperately needed a new plan.
他們推動推翻歐巴馬醫療健保法的行動苦無進展，亟需一套新方案。
Out of that session, held one morning in a location the members insist on keeping secret, came a little-noticed “blueprint to defunding Obamacare,” signed by Mr. Meese and leaders of more than three dozen conservative groups.
那場某個早晨在一個與會成員堅持保密的地點舉行的聚會，提出一個不太受到注意的「抽掉歐巴馬健保資金藍圖」，由梅瑟和30多個保守派團體領袖簽署。
It articulated a take-no-prisoners legislative strategy that had long percolated in conservative circles： that Republicans could derail the health care overhaul if conservative lawmakers were willing to push fellow Republicans — including their cautious leaders — into cutting off financing for the entire federal government.
這份藍圖清楚明確地訂出一套毫不妥協的立法策略，而這招早已在保守派圈內流傳，就是若保守派議員願意力促同黨議員，包括他們謹慎小心的領袖，切斷整個聯邦政府的資金，共和黨就能破壞醫療健保改革。
To many Americans, the shutdown came out of nowhere. But interviews with a wide array of conservatives show that the confrontation that precipitated the crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort to undo the law, the Affordable Care Act, since its passage in 2010 — waged by a galaxy of conservative groups with more money, organized tactics and interconnections than is commonly known.
對許多美國人來說，這次政府關門發生得莫名其妙。但訪談多名保守派人士後顯示，導致這場危機的對峙，是自從「（病人保護暨）可負擔照護法」在2010年通過後，保守派團體長期努力推翻此法的結果，他們有更充沛資金、更多組織戰術，以及比一般所知更緊密的相互聯繫。
新聞辭典
go nowhere：動詞片語，沒有進展、一事無成。例句：My life is going nowhere!（我的人生一事無成。）
take-no-prisoners：原為動詞片語take no prisoners，毫不留情，意志堅決、不擇手段達到目的。在本文中轉為形容詞。例句：He is very determined to get this deal done. He’ll take no prisoners.（他決心要敲定這筆生意。他將不擇手段，毫不妥協。）
一場策劃數月的聯邦預算危機
2013-11-04◎管淑平
Shortly after President Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III gathered in the capital to plot strategy.
總統歐巴馬展開他的第二任期後不久，由前司法部長愛德恩．梅瑟三世率領一個組織鬆散的保守派運動人士聯盟，在首都聚會出謀劃策。
Their push to repeal Mr. Obama’s health care law was going nowhere, and they desperately needed a new plan.
他們推動推翻歐巴馬醫療健保法的行動苦無進展，亟需一套新方案。
Out of that session, held one morning in a location the members insist on keeping secret, came a little-noticed “blueprint to defunding Obamacare,” signed by Mr. Meese and leaders of more than three dozen conservative groups.
那場某個早晨在一個與會成員堅持保密的地點舉行的聚會，提出一個不太受到注意的「抽掉歐巴馬健保資金藍圖」，由梅瑟和30多個保守派團體領袖簽署。
It articulated a take-no-prisoners legislative strategy that had long percolated in conservative circles： that Republicans could derail the health care overhaul if conservative lawmakers were willing to push fellow Republicans — including their cautious leaders — into cutting off financing for the entire federal government.
這份藍圖清楚明確地訂出一套毫不妥協的立法策略，而這招早已在保守派圈內流傳，就是若保守派議員願意力促同黨議員，包括他們謹慎小心的領袖，切斷整個聯邦政府的資金，共和黨就能破壞醫療健保改革。
To many Americans, the shutdown came out of nowhere. But interviews with a wide array of conservatives show that the confrontation that precipitated the crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort to undo the law, the Affordable Care Act, since its passage in 2010 — waged by a galaxy of conservative groups with more money, organized tactics and interconnections than is commonly known.
對許多美國人來說，這次政府關門發生得莫名其妙。但訪談多名保守派人士後顯示，導致這場危機的對峙，是自從「（病人保護暨）可負擔照護法」在2010年通過後，保守派團體長期努力推翻此法的結果，他們有更充沛資金、更多組織戰術，以及比一般所知更緊密的相互聯繫。
新聞辭典
go nowhere：動詞片語，沒有進展、一事無成。例句：My life is going nowhere!（我的人生一事無成。）
take-no-prisoners：原為動詞片語take no prisoners，毫不留情，意志堅決、不擇手段達到目的。在本文中轉為形容詞。例句：He is very determined to get this deal done. He’ll take no prisoners.（他決心要敲定這筆生意。他將不擇手段，毫不妥協。）
Return to self-sufficiency in food-loving France 回歸自給自足 在熱愛飲食的法國
Return to self-sufficiency in food-loving France
回歸自給自足 在熱愛飲食的法國
2013-11-05
◎編譯詹立群
Like many in food-loving France, Jerome and Marylin are serious about what goes on their plates -- tired of factory-farmed goods and pricey organic foods.
就像許多熱愛飲食的法國人，傑羅姆與瑪莉蓮很講究他們的盤中物——厭倦了工廠量產的產品與昂貴的有機食物。
They bought an old farm deep in the countryside of northeastern France and launched a new life as small-scale farmers in May 2012.
他們買下一個位於法國東北部農村深處的老農莊，從2012年5月起展開小型農夫的新生活。
Since then, they have reclaimed a progressively larger share of the food they and their two sons eat, producing it themselves instead of buying it at the store.
從那時開始，他們逐步擴大供應他們自己及兩個兒子所吃的食物，靠自己製作而非從店裡買。
Jerome said his goal is to "return to a reasonable approach" to food by cutting down the family’s intake of pesticides.
傑羅姆說他的目標是藉由降低家庭的殺蟲劑攝取量，「回歸理性的飲食方法」。
"I don’t trust today’s agriculture anymore," he added. "I want to actually do something, because just talking about it won’t change the system."
「我不再信任現今的農業」他說。「我想要切實地做些事情，因為清談改變不了體制。」
They are not militant environmentalists.
他們不是好戰的環保主義者。
Still, some of their relatives find their new life bizarre, they said.
不過，有些親戚認為這樣的新生活很怪異，他們說。
But France, a country whose culinary culture runs deep, is increasingly concerned about the impact of industrial agriculture on the food people eat.
但法國，一個烹飪文化深植的國家，正逐漸注重農業工業化對人們所吃食物的影響。
新聞辭典
pricey：形容詞，昂貴的。例句：Houses are pricey in this area of the city.（城裡這個區域的房價很貴。）
reclaim：動詞，矯正、改善。例句：He was reclaimed from the vice.（他從罪惡中被拯救出來。）
culinary：形容詞，烹調的、廚房用的。例句： A chef does not give away all his
culinary secrets.（大廚不會透露他全部的烹飪秘訣。）
回歸自給自足 在熱愛飲食的法國
2013-11-05
◎編譯詹立群
Like many in food-loving France, Jerome and Marylin are serious about what goes on their plates -- tired of factory-farmed goods and pricey organic foods.
就像許多熱愛飲食的法國人，傑羅姆與瑪莉蓮很講究他們的盤中物——厭倦了工廠量產的產品與昂貴的有機食物。
They bought an old farm deep in the countryside of northeastern France and launched a new life as small-scale farmers in May 2012.
他們買下一個位於法國東北部農村深處的老農莊，從2012年5月起展開小型農夫的新生活。
Since then, they have reclaimed a progressively larger share of the food they and their two sons eat, producing it themselves instead of buying it at the store.
從那時開始，他們逐步擴大供應他們自己及兩個兒子所吃的食物，靠自己製作而非從店裡買。
Jerome said his goal is to "return to a reasonable approach" to food by cutting down the family’s intake of pesticides.
傑羅姆說他的目標是藉由降低家庭的殺蟲劑攝取量，「回歸理性的飲食方法」。
"I don’t trust today’s agriculture anymore," he added. "I want to actually do something, because just talking about it won’t change the system."
「我不再信任現今的農業」他說。「我想要切實地做些事情，因為清談改變不了體制。」
They are not militant environmentalists.
他們不是好戰的環保主義者。
Still, some of their relatives find their new life bizarre, they said.
不過，有些親戚認為這樣的新生活很怪異，他們說。
But France, a country whose culinary culture runs deep, is increasingly concerned about the impact of industrial agriculture on the food people eat.
但法國，一個烹飪文化深植的國家，正逐漸注重農業工業化對人們所吃食物的影響。
新聞辭典
pricey：形容詞，昂貴的。例句：Houses are pricey in this area of the city.（城裡這個區域的房價很貴。）
reclaim：動詞，矯正、改善。例句：He was reclaimed from the vice.（他從罪惡中被拯救出來。）
culinary：形容詞，烹調的、廚房用的。例句： A chef does not give away all his
culinary secrets.（大廚不會透露他全部的烹飪秘訣。）
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia 奧地利搜飛機找洩密人史諾頓激怒玻利維亞
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
奧地利搜飛機找洩密人史諾頓激怒玻利維亞
2013-07-29◎管淑平
Bolivia accused Austria of "kidnapping" its president, Evo Morales, on Wednesday after authorities searched his plane during a stop-over in Vienna on suspicion he was taking fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden to Latin America.
奧地利政府基於懷疑玻利維亞總統莫拉雷斯的專機搭載遭通緝的美國情報分析員愛德華．史諾頓到拉丁美洲，在這架專機中途停留維也納期間登機搜索後，玻利維亞週三指控奧地利「綁架」該國總統。
A senior Bolivian diplomat said the Austrians had acted at the bidding of the United States, which has been trying to get its hands on Snowden since he revealed details of its secret surveillance programmes last month.
一名玻利維亞高層外交官說，奧地利聽從美國的指示行事。自從史諾頓揭發美國機密監聽計畫後，美國就一直試圖逮到他。
The Bolivian plane, which was taking Morales home from an energy conference in Moscow, was stranded at Vienna airport for several hours after Portugal and France refused to allow it to fly through their airspace.
這架玻利維亞專機當時搭載莫拉雷斯離開莫斯科的一場能源會議返國，途中遭葡萄牙和法國拒絕允許專機飛越其領空後，專機被困在維也納機場數小時。
The search found that Snowden was not onboard and the plane eventually left Vienna about noon on Wednesday.
搜索發現史諾頓不在飛機上，這架專機最終在週三中午左右飛離維也納。
"We have no doubt that it was an order from the White House," Bolivia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti Soliz, told reporters in Geneva. "By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country." （Reuters）
「我們毫無懷疑，這是白宮的命令」，玻利維亞駐聯合國大使羅倫提在日內瓦向記者說。「載著總統的外交代表飛機，絕不應該從其路線改道，被迫降落在另一個國家。」（路透）
新聞辭典：
at the bidding of someone ，或at someone’s bidding：片語，按照某人吩咐、命令行事。例句：I hired him at your bidding.（我依照你的吩咐雇用他。）
get one’s hands on （someone, something）：片語，得到、佔有、抓到（某人以施懲罰）。例句：They try to get their hands on the latest product before it hits the market.（他們設法在這款最新產品上市前先弄到手。）
by no means：副詞，絕不。例句：This is by no means an easy job.（這絕不是件輕鬆的差事。）
奧地利搜飛機找洩密人史諾頓激怒玻利維亞
2013-07-29◎管淑平
Bolivia accused Austria of "kidnapping" its president, Evo Morales, on Wednesday after authorities searched his plane during a stop-over in Vienna on suspicion he was taking fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden to Latin America.
奧地利政府基於懷疑玻利維亞總統莫拉雷斯的專機搭載遭通緝的美國情報分析員愛德華．史諾頓到拉丁美洲，在這架專機中途停留維也納期間登機搜索後，玻利維亞週三指控奧地利「綁架」該國總統。
A senior Bolivian diplomat said the Austrians had acted at the bidding of the United States, which has been trying to get its hands on Snowden since he revealed details of its secret surveillance programmes last month.
一名玻利維亞高層外交官說，奧地利聽從美國的指示行事。自從史諾頓揭發美國機密監聽計畫後，美國就一直試圖逮到他。
The Bolivian plane, which was taking Morales home from an energy conference in Moscow, was stranded at Vienna airport for several hours after Portugal and France refused to allow it to fly through their airspace.
這架玻利維亞專機當時搭載莫拉雷斯離開莫斯科的一場能源會議返國，途中遭葡萄牙和法國拒絕允許專機飛越其領空後，專機被困在維也納機場數小時。
The search found that Snowden was not onboard and the plane eventually left Vienna about noon on Wednesday.
搜索發現史諾頓不在飛機上，這架專機最終在週三中午左右飛離維也納。
"We have no doubt that it was an order from the White House," Bolivia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti Soliz, told reporters in Geneva. "By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country." （Reuters）
「我們毫無懷疑，這是白宮的命令」，玻利維亞駐聯合國大使羅倫提在日內瓦向記者說。「載著總統的外交代表飛機，絕不應該從其路線改道，被迫降落在另一個國家。」（路透）
新聞辭典：
at the bidding of someone ，或at someone’s bidding：片語，按照某人吩咐、命令行事。例句：I hired him at your bidding.（我依照你的吩咐雇用他。）
get one’s hands on （someone, something）：片語，得到、佔有、抓到（某人以施懲罰）。例句：They try to get their hands on the latest product before it hits the market.（他們設法在這款最新產品上市前先弄到手。）
by no means：副詞，絕不。例句：This is by no means an easy job.（這絕不是件輕鬆的差事。）
Turkey, Jordan say world has responsibility to end Syria war 土耳其、約旦指出 世界有責任終結敘利亞內戰
Turkey, Jordan say world has responsibility to end Syria war
土耳其、約旦指出 世界有責任終結敘利亞內戰
2013-11-02◎陳伃軒
Turkey and Jordan called on Tuesday for a more robust international effort to end Syria’s civil war, saying the global community had a responsibility not to abandon the Syrian people.
土耳其和約旦週四要求更堅實的國際努力以終結敘利亞內戰，並表示國際社會負擔不能捨棄敘利亞人民的責任。
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah made the remarks while addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Gul said the international community was responsible for ending the conflict, which has killed more than 100,000 people, according to U.N. estimates.
土耳其總統阿卜杜拉．居爾和約旦國王阿布杜拉是在紐約舉行的聯合國大會演講中發表評論。居爾說，國際社會肩負解決這場衝突的責任，根據聯合國估計，超過10萬人因此死亡。
Turkey, once an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but now one of his fiercest critics as he fights rebels trying to oust him, called for U.N. Security Council action last month after a deadly chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
土耳其曾是敘利亞總統巴夏．阿塞德的盟友，在阿塞德與企圖推翻他的反抗軍作戰之際，轉而成為阿塞德最激烈的批評者之一。在大馬士革近郊發生嚴重化學武器攻擊後，土國上月要求聯合國安理會採取行動。
"This conflict has evolved into a real threat to regional peace and security," Gul said. "Any recurrence of the proxy wars of the Cold-War era will plunge Syria into further chaos."
「這個衝突已演變成為對區域和平與安全的真正威脅」，居爾說，「任何冷戰時期代理人戰爭的再現，都將使敘利亞陷入更嚴重的混亂」。
Gul said Turkey welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement to remove Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal but said the world must not allow Assad’s government to "avoid responsibility for its other crimes."（Reuters）
居爾表示，土耳其欣然接受美俄同意移除敘利亞的化學武器軍械庫，但他說，世界斷不能讓阿塞德政權得以「免除他其他罪行的責任」。（路透）
新聞辭典
robust：形容詞，強健的、堅固的、粗魯的。例句：He is a robust young man.（他是個強壯的年輕人。）
evolve：動詞，逐步形成、進化、釋出（氣體）。例句：Human has evolved from the ape.（人類是從人猿演化而來。）
arsenal：名詞，軍械庫、儲藏的武器。例句：The police found an arsenal of knives and guns in the gangsters’ hideout.（警方在幫派份子的藏身處尋獲大批刀槍。）
土耳其、約旦指出 世界有責任終結敘利亞內戰
2013-11-02◎陳伃軒
Turkey and Jordan called on Tuesday for a more robust international effort to end Syria’s civil war, saying the global community had a responsibility not to abandon the Syrian people.
土耳其和約旦週四要求更堅實的國際努力以終結敘利亞內戰，並表示國際社會負擔不能捨棄敘利亞人民的責任。
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah made the remarks while addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Gul said the international community was responsible for ending the conflict, which has killed more than 100,000 people, according to U.N. estimates.
土耳其總統阿卜杜拉．居爾和約旦國王阿布杜拉是在紐約舉行的聯合國大會演講中發表評論。居爾說，國際社會肩負解決這場衝突的責任，根據聯合國估計，超過10萬人因此死亡。
Turkey, once an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but now one of his fiercest critics as he fights rebels trying to oust him, called for U.N. Security Council action last month after a deadly chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
土耳其曾是敘利亞總統巴夏．阿塞德的盟友，在阿塞德與企圖推翻他的反抗軍作戰之際，轉而成為阿塞德最激烈的批評者之一。在大馬士革近郊發生嚴重化學武器攻擊後，土國上月要求聯合國安理會採取行動。
"This conflict has evolved into a real threat to regional peace and security," Gul said. "Any recurrence of the proxy wars of the Cold-War era will plunge Syria into further chaos."
「這個衝突已演變成為對區域和平與安全的真正威脅」，居爾說，「任何冷戰時期代理人戰爭的再現，都將使敘利亞陷入更嚴重的混亂」。
Gul said Turkey welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement to remove Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal but said the world must not allow Assad’s government to "avoid responsibility for its other crimes."（Reuters）
居爾表示，土耳其欣然接受美俄同意移除敘利亞的化學武器軍械庫，但他說，世界斷不能讓阿塞德政權得以「免除他其他罪行的責任」。（路透）
新聞辭典
robust：形容詞，強健的、堅固的、粗魯的。例句：He is a robust young man.（他是個強壯的年輕人。）
evolve：動詞，逐步形成、進化、釋出（氣體）。例句：Human has evolved from the ape.（人類是從人猿演化而來。）
arsenal：名詞，軍械庫、儲藏的武器。例句：The police found an arsenal of knives and guns in the gangsters’ hideout.（警方在幫派份子的藏身處尋獲大批刀槍。）
Cyber criminals steal $1 billion according to Symantec’s report 根據賽門鐵克報告 網路犯罪份子竊取10億美元
Cyber criminals steal $1 billion according to Symantec’s report
根據賽門鐵克報告 網路犯罪份子竊取10億美元
2013-11-18◎管淑平
Symantec’s annual Norton Report shows the cost of cyber crime in Australia plunged from $1.65bn last year to just over $1bn this year, as criminals skimmed smaller amounts in online fraud.
賽門鐵克的年度「諾頓報告」顯示，由於犯罪份子在網路詐騙案中詐騙得手金額較少，今年澳洲網路犯罪損失從去年的16億5000萬元，減少到略高於10億元。
Half of Australia’s adult population has fallen prey to online crime in the past year, the latest global survey of cybercrime reveals.
這份最新的全球網路犯罪調查揭露，過去1年澳洲成年人中有一半受網路犯罪所害。
The average cost per victim was $201 this year, compared to $306 in 2012.
今年平均每位受害者損失201元，相較之下2012年為306元。
But cyber criminals were not the only security risk - the Norton survey reveals that prying partners and friends are also snooping on personal files and social media accounts.
但網路罪犯並非唯一的安全威脅，諾頓調查揭露，愛窺視的另一半和朋友，也在窺探私人檔案和社群媒體帳號。
"One in 10 people have accessed their partner or friend’s account without their permission,’’ according to the report.
根據這份報告，「10人中有1人曾在未經其另一半或朋友許可下進入他們的帳戶」。
"（Of those）, 41 per cent did it because they were curious, 26 per cent were playing a joke, and 18 per cent were checking the honesty of their friend or partner.’’
「（其中）41%的人說此舉是出於好奇，26%的人說只是好玩，另有18%的人是要查驗他們朋友或另一半老不老實。」
新聞辭典：
pry：動詞，窺視、打探。例句：I don’t mean to pry into your private life.（我無意要探聽你的私生活。）
snoop：動詞，窺探，調查。You should stop snooping on your ex-boyfriend and get your own life. （你該停止打探你前男友的事情，去好好過你自己的生活。）
fall prey to something/someone：動詞片語，受某人／某事之害。例句：Our city’s tourism industry has fallen prey to the continuing economic woes.（持續的經濟困局拖累本市觀光產業。）
根據賽門鐵克報告 網路犯罪份子竊取10億美元
2013-11-18◎管淑平
Symantec’s annual Norton Report shows the cost of cyber crime in Australia plunged from $1.65bn last year to just over $1bn this year, as criminals skimmed smaller amounts in online fraud.
賽門鐵克的年度「諾頓報告」顯示，由於犯罪份子在網路詐騙案中詐騙得手金額較少，今年澳洲網路犯罪損失從去年的16億5000萬元，減少到略高於10億元。
Half of Australia’s adult population has fallen prey to online crime in the past year, the latest global survey of cybercrime reveals.
這份最新的全球網路犯罪調查揭露，過去1年澳洲成年人中有一半受網路犯罪所害。
The average cost per victim was $201 this year, compared to $306 in 2012.
今年平均每位受害者損失201元，相較之下2012年為306元。
But cyber criminals were not the only security risk - the Norton survey reveals that prying partners and friends are also snooping on personal files and social media accounts.
但網路罪犯並非唯一的安全威脅，諾頓調查揭露，愛窺視的另一半和朋友，也在窺探私人檔案和社群媒體帳號。
"One in 10 people have accessed their partner or friend’s account without their permission,’’ according to the report.
根據這份報告，「10人中有1人曾在未經其另一半或朋友許可下進入他們的帳戶」。
"（Of those）, 41 per cent did it because they were curious, 26 per cent were playing a joke, and 18 per cent were checking the honesty of their friend or partner.’’
「（其中）41%的人說此舉是出於好奇，26%的人說只是好玩，另有18%的人是要查驗他們朋友或另一半老不老實。」
新聞辭典：
pry：動詞，窺視、打探。例句：I don’t mean to pry into your private life.（我無意要探聽你的私生活。）
snoop：動詞，窺探，調查。You should stop snooping on your ex-boyfriend and get your own life. （你該停止打探你前男友的事情，去好好過你自己的生活。）
fall prey to something/someone：動詞片語，受某人／某事之害。例句：Our city’s tourism industry has fallen prey to the continuing economic woes.（持續的經濟困局拖累本市觀光產業。）
〈社論〉與中國牽扯不清 台灣必受其害
〈社論〉與中國牽扯不清 台灣必受其害
2014-05-16
中國近年自認已經崛起，野心外露，與周邊國家領土主權爭執不斷，各國反彈，越南連日發生民眾反中抗議，演變成群眾暴動，台灣廠商遭池魚之殃，損失不輕。這一事件顯示，與中國牽扯不清，台灣遭殃。因此，除了協助受害台商，政府當前要務，應如當地業者所強調，明顯區隔台灣、中國，以免我在海外投資無端遭牽連。
馬英九政府什麼事都敢做，唯獨與中國區隔的事絕對不敢。相反地，它千方百計，要把台灣推向與中國統合之路，不論經濟整合或政治終極統一。就此而言，我國駐美國代表沈呂巡日前在華府一項研討會，以「歐盟模式」描繪台灣與中國關係現狀，不但誤導世人，也凸顯馬政府睜眼說瞎話的本性。
首先，它是民主國家與市場經濟體的結合，參與國家在政經方面都須符合此一屬性。其次，歐盟成員國或有大小之分，彼此間卻是獨立的國與國關係，且具體表現於它有二十四種正式官方語言，開會文件同時齊備。另外，各國有自由參加的權利，通常由公民投票決定，已加入也可選擇退出，沒有強迫。
沈呂巡當過我國駐歐盟代表，不會不知歐盟這些基本特性。馬英九早已宣稱「台海兩岸不是國與國關係」，根本否定「歐盟模式」適用雙方關係。如今，駐美代表居然拿「歐盟模式」與兩岸關係相提並論，尤其馬政府所推動的中國政策，顯然企圖魚目混珠。
以國家屬性來說，中國既非民主國家，也不是市場經濟體，實施的其實是權貴資本主義。這種政經體制與「歐盟模式」完全不相容。相形之下，台灣政治民主、經濟自由，馬政府卻強要我國與它統合，只會害慘台灣。
更關鍵的雙邊關係，中國表面上說「沒有誰吃掉誰的問題」，但從來沒有鬆動併吞台灣的野心，國際打壓尤不遺餘力，我國參加國際組織、與經貿夥伴洽簽協議，一概圍堵。這與歐盟各國之間平等尊嚴自主往來，大相逕庭。
沈呂巡為推銷他所謂「歐盟模式」，還舉例台灣是中國最大外資來源，有最多航班飛往中國，對中國深入瞭解，並有「無比的影響力」，雙邊受益。這真是比癡人說夢還嚴重的胡說，不值一一駁斥。僅以大量投資中國為例，台灣因此導致經濟成長遲滯、產業斷鏈且轉型無力、就業流失、薪資不漲等重重困境，至今難解。經濟既受制台海彼岸，中國以商逼政、以經促統形勢已成，台灣深受其害。
尤有甚者，馬政府不但加碼開放科技、金融西進，還對中國門戶洞開。以開放中國觀光客為例，接團、餐飲、住宿、交通、採購，中國都利益由自己人賺，台灣賺了來客人數，卻陷於白忙而鮮少實益；最近為擴大接待自由行中國客，更引發澎湖嵵裡海岸等破壞生態環境開發爭議。情況如果持續，中國客改變香港社會，使其原有特色漸失的弊害，即將上演台灣版。
沈呂巡提「歐盟模式」，被立委批「毫無常識」，不合常識而大言不慚，顯示說者別有用心，只是拿它來遮掩馬政府不得人心的賣台政策。不過，沈呂巡不是始作俑者，馬英九口中的「經濟發展總設計師」蕭萬長才是。這位大官當年倡言「兩岸共同市場」，擔任副總統後，以「六三三」經濟空頭支票留下笑柄，同樣「毫無常識」也不現實的「兩岸共同市場」，也是導致經濟受制中國的幫凶。
台灣與中國，經濟市場不能「共同」，連日事件再顯示，國家認同尤「共同」不得。
惡鄰狂擺樟腦丸 辱蠶豆症「父母造孽」 & 蠶豆症為遺傳 忌碰蠶豆樟腦丸
惡鄰狂擺樟腦丸 辱蠶豆症「父母造孽」
2013-12-28
〔記者林良哲、林惠琴／綜合報導〕蠶豆症患者接觸樟腦丸、蠶豆，會誘發症狀，台中市陳姓女子為清除蟑螂，在社區空地放置樟腦丸，王姓住戶因兒子罹患蠶豆症，拜託她別再放了，陳女反而愈放愈多，還斥「蠶豆症是父母造孽！」王某憤而提告，檢方依妨害名譽罪將陳女起訴。
婦挨批欠缺同理心
陳女不體諒蠶豆症患者的言行，「中華民國先天及代謝疾病關懷之友協會」昨表示，顯然她十分欠缺同理心，若是自己家人不幸罹患蠶豆症，陳女會做出這種行徑嗎？對於特殊疾病患者，民眾應將心比心，政府也要宣導正確觀念，以免類似事件重演。
不聽勸 愈放愈多
起訴書指出，陳姓女子（34歲）住在龍井一處集合式住宅，她為了清除住家及社區蟑螂，今年2月間在空地放置樟腦丸，王姓男住戶因兒子罹患蠶豆症，請陳女的女兒代為轉告，希望她別在公共區域放置樟腦丸，以免其子引發併發症。
王姓住戶說，樟腦丸發出的特殊氣味，會讓蠶豆症患者出現黃疸、精神不佳，嚴重時會出現呼吸急促、腎臟衰竭，甚至休克而有生命危險，希望陳女體諒。
陳女不但不同意，反而愈放愈多，甚至在2戶交界處一座流理台的水龍頭上，故意懸掛大量樟腦丸，王姓住戶無計可施，只好拜託社區管委會及警方處理，讓雙方調解。
調解過程中，陳女居然在眾人面前指「蠶豆症是父母造孽！」王姓住戶憤憤不平，認為陳女分明是在眾人面前，指控他和妻素行不良、作惡多端，因果報應下，使兒子罹患蠶豆症，遂委託律師提告。
檢方偵辦時，陳女雖承認說過此話，但辯稱並非故意，也沒有妨害名譽犯意；但檢方依據現場錄音光碟，認為陳女之言已屬於負面指摘，足以毀損對方社會評價，依妨害名譽罪嫌將她起訴。
蠶豆症為遺傳 忌碰蠶豆樟腦丸
2013-12-28
〔記者蔡淑媛／台中報導〕中國醫藥大學附設醫院血液腫瘤科主任巫康熙指出，蠶豆症是遺傳疾病，台灣每百個新生兒有3個罹患，9成為男性，如果接觸到樟腦丸、蠶豆或阿斯匹靈等含有氧化物的物質，患者會導致溶血症。
溶血症會出現貧血、黃疸，臉色蒼白、皮膚變黃，要靠輸血治療才能好轉，嚴重的話會造成腎臟衰竭、休克等。蠶豆症患者應避免樟腦丸、蠶豆，以免誘發。
巫康熙說，蠶豆症患者透過新生兒篩檢就能發現，不過也曾發生一名新生兒罹患蠶豆症，父親是醫生、母親是護士卻都沒發現，帶孩子到戶外玩，當地常放樟腦驅蚊，接觸到樟腦引發溶血症，造成腦性麻痺。
台越，台中，RCEP
台越，台中，RCEP
2014-05-16
記者鄒景雯／特稿
以中國在南海設置鑽油平台為導火線，在越南所發動的示威抗議，演變成反華暴動，意外讓台商成為主要受害者，企業損失比中國還鉅大。這件近年罕見、牽涉國人生命財產安全的重大外交事件，同時觸及台越關係，台中關係，ＲＣＥＰ的真相，三者的核心，則是中國政經政策，政府在此出現了致命性的錯誤。
台商在越南的投資受到嚴重衝擊、甚至多年心血付之一炬，根據返國台商陸續的口述，對於越南官方的態度，透露出尚待確認的詭異。台商成為目標，存在兩種可能，一是看到中國字，一起遭殃；二是外資在當地的剝削問題，併隨反華一同爆發。
不論成因究竟，事後的政府處置能力，最是關鍵。當台灣已經獲知平陽、河靜等地的情形慘烈之際，我駐河內代表處、外交部、國安會，這條決策線的因應，不但慢半拍，更似乎狀況外，導致台商怨聲載道，同時也演成外交交涉的混亂，儼然「無祖國」狀態。
如此表現，令深知台越關係深厚的人莫不詫異。過去，儘管與中國建有正式邦交，越南總理府內有個台辦，專案處理與台灣的實質往來，絕不致有今天找不到門路施壓的窘境，顯然，我們駐外單位的螺絲釘完全鬆脫了。何以致之？孟子說：「無敵國外患者，國恆亡」，應是對外交休兵政策的最適詮釋。
不再把兩岸關係的現實，置放在政策評估的首位，後果就是前線鬆懈，後方斷線。再加上，這六年來，全部的政經經營重心就是中國，從兩岸直航到服貿已簽有十九項協議，不僅南向分散投資的計畫，缺乏政府後盾支援，台灣與東協各國的關係強化，也受到資源排擠與顯著弱化。如今，徵兆不就在逐步浮現？
從這裡，必須一併檢討這些年政府百般念咒的口號，「透過中國，才能連接ＲＣＥＰ與ＴＰＰ」。後者，已經被美國政府幾度打槍，ＴＰＰ與中國無關。這次的越南反中示威，更凸顯了中國近年向南中國海的宣示主權動作，在這個區域內所引發的高度緊繃，越南並非單例。
馬英九主張：台灣與中國連結，一起參與ＲＣＥＰ的邏輯，現在看來，無比諷刺。越南人分不清台灣與中國有什麼奇怪？這個教訓，應可告訴所有台灣人，錯誤的國家發展方向，如果無法因民意的認知而獲得矯正，受害的將是人民自己，關在台北冷氣房裡的爺們，除了束手無策，他們還會什麼？
離婚爭產請鬼拿藥單 5千萬債 弄假成真 & 假債強制執行 去了了
離婚爭產請鬼拿藥單 5千萬債 弄假成真
2013-12-23
牙科診所老闆 自首提告
〔記者楊政郡／台中報導〕請鬼拿藥單！牙科診所老闆陳男與妻子談離婚，2人的資產有上億元，陳男被妻子查到婚外情，擔心自己一半財產也被妻子拿走，為了保住一半財產，陳男竟與吳姓徵信業者共謀偽造5000多萬元假債務，不料吳假戲真做，把假債權以786萬元轉讓第三人，陳情急自首並控告吳，陳被依偽造文書判4月，吳多吃1條侵占罪判6月徒刑。
徵信業者判刑6月
判決書指出，陳某夫妻開設牙科診所，98年間夫妻感情破裂，陳被妻子抓到婚外情，協議離婚，陳擔心財產全被妻子拿走，找上吳姓徵信業者，一方面調查妻子是否有外遇，一方面找吳男當人頭。
陳結算與妻約有上億元資產，因此製造5460萬元假債務，開6張本票及1張借據，由吳擔任假債權人，陳支付法院裁定費，且由吳向法院聲請本票裁定，做得像真的一樣。
此案經過1年多，100年4月，這些假本票及法院裁定還在吳的手上，吳因積欠游男債務，竟以786萬元將上述假債權轉讓給游男，游男也立即向法院聲請強制執行，陳驚覺事態嚴重，向地檢署自首。
吳供稱，這是假債權沒錯，都是陳自己的主意，裁定費也是他出的，而陳說要給他人頭費200萬元，卻只給30萬元就沒下文，陳也沒有主動向他索取本票，他才會把本票及裁定轉讓給游姓債主。
法官認為陳、吳2人是偽造文書共犯，吳另觸犯侵占罪，審酌2人都沒有前科，判陳4月、吳6月徒刑，得易科罰金。
【律師說法】假債強制執行 去了了
2013-12-23
〔記者楊政郡／台中報導〕律師李學鏞指出，為了討回欠款，債權人可以拿證據到法院聲請支付命令，每件規費500元，法官視拿出的證據，審查後給予民事裁定書並通知債務人，債務人如無異議，一段時間後就可以聲請強制執行，強制執行費用為執行標的物千分之8，如對方有財產就可以執行拍賣，如果對方有異議，就會進入訴訟。
李學鏞說，本案是債權、債務雙方共謀製作假債權，有本票及借據為證，法官「形式」審查後給予裁定書，陳某一定不會有異議，這種裁定變成「確定裁定」，也就是所有的人都會認為這是有效的債權，且經法院裁定，只要陳某名下有財產，隨時可進行查封及拍賣，所以吳某轉售會有人要。
強制執行不受訴訟影響
李學鏞表示，以往常有「借名登記」、甚至朋友託孤情事，一句話就搞定，但最近這類「弄假成真」案例頻傳，陳某要回頭證明這是「假債權」，還要經過訴訟，而上述民事裁定可直接強制執行，且強制執行不受訴訟影響，等訴訟確定是假債權，可能一切都來不及了。
2014年5月15日 星期四
Study： Hotter temperatures lead to hotter tempers 研究：溫度越高火氣越大
Study： Hotter temperatures lead to hotter tempers
研究：溫度越高火氣越大
2013-08-22◎國際新聞中心
A big new study says as the world gets warmer, people are more prone to get hot under the collar. Scientists found that aggressive acts like violent crimes and wars become more likely with each added degree.
一份大型的新研究說，隨著世界愈來愈熱，人們也愈來愈容易生氣。科學家發現，氣溫每升高1度，暴力犯罪與戰爭等咄咄逼人的舉動的可能性也隨之增加。
The research analyzed 60 studies of such things as the historic collapses of empires, recent wars and violent crime rates in the United States. They found a common thread： Extreme weather _ hot or dry _ means more violence.
這份研究分析60份針對歷史上帝國瓦解、近代戰爭與美國暴力犯罪率等的研究成果。他們發現一個共通的線索：極端天氣，不管是極熱或極乾，都代表更多暴力。
An author of the study said that when the weather gets bad people tend to be more willing to hurt others. The team of economists even came up with a formula that predicts how much the risk of different types of violence should increase with extreme weather.
研究作者表示，天氣讓壞人們更傾向於傷害他人。這個經濟學家團隊甚至提出一套公式，預測不同種類的暴力隨極端天氣增加的風險有多高。
In war-torn parts of equatorial Africa, it says, every added degree Fahrenheit or so increases the chance of conflict between groups_ rebellion, war, civil unrest _ by 11 percent to 14 percent.
研究團隊說，在赤道非洲戰亂頻仍地區，溫度每增加華氏1度左右，不同群體間的衝突——叛亂、戰爭與內亂——的機率，也會增加11%到14%。
新聞辭典
be prone to sth/do sth：片語，容易受…疾病所擾、易出現某些負面特性。例句：I’ve always been prone to headaches.（我容易頭痛。）
hot under the collar：片語，對某事生氣或尷尬。例句：When I suggested he was mistaken he got rather hot under the collar.（當我暗示他錯了的時候，他相當生氣。）
come up with：片語，提出某種想法或計畫。例句：She’s come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.（她提出一些讓自己收入倍增的驚人計畫。）
研究：溫度越高火氣越大
2013-08-22◎國際新聞中心
A big new study says as the world gets warmer, people are more prone to get hot under the collar. Scientists found that aggressive acts like violent crimes and wars become more likely with each added degree.
一份大型的新研究說，隨著世界愈來愈熱，人們也愈來愈容易生氣。科學家發現，氣溫每升高1度，暴力犯罪與戰爭等咄咄逼人的舉動的可能性也隨之增加。
The research analyzed 60 studies of such things as the historic collapses of empires, recent wars and violent crime rates in the United States. They found a common thread： Extreme weather _ hot or dry _ means more violence.
這份研究分析60份針對歷史上帝國瓦解、近代戰爭與美國暴力犯罪率等的研究成果。他們發現一個共通的線索：極端天氣，不管是極熱或極乾，都代表更多暴力。
An author of the study said that when the weather gets bad people tend to be more willing to hurt others. The team of economists even came up with a formula that predicts how much the risk of different types of violence should increase with extreme weather.
研究作者表示，天氣讓壞人們更傾向於傷害他人。這個經濟學家團隊甚至提出一套公式，預測不同種類的暴力隨極端天氣增加的風險有多高。
In war-torn parts of equatorial Africa, it says, every added degree Fahrenheit or so increases the chance of conflict between groups_ rebellion, war, civil unrest _ by 11 percent to 14 percent.
研究團隊說，在赤道非洲戰亂頻仍地區，溫度每增加華氏1度左右，不同群體間的衝突——叛亂、戰爭與內亂——的機率，也會增加11%到14%。
新聞辭典
be prone to sth/do sth：片語，容易受…疾病所擾、易出現某些負面特性。例句：I’ve always been prone to headaches.（我容易頭痛。）
hot under the collar：片語，對某事生氣或尷尬。例句：When I suggested he was mistaken he got rather hot under the collar.（當我暗示他錯了的時候，他相當生氣。）
come up with：片語，提出某種想法或計畫。例句：She’s come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.（她提出一些讓自己收入倍增的驚人計畫。）
Drinking water may boost brain power：study 研究：喝水或能提升腦力
Drinking water may boost brain power：study
研究：喝水或能提升腦力
2013-08-12◎管淑平
A new small study finds that quenching your thirst with water may give your brain a boost.
一份新的小規模研究發現，喝水解渴或許能增進你的腦力。
Results showed that subjects who drank about three cups of water （775 milliliters） before taking a battery of cognitive tests performed better on a test measuring reaction time than subjects who didn’t drink water.
研究結果顯示，先喝約3杯水（775毫升）再做一系列認知測驗的人，測量反應時間的測試表現，比測驗前沒喝水的人好。
This difference was especially noticeable when the subjects were especially thirsty, with researchers speculating that being thirsty may take attention away from the task at hand, slowing response time.
這種差異在受測者特別渴時尤其明顯，研究人員揣測，感到口渴或許會分散人對手邊工作的注意力，延緩反應時間。
Still, in one test, on rule-learning, thirsty subjects actually fared better, but researchers aren’t clear why.
然而，在學習規範這項測驗上，口渴的人確實表現比較好，但研究人員不清楚為什麼。
"It might be that physiological processes [of drinking or not drinking water] affect performance on different tasks in different ways," study researcher Caroline Edmonds, of the University of East London School of Psychology told LiveScience.
「或許是（喝水或不喝水的）生理過程，以不同方式影響不同工作的表現」，進行這份研究的東倫敦大學心理學院研究人員卡洛琳．艾德蒙向「生活科學」網站表示。
In the study, 34 adult subjects were asked to abstain from food and drink starting at 9pm before coming into the lab for testing the next morning. In some cases, subjects were offered a cereal bar with water for breakfast. On another day, they were offered a cereal bar with no water.
在這份研究中，34名成年受測者被要求在測驗前一晚9時起不要進食，然後次日上午到實驗室受測，受測前提供部分受測者穀物棒配水當早餐。另一天只提供穀物棒，沒有搭配水。
Prior research has found that water consumption can improve memory in children, LiveScience reports.
此前的研究已發現，喝水能提升兒童的記憶力，生活科學網站報導。
新聞辭典
boost：動詞，提振、提升。
battery：名詞，一套、一組；一系列。例句：President Obama has outlined a battery of measures to boost the economy.（總統歐巴馬勾勒出一套提振經濟的措施。）
quench：動詞，熄滅；壓抑、解渴。例句：Your harsh criticism will only quench his enthusiasm for writing.（你苛刻批評只會澆熄他對寫作的熱情。）
研究：喝水或能提升腦力
2013-08-12◎管淑平
A new small study finds that quenching your thirst with water may give your brain a boost.
一份新的小規模研究發現，喝水解渴或許能增進你的腦力。
Results showed that subjects who drank about three cups of water （775 milliliters） before taking a battery of cognitive tests performed better on a test measuring reaction time than subjects who didn’t drink water.
研究結果顯示，先喝約3杯水（775毫升）再做一系列認知測驗的人，測量反應時間的測試表現，比測驗前沒喝水的人好。
This difference was especially noticeable when the subjects were especially thirsty, with researchers speculating that being thirsty may take attention away from the task at hand, slowing response time.
這種差異在受測者特別渴時尤其明顯，研究人員揣測，感到口渴或許會分散人對手邊工作的注意力，延緩反應時間。
Still, in one test, on rule-learning, thirsty subjects actually fared better, but researchers aren’t clear why.
然而，在學習規範這項測驗上，口渴的人確實表現比較好，但研究人員不清楚為什麼。
"It might be that physiological processes [of drinking or not drinking water] affect performance on different tasks in different ways," study researcher Caroline Edmonds, of the University of East London School of Psychology told LiveScience.
「或許是（喝水或不喝水的）生理過程，以不同方式影響不同工作的表現」，進行這份研究的東倫敦大學心理學院研究人員卡洛琳．艾德蒙向「生活科學」網站表示。
In the study, 34 adult subjects were asked to abstain from food and drink starting at 9pm before coming into the lab for testing the next morning. In some cases, subjects were offered a cereal bar with water for breakfast. On another day, they were offered a cereal bar with no water.
在這份研究中，34名成年受測者被要求在測驗前一晚9時起不要進食，然後次日上午到實驗室受測，受測前提供部分受測者穀物棒配水當早餐。另一天只提供穀物棒，沒有搭配水。
Prior research has found that water consumption can improve memory in children, LiveScience reports.
此前的研究已發現，喝水能提升兒童的記憶力，生活科學網站報導。
新聞辭典
boost：動詞，提振、提升。
battery：名詞，一套、一組；一系列。例句：President Obama has outlined a battery of measures to boost the economy.（總統歐巴馬勾勒出一套提振經濟的措施。）
quench：動詞，熄滅；壓抑、解渴。例句：Your harsh criticism will only quench his enthusiasm for writing.（你苛刻批評只會澆熄他對寫作的熱情。）
Spain police dog wins British award for bravery 西班牙警犬贏得英國英勇獎
Spain police dog wins British award for bravery
西班牙警犬贏得英國英勇獎
2013-07-26◎張沛元
Ajax has a nose for trouble.
艾傑克斯對於感應麻煩很有一套。
The retired Spanish police dog has received a prestigious award by a British animal charity group in recognition of his bravery and skill.
這隻退休的西班牙警犬獲得英國一個動物慈善團體頒發一項頗負盛名的獎項，以表彰牠的英勇與技能。
The bushy-coated, black-and-gold German Shepherd detected a bomb on the Spanish island of Mallorca only hours after two officers were killed in a terror attack on July 30, 2009.
這隻毛茸茸、黑金色的德國牧羊犬，2009年7月30日在兩名員警於一場恐怖攻擊中殉職的短短數小時後，在西班牙馬略卡島查獲一枚炸彈。
The 12-year-old dog found the bomb planted under a car by the armed Basque group ETA in the town of Palma Nova.
這隻12歲的警犬發現，這枚炸彈被巴斯克武裝團體ETA安置在帕爾馬諾瓦鎮的一輛汽車底下。
He was decorated with the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals’ Gold Medal at a ceremony on the outskirts of Madrid.
牠在馬德里市郊舉行的一場典禮上，被（動物慈善團體）「病畜的人類診療所」授與金質獎章。
Ajax is the 22nd dog to receive the award. （AP）
艾傑克斯是第22隻獲頒該獎的狗。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
have a nose for something：慣用語，╳╳鼻，形容具有感應或發現某事（如新聞、麻煩、八卦等）的能力。例句：As a journalist, you really need to have a nose for news.（身為記者，你真的必須要有發掘新聞的能力。）
in recognition of：慣用語，以表彰…，對成就、服務或能力的感謝或讚揚。
decorate：動詞，授勳（章）給…。例句：He was decorated for his heroism.（他因他的英雄行為而獲頒勳章。）
西班牙警犬贏得英國英勇獎
2013-07-26◎張沛元
Ajax has a nose for trouble.
艾傑克斯對於感應麻煩很有一套。
The retired Spanish police dog has received a prestigious award by a British animal charity group in recognition of his bravery and skill.
這隻退休的西班牙警犬獲得英國一個動物慈善團體頒發一項頗負盛名的獎項，以表彰牠的英勇與技能。
The bushy-coated, black-and-gold German Shepherd detected a bomb on the Spanish island of Mallorca only hours after two officers were killed in a terror attack on July 30, 2009.
這隻毛茸茸、黑金色的德國牧羊犬，2009年7月30日在兩名員警於一場恐怖攻擊中殉職的短短數小時後，在西班牙馬略卡島查獲一枚炸彈。
The 12-year-old dog found the bomb planted under a car by the armed Basque group ETA in the town of Palma Nova.
這隻12歲的警犬發現，這枚炸彈被巴斯克武裝團體ETA安置在帕爾馬諾瓦鎮的一輛汽車底下。
He was decorated with the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals’ Gold Medal at a ceremony on the outskirts of Madrid.
牠在馬德里市郊舉行的一場典禮上，被（動物慈善團體）「病畜的人類診療所」授與金質獎章。
Ajax is the 22nd dog to receive the award. （AP）
艾傑克斯是第22隻獲頒該獎的狗。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
have a nose for something：慣用語，╳╳鼻，形容具有感應或發現某事（如新聞、麻煩、八卦等）的能力。例句：As a journalist, you really need to have a nose for news.（身為記者，你真的必須要有發掘新聞的能力。）
in recognition of：慣用語，以表彰…，對成就、服務或能力的感謝或讚揚。
decorate：動詞，授勳（章）給…。例句：He was decorated for his heroism.（他因他的英雄行為而獲頒勳章。）
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