Disagreements cloud Hong Kong’s blue skies
香港的藍天因歧見蒙上陰霾
2007-09-03◎俞智敏
As Hong Kong basks in one of its finest summers for nearly a decade, the government and environmentalists are at loggerheads over the reason for the clear blue skies residents of this usually smog-ridden city are enjoying.
正當香港沐浴在近十年來最舒適的夏季之際，香港政府與環保人士卻為了究竟什麼原因使得這座經常籠罩在煙霧中的城市，居民近來卻能享受到晴朗藍天，彼此各執一詞。
Air quality in Hong Kong has taken a dramatic turn for the better this year. Official figures show the number of low-pollution days between May and July is up more than 70 percent on 2006, with air quality better than at any time since 1999.
香港的空氣品質今年突然戲劇性地改善。官方數據顯示，今年5月至7月間的低空污日數較去年增加了70% ，空氣品質更為1999年以來的最佳狀態。
The Hong Kong government believes it should get the credit for the transformation. Diesel taxis and mini-buses are being replaced with vehicles that run on cleaner liquefied petroleum gas, and the government has tightened emissions caps on power plants.
香港政府認為，空氣品質的改善應是政府的功勞。柴油計程車與小型巴士現已被使用液化石油氣的更清淨車輛所取代，政府也對發電廠排放的廢氣量設定更嚴格的上限。
But environmentalists say emission reduction targets are too low, and air pollution figures are not telling the real story because the danger limits are set much higher than those of the World Health Organisation. They believe it was too early for the government to claim it has beaten the smog.
但環保人士卻說，溫室氣體排放量目標的降低幅度太少，且空污數據並無法說明事實全貌，因為香港政府設定的危險限制較世界衛生組織高出許多。他們認為，政府現在要自稱打敗煙霧，恐怕還為時過早。
新聞辭典
at loggerheads：loggerhead原指笨蛋、鐵頭棒或赤蠵龜，at loggerheads則指嚴重不睦、爭執，例句︰They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.（他們為了資金分配問題相爭不下。）
take a turn for the better╱worse：片語，指某事突然改善／惡化，例句︰Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job.（在他失業後，他們的關係突然惡化。）
credit（for／to）：名詞，指功勞、榮譽，例句︰He took no credit for his kindly act.（他不願為自己的善行居功。）
2013年4月10日 星期三
2013年4月1日 星期一
Kenyans told to stop masquerading as refugees 肯亞人被要求不得冒充難民
Kenyans told to stop masquerading as refugees
肯亞人被要求不得冒充難民
2007-05-02◎羅彥傑
Kenyan police have demanded more than 400 locals stop pretending to be refugees to get food and aid handouts, a local official said.
肯亞警方已要求400多名當地人士停止冒充難民，以取得食物與救濟物資，一名當地官員說。
The east African country hosts more than 180,000 refugees, most of them from neighbouring Somalia, in three large camps near the Somali border in its drought-prone northeast.
這個東非國家目前收留超過18萬名難民，大多數來自鄰近的索馬利亞，目前住在旱災頻仍的索馬利亞東北部邊界附近的3座大型難民營。
Some local residents resent the presence of the refugees, who are entitled to envied handouts from the United Nations, and hundreds recently entered the camps claiming to be foreigners.
若干當地居民不滿這些有資格取得令人稱羨的聯合國發放物資的難民進駐當地，數百人最近進入這些難民營，自稱是外國人。
"It is an embarrassment. The government will not accept it," one local official who asked not to be named told Reuters. "We know some are desperate and need food, while a majority want to secure a chance to be relocated to either America or Europe."
「這是一件令人尷尬的事。政府不會接受，」一名匿名的當地官員告訴路透。「我們知道有人狀況艱難，亟需食物，而大多數人都想找機會到美洲或歐洲定居。」
He said 408 Kenyans who had "cheated" and were discovered last week during a U.N. screening exercise were told to leave.
他說，408名「騙人」而在上週聯合國身分審查中被抓包的肯亞人，已被通知離開。
新聞辭典
masquerade：原為名詞，指化妝舞會，在此作動詞，指偽裝、冒充或假扮。例句：She actually was a police officer masquerading as an underage girl.（她實際上是一名警官，假扮成未成年少女。）
be entitled to...：片語，有資格或權利做…。例句：The President is entitled to see the documents.（總統有權看這些文件。）
envy：動詞，羨慕、嫉妒。例句：I envy your fine room.（我羨慕你有漂亮的房間。）
肯亞人被要求不得冒充難民
2007-05-02◎羅彥傑
Kenyan police have demanded more than 400 locals stop pretending to be refugees to get food and aid handouts, a local official said.
肯亞警方已要求400多名當地人士停止冒充難民，以取得食物與救濟物資，一名當地官員說。
The east African country hosts more than 180,000 refugees, most of them from neighbouring Somalia, in three large camps near the Somali border in its drought-prone northeast.
這個東非國家目前收留超過18萬名難民，大多數來自鄰近的索馬利亞，目前住在旱災頻仍的索馬利亞東北部邊界附近的3座大型難民營。
Some local residents resent the presence of the refugees, who are entitled to envied handouts from the United Nations, and hundreds recently entered the camps claiming to be foreigners.
若干當地居民不滿這些有資格取得令人稱羨的聯合國發放物資的難民進駐當地，數百人最近進入這些難民營，自稱是外國人。
"It is an embarrassment. The government will not accept it," one local official who asked not to be named told Reuters. "We know some are desperate and need food, while a majority want to secure a chance to be relocated to either America or Europe."
「這是一件令人尷尬的事。政府不會接受，」一名匿名的當地官員告訴路透。「我們知道有人狀況艱難，亟需食物，而大多數人都想找機會到美洲或歐洲定居。」
He said 408 Kenyans who had "cheated" and were discovered last week during a U.N. screening exercise were told to leave.
他說，408名「騙人」而在上週聯合國身分審查中被抓包的肯亞人，已被通知離開。
新聞辭典
masquerade：原為名詞，指化妝舞會，在此作動詞，指偽裝、冒充或假扮。例句：She actually was a police officer masquerading as an underage girl.（她實際上是一名警官，假扮成未成年少女。）
be entitled to...：片語，有資格或權利做…。例句：The President is entitled to see the documents.（總統有權看這些文件。）
envy：動詞，羨慕、嫉妒。例句：I envy your fine room.（我羨慕你有漂亮的房間。）
2013年3月31日 星期日
Prison food too good to leave 監獄飯菜太好囚犯不想出獄
Prison food too good to leave
監獄飯菜太好囚犯不想出獄
2007-06-30◎陳成良
Inmates of an Indian prison are reportedly refusing to apply for bail because the food is so good.
據報導，印度一座監獄的囚犯不願申請假釋，因為獄中伙食太棒了。
Parappana Agrahara prison in Bangalore is crowded with 4,700 inmates, more than twice its capacity. Small-time criminals are refusing to apply for bail to get out while juvenile offenders are lying about their age to get in, reports the Bangalore Mirror.
班加羅爾的帕拉帕納．阿格拉哈拉監獄擠滿4700名囚犯，超出容量兩倍多。罪刑輕的犯人不願申請假釋，少年犯也為了住進這座監獄而謊報年齡，班加羅爾鏡報報導。
The paper says the reason is healthy food being served by ISKCON, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a Hindu evangelist organisation.
該報說，原因出在印度教福音傳播機構「國際奎師那意識協會」提供的健康飲食。
Lunch and dinner typically include piping hot rice, two vegetables and a spicy lentil dish called sambar and buttermilk. A dessert is added on festival days and national holidays like Independence Day, and also once a week.
午餐與晚餐通常包括熱騰騰白飯、兩份蔬菜、一道叫sambar煮奶油牛奶的辣扁豆料理。 節慶或獨立紀念日等國定假日時外加甜點，平常則每週供應一次甜點。
Prisoner Raja Reddy, who has been arrested 20 times in 30 years for theft, robbery and burglary, said： "When we are getting tasty, nutritious food three times a day here, why should we go out and commit crimes."
30年來因偷竊、搶劫及入侵民宅等罪行，被逮捕20次的囚犯雷迪說：「我們在這裡每天可以吃到好吃又營養的三頓，幹嘛出去犯罪。」
新聞辭典
bail：名詞，保釋金，保釋、jump bail（棄保潛逃）；動詞，（繳保釋金）保釋（某人）。 She was bailed out of prison.（她被保釋出獄。）
juvenile︰少年的、幼稚的，如 juvenile books （少年讀物），juvenile delinquent ／offender（少年犯）。
commit：動詞，犯（罪）、做（錯事等）。I committed an error in handling the business.（我處理業務時犯了一個錯誤。）
監獄飯菜太好囚犯不想出獄
2007-06-30◎陳成良
Inmates of an Indian prison are reportedly refusing to apply for bail because the food is so good.
據報導，印度一座監獄的囚犯不願申請假釋，因為獄中伙食太棒了。
Parappana Agrahara prison in Bangalore is crowded with 4,700 inmates, more than twice its capacity. Small-time criminals are refusing to apply for bail to get out while juvenile offenders are lying about their age to get in, reports the Bangalore Mirror.
班加羅爾的帕拉帕納．阿格拉哈拉監獄擠滿4700名囚犯，超出容量兩倍多。罪刑輕的犯人不願申請假釋，少年犯也為了住進這座監獄而謊報年齡，班加羅爾鏡報報導。
The paper says the reason is healthy food being served by ISKCON, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a Hindu evangelist organisation.
該報說，原因出在印度教福音傳播機構「國際奎師那意識協會」提供的健康飲食。
Lunch and dinner typically include piping hot rice, two vegetables and a spicy lentil dish called sambar and buttermilk. A dessert is added on festival days and national holidays like Independence Day, and also once a week.
午餐與晚餐通常包括熱騰騰白飯、兩份蔬菜、一道叫sambar煮奶油牛奶的辣扁豆料理。 節慶或獨立紀念日等國定假日時外加甜點，平常則每週供應一次甜點。
Prisoner Raja Reddy, who has been arrested 20 times in 30 years for theft, robbery and burglary, said： "When we are getting tasty, nutritious food three times a day here, why should we go out and commit crimes."
30年來因偷竊、搶劫及入侵民宅等罪行，被逮捕20次的囚犯雷迪說：「我們在這裡每天可以吃到好吃又營養的三頓，幹嘛出去犯罪。」
新聞辭典
bail：名詞，保釋金，保釋、jump bail（棄保潛逃）；動詞，（繳保釋金）保釋（某人）。 She was bailed out of prison.（她被保釋出獄。）
juvenile︰少年的、幼稚的，如 juvenile books （少年讀物），juvenile delinquent ／offender（少年犯）。
commit：動詞，犯（罪）、做（錯事等）。I committed an error in handling the business.（我處理業務時犯了一個錯誤。）
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