2023年1月30日 星期一

After 40 years of extinction, rhinos return to Mozambique

 

滅絕40年後 犀牛重回莫三比克

【摘要2023-01-29..自由】林雨萱

Over four decades after they became extinct locally, rhinos are roaming again the wilds of Mozambique, which is bringing the endangered species from South Africa in efforts to breathe new life into its parks and boost local tourism.

犀牛在莫三比克當地滅絕40年之後,再度於原野上現蹤,從南非引進的這種瀕危物種努力為莫三比克的公園注入新活力,並且促進當地旅遊業。

A group of rangers captured, sedated and moved black and white rhinos over 1,610 km to Mozambique’s Zinave National Park, which has over 400,000 hectares and more than 2,300 other reintroduced animals.

一群護林員捕捉黑犀牛與白犀牛並讓牠們服用鎮靜劑後,將牠們送往距離超過1610公里之外的莫三比克齊納維國家公園。這座公園占地超過40萬公頃,還有其他2300重新被引進的動物。

"Rhinos are important to the ecosystem, which is one of the reasons why we’re moving them all this distance and doing all this effort to get them there," Kester Vickery, a conservationist who is supervising the rhino translocation told.

監督運送安置過程的保育員凱斯特.維克里說,「我們之所以會做這麼多努力,將犀牛從大老遠的地方運送過來,是因為犀牛對生態系統很重要」。

The Peace Parks Foundation conservation group, which is conducting the operation, aims to relocate over 40 rhinos in the next two years to Mozambique.

和平公園基金會保育團隊主導這項工作,目標是在未來2年內,將40隻以上的犀牛重新安置到莫三比克。

【新聞辭典】

extinction:名詞,滅絕。例句:The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years ago.(恐龍的滅絕大約發生在6500萬年前。 )

endangered 形容詞,瀕臨滅絕的。例句:Jimmy’s work is to take care of endangerd birds.(吉米的工作是照顧瀕臨絕種的鳥類。)

sedate 動詞,給服用鎮靜劑。例句:He was heavily sedated.(他服用了大量的鎮靜劑。)

Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

 

被盜取的古代棺槨從美國送回埃及

【摘要2023-01-16.自由】陳成良

An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday.

埃及官員週一表示,休士頓自然科學博物館展出、幾年前經美國當局判定遭到竊取的一具古代棺槨,已被送回埃及。

The repatriation is part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo succeeded in getting 5,300 stolen artifacts returned to Egypt from across the world.

這項歸還行動是埃及政府為制止走私其被盜文物所做努力的一環。2021年,開羅當局成功讓5300件被盜文物從世界各地回到埃及。

Mostafa Waziri, the top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the sarcophagus dates back to the Late Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, an era that spanned the last of the Pharaonic rulers from 664 B.C. until Alexander the Great’s campaign in 332 B.C.AP

最高文物委員會高級官員穆斯塔法瓦齊里表示,該棺槨歷史可以追溯到古埃及的「後王朝時期」,該時代跨越西元前664年至西元前332年亞歷山大大帝(征服埃及)戰役時的最後一位法老統治者。(美聯社)

新聞辭典

repatriation:名詞,遣送回國、歸國。例句:We look forward to the repatriation of our citizens.(我們期待我國公民返鄉。)

trafficking:名詞,非法交易(尤指毒品、人口販運)。 動詞為traffic,指買賣、交易。例句:Trafficking in persons continued to be a serious problem.(販運人口仍是一個嚴重問題。)

 

 

Grab a Gift You Will Never Forget

紀念品:永難忘懷的禮物【摘要2023-01-16.壹蘋】

In Taiwan, coworkers often share snacks like Taichung' s most famous suncakes. Those are souvenirs, too. Souvenirs are an important part of the tourism industry. In fact, business people have found the best time to sell souvenirs is when tourists are leaving a place. That is why the gift shop is always located at the end of the museum tour and why there are duty - free shops at the airport. This is also why bands sell merchandise after the show. Souvenirs are great ways to remember good times.

在臺灣,同事間常常分享點心,像是臺中最有名的太陽餅。那些也是紀念品。紀念品是旅遊業很重要的一部分。事實上,商人發現賣紀念品最好的時機就是當遊客準備離開一個地方的時候。那就是為什麼禮品店總是位於博物館導覽的最後一站,以及機場為何會有免稅店。這也是為什麼樂團在表演結束後販賣商品。紀念品是紀念美妙時光的好方法。

生活必備字詞:
industry n.
產業,行業
locate
使位於,坐落於
duty - free a.
免稅的

免費線上聽外師朗讀 https://ivyforfree.pse.is/3jks97

 

Ships must slow down more often to save right whales

 

船隻必須更常減速以拯救露脊鯨

【摘要2023-01-15.自由】林雨萱

Vessels off the East Coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale from extinction, the federal government said.

聯邦政府說,東岸附近的船隻必須更常減速以協助拯救一個消失中的鯨魚物種,防止牠們滅絕。

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made the announcement with proposed rules designed to prevent ships from colliding with North Atlantic right whales.

美國國家海洋暨大氣總署宣布此一擬議規則,目的在防止北大西洋露脊鯨與輪船相撞。

Vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are the two biggest threats to the giant animals, which number fewer than 340 and are falling in population.

船隻撞擊和捕魚用具纏繞是這種大型動物面臨的兩大威脅,牠們的數量少於340隻,而且持續下降。

Efforts to save the species have long focused on fishing gear, especially that used in lobster fishing off the East Coast.

拯救物種的努力長期聚焦在捕魚用具上,尤其是在東岸用來獵捕龍蝦的漁具。

The proposed speed rules signal that the government wants the shipping industry to take more responsibility.

擬議的限速法條顯示,政府希望航運業能夠承擔更多責任。

The rules would expand the East Coast’s seasonal slow zones, where mariners must slow down to 19 kilometers per hour, and would require vessels of more sizes to comply.

這項規定可能會擴大東岸的季節性慢速區,水手在區域內必須減速至時速19公里,而且可能要求更多不同規模的船艦遵行。

新聞辭典

vanishing:形容詞,正在消失的。例句:The vanishing work force hinder economic development.(正在消失的勞動力阻礙經濟發展)

entanglement:名詞,糾纏;糾葛。例句:The sea turtle died from entanglement in fishing nets.(這隻海龜死於漁網牽絆。)

gear:名詞,(從事特定活動的)用具;裝備。例句:Tom got the camping gear. (湯姆有帶露營用具。)

 

2023年1月28日 星期六

Stolen hot dog statue returned to WVa restaurant owner

 

遭竊的熱狗塑像回歸西維吉尼亞州餐廳老闆

【摘要2023-01-28..自由】周虹汶

The owner of a West Virginia restaurant that was heavily damaged by fire has his coveted hot dog statue back.

西維吉尼亞州一間遭逢融祝肆虐的餐廳老闆拿回了他備受覬覦的熱狗塑像。

The “Wienerman” statue was stolen from the Dairy Winkle in Campbells Creek during a break-in sometime after the Jan. 11 fire, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

卡諾瓦郡治安官辦公室在一份新聞稿中說,「懷厄曼」塑像於111日火災後某時間點發生的坎貝爾斯河鎮闖空門事件,從海螺乳品場失竊。

A tip led deputies to a location where the statue was found undamaged. It was returned to restaurant owner Kerry Ellison, the statement said.

該聲明說,在一條線索指引下,警方於一處地點發現毫無損傷的該塑像。該聲明說,它已物歸餐廳老闆克里.埃里森。

Investigators have not identified a suspect and are seeking information about the theft.

調查人員尚未確定嫌疑人,正在找這起竊案的相關資訊。

The short statue depicts a hot dog licking its lips and holding a bottle of mustard while pouring a bottle of ketchup on its head. AP

這座矮小塑像描繪著一根熱狗舔著嘴唇並拿著一瓶芥末,同時把一瓶番茄醬倒到它頭上。(美聯社)

新聞辭典

covet:動詞,指覬覦、垂涎、貪求、渴望。coveted為形容詞,指垂涎的。例句:He gave up a coveted job.(他放棄了一份別人夢寐以求的工作。)

depict:動詞,指描繪。例句:Horror was depicted on every countenance.(每張臉孔都出現駭愕表情。)

pour:動詞。指傾瀉、湧出。例句:I was standing in the pouring rain for an hour.(我在傾盆大雨中站了1小時。)

He was reporting on drought in Kenya. A young elephant stole the show

他正在報導肯亞乾旱 一頭幼象搶鏡大出鋒頭

【摘要2023-01-28..自由】張沛元

Kenyan TV reporter Alvin Kaunda tried so hard to keep a straight face on the job, but a curious baby elephant got the best of him.

肯亞的電視台記者艾爾文卡翁達試圖在工作時保持一本正經,但一頭好奇的小象讓他破功。

Kaunda was in the middle of detailing the effects of human actions on the natural world when the tip of a brown trunk popped into view just behind his left ear.

當卡翁達正在詳述人類行為對自然界的影響時,一條棕色象鼻子的前端突然從他的左耳後方進入視野。

The trunk, belonging to one of the young residents of an elephant orphanage in Nairobi where Kaunda had gone to report a story on the devastating drought affecting Kenya and its wildlife, gently draped over the journalist’s shoulder before twisting upward to investigate his ear, exploring the side of his head.

這條象鼻子屬於(肯亞首都)奈洛比的一家大象孤兒院的一頭幼象,而該院正是卡翁達前往報導影響肯亞及其野生動物的毀滅性乾旱的地點;象鼻子輕搭在這名記者的肩上,然後往上扭動探查他的耳朵與側頭。

新聞辭典

steal the show:慣用語,搶鋒頭。例句:He was doing an online interview for a TV channel but the cat playing around him the camera stole the show.(他正在接受電視頻道的線上訪問,但在他身畔玩耍的貓搶盡鋒頭。)

get the best of someone:慣用語,戰勝某人、擊敗某人。例句:His fear got the better of him and he ran away.(他受不恐懼而逃跑了。)

drape over:片語,把披、搭、蒙在上。

連假追劇好傷眼 營養師:這些營養素保護好視力

 

Baldassare Galuppi - Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zINZ72zW5P4

【摘要2023-01-27.自由】平常上班隨時接觸3C產品長時間用眼過度,連假時又「報復性追劇」所以出現眼睛疲勞。營養師吳欣陵在臉書專頁「吳欣陵 營養師」發文分享,想保護眼睛、擁有好的視力,攝取維生素Aβ-胡蘿蔔素、葉黃素、玉米黃素、花青素、Omega-3、維生素C、鋅這些營養素不可或缺。

也提醒,保護眼睛最好的辦法,還是適當控制使用3C產品的頻率、習慣及多原化的均衡飲食,才是永久之計。護眼營養素:

維生素Aβ-胡蘿蔔素:人體無法自行合成,可以維護視神經及角膜的健康。

食物:蛋黃、深綠色及深黃色蔬果,如胡蘿蔔、綠色花椰菜、南瓜等。

葉黃素、玉米黃素:視網膜黃斑部抗紫外線的物質,可以減少自由基攻擊進而維護視力。

食物:綠葉蔬菜,如菠菜、甘藍、芥菜、南瓜、豌豆、綠花椰菜、玉米、甜椒等。

花青素:天然抗氧化劑,除了可以清除自由基,可預防因老化引起的白內障及黃斑部病變,還可以藉由增加眼睛血管血流,達到改善眼睛疲勞。

食物:藍莓、櫻桃、草莓、葡萄、桑椹、茄子等。

Omega-3:人體無法自行合成,有助於修復視神經、還能改善眼睛乾澀、疲勞等問題。

食物:魚、堅果

維生素C:抗氧化劑,可保護身體減少自由基的損害。

食物:芭樂、草莓、奇異果、橘子、芥菜、青花菜、青椒、蘆筍等。

鋅:視網膜構成的礦物質之一,也有抗氧化之能力,可預防視力衰退。

食物:牡蠣、蛋、牛肉、堅果類、大豆、小麥

如選用營養補給品,吳欣陵建議,選用葉黃素搭配β-胡蘿蔔素、青花素及維生素C的產品,吸收利用率較佳。