Greenlandʼs Grand Canyon

 

格陵蘭大峽谷

【摘要2023-01-23.一. 自由】

Greenland’s name doesn’t really make sense. Contrary to what it’s called, most of the country isn’t green but white because it’s covered with snow and ice. In some parts of Greenland, this layer of ice extends two miles into the ground. Under all that snow and ice lies a rocky world. This landscape includes tall mountains and deep valleys. However, most of these natural features are totally hidden to the human eye.

格陵蘭的名字不怎麼合理。與它的名字相反，這個國家大部分的地區並不是綠色而是白色，因為它被冰雪覆蓋。在格陵蘭的某些地方，這層冰延伸至地面兩英里的深度。在那冰雪之下是一個岩石世界。這個景觀包含高山和深谷。然而，大部分的這些自然景觀對人眼來說是完全隱蔽的。

生活必備字詞：

contrary to... 與……相反（的是）

be covered with... 被……覆蓋

rocky a. 多岩石的；岩石構成的

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Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm

西雅圖學校就社群媒體危害 控告科技巨頭

【摘要2023-01-23.一. 自由】◎陳成良

The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

西雅圖的公立學區對TikTok、Instagram、臉書（Facebook）、YouTube和Snapchat背後的科技巨頭提出一項新的訴訟，試圖讓它們對青少年的心理健康危機負責。

Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.

西雅圖公立學校週五在美國地方法院提起訴訟。這份長達91頁的訴狀指稱，這些社群媒體公司將旗下產品鎖定兒少，已造成公害。

It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as hiring additional mental health professionals, developing lesson plans about the effects of social media, and providing additional training to teachers.（AP）

訴狀指控它們導致（兒少）心理健康和行為障礙惡化，包括焦慮、憂鬱、飲食失調和網路霸凌，使得教育學生變得更加困難，迫使學校採取相關措施，例如雇用更多心理健康專業人員、制定有關社群媒體影響的課程計畫，以及為教師提供額外培訓。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

hold accountable for：動詞片語，指追究責任。例句：He should be held accountable for what he said.（他該為自己說過的話負責。）

nuisance：名詞，討厭的人事物，麻煩事。例句：It’s such a nuisance having to rewrite those letters.（得重寫那些信真是麻煩。）