英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

◎張沛元

A tourist swimming in a river in Australia has had a shock after a crocodile leapt onto him, slapping him in the face in the process.

一名泳客在澳洲一條河裡游泳時飽受驚嚇，因為一隻鱷魚不但撲向他，過程中還賞了他一耳光。

The reptile had been sunning itself on a rock in a national park in the Northern Territory but then seemed to want to cool off.

這隻爬蟲類動物原本在澳洲北領地的一座國家公園的一塊大石頭上做日光浴，但稍後看似想清涼一下。

The animal launched itself directly at Swedish tourist Felix Andersson, hitting him in the face before landing in the water.

這隻動物直接撲向瑞典遊客菲力克斯．安德森，落水前打了他的臉。

Mr Andersson and his friend Ulrik Bergsland quickly swam away laughing and were not hurt in the incident.

安德森與友人烏爾瑞克．伯格史蘭德邊笑邊趕快游開，而且沒有在此事中受傷。

In fact the pair were so unfazed they carried on swimming in the lagoon.

◎陳成良

Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think.

擁有智慧手機也許不像你想的那麼明智。

They may let you surf the internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.

它們可以讓你隨處上網、聽音樂、拍照片……但似乎也可能讓你變成工作狂。

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day.

一項研究顯示，藉由讓你能隨時收發電郵，這種花俏的手機會讓你每天的工作時間延長多達兩個小時。

Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.

研究人員發現，由於可以隨時用手機回應電郵，英國人每年的工作時間平均增加了460小時。

The study by technology retailer Pixmania, reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls.

◎陳成良

Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think.

擁有智慧手機也許不像你想的那麼明智。

They may let you surf the internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.

它們可以讓你隨處上網、聽音樂、拍照片……但似乎也可能讓你變成工作狂。

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day.

一項研究顯示，藉由讓你能隨時收發電郵，這種花俏的手機會讓你每天的工作時間延長多達兩個小時。

Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.

研究人員發現，由於可以隨時用手機回應電郵，英國人每年的工作時間平均增加了460小時。

The study by technology retailer Pixmania, reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls.

◎管淑平

A woman who was injured while having sex in a Autralian hotel during a work trip has won the latest round in her legal battle for industrial compensation.

一名出差期間在澳洲一家飯店做愛時受傷的婦人，在爭取工作傷害賠償的官司中贏得最新一回合勝利。

The woman, who was a public servant, was hospitalized after being injured in 2007 during sex with a male friend while staying in a motel in the town of Nowra.

這名婦人是公務員，她2007年投宿諾拉鎮一家汽車旅館，與一名男性友人做愛時受傷就醫。

She suffered injuries to her nose and mouth when a light fitting above the bed was ripped from its mount and landed on her face.

她因為床上方燈具從燈座斷裂，掉在她臉上，鼻子和嘴被砸傷。

Her claim for worker’s compensation for her physical and psychological injuries was initially approved by government insurer Comcare, then rejected after further investigation.

她因其身心傷害申請工傷賠償，起初獲得承保政府員工保險的Comcare公司核准，但Comcare進一步調查後拒絕。

Comcare claimed the injuries were not suffered in the course of her employment, and they were therefore not required to pay any damages. They argued the government had not induced or encouraged the woman’s sexual conduct.

◎陳維真

A Swedish cleaning lady on Tuesday commandeered an empty Stockholm commuter train, which careered off the tracks when it reached the end of the line and smashed into a block of flats, police said.

警方表示，一名瑞典清潔女工週二偷開一輛空無一人的斯德哥爾摩通勤火車，火車開到軌道盡頭時脫軌撞入一戶平房。

The woman’s condition was "serious but stable", Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystroem said. She was detained on suspicion of destroying public property, a crime punishable by up to eight years in jail.

斯德哥爾摩警方發言人畢斯特隆表示，該名女子的傷勢「嚴重但穩定」。她因涉嫌毀損公共財產遭到拘留，這項罪名最高可處以8年徒刑。

The train slammed into a three-storey building in the upscale Saltsjoebaden neighbourhood. It was unclear why the woman stole the train from a Stockholm depot. "The train was wrecked," Stockholm Public Transport spokesman Jesper Pettersson said.

火車撞入薩爾特舍巴登高級社區的3層樓建物，該名女子為何要從斯德哥爾摩車廠把火車偷開走仍不清楚。斯德哥爾摩公共運輸發言人彼得森表示，「火車撞爛了」。

Travelling at 80 kilometres per hour, it bolted off the tracks when it reached the end of the line and hurtled 25 metres in the snow before crashing to a final halt.

火車以80公里的時速疾行，抵達軌道終點時，衝出鐵軌，並在雪地中猛衝25公尺，最後撞毀才停下來。

The woman, born in 1990, had worked for a cleaning company contracted by the transport group "for a few months, with good results," Arriva spokesman Tomas Hedenius said.