英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2022/10/20 05:30◎孫宇青

Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy’s oldest graduate - again.

98歲的朱塞佩‧帕特諾成為義大利最年長的畢業生，這是他第二次創紀錄。

Paterno has added a masters in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an initial degree in the same subjects he earned there two years ago.

帕特諾2年前先在巴勒莫大學歷史與哲學系取得學士學位後，又在同系修畢碩士學位。

Paterno passed the latest degree with top marks, again, his proud family said on Facebook.

為帕特諾感到自豪的家人在「臉書」表示，他再次以高分通過最新的學位考試。

He has no plans to rest and wants to write a novel using his trusty typewriter.

他沒有休息的計畫，反而想用他那台可靠的打字機寫一部小說。

Born in 1923, Paterno grew up in a poor family in Sicily and despite his love of books and studying, he wasn’t able to go to university as a young man.

2022/10/19 05:30

◎管淑平

Julie Chin, a television news anchor in Oklahoma, was telling viewers about a local event when, all of a sudden, she was struggling to speak.

奧克拉荷馬電視台新聞主播朱莉‧秦正在向觀眾報導當地一起活動時，突然講話有困難。

“I’m sorry,” she said after stumbling over her words. “Something is going on with me this morning, and I apologize to everybody.”

她吃了一陣螺絲後說，「抱歉，我今天早上有點不對勁」。

Fortunately her co-workers recognized that she was suffering a medical emergency and immediately called 911.

幸好，她的同事意識到她發生醫療緊急狀況，立即打電話叫119。

Dr. Neil Schwartz, director of the Young Stroke Program at the Stanford Stroke Center, said in an interview that Ms. Chin might have experienced a transient ischemic attack, which can mimic a stroke.

史丹佛中風中心楊恩中風計畫主任尼爾‧史瓦茲醫師說，秦女士或許出現短暫性腦缺血，這種情況類似中風。

2022/10/17 05:30

◎陳成良

If you prefer to go to bed and get up later — a sleep chronotype known as being a night owl — you may be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease, a new study found.

一項新研究發現，如果你喜歡晚睡晚起的夜貓子睡眠模式，罹患2型糖尿病和心臟病的風險可能會更高。

Night owls were more sedentary, had lower aerobic fitness levels and burned less fat at rest and while active than early birds in the study. Night owls were also more likely to be insulin-resistant, meaning their muscles required more insulin to be able to get the energy they need, according to the study published Monday in the journal Experimental Physiology.

這項週一發表在《實驗生理學》期刊上的研究指出，相比早起的人，夜貓子更不愛動、有氧健身程度更低、休息和活動時燃燒的脂肪也更少。夜貓子對胰島素的抵抗性也更強，這意味著他們的肌肉需要更多胰島素，才能獲得自身所需的能量。

"Insulin tells the muscles to be a sponge and absorb the glucose in the blood," said senior study author Steven Malin, an associate professor in the department of kinesiology and health at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

該研究的資深作者、新澤西州羅格斯大學人體運動與健康學副教授史蒂芬‧馬林說，「胰島素讓肌肉像海綿一樣，吸收血液中的葡萄糖。」

If sleep chronotype is affecting how our bodies use insulin and impacting metabolism, then being a night owl might be useful in predicting a person’s risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, Malin added.

馬林補充說，如果睡眠類型會影響人體使用胰島素以及新陳代謝的方式，夜貓子習性便可以用來預測一個人罹患心臟病和2型糖尿病的風險。

2022/10/14 05:30

◎張沛元

A Texas woman got a bang for her buck when her purchase of a $34.99 marble bust from a Goodwill thrift store turned out to be a relic from ancient Rome.

（美國）德州1名婦女日前挖到寶，她在Goodwill二手店以34.99美元買下的一樽大理石半身像，竟是古羅馬時代的遺物。

Laura Young, who has been reselling antiques for 11 years, came across a 52lb marble bust in an Austin Goodwill in 2018.

從事古董轉賣生意11年的蘿拉．楊恩2018年在奧斯汀的1家Goodwill二手店，偶然發現這樽52磅重的大理石半身像。

"I was just looking for anything that looked interesting," Young told CNN. She added: "It was a bargain at $35 – there was no reason not to buy it."

「我當時只是在找些看起來有趣的東西，」楊恩告訴美國有線電視新聞網。她補充說，「35塊真的很划算－－沒理由不買。」

After purchasing the bust, Young reached out to various auction houses and experts to find out more about the sculpture.

2022/10/13 05:30

◎孫宇青

The Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, said in a statement it’s guilty of accidentally sending acceptance emails to former and current applicants.

麻薩諸塞州波士頓的東北大學法律學院在聲明中表示，他們犯下疏失，意外寄送錄取通知書電子郵件給歷屆及當屆的申請人。

The School blamed a "technical error" for the glitch, saying the erroneous emails went to more than 200 people who applied for admission starting next fall, as well as to nearly 4,000 former applicants, some of whom are already enrolled.

該院將這個疏失歸咎於「技術性失誤」，坦言錯誤的電郵已寄給預定明年秋季入學的200多名申請人，以及近4000名歷屆申請人，其中還有人已註冊入學。

Lakisha Papoutsakis, a single mother, who received the acceptance email, said that she has dreamed of going to law school since she was a child.

收到入學通知的單親媽媽拉奇莎‧帕波薩琪斯說，她從小就憧憬進入法學院就讀。

She shared the good news with her loved ones before noticing the follow-up email. "I was like, ’Oh my God this is so amazing,’ and then it was like, ’Oh no, sorry, April Fool’s Day,’" she said.（AP）

她跟親愛的人們分享喜訊後，才注意到後續的電郵。她說：「我本來心想，『我的天啊，這太驚喜了』，然後又覺得，『喔不，真遺憾，這是愚人節吧』。」（美聯社）