英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

◎張沛元

Passengers and crew on two commercial jets helped locate a missing yachtsman off Australia by looking through the windows with binoculars.

兩架民航噴射機上的乘客與機組人員藉由拿望遠鏡透過機窗向外看，來協助確定一名在澳洲外海失蹤的遊艇駕駛的所在位置。

An Air Canada jet and an Air New Zealand aircraft swooped down to 4,000ft to assist rescuers in the search for the solo yachtsman who had activated his emergency beacon.

一架加拿大航空客機與一架紐西蘭航空客機將飛行高度驟降到4000呎，以協助搜救人員尋找一名已啟動應急救援無線電信標的單人遊艇駕駛。

His remote location was out of helicopter range so rescuers asked the planes’ pilots to get involved as they were flying over the yacht’s GPS position.

該遊艇駕駛位於超出直昇機搜救範圍的偏遠地區，因此搜救人員要求這兩架正飛越該遊艇全球衛星定位系統位置上空的客機的機長，參與救援。

According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, one passenger wrote on Facebook： "15 hour flight ends up being 17 hours as we descended to 4,000ft to locate a capsized yacht for search and rescue."

根據雪梨每日電訊報，一名乘客在臉書上寫道：「隨著我們下降到4000呎以便確定一艘翻覆的遊艇的所在位置，15小時的飛行以17小時作收。」

"Amazing, and slightly off putting, to see what a Boeing 777 aircraft can do when not on autopilot and flying/circling low over the ocean."

閱讀暖身

《大富翁》是許多人童年美好的回憶；擲骰子、算格子、蓋房子，努力成為最後贏家。當時覺得遊戲中理所當然的房租、稅金、貸款，如今看來都與現實不符。在讓下一代繼續玩這個傳統遊戲之前，也應好好思考遊戲能夠如何教育他們財經相關知識。

進入本文前，請先想想以下單字：
(A) 波動／ (B) 房貸／(C) 遵守

Monopoly, a classic board game that many grew up with, may not be the first choice to teach children about real-world finance. The scarcity, tradeoffs and the sole purpose of the game—becoming the wealthiest player through buying and selling of property—indeed reflect that of the real-world. Nonetheless, players need to be aware of the plethora of inaccuracies in contrast to how the systems work in the real-world.

《大富翁》是一款相當經典的紙盤遊戲，卻不是最好的商業教材。雖然稀少性、交易模式及遊戲中「成為最富有的玩家」主旨與現實相符，但玩家需意識到其中為數可觀與真實世界不符的錯誤。

1. Predetermined Pricing　已預定的價位
Unlike in most capitalist societies where prices are determined by (1)supply and demand, all prices for properties, houses and hotels are predetermined and flat in Monopoly. The property purchasing price does not (A)fluctuate with social and political trends. The landlords may not raise rent (2)as they see fit or charge extra fees. Therefore, players cannot play the real estate market as they would in the real-world. Although they can negotiate among themselves for trading, it is only for unimproved properties, railroads and utilities.

《大富翁》不像資本社會多以供需為標準來決定價格；遊戲中所有地產、房屋及飯店都已有既定價位。由於地產買賣價格不會被社會及政治趨勢影響而波動，地主也不能心血來潮加收房租或其他費用，因此玩家不能如現實世界中炒房地產。即便遊戲中玩家可以商談交易價，但所能交易的物產只有仍未改建過的土地、鐵路及水電廠。

2. Unusual Property Rights 獨特的財產權

Following a week of violence that left 140 people dead, Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire that began early this morning. But there are still doubts over how long it will hold, with both sides saying they are ready to resume fighting if the other side violates the deal. 

After eight days of fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a truce.

Mohammed Kamel Amr 
Egyptian Foreign Minister 
Each side has agreed to a cease-fire that we hope will bring peace and end the bloodshed. 

Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State

The 49th Golden Horse Awards will take place tomorrow in Yilan. A bit of controversy arose today when a worker trying to clear pigeons from the area killed one with a BB gun. The county government quickly apologized. 

The Golden Horse Awards are scheduled to take place tomorrow night at Yilan’s Luo Dong Cultural Workshop. As part of the preparations, workers used BB guns to clear the venue of pigeons.

To animal rights activists, the action seemed cruel and extreme.

Chu Tseng-hung
EAST Director
Peace doves are released in many celebrations. And now that they are preparing for a temporary event, they want to get rid of these pigeons. They even accidentally harmed one. I think it’s a poor model for art and culture events.

Many are surprised to see popular Taiwanese locations such as Sun Moon Lake and Cingshui Cliffs featured in the new Chinese passport issued this year. After prodding by lawmakers, the Mainland Affairs Council expressed its outrage today. 

On May 15 of this year, China’s new passport was issued. Each page in the passport contains watermark images of well-known tourist locations from each province. 

Many were surprised that Taiwanese sites were included, such as Sun Moon Lake and the east coast’s Cingshui Cliffs. A brief description said: “Taiwan Province is well known for its mountains and ocean scenery.” The wording made clear that Taiwan is a part of China.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first response was asking the Mainland Affairs Council to comment on the matter. In the morning, the MAC had no immediate response. But the Philippines and Vietnam did. They were angry over the inclusion of disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Philippines Foreign Ministry
The Philippines does not accept the validity of the nine dash lines that amount to an excessive declaration of maritime space in violation of international law.