英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2023/09/12 05:30
◎盧永山
At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls someone might have worn about 1500 years ago.

起初，這名挪威男子認為，他的金屬探測器對埋在土壤中的巧克力錢有反應。事實證明，這是大約1500年前某人可能佩戴的9個吊墜、3枚戒指和10顆金珍珠。

The rare find was made this summer by 51-year-old Erlend Bore on the southern island of Rennesoey, near the city of Stavanger. Bore had bought his first metal detector earlier this year to have a hobby after his doctor ordered him to get out instead of sitting on the couch.

這是今年夏天51歲的爾倫德‧博雷在斯塔萬格市附近的雷尼蘇伊島南部完成的罕見發現。今年稍早，博雷買了他的第一台金屬探測器來培養嗜好，因為他的醫生命令他出去走走，而不是坐在沙發上。

2023/09/11 05:30
◎陳成良

The Russian foreign ministry on Friday summoned the ambassador from longtime ally Armenia to protest upcoming joint military exercises with the United States and other complaints.

俄羅斯外交部週五召見長期盟友亞美尼亞的大使，抗議該國即將與美國舉行聯合軍事演習和其他抱怨。

“The leadership of Armenia has taken a series of unfriendly steps in recent days,” the ministry said in a statement, citing the exercises that will begin Monday, Armenia’s provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its moves to ratify the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court.

外交部在一份聲明中表示，「亞美尼亞領導層最近幾天採取一系列不友好舉動」，並援引將於週一開始的演習、亞美尼亞向烏克蘭提供人道主義援助，以及批准成立國際刑事法院的《羅馬規約》的舉措。

2023/09/07 05:30
◎孫宇青

With the help of a dog with a fine nose for cocaine, Italian police seized more than 2,700 kilos of the drug hidden in 70 tons of boxed bananas shipped from Ecuador.

在一隻很會嗅查古柯鹼的警犬幫助下，義大利警方查獲藏在厄瓜多出發的70噸盒裝香蕉中的2700多公斤古柯鹼。

Police estimated that the cocaine, which they described as of the finest quality, could have brought traffickers more than 800 million euros in street sales if it had reached its ultimate destination in Armenia.

2023/09/06 05:30
◎管淑平

At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned on Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manila, police said.

警方說，一艘菲律賓客船週四在馬尼拉東南方的貝湖遭強風侵襲翻覆後，至少21人死亡，另外40人被救起。

The incident happened as the passengers onboard suddenly moved to one side of the boat in panic when it came under fierce winds shortly after departing from a wharf for a nearby island.

這起事件是在這艘船剛從碼頭出發要前往附近一座島時發生，當時船隻遭遇猛烈風勢，乘客在驚慌中突然都移動到船的一側。

2023/08/30 05:30
◎管淑平

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was found not guilty in Britain Wednesday of nine alleged sex offences against men, which follows the Oscar winner’s being cleared in a US case.

奧斯卡獎得主、好萊塢演員凱文‧史貝西繼美國的一樁控罪獲洗清罪嫌後，他在英國被控犯下9項對男人的性犯罪，週三獲判無罪。

The star of drama series "House of Cards", who turned 64 on Wednesday, was acquitted by majority verdicts in London following a trial that lasted several weeks.

經過持續數週的審理後，這名主演影集「紙牌屋」的明星週三過64歲生日當天，在倫敦獲得陪審團多數判決無罪。

2023/08/29 05:30
◎盧永山
A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.

這個週末，西雅圖郊區的1條賽馬直播賽道變成史前景象，200多人穿著充氣的暴龍裝在賽道上奔跑。

The 2023 T-Rex World Championships at Emerald Downs — an event that started in 2017 as a pest control company’s team-building activity — ended in a photo finish on August 20, with three competitors hitting the finish line together.

在翡翠唐斯賽馬場舉辦的2023年暴龍世界錦標賽始於2017年，最初是1家害蟲防治公司營造團隊氣氛的活動，8月20日當天因有3名參者一起衝過終點線，最後以終點攝影決定名次。

2023/08/28 05:30
◎陳成良

Women who drink just one sugary soda per day are at a much higher risk of developing liver cancer, a study suggests.

一項研究表明，女性每天只喝1杯含糖汽水，罹肝癌風險便高出許多。

A team from Harvard Medical School in Boston observed a group of nearly 100,000 American women over the age of 50 who were followed for over 20 years.

波士頓哈佛醫學院的一個團隊，觀察一組近10萬名50歲以上的美國女性，她們被追蹤了20多年。

2023/08/10 05:30
◎孫宇青

A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears caught in traps or in the mountains by hunters.

日本一個偏遠城鎮開始在自動販賣機販售熊肉，肉源是掉入陷阱或獵人在山裡捕捉的亞洲黑熊。

Bear attacks are an increasing problem in parts of rural Japan due to a shortage of food in the forests that brings the animals into inhabited areas to forage.

由於山中缺乏食物，熊攻擊人類的問題在日本部分鄉下地區愈發常見，牠們會到人居地尋覓食物。

2023/08/09 05:30
◎管淑平
The production company founded by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are splitting ways with Spotify less than a year after the debut of their podcast “ Archetypes."

哈利王子和他妻子梅根創立的製作公司，在他們的網路廣播節目「原型」推出不到一年後，與Spotify拆夥。

It is unclear why the podcast, hosted by Meghan, is leaving the platform but Spotify and Archewell Audio said in a joint statement that the decision was mutual.

不清楚這個由梅根主持的節目為什麼離開該平台，但是Spotify和製作公司Archewell Audio在聯合聲明中說，這是雙方共同的決定。

2023/08/07 05:30
◎陳成良

China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games.

中國網際網路監管機構制定了限制兒童在智慧手機上花費時間的規定，這是對騰訊和字節跳動等經營社群媒體平台和線上遊戲的公司的最新打擊。

The Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday published the draft guidelines on its site, stating that minors would not be allowed to use most internet services on mobile devices from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and that children between the ages of 16 and 18 would only be able to use the internet for two hours a day.

週三，中國國家互聯網信息辦公室在其網站上發佈指導意見草案，稱未成年人在晚上10點至早上6點期間不得在行動裝置上使用大多數網際網路服務，16歲至18歲的兒童每天只能上網2小時。

2023/08/02 05:30
◎管淑平

Joe Biden on Friday left Americans scratching their heads with an off-the-cuff remark that was, well, royally unusual for a US president: "God save the queen, man!"

喬‧拜登週五脫稿即興說出的一句話，讓美國人困惑不已，一名美國總統說出這句話，實在很奇怪：「天佑女王，老兄！」

What he meant, which queen he was referring to, and why he threw in what sounded like the traditional patriotic British cry, no one could immediately tell.

沒有人能立刻明白，他這句話是什麼意思、指的是哪一位女王，以及為什麼突然脫口說出聽起來像傳統英國愛國口號的話。

2023/08/01 05:30
◎盧永山

The City of Angels has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede.

天使之城有個新發現的物種以它的名字命名：洛杉磯線馬陸。

The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Oakley sunglasses store.

2023/07/25 05:30
◎盧永山

Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway converged on Key West, the late author’s home during the 1930s, to compete in the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest that began on July 20 evening.

近140名酷似厄尼斯特‧海明威的蓄鬍男子，聚集在這位已故作家1930年代的故居西嶼，參加7月20日晚上開始的海明威模仿大賽。

The challenge is a highlight of the island’s Hemingway Days festival that salutes the literary talent and adventurous life of the Nobel Prize-winning writer.

這項挑戰是島上海明威節的一大亮點，該節旨在向這位諾貝爾獎得獎作家的文學才華和冒險生活致敬。

2023/07/24 05:30

◎陳成良

They acknowledge Donald Trump’s dominance, but weary Republicans across New Hampshire — even inside the governor’s office — are fighting to stop the former president from winning the first-in-the-nation primary.

他們承認唐納德‧川普的優勢，但新罕布夏州疲憊的共和黨人，甚至州長辦公室內部的共和黨人，也正在努力阻止這位前總統贏得這場全國最早的初選。

For now, however, they’re relying on little more than hope and prayers.

然而，目前他們依靠的只是希望和祈禱。

More than a dozen high-profile Republicans are looking to New Hampshire to help stop Trump’s march toward a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination. But so far, none has cracked the veneer of inevitability that has followed Trump through the early states on the presidential primary calendar despite — or perhaps because of — his mounting legal challenges.

十多名知名共和黨人正期待新罕布夏州幫助阻止川普連續第三次獲得共和黨總統候選人提名，但到目前為止，儘管（或者可能是因為）川普面臨的法律挑戰越來越多，他在總統初選日程表上的早期幾個州中，一直處於不可避免的地位，但沒有一個人能夠打破這種表象。

A significant portion of the Republican electorate remains open to a new presidential nominee with less baggage than Trump. But months after many of them entered the race, there is little sign that the former president’s rivals are breaking through. (AP)

共和黨選民中有相當一部分人，仍然對包袱比川普少的新總統候選人持開放態度。但是，在他們中的許多人參選幾個月後，幾乎沒有跡象表明，這位前總統的競爭對手正在取得突破。（美聯社）

2023/07/18 05:30
◎盧永山

A search is underway in the rural Oklahoma community of Blanchard for a missing pet wallaby.

奧克拉荷馬州偏僻的布蘭查德社區正在尋找一隻失踪的寵物小袋鼠。

The animal, which is similar to a kangaroo, but smaller, escaped its backyard enclosure on July 5 and is believed to be in some thick woods near the edge of town, said Diana Daniels, city clerk in Blanchard, which is about 48 kilometers south of Oklahoma City.

布蘭查德鎮秘書戴安娜‧丹尼爾斯表示，這種動物與袋鼠相似，但體型較小，7月5日逃離後院圍欄，據信目前躲在該鎮邊緣附近的茂林中，該鎮距離奧克拉馬市以南約48公里。