英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

◎張沛元

Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin’s "Stairway to Heaven" and AC/DC’s "Highway to Hell", a cemetery manager said.

聖歌在澳洲一座城市的葬禮上，已經被「齊柏林飛船」的「天國階梯」與AC/DC的「地獄公路」等流行搖滾經典歌曲所取代，一名墓地典禮經理表示。

At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the southern city of Adelaide, only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeral songs : "Amazing Grace" and "Abide With Me". Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra’s classic hit "My Way" ,followed by Louis Armstrong’s version of "Wonderful World", a statement said.

在澳洲南部城市阿德雷德的最大墓園與火葬場「世紀公園」，只有2首聖歌還名列10大最受歡迎葬禮歌曲，也就是「奇異恩典」與「願主同在」。葬禮歌曲金榜上排名第一的是嗓音低沉的法蘭克．辛納屈的經典名曲「我的道路」，路易斯．阿姆斯壯版的「美好的世界」緊追在後，一份聲明指出。

The Led Zeppelin and AC/DC rock anthems rank outside the top 10, but have gained ground in recent years as more Australians give up traditional Christian hymns.

「齊柏林飛船」與AC/DC的搖滾名曲雖未擠入前10名，但近年來也佔有一席之地，因為愈來愈多澳洲人放棄傳統基督教聖歌。

"Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person’s character," Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott said.

「部分我們所聽到較為奇特的（喪禮）歌曲，其實在典禮中的效果非常好，因為這些歌曲反映出往生者的個性，」「世紀公園」執行長布萊恩．艾略特說。

新聞辭典

die out：片語動詞，逐漸消失，滅絕。例句：Why did the dinosaurs die out?（恐龍當年為何滅絕？）

be replaced by：片語動詞，被…取代。

give up：片語動詞，放棄。例句：He is not good at dancing,but he doesn’t want to give it up.（他的舞跳得並不好，但他並不打算放棄。）

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