字詞研究 (111)

字詞研究 (111)

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1)   Most games based on movies are rushed through production and

released before the proper amount of polish can be applied. They

usually end up being very miserable.  Peter Jackson’s King Kong is the

rare exception.

譯文：大部分以動物為題材的電影都是倉促完成製片，然後還未作適當修飾前

即推出上映。這些電影的推出結局很慘。但，Peter Jackson製作的金剛這部

電影 則屬罕見的例外。

註解：1. games n. 此處不作「比賽」解；而作「獵物野獸」解2.  King Kong 

指  gorilla 大猩猩；金剛3.  rush v. 匆忙；rash a. 輕率的 make a ~ statement

信口開河4.  release vt. 釋出；上映  5.  end up +V-ing 結果是

2)   Like the modern outbreaks of AIDS and SARS, the spread of the plague

was facilitated by communication and commerce. The Yersinia pestis

bacterium, born from rats to humans by abundant fleas in a world where

filth was the norm, might well have remained isolated on a Mongolian

steppe had the Tartars not unified much of Eurasia, crisscrossing the

continent with merchant caravans and an early pony express service

called the Yam.

譯文：  如同現代爆發的愛滋病和沙斯一樣, 瘟疫的漫延是由人們之交往和

商業行為而加速促成的。一種叫Yesinia鼠疫的細菌是老鼠所生，然後藉龐大

數目的跳蚤在汙物充斥之處傳染 給人類；若非韃靼人統一了歐亞大陸的大部分

，商旅隊伍縱橫來往歐亞大陸，並且以稱為「燕-山竽」的早朗用駿馬奔馳的快

遞服務，這種細菌也許有充足的理由被隔離在一個蒙古大草原內，而不傳染到

其他地方去。

註解： 1.AIDS (詳77題) = (後天免疫不足症候群) 俗稱愛滋病

2. SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome  (嚴重急性呼吸症侯群)

3. be facilitated by… 由…..加速促成；

4. had the Tartars not unified…. = if the Tartars had not unified ；

5. pony 小馬；此處應作「快遞駿馬」解。

6. may

(might) + well + V ：有充足的理由…

7. in a world where filth was the norm…

在一個穢物充斥的地方

Justin Lai 編

09/13/2015