2006 年 10 月 27 日 (No. 63)

 
Politics
警方取消紅衫軍集會許可（2006/10/13）
Police revoke permission for Redshirts rally
抗議及暴力衝突破壞國慶日（2006/10/11）
Protests, violence mar national day
Society
諾貝爾和平獎得主尤諾斯廣受窮人推崇（2006/10/14）
Nobel Prize Winner Yunus revered by poor
俄國女記者謀殺案引發全球反彈聲浪（2006/10/13）
Murder of Russian journalist prompts widespread reaction
Business
澳洲總理針對乾旱提出警告（2006/10/13）
Australian PM warning on drought
華盛頓偵查鎖定記憶體晶片大廠（2006/10/14）
Washington targets top chipmakers
Science & Technology
海外印度人求助網路進行慶典祈願（2006/10/12）
Overseas Indians turn to Web for festival prayers
航空旅客未來將會裝上電子標籤（2006/10/13）
Air passengers 'could be tagged'
Entertainment
瑪丹娜獲得馬拉威小男孩監護權（2006/10/13）
Madonna granted custody of boy in Malawi
梅爾•吉伯遜表示已六十五天沒喝酒（2006/10/12）
Gibson says he's been sober for 65 days
Sports
【曲棍球】水牛城反攻大挫哈薩克（2006/10/14）
Buffalo's comeback frustrates Hasek
【棒球】大都會首場大勝紅雀（2006/10/13）
Mets shut out Cards in Game 1
 
 
Yankee Pitcher Killed in NYC Plane Crash
 
 洋基投手飛機駕駛意外命喪紐約
Fans, players and baseball officials mourned the loss last week of the New York Yankees' Cory Lidle.
The 34-year-old pitcher died October 13 when the small plane he was piloting slammed into a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan.
Lidle was a student pilot and his flight instructor was also killed in the accident.
  球迷、球員和棒球界高層於上週同聲追悼已喪生的紐約洋基隊投手萊多 。這位三十四歲的投手是在十月十三日駕駛一架小型飛機時，撞上一棟曼哈頓區的摩天公寓後喪生。萊多是飛行學員，他的飛行教練也在該起意外中喪生。
"All of baseball is shocked and terribly saddened by the sudden and tragic passing of Cory Lidle," Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said in a written statement.
  大聯盟理事長謝利格在一篇聲明稿中表示：「全體棒球界對此感到震驚，並對於萊多的不幸驟逝深感哀痛。」
Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the cause of the crash, which appears to have been an accident.
Lidle was an enthusiastic student pilot who often spoke to friends of his new hobby.
  聯邦飛航署的官員正在調查墜機原因，這次事件看起來像是一場意外。萊多是一名熱衷飛行的飛行學員，他經常向朋友提到他的這項新嗜好。
"He was telling me about this plane he had just bought, telling me about how great it was to fly," said Yankees bullpen coach Joe Kerrigan.
"It just spilled over. It just oozed out of him.
He did it with his cars, with his golf, by playing poker and he did it by flying."
  洋基隊的牛棚教練凱利根表示：「他告訴我他剛買的飛機，還提到飛行是件很棒的事。」「他對飛行充滿了喜愛。他對所從事的活動總是散發著熱愛。他對他的車子、高爾夫、撲克牌、還有飛行都是如此。」
Lidle was remembered a methodical player who favored throwing curves rather than blazing fast balls and who studied his opponents before each game.
He was shorter than most of his fellow pitchers, but made up for what he lacked in inches with a toughness.
His final visit to the mound came October 8 as a relief pitcher in the Yankees' defeat to the Detroit Tigers in the first round playoff series.
  萊多被認為是一個講究方法的球員，他比較喜歡投曲球，而非飛快的速球，他也會在每場比賽前研究對手。他的身高在同儕投手中偏矮，但他卻用不屈不撓的意志彌補身高上的不足。他最後一次登板投球是在十月八日以後援投手的身分上場，洋基隊在該場季後賽第一輪賽事中敗給了底特律老虎隊。
Witnesses to the fatal crash said the four-seat plane appeared to lose control before crashing into the building and bursting into flames.
Still skittish from the September 11 attacks, many New Yorkers have renewed calls for tighter restrictions on air traffic over the city.
  這次致命墜機意外的目擊者表示，這架四人座的飛機在撞入大樓爆裂成一團火球之前似乎已經失控。對九一一攻擊事件仍餘悸猶存的許多紐約人，再次開始要求當局針對紐約市的空中交通進行更嚴格的管制。
pitcher　n. 投手
mourn　v. 哀悼
Judy mourned the loss of pet parrot.
茱蒂哀悼寵物鸚鵡的逝世。
slam into　猛然撞上
The passenger ship slammed into an iceberg.
這艘客船撞上了一座冰山。
sadden　v. 使悲傷；使難過
The movie saddened Sharon.
這部電影讓雪倫感到非常悲傷。
passing　n. 過世（委婉語）
aviation　n. 飛航
spill over　 滿溢；溢出
Rita's joy spilled over to the rest of the office.
瑞塔的喜悅之情洋溢到了辦公室的每個角落。
ooze out of　散發出；冒出；滲出
Style literally oozes out of Daniel.
丹尼爾全身都散發著風格與品味的氣息。
methodical　adj. 注重方法的；有條理的；有條不紊的
Through methodical research, Susan tracked down her birth parents.
透過有條不紊的調查，蘇珊找到了自己的親生父母。
curve　n. 曲線球
blazing　adj. 熾烈的；強烈的
The quarterback threw a blazing touchdown pass.
這名四分衛丟出了一個強力的觸地傳球。
mound　n. 投手板
relief pitcher　n. 救援投手；後援投手
playoff　n. 錦標賽
skittish　adj. 易受驚嚇的；驚弓之鳥的
The skittish deer was frightened by the hikers.
這隻易受驚的鹿被登山客給嚇著了。
one's defeat to...　對……的敗仗；輸給……的挫折
defeat 一字作名詞有「戰敗、失敗」之意。若 A 輸給了 B，那麼 A 在競爭中的失敗或輸戰就是 A's defeat to B。
The team's defeat to their rivals was hard to live down.
這個隊伍無法淡忘掉輸給對手的失敗經驗。
 
 
True or False:
T
F
1 . If you revoke something, you take it away.
2 . Someone who is sober is not drinking or using drugs.
3 . Something that is skittish is difficult to frighten.
4 . To mourn someone is to feel relief that they are gone.
5 . A drought is a period of heavy rain.
 

Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a. mourning b. methodical c. slammed into d. revoked e. saddened
6.
 The detectives were in their investigation.
7.
 Susan's drivers license was after a drunk driving conviction.
8.
 Louis was by the loss of his favorite watch.
9.
 Vera was still her dead husband.
10.
 The train to a bus at the crossing.
 

Answer

 1：T 2：T 3：F 4：F 5：F
6：【b】 7：【d】 8：【e 】 9：【a】 10：【c】
 
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