2013囧新聞盤點：囧人囧事Top 10

作者：滬江英語 2013-12-20 14:00

雙語中文英語

beauty

外表有的時候真的很重要

關(guān)鍵詞：外表 appearance

Beauty is usually seen as a blessing. But for some, it would seem, it can be a curse. Laura Fernee says her good looks are so powerful they are ruining her life – and have forced her to quit her job.

人們都認(rèn)為長得漂亮是上天的恩賜，但有些人卻把它當(dāng)做詛咒。勞拉·菲尼說，因為她長得太漂亮，生活反而被毀了，而且還不得不為此辭職。

fire

那些因小事而“發(fā)火”的人們

關(guān)鍵詞：放火 set fire

不想開學(xué)！英國熊孩子放火燒學(xué)校

Five boys are suspected of starting a fire that wrecked their school on the eve of the new term.Pupils were yesterday faced with the prospect of coursework having been destroyed in the blaze at Leyland St Mary’s Catholic Technology College in Lancashire.

5名男孩涉嫌在新學(xué)期前一天放火燒毀他們的學(xué)校。位于英國蘭開郡利蘭市圣瑪麗技術(shù)中學(xué)的學(xué)生們，昨天目睹了自己的作業(yè)在大火中被燒毀的景象。

elevator

論電梯對于一棟高樓的重要性

關(guān)鍵詞：電梯 elevator

悲催！西班牙47層大樓忘裝電梯

The 200-metre-high InTempo towers in Benidorm were billed as 'a vision of the future' and a symbol of Spain's reemergence from a crippling financial crisis. With 47 floors of living space it was intended to be the tallest residential building in Europe. But with only months until it is due for completion, contrators have hit upon a slight problem. They forgot to build a lift.

西班牙貝尼多爾姆市建造了一棟200米高名為InTempo的大樓，標(biāo)志“未來的象征”，向全世界展現(xiàn)他們已經(jīng)擺脫了經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。這棟住宅高47層，目標(biāo)本是打算建成歐洲最高的住宅大樓。但是就在眼看還剩幾個月竣工的時候，承包商才突然發(fā)現(xiàn)一個很棘手的問題。他們忘了裝電梯……

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llama

醉酒的后果很嚴(yán)重

關(guān)鍵詞：醉酒 intoxicated

法國5名醉酒青年綁架羊駝拍照留念

It's settled: Llamas are the ultimate party animals. A particularly adventurous llama named Serge proved as much when the animal -- assisted by a group of five intoxicated young men -- fled a circus in Bordeaux early Thursday morning to tour the town.

事實證明，羊駝才是頂級的派對達(dá)人。上周四上午一只馬戲團(tuán)在波爾多的一個小鎮(zhèn)上巡演的時候，一只羊駝在五個喝醉酒的青年的幫助之下趁機(jī)逃竄。這只極賦冒險精神的羊駝名叫賽爾日，它的行動證明了羊駝才是頂級的派對達(dá)人。

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superman

愛你的偶像就整容成他那樣

關(guān)鍵詞：整容 plastic surgery

整容19次！菲律賓男子終如愿變超人

When Clark Kent wanted to transform into Superman, it was a fairly simple task. He would step into a phone box, spin around and the switch would be complete. But Herbert Chavez's change into the comic book hero has taken a bit longer - through 19 plastic surgeries over 16 years.

當(dāng)克拉克-肯特想要變身超人時，對他來說輕而易舉。他會踏入一間電話亭，轉(zhuǎn)動全身，然后就變身成功了。但赫伯特-查韋斯變身漫畫書英雄之路要漫長許多——他經(jīng)歷了16年共19次整容手術(shù)。

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Liberia

考場如戰(zhàn)場

關(guān)鍵詞：考試 exam

利比里亞高考 2.5萬考生竟無一通過

Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year's university admission exam.

利比里亞教育部長說，她簡直不敢相信，今年參加該國大學(xué)入學(xué)考試的考生中竟然無人通過考試。

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Tibetan mastiff

人與動物的囧事

關(guān)鍵詞：動物 animal

奇葩！動物園用藏獒冒充非洲獅

A China zoo has been forced to apologise after it tried to pass off a dog as a lion. Angry visitors to the People's Park in Luohe, Henan province, complained when the 'African lion' started barking.

中國一家動物園為其試圖用狗冒充獅子向公眾道歉。到河南漯河的人民公園參觀的游客，聽到這只“非洲獅”汪汪叫時都開始生氣地抱怨起來。

Marathon

大英帝國總是賣的一手好萌

關(guān)鍵詞：錯誤?blunder

英國馬拉松數(shù)千選手跑錯路僅1人完賽

5,000 runners have been told they fell short of completing a marathon last month by just 264m because of an organisational blunder. Organisers said the marshalling error meant all but one of the competitors did not complete the full marathon. Jake Harrison, who won the event, took the correct route along Sunderland's Stadium of Light.

由于主辦方的組織失誤，上月在英國舉辦的一場馬拉松比賽近5000人參賽選手，被告知他們因為少跑了264米路程而未完成比賽。舉辦方表示，這個調(diào)度錯誤造成所有的參賽選手中只有一人完成了比賽全程。跑完全程并贏得比賽的這名選手叫杰克-哈里森，在桑德蘭光明體育館附近只有他選擇了正確的路線。

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bridge

猜猜我想嫁給誰

關(guān)鍵詞：結(jié)婚 get married

澳大利亞女子嫁給600歲法國老橋

True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of an Australian artist marrying a 600-year-old French bridge.Jodi Rose took her love for the structures to another level as she wedded the Le Pont du Diable Bridge in Céret, southern France.

真愛有許多體現(xiàn)方式，澳大利亞一名藝術(shù)家為了表達(dá)她的真愛，和法國一座600年的老橋結(jié)為“夫妻”。這位“惡魔橋”夫人在過去十年中環(huán)游世界，錄下各種橋梁纜索震動的聲音，作為她的音樂作品《橋之樂》的素材。

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tickets

胖子們出行的悲傷

關(guān)鍵詞：肥胖 obesity

超重男坐飛機(jī)要買兩張票座位卻不在一起

Before he boarded the plane, 37stone Les Price had already been forced to pay for an extra ticket. The airline’s rules for passengers weighing more than 20 stone required him to buy two seats for himself. But when he got on board, insult was added to injury. For a dismayed Mr Price found his seats for the flight to Ireland were not even next to each other – they were either side of another traveller’s seat.

在勒斯·普萊斯登機(jī)之前，這個體重37英石（約470斤）的男人已經(jīng)被要求支付雙倍的票價了。機(jī)場有關(guān)于體重超過20英石（約254斤）的乘客的規(guī)定，所以要求他必須為自己買兩張票。當(dāng)他登機(jī)之后，情況更是傷口上撒鹽。他震驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)他的兩張飛往愛爾蘭的機(jī)票并不是相連的。