【每日國際選讀】
你知道嗎?2020全球最先開打的職棒球賽在台灣
而且還只有「假球迷」?
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🔥 Baseball Is Back in Taiwan—With Cardboard Cutouts Instead of Fans
台灣職棒球季開打:只見人型立牌不見球迷
- cardboard cutouts 人型立牌
✍️ cardboard是厚紙板,cutout是剪下的圖樣(尤指可豎立起來的)
,合起來就是生活常見的「人型立牌」
⚾️ The Chinese Professional Baseball League is one of the only pro sports leagues in the world currently operating. They even have bench-clearing brawls.
新冠疫情下,中華職棒是全球少數可正常開季的職業體育聯盟,甚至還發生清空板凳的大亂鬥。
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) 中華職業棒球大聯盟,簡稱中華職棒、中職
- brawl鬥毆、大打出手
✍️ bench-clearing brawl(清空板凳的大亂鬥)可說是職棒文化的一塊,激烈的比賽中難免有衝突發生,「清空板凳」指的是衝突發生時,雙方球員都衝出休息區,在球場上對峙的狀況。
😝 There are no spectators, save for cheerleaders and the fake fans in the seats. But it’s baseball nonetheless. And for the players adjusting to their strange new reality, it’s proof that sports behind closed doors is better than no sports at all.
除了啦啦隊和「假」球迷之外,觀眾席上沒有任何球迷,但球賽仍正常進行。對球員來說,雖然要適應「奇特」的球賽氛圍,但能閉門比賽還是比完全休季沒球打來得好。
- spectator(體育賽事的)觀眾
✍️audience比較常指「觀賞音樂性表演或演說」的聽眾,而「電視的收視觀眾」則較常用viewer。
- behind closed doors 直覺會讓人想到中文的「閉門造車」,但其實就是「秘密地,不公開地」的意思
✍️常見的還有close-door meeting 閉門會議(不對外公開的保密會議)
✨ People are seeing it, not just in Taiwan, but in the U.S. Eleven Sports Taiwan has been live-streaming an English-language version of some games. A broadcast of the Monkeys taking on the Fubon Guardians on Twitter earlier this month that began early in the morning in the U.S., drew more than a million views.
不僅台灣球迷可以欣賞到球賽,台灣壹拾壹體育網(Eleven Sports Taiwan)透過線上直播,用英語轉播部分球賽,讓美國的觀眾也能共襄盛舉。本月初在推特上轉播的樂天桃猿對上富邦悍將的球賽,吸引了超過一百萬次的觀看數。
- live-streaming 線上直播
- Monkeys 指的是 Rakuten Monkeys 樂天桃猿(球隊名)
- Fubon Guardians 富邦悍將(球隊名)
- draw 吸引,引起(興趣、注意)
✍️ 這裡的drew可不是畫畫的意思喔,而是「吸引」,常見的表達如draw someone’s attention(吸引某人的注意力)
未完待續...
雖然沒有球迷進場,但你可能會問:那球員呢?
球團又是如何防疫的?
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p.s. 本文的圖片是樂天桃猿隊的投手Ryan Carpenter在觀眾席上擺著未婚妻臉孔的立牌。
Ryan Carpenter, a pitcher for the Rakuten Monkeys, poses with cutouts of his fiancée’s face in the stands.
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原文連結請看留言
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❓Quiz: The baseball players from both teams went into a ____ because of a hit-by-pitch. The ___ were also fired up.
因為觸身球,雙方球員都衝出休息區,上演一場清空板凳的大亂鬥,而觀眾們的情緒也跟著被帶到了最高點。
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏼♀️
A. bros/Super Mario
B. bench-clearing fight/spectacular
C. bench-clearing brawl/spectators
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🇺🇸全美瘋棒球:Baseball Idioms 棒球用語 Part 2📣
有關棒球的諺語一集實在介紹不完,本週繼續聊與球棒╱球⚾有關的片語 :
1. play hardball
2. throw sb. a curve (ball)
3. right off the bat
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Baseball is sometimes called “hardball” because it’s played with a small, hard ball, unlike softball, which is played with a bigger, softer ball. Because hardball is more challenging than softball, 📍“play hardball” means “to be aggressive and do whatever is necessary to achieve a goal.” Ex: If you want a good deal on a new car, you need to play hardball with the dealer.
A curve ball is one of the hardest pitches to hit—it looks like it’s moving in a straight line, and then curves right before the batter tries to hit it. So 📍“throw sb. a curve (ball)” has come to mean “to do sth. unexpected that surprises or confuses sb.” Ex: I hope they don’t throw me any curve balls during the job interview.
As soon as the ball leaves the bat, the batter needs to start running to first base right away. For this reason, 📍“right off the bat” means “right away, immediately.” Ex: I knew right off the bat that Mark and I would be best friends.
【📕中譯】
棒球也稱hardball,因為棒球所使用的球,跟壘球相比較小又偏硬,也因棒球比壘球更為激烈困難,故📍 play hardball 在商場或政治上使用時,有『採強硬手段;為達目的不擇手段』之意。如:if you want a good deal on a new car, you need to play hardball with the dealer.(如果你要用好價錢買到新車,就得跟車商採強硬手段。)
曲球是投手所投出的一種最難打的球──球像直線飛出去,但在打者要打擊時突然轉彎。因此📍 throw sb. a curve (ball)可指『出其不意刁難某人、給某人出難題』。如:I hope they don’t throw me any curve balls during the job interview.(我希望他們不要在面試的時候出突擊問題。)
當球被打擊出去,打者必須立刻跑向一壘,因此📍right off the bat(球一離開球棒)有『立刻、馬上』的意思,如:I knew right off the bat that Mark and I would be best friends.(我當時馬上知道馬克會成為我的好麻吉。)
【✍關鍵單字】
1. related:「相關的」,baseball-related「跟棒球相關」。
2. softball:「壘球」,比起棒球(hardball)壘球較大偏軟。
3. dealer:「經銷商、商人」。
4. curve ball:「曲球」,棒球術語,前大聯盟投手王建明除了使用伸卡球,也會搭配曲球使用。
5. pitch:「投球」,可當動詞與名詞,pitcher為「投手」。
6. base:「壘」。
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花博絮語:從不請專業口譯到官網文宣菜英文——臺中宣言
花博又「花現」問題!
(「花現GNP」是花博宣傳口號 XD)
談談臺中市府官網宣傳《臺中宣言》的英文標題,見圖。
原版:累贅、不像樣的的台式菜英文:
《Taichung Declaration》has redefined the GNP Promote and raise the proposal for Green, Nature and People
設法順著原標題想表達的意思改成及格的英文:
The Taichung Declaration has redefined the pursuit of GNP growth in a new proposal of Green, Nature, and People
英文雖然對了,但仍累贅,沒有標題的樣子。
再改,使其精簡易懂,有標題樣:
The Taichung Declaration redefines GNP as Green, Nature, and People
最後這標題比較令人滿意,簡明、有重點、有哏。
* 重點明確:臺中宣言提出GNP新定義
* 明示GNP所代表的新名,但細節賣關子
* 藉此吸引讀者閱讀內文一探究竟
原標題在文法、寫作上的問題:
* 英文不存在中文新式書名號《……》
* 亂用動詞原形raise,不合文法
* 「GNP Promote」是啥?看似想表達「GNP提升」、「提升GNP」?就算視爲一個方案名,這也是糟糕的台式英文,正如Taiwan(,) Touch Your Heart 給人的感覺,無法端上國際。
問題出在把不合文法的動詞原形 promote、touch 一路用到底,不管意思如何,這顯示英語尚在牙牙學語階段,尚無動詞變化的意識和能力。
爲何 GNP Promote 是菜英文?進一步佐證:
請上 Google 搜索 "GNP Promote" (記得加英文引號),出現百餘條結果,清一色與「臺中宣言」有關,細查其實皆出自同一則臺中政府官方英文新聞文章,即本文探討的文章標題。難道「提升GNP」這概念在全人類有英語記錄的歷史中,是臺中市府首推?當然不!更合理的推論是:
一、像樣的英文不是這樣寫。
二、不像樣的這個英文表達,在全宇宙為臺中市府獨創。
這篇文宣,判斷又是不重視翻譯專業的結果。其實,有待批評的英文書寫問題還多著,有興趣的讀者不妨一讀,親自感受一下。
正如不久前逢甲大學一位外國英語教授針對「英語列爲第二官方語言」的計畫投書賴院長,批評這做法是緣木求魚,我也認爲台灣政府各層級應該檢討是否真已準備好,有能力拿出像樣的對內、對外的英語書寫。答案好像不證自明。
以下轉錄臺中官網全文,先是介紹何謂臺中宣言,後是臺中宣言英文版。(連結見留言)
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《Taichung Declaration》has redefined the GNP Promote and raise the proposal for Green, Nature and People
Issued by Information Bureau Date:2018-04-19
Taichung will conduct World Flora Expo in November. Green productivity proposed by the City Government was based on the Flora Expo addressed concepts of Green productivity, Nature sustainability and People with Green-ability.「Taichung Declaration」is aiming for inviting 100 cities to sign up. Taichung City Mayor, Chia-lung Lin has signed the declaration with Changwon City Mayor, Ahn Sang-soo tonight at Masan Baseball Stadium in South Korea, he also kicked off the starting game for the Taiwanese baseball pitcher, Weichung Wang, who is working currently in South Korea. It’s very meaningful to have Changwon City as the first city to sign up to the Taichung Declaration.
The theme of 2018 Taichung World Flora Expo is「Exploring GNP」 which change the old meaning of GNP as Gross National Product. Redefined GNP now means Green productivity, Nature sustainability and People with Green-ability for pursuing green productivity and facilitating the ecological eternity and embrace the nature in addition to pursuing the technological development. to make people’s living better. We wish to promote and raise the awareness of enhanced collaborations between international societies because this is the only way to connect people to help each other for sharing the goodness and prosperity for the world. (4/11*11)*Information Bureau.
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Taichung Declaration:
《Taichung Declaration》
A New Proposal for GNP
Have you ever thought about that, sound of blooming, could be heard?
Modern people are busy in earning their livings when they are pursuing the development of economics and technologies. They’ve been too busy to see things through so they’ve forgotten to listen to the hearts, realize the nature how close they are relying on the environment.
In 2018, let’s find out the balance for ourselves, let’s listen to the whispers of the nature, let’s listen to the happy sounds of the blooming, we can feel the the value of life and how great to be alive. After all, the meaning of life is to make the world better.
2018 Taichung World Flora Expo will raise a new proposal for GNP. GNP has it’s own life and means Green, Nature and People so it is no more a neutral number of Gross National Product. GNP stands for green productivity and facilitating the ecological eternity to make people’s living better.
It’s the time to move forwards, it’s the time to look back to the past. When we move forwards to develop the smart technologies in the future, we should remember to turn to embrace the nature again to facilitate the ecological eternity. We believe the prosperity and environmental protection can exist concurrently while the technologies can live with the nature.
Green Productivity
City in green and green in the city. The economical growth traded off by the environment will no more last as we know quite well how to play the role as one of the members in the global village. By applying green technologies, reducing energy consumption and create the shared resources to construct a sustainable city with green production and green economics as the backbone.
Nature Sustainability
The mountain geography left from the ice age and the recent wetland scenes formed by the waves and tides are all the low polluted ecological environment and diverse biological systems we would like to sustain. We will never pay the price of nature to pursue the technological prosperity again. We will rebuild the tight connections between people and nature to find back the harmony and balance between people and nature.
People with Green-ability
We are anticipating people will develop their green concepts and capabilities. Such trivial things as personal thought, diet, living and action or big scope as urban construction and future development, all of them will become the group energy of Green to contribute to the international society. So-called green concepts is to implement the actions, including respect the varieties and embrace diversity. No matter in the aspects of culture, race, politics, education or religion, we will maintain the old traditions and develop the innovations to share a better future with everyone. The aesthetics of living is to live with varieties and grow with the compatibilities.
We believe,
The perfect balance among production, ecology and living can be obtained.
Listen to the nature, connect with the society and link to the world.
Collaborate and facilitate the development of international non-government organizations.
Create the new model of urban management.
Because we connect with each other,
We will share the achievements and good results.
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本單元出現的單字
本壘板 / Home plate
一壘 / First base
一壘手 / First baseman
二壘手 / Second baseman
三壘手 / Third baseman
游擊手 / Short stop
左外野手 / Left fielder
中外野手 / Center fielder
右外野手 / Right fielder
投手 / Pitcher
投手丘 / Pitcher’s mound
先發投手 / Starting pitcher
中繼投手 / Relief pitcher
換班 / Relief
救援投手 / Closing pitcher
裁判 / Referee (需要移動的)
裁判 / Umpire (站在原地的)
棒球計分表 / Box score
多倫多藍鳥隊 / Toronto Blue Jays
波士頓紅襪隊 / Boston Red sox
得分 / Runs
安打 / Hits
失誤 / Error
打數 / At bats / AB
打點 / Run Batted In / RBI
保送 / Bases on balls / BB
三振 / Strike outs / K
殘壘數 / Left on bases / LOB
打擊率 / Average / AVG
上壘率 / On-base percentage / OBP
投球局數 / Innings pitched / IP
贏 / Win
輸 / Lose
自責分 / Earned Runs / ER
防禦率 / Earned Run average / ERA
波浪舞 / The wave
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