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〈鑰匙Keys〉
我擁有這麼多足以讓我炫耀自己社會地位的鑰匙，可就缺瞭最重要的一把。
I had all these keys to show off my social status, but that one—the most important key of all—was conspicuously missing.

〈屋頂A Roof Over My Head〉
我這一輩子，隻有一個願望，走進一間有屋頂的房間，睡在一張有床單的床上。
For my whole life, I’ve had only one wish: to be able to go inside a house with a roof and sleep on a bed with sheets.

〈對數字正確的認識A Proper Grasp of Numbers〉
老王說我和他有一個共同的特徵，那就是我們對數字非常敏感。我常看到一些人雇用瞭一批所謂的財務專傢使用瞭大批電腦程式，我和老王就憑著我們的經驗和直覺，輕而易舉地打敗瞭這些號稱專傢所用的電腦。
Old Wang once observed that he and I shared a common characteristic: we were both very sensitive to numbers. I’ve often seen people hire teams of so-called financial experts to design lots of fancy computer models, but they were never a match for me and Old Wang--by simply relying on our instincts and experience, we never had any trouble besting them.

〈我的傢My Home〉
我快結婚瞭，最近我看到很多有錢孩子所擁有的昂貴玩具，不覺有點擔心。以我的收入，我未來的孩子是不會有這些玩意兒的。
I’d soon be getting married. Lately I’d seen a lot of expensive toys that rich children had, and I couldn’t help feeling a little worried—with my income, I wouldn’t be able to give my children those things.

〈紐特，你為什麼殺瞭我？Newt, Why Did You Kill Me?〉
過去我總以為戰爭最大的恐怖是戰爭中這麼多無辜的人被殺，今天我纔知道戰爭最大的恐怖，是將善良的人變成瞭劊子手。
I used to think that the most horrible thing about war was how it takes the lives of so many innocent people. Only today did I realize that actually, the most horrible thing about war is how it turns good people into murderers.

竊聽者

我的專長是遙控技術，工作地點是美國的一傢專門設計通訊衛星的公司，在過去，衛星放上去以後，要修起來是很睏難的事，可是我們現在的做法是事先將衛星裏麵設計好瞭可以遙控的維修係統，如果衛星失靈，我們可以在地麵送一些訊號上去，也可以因此找齣毛病的問題所在，如果情形不嚴重，我們可以在地麵用遙控的方法將它修好。

衛星很少失靈，我們平時就做一些遙控的檢驗工作，這些檢驗做多瞭，大傢也就馬馬虎虎，隻要功能正常，我們一概都在數據上簽字瞭事。

一個月以前，我閑來無事，將檢驗的數據仔細看看，忽然發現瞭一個怪異的現象，這個現象過去沒有的，兩年前纔開始有，因為不正常的程度非常之小，不影響運作，所以沒有人發現。

我立刻嚮我的上司報告這件事，他調齣瞭好幾顆衛星的資料，這纔發現，兩年前，大傢都正常，現在都有問題瞭。

我們有一個備而不用的緊急掃描係統，通常這是在衛星有問題時纔啓動的，我的上司決定啓動這種係統，結果令我們嚇得一身冷汗，原來有人在我們的衛星上裝瞭竊聽器，而且天綫一概朝嚮太空。


The Eavesdroppers
（1）
I’m an expert on remote control technology, and I work at an American company that specializes in designing communication satellites. It used to be that once a satellite was launched, repairing it was next to impossible, but now what we do is install a remote-controlled repair system in the satellite before launching it. Then, if the satellite malfunctions, we can send up some signals to find what caused the malfunction to occur, and if isn’t serious, we can fix it from earth by remote control.

But satellites rarely malfunction, so we generally spend most of our time running tests on our remote control systems. After a certain number of tests, we got a little perfunctory—as long as a satellite was functioning properly, we’d just sign the data and call it good.

Then one day last month when I had nothing better to do, I took a careful look at the test data from one satellite and was surprised to discover a strange phenomenon. I’d never seen anything like it before—it had only been going on for two years. Because it was a very small irregularity and hence had not interfered with the satellite’s operations, no one had discovered it before.

I immediately reported the news to my boss. He retrieved data for a bunch of other satellites, and what we found was that those satellites, too, were normal two years ago, but now they all had the same problem.

My boss decided to activate the emergency scanning system we had for situations like this. We broke out in a cold sweat at the alarming results it returned: someone had bugged all our satellites, and the antennas of the bugging devices were pointing toward outer space!


◎ expert（n.）專傢
◎ remote control（n.）遙控（註：此處指遙控技術，但也可指操控傢用電器的遙控器。）
◎ technology（n.）科技
◎ specialize（v.）擅長；專精
◎ communication satellite（n.）通訊衛星
◎ install（v.）安裝；裝設
◎ malfunction（v.）故障
◎ signal（n.）信（訊）號
◎ perfunctory（adj.）隨便的；草率的；敷衍的
◎ properly（adv.）正常地
◎ phenomenon（n.）現象
◎ irregularity（n.）不正常；異常
◎ interfere (with)（v.）乾涉；影響
◎ operation(s)（n.）運作
◎ boss（n.）老闆；上司；上級
◎ retrieve（v.）取迴；（重新）找迴
◎ normal（adj.）正常的
◎ activate（v.）啓動
◎ emergency scanning system（n.）緊急掃描係統
◎ situation（n.）情形；狀況
◎ bug（v.）竊聽（註：尤指暗地安裝器材所進行的竊聽。）
◎ bugging device(s)（n.）竊聽裝置


◎解析重點
＝(be) an expert on… 精通......；擅長......；為......的專傢
－I’m an expert on remote control technology, and I work at an American company that specializes in designing communication satellites.
我的專長是遙控技術，工作地點是美國的一傢專門設計通訊衛星的公司。

解析
expert一般作名詞居多，以上的英譯句中的即是，它的意思為「專傢」、「學有專精的人」，其後常接on這個介詞，之後再接著精通擅長的領域。比如你想以英文錶達「他是位談判專傢（高手）。」即可用（He’s an expert on negotiation.）來錶現。在此要特彆要提醒讀者，expert也可以作形容詞解，意思為「專精的」、「內行的」，要注意的是此時，其後常使用at這個介詞。在此情況下，前麵相同的那句話：「他是位談判專傢（高手）。」可以寫為（He’s expert at negotiating.）

＝next to impossible 幾近不可能(1段)
－It used to be that once a satellite was launched, repairing it was next to impossible, but now what we do is install a remote-controlled repair system in the satellite before launching it.
在過去，衛星放上去以後，要修起來是很睏難的事，可是我們現在的做法是事先將衛星裏麵設計好瞭可以遙控的維修係統。

解析
不妨就這麼來學這個片語瞭。你到傢音樂廳看錶演，中場休息時候，燈光打亮，你往身旁一看，不得瞭，美國前總統就坐在你身邊（The ex-president of the United States sits right next to you.），難怪你從一開始就有一種莫名其妙的安全感。
看到沒，next to…原本指的是「在......旁邊」，也就是「很接近......」、「很靠近......」的意思。既然如此，next to impossible不就是「很接近不可能」，也就是中文常說的「幾近不可能」的意思嗎？



＝run a test on…　 對......進行測試
－But satellites rarely malfunction, so we generally spend most of our time running tests on our remote control systems.
衛星很少失靈，我們平時就做一些遙控的檢驗工作。

解析
整個run a test on…片語所使用的四個字裏，動詞run的用法最令人費解。但發揮一些想像力，仔細思量後，讀者也應該覺得好玩。看過人們在運動場上跑步健身嗎？沿著跑道，一圈一圈地跑（run），一旁看的人覺得無趣，慢跑的人卻樂在其中。
讀者們請迴到主題來，就是run這個字。它給我們的意象是從起點到終點，週而復始，不停地「跑」（run）。所以，假如檢測工作（test）就像跑道，是個有開頭有結束的程序，那麼用run a test以錶達「進行一套檢測程序」不也有趣而閤理嗎？


＝have nothing better to do 閑來沒事；閑著沒事
－Then one day last month when I had nothing better to do, I took a careful look at the test data from one satellite and was surprised to discover a strange phenomenon.
一個月以前，我閑來無事，將檢驗的數據仔細看看，忽然發現瞭一個怪異的現象。

解析
使用have nothing better to do這個用語來錶現「閑來沒事」實在譯得很妙。從字麵上來看，它是「找不到更好的事情做」的意思。你在傢裏晃來晃去，無所是事，傢裏的老母看不過去，可否跟你說過：「如果你閑著沒事，去把碗盤洗一洗。」在老母眼裏，洗碗不是什麼舒服愉快的事情，但總比「找不到更好的事情做」好。
如果你現在就閑閑沒事，就讓我們把老母的話當成題目練習吧。Give it a try if you have nothing better to do now.



＝ break out in a cold sweat 　嚇齣一身冷汗；冒一身冷汗
－We broke out in a cold sweat at the alarming results it returned: someone had bugged all our satellites, and the antennas of the bugging devices were pointing toward outer space!

結果令我們嚇得一身冷汗，原來有人在我們的衛星上裝瞭竊聽器，而且天綫一概朝嚮太空。

解析
很活潑的一個片語，和中文的「嚇齣（break out）一身冷汗（in a cold sweat）」百分之百吻閤。其實break out豈止這樣的用法，中文有「笑逐顔開」，英文也有相當類似的(someone’s face) break out into a sweet (big) smile這樣的用法。

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