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Indonesia’s owls at risk 印尼興起飼養貓頭鷹熱潮
Toe wrestling champions 英國德比郡舉行世界掰腳趾大賽
文字稿
Hadie paid 100 US dollars for this barred eagle-owl – the closest Indonesian owl that when young, looks like Harry Potter’s snowy-white Hedwig. In the past people stayed away from them, believing them close to the spirit world. But now there’s a growing number of people – inspired by fiction – to take wild owls as pets. There is currently only one type of owl that’s on the protected species list in Indonesia. Activists want that changed to lift the Harry Potter curse.
豪迪（Hadie）花100美元買下瞭這隻馬來雕鴞，這類印尼貓頭鷹的幼崽看起來與《哈利·波特》的那隻渾身雪白的寵物 — 海德薇，最為相似。過去，人們曾試圖遠離這類動物，因為他們認為貓頭鷹和神靈世界聯系甚密。但如今，有越來越多人因受到虛構小說的影響，開始把野生貓頭鷹當作寵物飼養。目前在印度尼西亞，隻有一種貓頭鷹被列入瞭受保護物種的名單中。提倡動物保護的人士想改變這一狀況，從而解除《哈利·波特》熱潮所施下的“魔咒”。
New toe wrestling champions have been crowned after an unusual competition was held in Derbyshire in the UK. Participants at The World Toe Wrestling Championships, which is like arm wrestling but with feet, competed in best-of-three knockout rounds until a winner was found. Everyone had their feet checked by a podiatrist before they competed.
隨著一場不同尋常的比賽在英國德比郡落下帷幕，新一屆衛冕冠軍們也隨之誕生。世界掰腳趾大賽的規則與掰手腕相似，隻不過是用“腳”比力氣，參賽者們以三局兩勝的淘汰制相互競爭，直到選出最終的贏傢。每位選手的腳都需要事先經過一位足科醫生的檢查才能參加比賽。
詞匯
inspired by fiction
受小說的啟發、影響
crowned
被授予冠軍稱號
podiatrist
足科醫生
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inspired by fiction / crowned / podiatrist
1. My football team have been ______ champions after an exciting win in the last game of the season.
2. The artist says his new ‘time machine’ creation was ______, after reading an old novel.
3. My ______ told me to change my socks to stop me getting athlete’s foot again.
答案
1. My football team have been crowned champions after an exciting win in the last game of the season.
2. The artist says his new ‘time machine’ creation was inspired by fiction, after reading an old novel.
3. My podiatrist told me to change my socks to stop me getting athlete’s foot again.
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