【精英翻譯】的部落格

（東京9日綜合電）日本麥當勞宣佈，收到78宗被奧運紀念玻璃杯割傷人的投訴，因此決定回收所有玻璃杯。

　日本麥當勞今年6至7月間，在套餐中附送奧運紀念玻璃杯，共送出約600萬個玻璃杯。發言人指本月7日起，收到130宗投訴，78宗指被玻璃割傷，傷勢輕微，懷疑是玻璃杯生產過程中有失誤，杯子邊緣突出，使用時容易割傷。

亞馬遜(Amazon)推出一項教科書租賃服務，允許美國學生每學期能以不超過新書售價70%的價格租用紙質教科書，但教育行業預計租賃業務的增長將會放緩。

Amazon.com has launched a textbook rental service, allowing US students to borrow print editions for a school term at up to 70 per cent off the price of new titles, but the education industry is expecting the growth of rentals to slow.

縱然每天都要面對有關新一代iPhone或iPad的傳言與猜測拷問，蘋果公司(Apple)總是拒絕談論未來將要進行的新產品發布。

Struck by a daily onslaught of rumours and speculation about the next iPhone or iPad, Apple always refuses to discuss future product launches.

中國跨欄運動員劉翔周二上午在奧運會預賽中摔倒出局，令人聯想起4年前他在北京奧運會上臨陣告退的痛苦經歷。

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang crashed out of the Olympic Games on Tuesday morning, in an agonising echo of his withdrawal from the Beijing games four years ago.

倫敦奧運會賽程過半，獎牌榜呈現出人們熟悉的格局。中美兩國遙遙領先，拼搶著最終的榜首位置。作為奧運會東道主的英國位居第三，該國運動員看來將要為投資在他們身上的2.35億英鎊帶來超出預期的回報。上周末，英國運動員收獲多塊金牌，英國上下舉國歡騰。

Halfway through London’s Olympics, the medals table has taken on a familiar look. China and the US are way out in front and scrapping between themselves to end the games on top. Britain, host of the games, is third, its athletes now poised to deliver over and above the expected return on £235m invested in them. A cascade of gold medals over the weekend has generated waves of national euphoria and goodwill.

國際奧委會(IOC)主席雅克•羅格(Jacques Rogge)承認，奧委會高層官員們曾對快餐連鎖集團麥當勞(McDonald's)是否適宜繼續贊助奧運會提出質疑。目前，各方對全球肥胖問題日益感到擔憂。

Top Olympics officials questioned whether it was appropriate to allow fast-food chain McDonald’s to continue sponsoring the Games amid mounting concern about global obesity, the International Olympic Committee president has admitted.

日本國會指定的福島核災難原因調查委員會主席宣佈，危機系“日本製造”，根源在於“日本文化中一些根深蒂固的習性”。

The chairman of an investigation ordered by Japan’s parliament into the Fukushima nuclear disaster has declared that it was a crisis “made in Japan” resulting from the “ingrained conventions of Japanese culture”.

英國奧運選手周四將金牌總數增至五枚，其中有三枚是在四小時里贏得的。克裡斯•霍伊爵士(Sir Chris Hoy)以新的世界紀錄獲得男子自行車賽冠軍，為自己的奧運徵程再添一枚金牌。

The UK Olympic team increased its gold medal count to five on Thursday with three victories in the space of four hours as Sir Chris Hoy added another gold medal to his tally by winning the men’s sprint in a new world record.

Jill：Ohhh, I ate too much pizza today.

吉兒：噢……，我今天吃太多披薩了。

Jessie：Brrr! It’s already March, but it’s so cold today! I can’t stand it.

潔西：呼！都已經三月了，今天還這麼冷！真受不了。

Jenny：Did you see the sales team going downstairs after work?

珍妮：妳看到了業務推廣組下班後一起下樓嗎？

Tim：Joe should be put in jail for calling me a moron.

提姆：阿喬該被關進牢裡，他居然罵我是白痴。

Jack：Aren’t you going to say something？

傑克：妳不是有話要說嗎？

Mr. Green：That candidate seems to be a good choice.

葛林先生：那位候選人似乎是不錯選擇。

Bill：My sister’s coming to visit on Sunday.

比爾：我妹妹星期天要來玩。

Paul：I wish I had more money. I’m as poor as a church mouse.

保羅：但願我有多點錢。我真是窮得要命。

Jill：Ohhh, I ate too much pizza today.

吉兒：噢……，我今天吃太多披薩了。

James：Oh, my. I think I’ve pulled a muscle in my back.

詹姆斯：噢，天啊。我想我的背部拉傷了。

（倫敦30日綜合電）這位龐德女郎沒穿比基尼，絕不火辣，且86歲年紀老邁，但一夜爆紅。說的是英女王伊麗沙白二世。

　她在倫敦奧運開幕禮粉墨登場拍攝短片，雖出鏡只幾十秒，對白也只得一句，危險動作全由替身上陣，但英國子民和世界網民都拍掌叫好，倫敦市長約翰遜更打趣說她可能會贏奧斯卡。

（倫敦30日綜合電）英國牛津大學是世界精英學府，學風森嚴，連學生穿衣也有一套規矩。但凡出席嚴肅學術場合，都必須穿著合規格的subfusc學術服。

　Subfusc源自拉丁文，意思是深色，即男生女生都一身黑。但牛津宣佈打破這千年傳統，以後男生大可在校園穿裙子。