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She’s middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany’s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo.牠中年、灰髮而且整夜不睡，不過，海蒂這隻鬥雞眼負鼠，是現在德國媒體上最紅的，而且牠甚至還沒在萊比錫動物園公開亮相。



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There’s a squirrel popping up all over the Internet.
有隻松鼠遊走蹦跳於整個網際網路世界。
The rodent first made its appearance in a holiday photo taken by an American couple in Canada and has gone on to become a Web sensation.
這隻囓齒動物的初露面，是在一對美國夫妻於加拿大所拍攝的一幀度假照片上，並已成為網路當紅炸子「鼠」。(張沛元)



US soldier sentenced for killing of blindfolded Iraqi prisoners

A US military tribunal in Germany has sentenced an American soldier for seven months for killing four Iraqi prisoners. The prisoners were bound and blindfolded after later dumped in Baghdad canal. Twenty-three-year-old Spc. Belmor Ramos had faced a possible sentence of life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder but worked out a plea agreement. He has agreed to testify against other soldiers allegedly involved in the killing of the Iraqis. Three other soldiers were charged on Tuesday with murder.

Knut the polar bear, who became a worldwide media sensation as a cub in 2007, will soon be joined in Berlin zoo by Gianna, a female companion originally from Italy, German reports said.
根據德國媒體報導，兩年前曾轟動全球媒體的北極熊克努特，即將在柏林動物園與吉安娜相遇，這隻準備跟他作伴的母熊原本來自義大利。

Later, whenever his paintings seemed stuck, he turned to sculpture to organize his thoughts and sensations. Matisse worked on his big cat for two years, sometimes blindfolding himself to understand his object better and, perhaps, to avoid any inclination to fill in descriptive details.



blindfold Show phonetics
noun [C]
a strip of cloth which covers someone's eyes and stops them from seeing

blindfold
verb [T]
to cover someone's eyes with a blindfold:
She was blindfolded and taken somewhere in the back of a van.
blindfold
adverb
HUMOROUS I've been there so often I could probably drive there blindfold.

blind・fold

━━ vt., n., a., ad. 目隠し（する）; 迷わす, 欺く; 目隠しされた［て］; 向う見ずな［に］.
⇒blind

sensation

sensation：名詞，指引發轟動、激動的人或事物，如 The scandal about the president caused a sensation.（總統的醜聞造成大轟動。）或The show was an overnight sensation.（這場表演立即引起轟動，意指迅速成功。）形容詞則為sensational，形容（正面的）非常好、令人激動或特殊，如She looks sensational in her new dress.（她穿著那件新禮服顯得非常動人。）

sensation：名詞，轟動的人或事。例句：I was told that the Japanese teen sensation Arashi’s new single is set to be released next month.（據說日本青少年風靡的天團「嵐」下個月要發行新單曲。）
n.

1. 1. A perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition: the sensation of heat; a visual sensation.
   2. The faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility: The patient has very little sensation left in the right leg.
   3. An indefinite generalized body feeling: a sensation of lightness.
2. A state of heightened interest or emotion: “The anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhat between bliss and fear” (James Weldon Johnson).
3. 1. A state of intense public interest and excitement: “The purser made a sensation as sailors like to do, by predicting a storm” (Evelyn Waugh).
   2. A cause of such interest and excitement. See synonyms at wonder.

[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sēnsātiō, sēnsātiōn-, from Late Latin sēnsātus, gifted with sense. See sensate.]

sensational

(sĕn-sā'shə-nəl)
adj.

1. Of or relating to sensation.
2. Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details: sensational journalism; a sensational television report.
3. Outstanding; spectacular: a sensational concert; a sensational dinner.

sensationally sen·sa'tion·al·ly adv.