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中英對照讀新聞／Tsunami harpoons Japanese whaling town 海嘯獵殺了日本的捕鯨重鎮
◎ 魏國金
The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.
日本捕鯨重鎮鮎川浜挺過數十年來保育團體的怒火，但對徹底摧毀、而且可能永遠毀滅該產業的巨大海嘯則毫無招架之力。
One of four communities in Japan that have continued to hunt and eat whales in defiance of international opposition, the town was already down to a single operating company, Ayukawa Whaling.
作為無視國際反對，仍持續獵捕、食用鯨魚的4個日本社區中的一個，該鎮只剩下一個自營公司︰鮎川浜捕鯨公司。
The March 11 tsunami that slammed into Japan’s northeast coast took most of Ayukawa with it, destroying 80 percent of houses and leaving 400 of its 1,400 residents unaccounted for.
3月11日猛烈衝擊日本東北沿海的海嘯，席捲了鮎川浜大部分地區，摧毀了80%的房子並使1400位居民中有400人下落不明。
The wave shattered Ayukawa Whaling’s storage facility and carried its fleet of three whaling ships hundreds of metres inland where they now lie grounded and impotent.
怒濤粉碎了鮎川浜捕鯨公司的貯藏設施，並將其3艘捕鯨船衝往內地數百公尺，現在擱淺該處任其荒廢。
"This is the biggest ever crisis for us," said company chairman Minoru Ito. Ito, 74, survived the disaster, along with all of his 28 employees, after they fled to higher ground in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered the tsunami.
「這是我們經歷過最大的危機，」公司董事長伊藤實（譯音）說。74歲的伊藤在引發海嘯的規模9.0強震發生後，與所有28名員工一起逃往高處，因而得以倖免於難。
The survival of their livelihoods is another matter and Ito said he had already decided to lay everybody off and suspend all whaling operations. It was a tough decision. Ito has been hunting whales for half a century. "For me, whaling is not just culture or tradition. It’s part of my life," he said.
但生計的存續是另一回事，而伊藤表示他已決定解雇每個人，並中止所有捕鯨作業。這是艱難的決定。伊藤捕鯨達半世紀之久。「對我而言，捕鯨不僅是文化或傳統。它是我生命的一部分，」他說。
新聞辭典
in defiance of ︰無視、違抗。例句︰Many people took part in the anti-government rallies in defiance of martial law.（許多人無視戒嚴法，參加反政府集會。）
unaccounted for︰未加說明的、下落不明的。例句︰His mistake remained unaccounted for.（他的錯誤仍未解釋清楚。）
lay off︰解雇、戒絕、停止。例句︰Lay off me, will you?（別管我，好嗎？）
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harpoon
(här-pūn')
n.
A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
tr.v., -pooned, -poon·ing, -poons.
To strike, kill, or capture with or as if with a spearlike weapon.
[Probably from Dutch harpoen, from Middle Dutch, from Old French harpon, possibly from harpe, clamp, claw, from Latin harpa, sickle, from Greek harpē.]
harpooner har·poon'er n.
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