Black-necked cranes are seen in a nature reserve2 located in the Lhasa River valley in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous3 Region, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003. Black-necked cranes are the only cranes in the world living on plateaus.4 There are about 5,000 black-necked cranes in the world and most of them spend winter and breed5 in Tibet. Tibet has strengthened6 the protection of the rare7 bird these years.
圖為二○○三年十二月十三日,在中國西南部西藏自治區首都拉薩的拉薩河谷自然保護區,見到的黑頸鶴(又稱西藏鶴)。黑頸鶴是世界僅存的高原鶴,約有五千隻,大都在西藏過冬、繁殖。這些年來,西藏當局已加強保育這類珍禽。
KOREAN MUSEUM KIM
洛杉磯韓僑博物館
Young Yul Kim, an elder of the Korean Presbyterian8 Church and a coordinator9 of the new museum dedicated10 to Korean-American immigrants11 to the U.S., holds the first ever Korean flag, a design from about 1880, over a later flag from 1913 to the 1930s, at the church near downtown Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 5, 2003. Nearly a century after some of the first Korean immigrants to California formed an organization to oppose12 the Japanese occupation13 of Korea, the Los Angeles Korean-American community will open a museum to commemorate14 that struggle.15
二○○三年十二月五日,在洛杉磯市中心附近的韓國長老教會教堂,長老也是新設立的韓僑博物館聯絡人Young Yul Kim,手持一八八○年左右設計的第一面韓國國旗,下方是一九一三到一九三○年間沿用的國旗。最早移民到加州的韓僑,有些成立組織,對抗日本佔領韓國;在將近一個世紀後,洛杉磯韓裔美國人社區,設立這座博物館,以紀念共同奮鬥的史蹟。
【Vocabulary 單字精解】
1. crane﹝?婑r?婍n﹞n.:鶴
2. reserve﹝r?埩?婄?崨?焋v﹞n.:保護區
3. autonomous﹝?瓡?婄t?瑂n?瑆m?瑆s﹞a.:自治的;有自治權的
4. plateau﹝pl?紓?婄t?孲﹞n.:高原,高地
5. breed﹝br?婩d﹞vi.;vt.:產仔;(動物)繁殖
6. strengthen﹝?婄str?瑎?痯(?婑)?畷?瑆n﹞vt.;vi.:(使)變強
7. rare﹝r?瑎r﹞a.:稀罕的,稀有的
8. Presbyterian﹝?歅?孮r?瑎?崨b?瑆?婄t?埩r?埩?瑆n﹞a.:
長老制﹝派〕的,長老教會的
9. coordinator﹝?婑o?婄?瓡rd?瑆?歅n?婍t?櫹﹞n.:同等﹝對等﹞的人﹝物﹞;統籌﹝協調﹞的人﹝物﹞
10. dedicated﹝?婄d?瑎d?瑆?歅?婑?婍t?埩d﹞a.:(裝備等)用於特定目的的,專用的
11. immigrant﹝?婄?埩m?瑆gr?瑆nt﹞n.:(自外國或其他地區移入的)移民,移居者
12. oppose﹝?瑆?婄po?崨﹞vi.;vt.:反對,對抗
13. occupation﹝?歅?瑂?婑?婇?瑆?婄p?婍?瓿?瑆n﹞n.:
佔領,佔據
14. commemorate﹝?婑?瑆?婄m?瑎m?瑆?歅r?婍t﹞vt.:(以祝詞和儀式)紀念
15. struggle﹝?婄str?瑔gl﹞vi.:奮鬥,努力