Nigeria's Hair Police　奈及利亞髮型警察
No gay hairdos allowed　禁蓄同志髮型

‧ 標題單字

1) gay (a.)（男）同性戀的
He doesn't seem like a gay person.
2) hairdo (n.) 髮型
He got a new hairdo before going to Canada.

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Fans of football (soccer to North Americans) 4)rejoice. There's no longer a need to fear for your favorite Nigerian football star's 5)sexuality. It seems likely that new rules will be put into place to 6)ban 7)braids, 3dreadlocks, and earrings on the Nigerian football field in an effort to make the young men look more 8)manly.

足球（在北美稱做soccer）球迷值得大肆慶祝。再也不必擔心你最喜歡的奈及利亞足球明星的性傾向了。奈及利亞的足球場很有可能會採用新規則，禁止辮子、雷鬼頭以及耳環，為了讓這些年輕男子看起來更具雄風。

‧ 中級單字

3) soccer (n.) 足球，英式英文稱為 football
Soccer is a very old sport.

4) rejoice (v.) 感到高興
They rejoiced after winning the game.

5) sexuality (n.) 性特徵，性別
It's best not to display your sexuality in public places.

6) ban (v.) 禁止
Our school has a ban on dyed hair.

7) braid (n.) 辮子
The young girl always has braids in her hair.

8) manly (a.) 有男子氣概的
This actor always plays very manly roles.


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Nigeria's top 9)footballers, including captain Jay-Jay Okocha and top striker Nwankwo Kanu, may have their hair braided, but officials have had enough. They say 10)hairstyles such as these are not 11)culturally acceptable and 12)encourage 13)homosexuality. For Mr. Runshewe of the Information 14)Ministry the same goes for earrings, which he says have a “sense of homosexuality.”

奈及利亞的最佳足球員，包括隊長傑傑歐克恰與最佳前鋒汪闊卡努，可能喜歡紮上滿頭的辮子，但主管單位已經受夠了。他們表示這種髮型不被他們的文化接受，而且是在鼓勵同性戀。奈及利亞資訊部的朗秀先生還認為耳環也是一樣，他說那有「同性戀的味道。」

‧ 中級單字

9) footballer (n.) 足球員
Footballers are very popular in England.

10) hairstyle (n.) 髮型
She paid a lot of money to design a new hairstyle.

11) culturally (adv.) 文化方面
Culturally speaking, Canada and the United States are very similar.

12) encourage (v.) 鼓勵
The teacher encourages her students to read.

13) homosexuality (n.) 同性戀
Do his parents know about his homosexuality?

14) ministry (n.) 政府部會
The Ministry of Education is responsible for the nation's schools.


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Of course, not everybody agrees with these 15)charges. Young fans often see the players’ hair braids as signs of the changing times. Nigeria is becoming more international. Players are following the likes of Beckham, 16)sporting crazy hairdos in order to be more 17)visible on the field.

當然了，不是所有人都同意這些指控。年輕球迷經常視球員的辮子為時代變遷的象徵。奈及利亞日漸國際化。球員追隨貝克漢之流，秀出瘋狂髮型以增加球場上的能見度。
‧ 中級單字

15) charge (n.) 指控
The teacher has been arrested on a charge of murder.

16) sport (v.) 炫耀，惹人注意地打扮
The singer always sports some very interesting outfits.

17) visible (a.) 能被看見的，可見的
There are no visible differences between the twins.


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Female 18)onlookers, on the other hand, were less 19)compassionate to the dreadlocked, braided players. Football, being a man's game, must be played by manly men, they say. They don't see why men should try to turn themselves into girls. But maybe that's just 20)sour grapes. Perhaps these women are afraid of the competition.

另一方面，女性觀眾對雷鬼頭及紮辮子的球員比較不那麼同情。她們表示，足球是男性的運動，應該由有男子氣概的人來踢球。她們不懂為什麼男人要試著把自己變成女孩子。但或許那只是酸葡萄心理。搞不好這些女人是怕被比下去。

‧ 中級單字

18) onlooker (n.) 旁觀者
The onlookers were surprised when the losing team suddenly won the game.

19) compassionate (a.) 同情的
The monk is a very compassionate person.

20) sour grapes 酸葡萄心理，見不得別人好
She looks angry, but she's not. It's just sour grapes.



- posted by star blog @ Monday, January 03, 2005