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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Paddle your own pumpkin 划你自己的南瓜
德國基維索法湖年度南瓜賽三日舉行，參賽者坐在大南瓜裡奮力前划。 （路透）
◎周虹汶
With a look of apprehension, a blond woman clad in a wetsuit wobbles her way onto a lake in western Germany in a huge, hollowed-out vegetable.
一名穿著潛水衣的金髮女子，身處德國西部一處湖面上，一臉愁容地在一顆巨大、挖空的蔬菜裡搖擺邁進。
Paddle held aloft, she’s a contestant in the Krewelshofer lake’s annual pumpkin race, held for the third time on Wednesday over a 35-meter course.
划槳高舉著，她是基維索法湖第3屆年度南瓜賽的競爭者，賽事週三於35公尺航道上舉行。
Grown specially for the race, the pumpkins must weigh at least 250 kilograms and, to minimize the risk of capsizing, more for heavier participants.
特別為這場比賽而種植的這些南瓜，必須至少250公斤重，以及讓翻船風險減到最小，這較常發生在較重的參賽者身上。
“It was hard fighting against the wind to get anywhere, but when you are in the groove it works. I imagined it would be more difficult,” said competitor Mailin Matuschek.
參賽者美林．馬圖歇克說，「要逆風前往任何地方都是困難的，但當你掌握好，它就行得通。我本來想像是會更難的。」
“I actually thought that after a few meters you would fall in,” chimed in her sister Jana-Mai.
他的姊妹亞娜麥插話說，「我本來真的覺得，幾公尺後你就會落水。」
The fastest racers in six categories get 200 euros in prize money, or 300 euros if they paddled in their own pumpkins - enough to buy a boat for next year.（Reuters）
6個級別中最快的參賽者，可得200歐元獎金，如果他們划自己的南瓜則是300歐元——夠明年買一艘船了。（路透）
新聞辭典
wetsuit：名詞，指潛水衣。
in the groove：指流暢地、完美地、處於最好狀態、走在流行尖端。groove當名詞是指溝槽、軌道、常規、習慣；動詞，指形成溝槽、陷入常規。例句：He was grooved in running errands for others.（他已習慣幫別人跑腿。）
chime：名詞，指音樂門鈴、報時裝置、敲鐘裝置；動詞，指鳴響、一致、和諧地奏出音樂、用鐘報時。例句：His views on this chimed with mine.（他對此事的看法和我一致。）chime in指插嘴附和。
