Scotland has a breathtaking landscape of rolling highlands and glens, vast lochs, legendary monsters, heather and castles, whiskey and golf ... Read on to find out more about one of the most famous areas of the world.
坐擁絕色美景,綿延起伏的高地與幽谷,寬廣的湖泊與傳說怪獸,石南花與城堡,威士忌與高爾夫‥‥‥跟我們一同來探索世界知名的蘇格蘭。
Scotland has a remarkable sporting heritage. The golf course at St Andrews, affectionately known the world over as the "home of golf," is one of the oldest in the world. The oldest national trophy in the world, The Scottish Cup, is awarded to the winning team in Association Football (soccer).
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Scottish literature is also well known. The writer of Peter Pan, JM Barrie hails from Angus, Scotland. Irvine Welsh, a modern day Scottish writer, wrote Trainspotting, which was made into a highly successful movie. Robert Burns is Scotland's best loved poet, world-renowned for Auld Lang Syne.
Scotland is a land which enjoys its traditions, festivities (see tomorrows paper for a full description of their New Year celebrations) and legends. One legend is the Loch Ness Monster — a mysterious creature said to lurk in the bottom of Loch Ness (Scotland's largest freshwater lake).
Scotland has 790 islands, but only 90 are inhabited. One set, called the Shetlands, are described as the meeting place between Scotland and Norway. During their fire festival — the Up Helly Aa — a Viking ship is paraded through the streets and then set on fire, emulating the old funeral traditions of the Vikings.
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Scotland's national dish is Haggis — sheep stomach stuffed with minced offal, spices, suet, and oatmeal and boiled for several hours. The haggis was an excellent way of preserving food naturally well before modern conveniences. The haggis is still well-loved today — Burns even wrote a poem about it!
(Catherine Thomas, staff writer)
蘇格蘭擁有非凡的體育遺產。聖安德魯斯的高爾夫場素以「高爾夫的家鄉」享譽全球,是全球最古老的高爾夫球場之一。全世界最古老的國家盃「蘇格蘭盃」即為頒給足球冠軍隊伍的獎盃。
蘇格蘭文學也相當知名。《彼得潘》的作者 JM Barrie 就出生於蘇格蘭的安格斯。蘇格蘭現代作家Irvine Welsh 所著的《猜火車》,就被改拍為成功的賣座電影。Robert Burns 是蘇格蘭最備受愛戴的詩人,以詩作《懷念的往昔》享譽全球。
蘇格蘭人相當喜愛自己的傳統、節慶(請看明日蘇格蘭新年傳統的詳細報導)與傳說。傳說中,神秘的尼斯湖水怪就潛藏在蘇格蘭最大的淡水湖「尼斯湖」底下。
蘇格蘭有七百九十個島,但僅九十個島有人居住。雪特蘭列島就被視為是蘇格蘭與挪威的交會處。蘇格蘭火祭期間,一艘維京船會沿街遊行,再點燃火苗,仿效維京人古老的葬禮習俗。
蘇格蘭一道傳統料理是羊肉雜碎布丁,也就是填滿碎內臟、香料、羊油、燕麥粥後蒸煮數小時的羊肚。在便利的現代生活之前,羊肉雜碎布丁是自然保存食物的極佳方式。羊肉雜碎布丁今日仍相當受到喜愛,詩人Burns甚至還寫了一首相關詩作! (翻譯:賴美君)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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