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Earth loses balance, but is put back togther 失去平衡的地球
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007,Page 14
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Spaceship Earth, after it was rebuilt, on Oct. 22, 2007, in Kennesaw, US. 十月二十二日，在美國喬治亞州的肯納所，「地球號太空船」重建後的模樣．
PHOTO: AP
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Finnish-born artist Eino made a US$1 million (NT$32.5 million) sculpture called Spaceship Earth that mysteriously collapsed in December 2006. He spent about four months rebuilding it.
A figure of environmentalist David Brower is on top of the sculpture, which is meant to remind people in the future of how fragile the earth is. But it turned out to be much more fragile than Eino thought.
At first the structure's collapse was blamed on poor adhesive. But after investigation, an expert said he thinks somebody purposely knocked the statue over.
Eino said the collapse of his artwork was "devastating."
"It was very difficult for me to put it back together mentally," he said. "I felt absolutely horrible when it came down, but I felt a responsibility to put it back up."
Eino said he changed the design during the rebuilding to help make sure his sculpture stays together.
(Staff Writer, with AP)
芬蘭藝術家艾諾打造了一座價值一百萬美元（約新台幣三千兩百五十萬元）的雕塑─「地球號太空船」，但去年十二月不知何故倒塌了，他花了約四個月重建作品。
環保先鋒大衛．布勞爾的人像就站在作品頂端，意在提醒後代子孫地球多脆弱，但它顯然比艾諾想的脆弱許多。
一開始雕像倒塌被怪罪於塑合欠佳，但經過調查，專家說是有人故意將它推倒。
艾諾說，作品倒塌「極具破壞性」。
「在我心裡很難去重建它，」他說：「當它倒下我真是覺得糟透了，但我認為有責任去恢復原貌。」
艾諾說他重建時修改了設計，以確定作品能合在一起。（美聯社／翻譯：張愛弟）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. sculpture n.
雕塑 (diao1 su4)
例: What kind of sculpture are you making?
(你正在做什麼樣的雕刻？)
2. collapse v.t./v.i.
倒塌 (dao3 ta1)
例: Hansel was sad when his house collapsed.
(房子倒塌時，漢叟很難過。)
3. fragile adj.
脆弱 (cui4 ruo4)
例: Wine glasses are very fragile.
(玻璃酒杯很易碎。)
4. adhesive n.
黏膠 (nian2 jiao1)
例: "Get me some adhesive!" Mom yelled.
(「幫我拿黏膠來！」老媽大喊。)
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