destination

Having sex without orgasm is like ...

taking exams without knowing the scores or result

or

going on a trip without knowing the destination.

Having sex itself is usually pleasant and magnificent, but orgasm is always the creme de la creme.

人 生

曾經有人開玩笑的跟我說

「你好哲學喔」

當時是因為我看著一隻被養在狹小魚缸裡的胖青蛙，然後問

「你覺得他知道他被關起來嗎?」

「你覺得他開心嗎?」

「你覺得 他有在想什麼嗎?」

我不知道是我太欠缺科普知識 還是真的很"哲學"

但當我看著那隻青蛙時 這些就是浮現在我腦海的問題

就像看著有人養的兔子一樣

因為我無法得知他們是否有思想?

如果有他們想什麼?

--------------------------------------

有時在想到底是不是因為自己太"哲學"

才老是想一些有的沒的 讓自己活得有點痛苦

我不明白為什麼人要來這世間受苦???

更不明白為什麼人要因為前世的罪過而在今生贖罪: 受苦受難

當今世的你已經不再有前世的記憶了

當你已經是個完全不同的人時

為什麼還要為了前世而在這輩子過得比別人辛苦

為什麼每個人不能平等而公平的有尊嚴的快樂生活著???

我不明白這是什麼道理

有人告訴我 "這就是命" "人就是要認命"

所以"命"是我理解有"輪迴"的基礎

如果沒有所謂的命運 又豈會有輪迴之說

我不滿這個世界

這就是所謂的憤世吧....

或許這也是沒有信念 毅力 決心 熱情 堅忍所想出來得藉口

過著沒有意義的人生或是沒有目標的生活就是survive

如果這輩子就這麼survive度日

那就是行屍走肉 與其這樣還不如了斷

做人......好辛苦.....

a letter to Woody Allen

Dear Mr. Woody Allen,

This letter contains an uninvited request and favor, and I apologize beforehand for what I'm going to ask.

First of all, I really like your movies, and I admire your talents and efforts...

I watched Match Point, Midnight in Paris, Annie Hall, Blue Jasmine, and Vicky Christina Barcelona.(in the order of when I watched), and find them really fresh to me no matter the old ones or the new ones, and are filmed in a rather light way with the sort of heavy issues discussed.

I thought a lot about what to say to you last night after I watched Vicky Christina Barcelona, I thought about being someone like Christina, about taking photographs of every little thing in my daily lives, about actually doing something that I like, about how much I want to contact you, and before falling asleep, I pretty much dwelling on acting a role in a film you direct.

Well, yes... that's really why I'm trying to contact you. This is actually kind of embarrassing, but I hope I can play an important role in a film you write and direct. I'm not an actor neither as a career or as amateur. I just wish I could do that once in a lifetime.  Maybe just a short story happened somewhere in a village? maybe?

So uh... in case that you might take the risk, here's the brief "specification" of myself: 1.56 meters tall, 45 kg in weight, and attached is a short clip of me saying hi to you so that you can actually see how I look like in a camera and what I sound like.

Finally, it would be a huge honor to receive your any kind of reply. I will definitely print it, frame it, and hang it at the most stand-out spot of my home.

Sincerely,

Iris Qin

dated February 26, 2014

a letter to my boyfriend

去年56月的時候經由網路認識了你

雖然這一路走來並不是很順遂

但很開心的是現在的我們是幸福的

有了你的陪伴 我不再感到孤單

喜歡你的存在

喜歡和你相處時的自在

喜歡和你一起笑

謝謝你對我的包容

謝謝你讓我可以天天黏著你

之前常想為什麼我們不能像其他情侶依樣剛開始就是甜蜜期

而是三天一小吵五天一大吵的磨合期

現在覺得有磨合才有甜蜜

磨合繞我們更了解彼此

磨合讓我們學習成為更好的人

謝謝你給我的一切

20140505

灰灰的

髒髒的棉花糖

有時有悉梳的聲音

站在馬路上

我又再次迷失了

內心的聲音 告訴我要逃離 要奔離 NOW

"我要什麼?"

"我要自由"

後悔當初的選擇

感謝晚上這兩首歌 讓我得到暫時的平靜....

time to grow up

隨著年紀的增長，內心有股壓力也逐漸加重

雖然在爸媽眼裡

我或許還是那個他們很愛很愛的小女孩

但 現實是 我該長大了

漂流如我

無法天天陪伴在爸媽身邊

這是我最大的缺憾

突然羨慕起那些工作愛人和家人都在同一個城鎮的人

但這是我的選擇

為了和愛人在一起

我選擇再一次的離他們而去

不知道這次的我是否會就此落地生根

還是 繼續 漂流...

原來長大有這麼多課題!

希望未來每分每秒我都有勇氣面對

也能珍惜當下的每分每秒 no matter with whom

共勉之!

人間煉獄2

人間煉獄 scenario 2

莫過於 空蕩蕩的房間 手機3G網路無訊號

電腦無線也連不上....

便宜雅房的租屋心得

人間煉獄

莫過於 硬如石之床墊與鬆軟塌扁之枕頭...

LIFE

今天看了網路上很推的The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (白日夢冒險王)

裡面有壯觀的美景

好聽的歌 (像是Jose Gonzalez的 Step Out 我就覺得很好聽，還有David Bowie的 Space Oddity)

還有一個我覺得電影很少拿來當交通工具的skateboard

........

電影很明顯在講 "life"

主人翁工作的雜誌就叫 Life

而我覺得The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (男主角) 不是他經歷的那些冒險

就是他的工作和生活本身

雖然電影沒有著墨於Mitty的工作細節

但道出他是個盡忠職守

且能完美呈現攝影師所拍照片的人

所以他是懂得life的人...

只是他不知道

經過一連串的冒險

他漸漸不再 "zone out"

我想是這些經歷讓他更了解自己也對自己有信心

...............

那麼 到底怎麼樣才是懂得life?

或許就是每天認真生活~

PS: 不建議看預告片，因為笑點都在預告片裡了~

Happy Valentern's Day

昨天 (Happy Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day)

January 15 of Lunar calendar year, which is Lantern Festival, happened to fall on February 14 of  2014. Thus this year, yesterday, we celebrated Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day together, and the word "Valentern" come up for this special day. Hooray! Isn't that interesting!!!!

Hope everyone did have a beautiful day with either your friends, families, or boy/girlfriend on this special day! and enjoy "tonyuan" (rice balls)!!

Anyway, Happy Valentern's Day!

長大

今年5月

我的一位大學好同學即將成為新嫁娘

從一開始得知這個消息時的無法接受

到現在由衷替她感到興奮快樂

或許這是今年對我來說能真心開心的事情了

所以感謝她!

在2014年給了我美好的期待!

當大家都在往前 跟著年齡/時代/各種變化而改變時

若只有自己還停在原點

不願改變

那麼自己會變得很可憐

這是我的好姊妹即將結婚這件事以及今年過年的觀察所給我的體悟~

我不知道還需要多久的時間能讓我長大

或許今年的願望就是期望自己學會長大!

空虛的愛情

如果想要了解一段愛情可以多麼空虛

推薦: 雲端情人 (her)

看完這部電影 讓我對未來那種無法與真實個體談戀愛還自得其樂的情況感到不勝噓唏...

珍惜身邊的那個人吧

不管未來是否會永遠再一起

至少當下的一起

已經是夠珍貴的了~

過年

最近在想 "過年的意義是什麼?"

為了過年 大家拚了命大掃除 買年貨

花那麼多時間 只為了"過年"

我討厭的繁文縟節 還有制約 在過年 百花齊放

除了以上的前置作業

過年期間與親戚之間不著邊際的打哈哈 (親戚見面也好，不見面也罷，不就這麼各自的生活著嗎?)

像個被抽了魂的空殼

只能任由大人/家長的擺佈

每年要到初四才能還我自由之身

我不明白這其中的意義...

以上就是普天同慶 大家歡天喜地的過年對我的意義~

PS1.大公司在今天(小年夜)還能提前回家呢!
PS2.近日才得知除夕前一天叫"小年夜"~

Count down !

It's about time for many people to count down to the year of 2014, and time for all sorts of celebration parties. (the most popular one in Taipei must be the 101 fireworks) 

Well, I am counting down as well, but not quite to the new year, but my upcoming un-employment! And salute to Taipei!

I have to say that the year of 2013 for me was truly great and aweful all at the same time.

The greatest one is that I had a group exhibition of sketch in August. And my ex spent a lot of time with me since i knew that the company I worked for is shutting down, and i decided to leave Taipei. I feel safe, happy, comfortable, and cared while with him. These two things are the best ones I ever had in my life so far.

About aweful ones, there're just too many...

I still have no any plans for 2014 and unemployment. But will definitely take a short break. 

Guess I'll figure it out as time tic tac tic tac away.

PS. I do hope I can make this blogger better, such as uploading more pictures with high quality and posting more articles (not sure what topics they would be yet).

Any way, Happy New Year to Everyone~ 

浮萍 duckweed

我是浮萍

沒有根physically and mentally

Retrospection of 2013

2013也有許多第一次

第一次植牙 (in progress)

第一次用BBS交友

第一次去華山光點看電影

第一次抽中HIT FM的電影票

第一次密集畫素描

第一次參加聯誼活動 (花錢與不花錢的)

第一次吃了很多不錯的餐廳

第一次真正的設計海報及邀請卡

第一次辦畫展

第一次到小巨蛋看演唱會 (LinkinPark)

第一次學時尚插畫

第一次買吉他來學

第一次碰到公司倒閉

what is my mission on earth ?

如果活在這世上

無法對任何人事物有任何貢獻

那麼

活著有什麼意義 ? ?

深信著 每個人的出生 來到這世上

會有個使命或任務

而我

至今仍無法尋獲上帝賦予我的使命

helpless lost despair...

An Easy Way to Curb Climate change: Seal Gas Leaks

By ANDREW C. REVKIN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

To the naked eye, there was nothing to be seen at a natural gas well in eastern Texas but beige pipes and tanks baking in the sun.
以肉眼來看，在德州東邊這口天然氣井邊只看到米色的輸送管與儲存槽在大太陽底下，除此之外就沒有什麼特別的。

But in the viewfinder of Terry Gosney's infrared camera, three black plumes of gas gushed through leaks that were otherwise invisible.
然而在泰瑞高斯尼的紅外線攝影機的視窗裡，卻有3縷黑色的氣體自裂縫噴出，而這肉眼是看不見的。 (然而在葛斯尼的紅外線攝影機取景器下，3股黑色氣體自裂縫噴出的景象卻清晰可見。)

" Holy smoke, it's blowing like mad," said Mr. Gosney, an environmental field coordinator for EnCana, the Canadian gas producer that operate the year-old well near Franklin, Texas. " It does look nasty."
加拿大能源公司(EnCana)負責經營這口位於德州法蘭克林市郊區，一年前啟用的天然氣井，葛尼斯是該公司環境現場協調員，他說：「天啊這煙，吹的超狂野!看起來真的滿嚴重的。」

Within a few days, the leaks had been sealed by workers.
幾天內，這些漏洞就補好了。

Efforts like EnCana's save energy and money. Yet they're also a cheap, effective way of blunting climate change that could potentially be replicated thousands of times over, from Wyoming to Siberia, energy experts say. Natural gas consists of almost entirely of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that scientist say accounts for as much as a third of the human contribution to global warming.
像EnCana這樣的努力可以保留能源及減少花費。專家指出，這也是減緩氣候變遷既便宜又有效的方式，很有潛力在各地如法炮製從美國懷俄明州到西伯利亞。科學家說，天然氣大部分是由甲烷組成的，是一種強效溫室氣體，人類活動導致的全球暖化，高達三分之一是甲烷造成。

"This ? for me is an absolute no-brainer, even more so than putting in those compact fluorescent bulbs in your house," said Al Armendariz, an engineer at Southern University who studies pollutants from oil and gas fields.
在南美以美大學研究油井及天然氣田釋放的汙染物的工程師阿曼帶瑞茲說：「我覺得這是絕對該做的事，比在家裡安裝省電燈泡還該做。」

Acting quickly to stanch the loss of methane could substantially cut warming in the short run, even as countries tackle the tougher challenge of curbing the dominant green house emission, carbon dioxide, studies by researchers at the Massachusettes Institude of Technology suggest.
由麻省理工學院的研究顯示，當各個國家忙著如何減排首要溫室氣體二氧化碳這個更嚴峻的考驗時，迅速阻止甲烷逸出可在短期內使暖化大幅減緩。

Unlike carbon dioxide, which can remain in the atmosphere a century or more once released, methane persists in the air for about 10 years. So aggresively reining in emission now would mean that far less of the gas would be warming the earth in a decade or so.
甲烷在空氣中約停留10年時間，不像二氧化碳，一但釋放到空氣中就會存在長達一世紀以上。因此現在積極的控制其排放就表示在未來10年導致全球暖化的甲烷就會少很多。

Methane is also a valuable target because while it is far rarer and more fleeting than carbon dioxide, ton for ton, it traps 25 times as much heat, researchers say.
研究人員指出，雖然甲烷和二氧化碳相較起來少很多噸，且停留時間較短，但仍然是一個值得的減量目標，因為它攔截(鎖住)的熱是二氧化碳的25倍。

Yet while federal and international programs have encouraged companies to seek and crub methane emissions from gas and oil wells, pipelines and tanks, aggressive efforts like Encana's are still far from the industry norm.
當美國聯邦及國際計畫等都鼓勵企業致力抑制氣油井，管線，及油槽等的甲烷逸出，儘管如此，Encana積極主動卻遠非業界的常態。

As a result, some three trillion cubic feet of methane leak into the air every year, with Russia and the United States the leading sources, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's official estimate. And government scientist and industry officials caution that the real fugure is almost certainly higher.
根據美國環保署統計，每年大約3兆立方呎的甲烷逸入大氣，以俄國及美國為主要來源。而政府科學家及業界人士也都警告實際的數據應該是更高。

Unless mononitoring is greatly expanded, they say, such emissions could soar as global production of natural gas increases over the next few decades.

他們說除非監控擴大範圍，不然在未來幾十年內排放量一定會隨著全球天然氣製造量增加而升高。

But the industry has been largely resistant to an aggressive cleanup.

然而業者大都反對雞及整治。

In April the Obama administration signaled that it could adopt rules requiring the biggest American companies to report all of their greenhouse gas emissions. Oil and gas industry groups countered that the cost and complexity of dealing with some 700,000 wells were too great.

歐巴馬政府在4月示意他們可能採用一些條款，要求全美一些最大的企業報告他們所有的溫室氣體排放量。石油與天然氣業者反駁道處理這70萬口油、氣井的花費及複雜度太龐大了(成本太高也太複雜)。

In Spetember the E.P.A announced that the obligatory reporting would begin in 2011 but that it excluded oil and gas operations, at least for the time being.

美國環保署9月宣布，強制性報告自2011年開始，但是就目前來說會先排除石油及天然氣產業。

Some scientists reject the industry arguments(?). " Further delay on finding and stopping such releases would be irresponsible, given the financial and environmental benefits," said F. Sherwood Rowland, a Nobel laureate in chemistry at the university of California, Irvine.

部分科學家反對將這些行業排除在外。曾獲頒諾貝爾化學獎的爾灣加州大學教授F. Sherwood Rowland說：「找出並遏止這種逸洩對財務及環保兩方面都有好處，在拖下去是不負責任的行為。」


Internationally, the amount of methane escaping from the gas and oil operations can be only crudely gauged.
全球從天然氣井及油井逸出的甲烷總量只能做粗略的估計。

But in 2006 the E.P.A. estimated that Russia, the world's largest gas producer, ranked highest, with 427 billion cubic feet of methane escaping annually, followed by the United States at 346 billion, Ukraine at 225 billion and Mexico at 191 billion.
美國環保署2006統計世界最大天然氣生產國，俄國，每年將漏出4270億立方尺的甲烷，位居全球第一，美國以3460億位居次，乌客蘭及墨西哥分別以2250億及1910億位排名第三及第四。

Reflecting the uncertainty in such estimates, Gazprom, Russia's giant state gas monopoly, estimated its annual emissions at half that figure last year.
但俄國最大國營天然氣專賣業者Gazprom去年預估他的排放量只有EPA預估數據的一半，而這反映出統計數據的不可靠。

'The use of infrared cameras is expanding as words spreads of the payoff in saved gas, ' said Ben Shepperd, executive vice president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, which represents 1,200 companies in the oil and gas business around West Texas. " We would like to see more people doing it," he said. " People are very surprised when they shoot their equipment with these cameras and they see that there are releases in places they wouldn't have expected."
代表西德州的1200家石油及天然氣公司的波米安盆地石油協會執行副總表示隨著保留下來的天然氣可以創造收益的消息傳開後，紅外線攝影機開始被大量使用。他說：「我們樂見更多人做這件事，當人們用紅外線相機對著他們的設備，然後看到漏氣出現在他們沒有想到的地方時，他們大感意外。」


Vocabulary
viewfinder 取景器
crudely = roughly 粗略的
but 然而/但/可是
from 自/從
句點後，以「..說」開頭會讓語句更順暢
compact fluorescent bulbs 省電燈泡
challenge 考驗
substantially 大幅..
aggresively 積極
E.P.A. 美國環保署 (environmental protection agency)
would like to see 樂見



Translation based on 陳世欽
Source from New York Times of United Daily News

High-Tech Nanny Hangs Up on Drivers

By SAM Grobart

Dede Haskin's cellphone has been her constant companion for more than a decade. And she has always considered herself a careful driver - even using a hands-free set so she could keep both hands on the wheel. [But after missing one too many exits because she was distracted by a phone call, Ms. Haskins decided it was time to get tough with herself.] So [she signed up for ZoomSafer], a free service that uses her phone's GPS sensors to determine whether she's at driving speeds, and then disabled her cellphones until she stops the car. " I really love my cellphone," said Ms. Haskins, the chief executive of a software company in Washington. " But I know I'm not driving safely if I'm using it while behind the wheel." Of course, there's a simpler, no-cost solution to limiting phone use while driving: the off button. But that is hard for many who have become addicted to their gadgets. And so technology companies are trying to solve a problem caused by technology with more technology.
以有十餘年時間手機一直是黛德哈斯金的好夥伴。她總是認為自己很專心開車，為了讓雙手能握著方向盤，她還使用免時聽筒。但就在因為電話分心而錯過好幾個交流道出口後，哈絲金小姐決定對自己嚴格一點。因此他報名免費的ZoomSafer，這個服務利用她的手機全球定位系統感應器來偵測她是否正處於開車狀態，當偵測到時便會自動讓其手機無法運作直到車子停止。哈絲巾小姐是一家位於華盛頓的軟體公司的執行長，她說：「我真的很愛我的手機，但是我知道如果我在開車時使用是不安全的。」當然有一個更簡單而且不須花任何費用的方式，那就是關機。但是這對許多已經對手機上癮的人來說是很困難的。因此科技公司正試著用更多科技的方法來解決這個因科技而產生的難題。

But the solutions reflect markedly different answers to a simple question: How much can drivers be trusted?
但是這些不同方法都顯然地反映出一個簡單的問題，會有不同的解決答案：到底能否信任駕駛者?

One group of companies assume that some people know they can't help themselves, and therefore want a service to automatically disable their cellphone when it's in a moving car.
有一派公司認為有些人知道他們無法控制他們自己，因此當他們開車時，需要一個可以自動將他們的手機關機的裝置。

But other companies said the habit can be made safer with hands-free technology. Ford and Microsoft, for example, are selling systems that rely on voice commands to dial phones.
但另一派公司則認為，運用免持聽筒就能讓這習慣變的安全些。例如福特與微軟就推出音控(語音指令)撥號系統。

Hands-free devices are far more popular. But it is cellphone-muzzling technology that has caught the eye of large auto insurers. That's because some studies show that talking on phones while driving is dangerous, even if the drivers is using a headset and has both hands on the whee. One insurer has even said it will offer discounts to customers who use a call-blocking service.
而免持手機裝置受歡迎的多。但是吸引了汽車保險公司的反而是限制手機的技術，因為一些研究顯示即使駕駛者使用免持聽筒而且雙手都在方向盤上，邊開車邊講手機仍然很危險。有一家保險公司甚至提供折價優惠如果顧客使用封鎖來電裝置。

A number of fledging companies like ZoomSafer , Aegis Mobility and obdEdge employ systems that place restrictions on the phones based on the phones' GPS signal, data from the car itself or from nearby cellphone towers. Any incoming calls are then routed to voice mail or a message explaining that the phone's owner is driving. Exceptions can be made for certain numbers.
ZoomSafer , Aegis Mobility 與 obdEdge等許多新成立的公司都採用手機全球定位系統的訊號、車子本身，及鄰近的手機基地台傳來的資料等來限制手機的系統(將句子前後顛倒番比較順)。任何打進來的電話都會被轉進語音信箱或是出現訊息告知手機擁有者正在開車。但某些特定號碼來電可以例外。

Passengers in cars can override such system, but in many cases doing so automatically sends an e-mail message to the account administrator - say, a parent or employer - alerting them that the cellphone is in use.
車上乘客是可以不受這個系統限制，但許多案例顯示，這麼做會有電子郵件訊息主動發給帳戶管理者，向是父母或雇主，警告他們有人正在使用這支手機。

Employers that want to make sure their drivers abide by bans on cellphone use are obvious potential customers. Community Coffee, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, coffee roaster and distributor, has had such a ban on its 400 trucks for three years, which the company says has helped reduce its accidents rate by 30 percent.
那些想要確保旗下司機遵守手機使用禁令的雇主很明顯的是潛在客戶。路易斯安納州巴頓魯志的咖啡烘烤商及批發商Community Coffee，已經限制旗下400輛卡車使用手機3年了，該公司表示，這讓他們車禍事故少了三成。

It started testing a call-blocking system from obdEdge, called Cellcontrol, in Augeust. ObdEdge charges companies $85, plus about $5 monthly, for each vehicle equipped with Cellcontrol.
在八月，這家公司開始試用ObdEdge的來電封鎖系統，叫做「手機控制」。ObdEdge向每家企業收85美金，另對安裝「手機控制」的每台車加收5美金的月費。

" We realized we had to go beyond eudcation and policy," said Jamey LeBlanc, the risk manager for Community Coffee. "You're going against human nature here, so you need something that works independently of that."
Community Coffee的風險管理師，杰米‧勒布朗客說：「我們知道我們不能光靠宣導及政策，我們是反人性而行，所以就需要與人性完全無關的東西才行。」

In effect, addiction to gadgets is creating a new gadget industry. "If we could control ourselves, we wouldn't need any of this technology," said Donald Power, a managing partner at obdEdge. " We know it's such a bad habit, but we crave being connected."
實際上，就是因為著迷於這些小玩意兒，反而產生新的小玩意兒市場。obdEdge的執行夥伴豆鈉炮爾說：「如果我們可以控制我們自己，我們就不需要這些科技；我們也都知道這是壞習慣，但就是無法忍受任何一刻聯絡不上。」

Other companies insist the habit is not so bad and can be mitigated by employing voice recognition and speech-to-text technologies in cars.
其他公司堅持這並不是多壞的習慣，而且開車時可以藉由聲音辨識及語音轉文字等科技來改善。

Such systems are typically developed and prompted by some of the biggest names in electronics and automobiles, as well as well-financed trade groups like the Cousumer Electronics Association and CTIA, the wireless industy group.
這些系統通常都是由電子及汽車業界中鼎鼎有名的公司研發及掀起熱潮，除此之外，像是營運良好的貿易集團，如消費電子協會，及無線電集團如CTIA等也是積極參與。

Ford and Microsoft, for example, joined forces to develop the Sync system, which uses voice commands to pick out a name from a phone's address book to place a call. It can also retrive incoming text messages and read them aloud.
例如福特與微軟就加入研發Sync系統，利用音控挑出電話簿裡的人名然後撥出去，還可以收下傳來的簡訊然後大聲唸出。

In 2008, 918,000 hands-free system were installed in cars, according to Cousumer Electronics Association. By the end of 2009, the industry group estimates, that figure will climb to 1.6 million systems.
在2008年，根據消費電子協會，有91萬8千組的免持聽筒系統安裝在車上。到2009年底，業界預估將攀升達到160萬組。

" We're trying to take what people are doing and make it safer," said Doug Vandagens, the director of Ford's Sync project. " Voice provides the safest options and keeps the driver's eyes on the road."
福特的Sync方案執行長道格凡達跟說：「我們試著順著現在人們的習慣，並使這些行為更安全。語音是最安全的選擇，而且可以保持駕駛者的眼睛專注在路上。」

hands-free 免持手機
company 企業
distributor 批發商
prompt 推廣
Washington 華盛頓、華府
30 percent 三成
go beyond 不能光靠
in effect 其實
voice 聲音、語音
組合名詞.... 「名詞+動詞」eg. call-blocking 來電封鎖 instead of 封鎖來電


Translation based on 夏嘉玲
Source from The New York Times of United Daily News

Hawaii tries green tools in remaking power grids

Three kilometers or so from this tiny town in the southernmost corner of the United States, across ranches where cattle herds graze beneath the distant Mauna Loa volcano, the giant turbines of a new wind farm cut through the air.
距離美國最南隅的Naalehu小鎮3公里處，穿越牛群在遠處Mauna Loa火山腳下低頭吃草的牧場，一座新建風力農場的巨大渦輪切過天際。

Ninety-five kilometers to the northeast, near a spot where golden-red lava streams meet the sea in clouds of stream, a small power plant extracts heat from the volcanic rock beneath it to generate electricity.
距離東北方95公里處，在金紅色熔岩漿與海交接而激起水氣處的附近，一座小電力發電廠從火山岩石下抽取出熱能來發電。

These projects are just a slice of the energy experiment unfolding across Hawaii's six main islands. With the most diverse array of alternative energy potential of any state in the nation, Hawaii has set out to become a living laboratory for the rest of America, hoping it can slash its dependence on fossil fuels while keeping the lights on.
能源試驗正在夏威夷六座主要島嶼展開，而上述計畫只是其中一部分。 擁有全美最豐富多元化的替代能源資源，夏威夷準備成為美國的生活實驗室，期望能降低對化石燃料的依賴，而電力也不虞匱乏。

Every island has at least one energy accent: waves in Maui, wind in Lanai and Molokai, solar panels in OAhu and eventually if all goes well, biomass energy from crops grown on Kauai. Here on the Big Isalnd of Hawaii, sea-water is also being converted to electricity.
每個島自己都至少有一種能源特色：Maui的海浪、Lanai和Molokai的風力、及Oahu的太陽能板，最後如果這些都能順利進行，Kauai則可從農作物提煉出生物質能源。 在夏威夷的大島，海水也被應用來產生電力。

Still, the state faces the enormous challenges in delivering the power to the people who need it. While the urban sprawl around Honoluu consumes the bulk of the energy, most potential renewable sources are far from the city, 240 kilometers southeast or 160 kilometers to the northwest.
然而美國正面對巨大的挑戰: 如何將電力傳送到有需要的家庭。檀香山周圍的城市區耗費大部分的能源，多數的可更新資源卻遠離市區，包括距離東南方240公里，或是往西北160公里才有。

Each of the state's six electric grids belongs to its own island and is unconnected to the others. And according to state figure, Hawaii still relies on imported oil to generate 77 percent of its electricity, a level of dependency unique in the United Sates. Coal-fired power provides 14 percent, and 9 percent comes from renewable sources like the wind or the sun.
夏威夷的六座電力輸送網分屬各自所有，互相並沒有連結。而根據洲政府統計顯示夏威夷仍有77%的電力仰賴進口石油，比例之高全美僅見。火力發電則佔了14%，而9%來自可更新能源包括風力及太陽能。

Hawaii's governor, Linda Lingle, a Publican, has resolved to throw off the yoke of oil dependence and harness the state's potential.
夏威夷的共和黨籍州長Linda Lingle 已決定要拋開對石油依賴的枷鎖，並開發本地的所有可能資源。

Hawaii plans to generate 40 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2030. The state's six grids will be connected by cable, and planners hope that conservation steps like reducing the air-conditioning load at high-rise hotels will cut Hawaii's energy consumption by nearly a third.
夏威夷期望到2030年時所需電力的40%來自再生能源。夏威夷州的六座電力輸送網將用電纜串接起來，且計畫人員希望能藉由減少高層樓飯店空調負載等節能措施將夏威夷的電力消耗降低三分之一。

Three decades ago, Hawaii mapped out a similar vision that came to nothing. This time, planners say failure is not an option. " We don't have anywhere else to go," said Ted Peck, the point man for the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative , overseen by the State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
30年前，夏威夷曾經規畫過類似的方案但最後無疾而終。這次，計畫人員說只准成功不准失敗。夏威夷潔淨能源計畫受州政府經濟旅遊發展聽督導，其負責人Ted Peck說：「我們別無選擇。」

Planners studiously remind themselves of the detritus of past failures, like the dismembered and rusting wind turbines of a defunct wind farm near the southern end of the Big Island.
計畫人員謹慎的提醒自己之前失敗的教訓，包括殘破不堪且生滿鐵鏽的風力渦輪，就矗立在大島最南端的荒廢 風力農園。

" This transformation is going to take a generation," said Ted Liu, director of the sate economic development department. " There are no short-term easy solutions."
經濟發展部門的廳長Ted Liu說：「這個轉變得花上一個世代，此事無法速成。」

lava stream 熔岩漿
accent 特色
electric grids 電力輸送網
yoke 牛軛
harness 馬具；駕馭
renewable sources 再生能源
corner 隅
~a steps/plans/S. + like + ~b b ~等的a~

Sources from The New York Times of United Daily News
Translation based on the translation of New York Times