第 036 期 2026/05/14

Hi 早安 ☀️

這禮拜幫你選了 3 則值得一看的國際新聞：

🛸 美國 UFO 檔案上線

美國國防部公開第一批的 UFO 檔案，有各種照片、影片和目擊說法。

🚢 國際郵輪爆漢他病毒釀三死​
​郵輪「洪迪亞斯號」日前傳出多起漢他病毒感染案例。
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🇸🇬 新加坡校園霸凌最重可罰鞭打​
​新加坡教育部宣布處罰校園霸凌者的方針，最重可鞭打違規者三下。

哥倫布
​I was supposed to start working this morning, but I got distracted by the newly released UFO files from the U.S. government. 😝
​我今天早上本來要開始工作的，結果分心去看了美國政府新公布的 UFO（Unidentified Flying Object，不明飛行物體）檔案。😝

Lily
​Same here. What surprised me was the range of the files. They include NASA records, FBI interviews, civilian sightings, and military videos.
​我也是。我好驚訝這些檔案的範圍這麼廣，包括太空總署紀錄、聯邦調查局訪談、民眾目擊事件和軍事影片。

哥倫布
​The Apollo 11 part really caught my attention. An astronaut said he saw several unusual things during the mission, including a bright light and a “sizable object” near the Moon.
​阿波羅 11 號那部分真的很吸引我。有一位太空人說他在任務中看到幾個不尋常的東西，包括一道很亮的光，以及月球附近一個「相當大的物體」。

Lily
​The Apollo 17 photo was interesting, too. It showed three dots, forming a triangle in space. The Pentagon suggested that the strange formation could be a physical object. 😮
​阿波羅 17 號的照片也很有趣。照片顯示太空中有三個點排成三角形。五角大廈認為，這個奇怪的排列可能是一個實體物體。😮

哥倫布
​The military videos were pretty strange as well. In those clips, small white objects appeared above various places in the Middle East. Some objects moved across the screen in less than a second, while others slowly glided through the air. ​
軍事影片也滿奇怪的。在那些片段中，小小的白色物體出現在中東地區不同地方的上空。有些物體不到一秒就飛過畫面，有些則慢慢在空中滑行。

Lily
​Also, a pilot in Kazakhstan reported seeing an object that made 90-degree turns and flew around in fast circles. That does not sound like a normal plane.
​還有一名在哈薩克的飛行員說，他看到一個物體會做 90 度轉彎，還會高速繞圈飛行。這聽起來不像一般飛機會做的事。

哥倫布
​Still, experts say that these files are records of unusual sightings, not direct evidence of aliens.​
不過，專家說這些檔案只是不尋常目擊事件的紀錄，並不是外星人存在的直接證據。

Lily
​Exactly. But I have to admit, these government files are truly out of this world! 👽
​沒錯。但我必須承認，這些政府檔案真的讓我太驚為天人了！👽

😶‍🌫️「我分心了」的英文要怎麼說？
​我們可以用 I got distracted. distract 是「使分心」的意思，譬如：Don’t distract her from her studies.（不要讓她在學習上分心。）如果要表達「放空」，可以用 zone out 或 space out，譬如：I’m sorry, I zoned out for a second—what did you say?（抱歉，我剛剛放空了一下——你說什麼？）

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​🌏「out of this world」是什麼意思？​
​Out of this world 用來形容事物「非常棒、好極了」，彷彿不是來自這個世界，譬如：What a restaurant—the food was out of this world! （多棒的餐廳——食物好吃極了！）其他用來盛讚事物美好的形容詞包括：exceptional、magnificent、superb ⋯⋯ 等，譬如：She gave a superb performance of Beethoven’s Moonlight.（她呈現了一場精彩的貝多芬月光奏鳴曲演奏。）

In April, a deadly hantavirus outbreak surfaced aboard the MV Hondius during a nature expedition that started in Argentina and crossed the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first recorded hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. So far, three passengers have died, and at least seven infections have been confirmed.

The ship docked at Spain’s Canary Islands on May 10 to let passengers disembark and fly home. They later returned to more than 20 countries for quarantine or medical monitoring. Health officials have also identified the virus as the Andes virus, a type of hantavirus. Most hantaviruses spread from rodents to humans, but the Andes virus can sometimes spread between people through close contact.

The outbreak has drawn attention because hantavirus infections are rare, but they can become life-threatening. Still, health officials say the wider public risk remains low. The WHO chief said people had “nothing to fear” and called it “not another COVID.”

你看得懂多少呢？試著回答以下題目吧：

1. 關於「洪迪亞斯號」，下列敘述何者正確？​
   ​A. 航行目的為大自然探索
   B. 原定航程會橫跨太平洋​
   C. 船員乘客仍於船上隔離
2. 根據文章，下列何者為這次疫情的特殊之處？​
   ​A. 首次在郵輪上爆發漢他疫情​
   B. 首次在郵輪上發現嚴重鼠患​
   C. 首次發現人傳人的漢他病毒

1. 第一段提到「洪迪亞斯號」爆發漢他病毒疫情時，正在進行 nature expedition（自然探險之旅），行程 started in Argentina and crossed the Atlantic（從阿根廷出發並橫跨大西洋），不是太平洋。 第二段提到船隻於五月十日停泊在西班牙，讓乘客可以 disembark and fly home（下船並且飛回家），顯示乘客已經不在船上隔離。所以正確答案選 A。
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2. 第一段提到這次的疫情是在郵輪上的 first recorded hantavirus outbreak（首起漢他病毒爆發紀錄）。第二段提到專家判斷此次的漢他病毒種類為 Andes，有時可以 spread between people through close contact（經由密切接觸在人與人之間傳播），表示這是已知的病毒，並非首次發現，也沒有提到郵輪上有鼠患。所以正確答案選 A。

四月時，郵輪 MV Hondius 在一趟從阿根廷出發、橫越大西洋的自然探索行程中，爆發致命的漢他病毒疫情。 這是有紀錄以來，首起在郵輪上的漢他病毒爆發事件。目前已有三名乘客死亡，至少七人確診感染。

這艘船在 5 月 10 日停靠在西班牙加那利群島，讓乘客下船並搭機返國。之後，他們返回二十多個國家，接受隔離或醫療監測。衛生官員也確認，這次的病毒是安地斯病毒，屬於漢他病毒的一種。大多數漢他病毒是由鼠類傳染給人類，但安地斯病毒有可能透過密切接觸，在人與人之間傳播。

這起疫情受到關注是因為漢他病毒感染相當罕見，卻可能危及生命。不過，衛生官員表示，一般大眾面臨的風險仍然很低。世界衛生組織秘書長表示，民眾「不需要害怕」，並稱這「不是另一場新冠疫情」。

🟥 爭議一：可能造成反效果

Research by the World Health Organization suggests that corporal punishment may lead to anxiety and low self-esteem among students. Those who experience it over the long term may even become more prone to aggressive behavior, further worsening the problem of bullying.

根據世界衛生組織的研究指出，體罰可能會造成學生焦慮與低自尊，長期遭受體罰的學生甚至更可能有攻擊行為的傾向，讓霸凌問題更加惡化 。

🟦 爭議二：男女差別待遇

Female students may also engage in repeated bullying, yet they would not be subject to caning. Such a system is unfair and may further reinforce the stereotype that boys are more appropriately disciplined through corporal punishment.
​女學生也可能持續霸凌他人，卻不會面臨鞭刑。這樣的制度並不公平，也可能強化「男性適合用體罰管教」的刻板印象。

🟥 爭議三：難以對應網路霸凌

Psychologists note that punishment is effective only when students can clearly connect their behavior with its consequences. If students are physically punished for cyberbullying, the link between the punishment and their online behavior may not be direct enough for them to fully recognize their misconduct.​
​心理學家指出，只有當學生能清楚他們的行為與後果之間的關聯，處罰才會有效。如果學生因網路霸凌被體罰，懲罰與網路行為之間的連結不夠直接，難以讓學生真正理解錯誤 。

🟦 爭議四：難以解決根本問題

Bullying is often driven by complex factors. Caning may provide temporary deterrence, but the real solution lies in counseling and restorative measures. However, once corporal punishment becomes available, schools may tend to rely on it as the easiest method to implement.​
​霸凌行為背後往往有複雜的因素。鞭刑或許能帶來暫時的嚇阻效果，但真正解決方式在於輔導與修復機制。然而，一旦體罰成為可用選項，學校或許會傾向依賴這種最容易執行的方法。

1. prone (adj.) 有⋯⋯的傾向
2. caning (n.) 鞭打
3. misconduct (n.) 不當行為
4. deterrence (n.) 威懾、制止

1. The company's CEO was fired for financial ________.
2. For most people, the possibility of jail time is a powerful ________.

1. The company's CEO was fired for financial misconduct.
   ​那家公司的 CEO 因為財務上的不當行為被開除。​
2. For most people, the possibility of jail time is a powerful deterrence.
   ​對於大多數的人來說，可能入獄服刑是一種強大的威懾。