中英對照讀新聞》Are you kidding? Baby goat wows fans with 22-inch ears 你在說笑嗎？山羊寶寶的22英吋耳朵令粉絲吃驚

◎孫宇青

Some social media stars win their fame through their looks, others through their jokes. Simba the baby goat has won over the web with his astonishingly long ears - 22 inches (56cm) and growing.

有些社群媒體明星因長相而出名，也有人是因為很會說笑。山羊寶寶辛巴則是以牠驚人的22英吋（56公分）長耳朵，在網路上一炮而紅。

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The tawny-coated kid goat has attracted thousands of followers on YouTube and other channels since he was born in Karachi, Pakistan on June 4.

這隻有著黃褐色毛皮的山羊寶寶6月4日在巴基斯坦喀拉蚩出生後，已在YouTube等平台上吸引數千名追蹤者。

When Simba was born, his ears were 48cm long. They have grown another 7 cm in just over a month and are showing no signs of stopping.

辛巴出生時耳朵就有48公分，1個月後又長了7公分，且沒有停止生長的跡象。

His breeder, Mohammad Hassan Narejo, has great plans for Simba to preserve Simba’s semen for artificial insemination.

【新聞辭典】

insemination：名詞，授精。例句：She would try hormone injections to boost natural insemination.（她會嘗試注射荷爾蒙，以提高自然授精的機會。）

ward off：動詞，避開、防範。例句：She swiftly turned the steering wheel to ward off a danger.（她快速轉動方向盤避開危險。）

evil eye：指某些民間文化中存在的迷信力量，由他人的嫉妒或厭惡而生，可帶來噩運或傷病。