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進入中英對照讀新聞》British man runs the width of Ireland in under 24 hours 英國男子在24小時跑步橫越愛爾蘭
英國男子波普成功在1天內跑步橫越愛爾蘭。示意圖。（法新社檔案照）
◎孫宇青
Ultramarathon runner Robert Pope of Liverpool, England, drank a pint of Guinness right before setting off on the run that would make him the first person to successfully run the width of Ireland in under 24 hours.
來自英格蘭利物浦的超級馬拉松跑者羅伯特．波普，在喝了一品脫的健力士啤酒後邁步起跑，最後成為在24小時內成功跑完愛爾蘭國土寬度路程的第一人。
44-year-old Pope ran from Galway City on Ireland’s west coast to the capital Dublin in just 23 hours and 39 minutes.
44歲的波普從愛爾蘭西岸戈爾韋市啟程，僅花費23小時39分就抵達首都都柏林。
He ran a total of 133.5 miles and celebrated with a second pint of Guinness.
他總共跑了133.5英哩，抵達後又喝了一品脫的健力士啤酒加以慶祝。
Pope said the project was born out of a conversation he had with some fellow runners at an event in Britain.
波普說，這項計畫是某次在英國一場路跑活動上與其他跑者聊天時誕生的。
"I gave myself a 40 percent chance of actually pulling it off. I actually was surprised when I just couldn’t find any record of anyone having done it."
「我覺得我大概有40％的機率可以圓滿達成。我其實很驚訝以前竟然沒有人創下這個紀錄。」
新聞辭典
pint：品脫，容量單位，主要於英國、美國及愛爾蘭使用，1品脫約等於473毫升。
width：名詞，寬度。例句：The width of the classroom is about six meters.（這間教室寬約6公尺。）
pull off：慣用片語，成功完成。例句：She won a series of games and pulled off one of the tourment’s biggest surprises.（她一連贏了好幾場比賽，成功寫下這場大賽最大驚奇之一。）
