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進入中英對照讀新聞》Mushroom Coffins Are the Latest Green Burial Trend蘑菇棺材是最新的綠色殯葬趨勢
荷蘭一間公司研發蘑菇製成的棺材，能在45天內透過生物分解，讓遺體回歸自然。（美聯社）
◎林雨萱
For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too.
對於那些尋求以最永續方式生活的人們，如今來世也可以繼續完成。
A Dutch intrepid inventor is now “growing” coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold that, in a week, turns into what could basically be compared to the looks of an unpainted Egyptian sarcophagus.
荷蘭一名無畏的發明家把蘑菇的根部結構菌絲體和麻纖維放在一個特殊的模具裡「種植」棺材，一週內，其外觀基本上可與未上漆的埃及石棺相媲美。
And while traditional wooden coffins come from trees that can take decades to grow and years to break down in the soil, the mushroom versio ns biodegrades and delivers the remains to nature in barely a month and a half.
傳統木製棺材來自數十年生成的樹木，費時數年才能在土壤中分解，而蘑菇製成的棺材可以短短一個半月把遺體生物分解回歸大自然。
In our 21st century, when the individual spirit can increasingly thrive way beyond the strictures of yore, death and funerals are all so often still hemmed in by tradition that may fall far short of the vision of the deceased or their loved ones.
在我們的21世紀，當個人的精神愈來愈能超越昔日束縛而蓬勃發展時，死亡和喪禮往往仍受到傳統約束，與死者或是其親人的願景相差甚遠。
新聞辭典
barely：副詞，僅；幾乎不。例句：After the car accident, Tom can barely walk.（那次車禍之後，湯姆幾乎不能走路。）
stricture：名詞，限制、約束。例句：The rule recently enacted put strictures on religion.（最近通過的法律限制宗教信仰。）
