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進入中英對照讀新聞》Iowa man’s collection of 70,000 pencils being evaluated as possible world record愛荷華州男子收藏7萬支鉛筆經評估可能創世界紀錄
伊朗首都德黑蘭彩色鉛筆賣家穆罕默德．拉菲（Mohammad Rafi）5月22日和他店裡的美術鉛筆合影。圖僅供示意，與本報導內容無直接關聯。（法新社檔案照）
◎周虹汶
An Iowa man may be well on his way to an official world record — for pencils.
愛荷華州一名男子可能正在締造正式世界紀錄之路上――關於鉛筆。
Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax has been collecting wooden advertising pencils since he was a child. Now, he claims to own more than 70,000. That’s substantially more than the Guinness World Record for the largest pencil collection — 24,000, held by Emilio Arenas from Uruguay since 2020.
科爾法克斯市的亞倫．巴托梅從小開始蒐集木製廣告鉛筆。現在，他聲稱擁有超過7萬支。那大幅超過了由來自烏拉圭的埃米利奧．阿里納斯自2020年以來保持的鉛筆最大收藏量金氏世界紀錄――2萬4千支。
Last weekend, two counters from the American Pencil Collectors Society were at the Colfax Historical Society to count Bartholmey’s pencils. Now, he’s waiting to hear if the count is approved by Guinness, which estimated the review process could take up to three months. (AP)
上週末，來自美國鉛筆收藏家協會的兩名計數員在科爾法克斯歷史協會清點巴托梅的鉛筆。現在，他正等待金氏世界紀錄是否批准此一計數的消息，估計審查過程可能花上長達3個月的時間。（美聯社）
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claim：動詞，指宣稱、斷言、主張、認領、索賠：名詞，指聲明、說法、斷言、索款、所有權。例句：Your ex-wife has no claims on you.（你的前妻沒有權利向你索取錢財。）
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