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進入中英對照讀新聞》Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years late 嚴重逾期119年的書籍重回麻薩諸塞州的圖書館
逾期119年的書籍成功回到所屬圖書館。（美聯社檔案照）
◎孫宇青
On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free Public Library.
在1904年2月14日，對一種關鍵自然力量的新興可能性感到好奇的某人，從新貝福德免費公共圖書館借閱詹姆斯．克勒克．馬克斯威爾的《電力基礎論》。
It would take 119 years and the sharp eyes of a librarian in West Virginia before the scientific text finally found its way back to the library.
整整119年過去，這本科學著作才終於在西維吉尼亞一名圖書館員的火眼金睛下，被歸還給圖書館。
The discovery occurred when Stewart Plein, the curator of rare books at West Virginia University Libraries, was sorting through a recent donation of books.
西維吉尼亞大學圖書館的稀有書籍管理員史都華．普萊因，在分類捐贈書籍時發現這本書。
Plein found the treatise and noticed it had been part of the collection at the New Bedford library and, critically, had not been stamped "Withdrawn," indicating that while extremely overdue, the book had not been discarded.（AP）
普萊因找到這本專論後，注意到這是新貝福德圖書館館藏之一，而且重要的是，上頭沒有被蓋上「收回」字樣，意指這本書雖然嚴重逾期，但並未被丟棄。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
treatise：名詞，專論、論文。例句：As a graduate student, I have a mountain of treatises to read.（身為研究生，我要讀的論文多得像一座山。）
sort through：慣用片語，分類整理。例句：After grandma’s death, everyone worked to sort through a large pile of old photos.（在阿嬤過世後，眾人努力整理一大堆老照片。）
