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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Germany gets magazine devoted to divorce 德國有了離婚雜誌
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In Germany, which is awash with magazines dedicated to weddings and parenting, a publisher has discovered a gap in the market with a magazine devoted to divorce.
在結婚和親子類雜誌充斥的德國，一家出版社已經在市場上為一份離婚雜誌找到了一個空隙。
Appearing every two months, "Rosenkrieg" is to offer advice from alimony lawyers, accountants and psychologists on how to achieve the perfect dissolution of marriage.
2個月出刊一次的「玫瑰戰爭」，將就如何達成婚姻的圓滿收場，提供來自贍養費律師、會計師和心理學家的忠告。
Publishing house Lutz von Gratkowski, based in the small town of Kaufering, said recently the first issue had a print run of 35,000.
位在考夫林小鎮的盧茲‧馮‧格拉特寇斯基出版社最近表示，創刊號已經試印了3萬5千份。
"Rosenkrieg", a term used by the magazine as its title, has passed into the German language after the release of a 1989 movie about an ugly divorce, The War of the Rose, directed by Danny DeVito.
這份雜誌取名「玫瑰戰爭」一詞，在一九八九年丹尼‧狄維托所執導的關於一宗不堪之離婚的電影「玫瑰戰爭」上映之後，已經成為德文的辭彙。
The publisher, noting that there were 214,000 divorces annually in Germany, said the magazine will also contain heart-rending stories of messy divorces and pick-up advice for those seeking new partners.
這家出版社指出德國每年有21萬4千宗離婚案件，並表示這份雜誌也將提供牽扯不清的離婚所帶來的心碎故事，並為尋覓新伴侶的人提供邂逅撇步。
新聞辭典
awash：形容詞，充斥的（和with連用）。例句：Experts warn that the marketplace could be awash with water-damaged cars and trucks in the wake of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.（專家警告，在麗塔和卡崔娜颶風過後，泡水的汽車和卡車可能會充斥賣場）
alimony：名詞，贍養費。
heart-rending：形容詞，令人心碎的。例句：The film told a heart-rending tale of two sisters torn violently apart during the turmoil era of the 1930s.（這部電影訴說了一對姐妹在1930年代的紛亂時代中、被硬生生拆散的令人心碎的故事）
messy：形容詞，凌亂的，一團糟的。
pick-up：口語，邂逅；釣（男女）。例句：Some say there are as many ways to pick up pretty girls as there are pretty girls.（有人說，釣漂亮女孩子的方法就和漂亮女孩子的數目一樣多）
