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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Marvel’s Captain America fights new foe：suicide 驚奇漫畫的美國隊長打擊新敵人：自殺
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Captain America’s latest foe is deadlier than the Red Skull：suicide. The character armed with his trademark shield faces off against suicide in a new story that publisher Marvel Entertainment released recently for free through its website.
「美國隊長」的最新敵人要比死對頭「紅骷髏」更為致命：那就是自殺。驚奇娛樂公司最近在網站上免費發表的最新故事中，這位拿著招牌盾牌的著名漫畫角色將與自殺對決。
The toll-free hotline for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is featured in the work, too.
美國防止自殺生命線的免付費電話也出現在這集故事裡。
In it, a despondent youth is poised to jump off a building when he spies Captain America facing a bevy of villains on a nearby roof. The fracas keeps him from going over the edge, literally and figuratively.
故事中，一名意志消沉的年輕人正準備從大樓頂跳下之際，卻正好發現美國隊長在附近的屋頂上與一群壞人對峙。這場打鬥阻止了他自屋頂縱身跳下，不論是指字面上或是象徵上的意義。
There is no dialogue, save for the end, which ends with the boy saving both the hero and, in the process, himself.
故事裡沒有對話，除了到最後，故事的結尾男孩不但救了英雄，更在過程中救了他自己。
"Super heroes fight a lot of battles, but there are few more important than combating suicide," said Tom Brevoort, Marvel Entertainment’s senior vice president of publishing.
「超級英雄要打很多仗，但沒有什麼戰爭比對抗自殺更重要，」驚奇娛樂公司出版部資深副總裁布瑞福特說。
"That’s why we’re making ’Captain America：A Little Help’ available for free via our digital comics outlets," he said in a statement. "If even one person calls this number instead of doing something very tragic, we know that means we succeeded."
「這就是為什麼我們決定把『美國隊長：一點幫助』這集故事透過數位漫畫管道免費提供給讀者閱讀，」他在聲明中表示。「假如有一個人因為打了這通電話而沒有造成憾事，就表示我們成功了。」
新聞辭典
poised：形容詞，指準備好要做某事，例句：The company is poised to launch its new advertising campaign.（這家公司正準備發動新的廣告攻勢。）
fracas：名詞，指吵鬧、騷亂，如The Prime Minister has joined the fracas over the proposed changes to the health service.（總理也加入了這場因健保改革提案所引發的戰局。）
over the edge：片語，指陷入情感上或心理上極度痛苦或可能行為失控的狀態，例句：He had been driven over the edge by the separation from his wife.（與妻子分離使他情緒失控。）
