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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Angry Birds topple Middle East leaders 憤怒鳥推翻中東領袖
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A cartoon video which recounts the unrest in the Middle East using the characters in the popular Angry Birds game and the children’s story Three Little Pigs is racking up the views on YouTube.
一段利用熱門的「憤怒鳥」遊戲與兒童故事「三隻小豬」等角色來述說中東動亂情勢的卡通影片，正在YouTube網站上累積大量點閱率。
The video, which has been posted on the YouTube channel of a Russian named Egor Zhgun, had been viewed more than 236,000 times on the video-sharing site recently.
這段影片是由一位名叫Egor Zhgun的俄國網友張貼至YouTube頻道，最近在這個影片分享網站上已經吸引了逾23萬6000人次點閱。
In the video, the egg-stealing green pigs in the original Angry Birds game from Finland’s Rovio portray Tunisia’s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi.
在這段影片中，由芬蘭Rovio公司所研發的「憤怒鳥」遊戲裡專門偷蛋的綠豬分別扮演遭罷黜下台的突尼西亞總統賓阿里、同樣已下台的埃及領袖穆巴拉克及利比亞強人格達費。
The Angry Birds first take out Ben Ali in his house of straw before moving on to topple Mubarak in a house made to resemble an Egyptian pyramid.
憤怒鳥首先幹掉了躲在茅草屋裡的賓阿里，接著再推翻藏身在外形類似埃及金字塔的房子裡的穆巴拉克。
Kadhafi proves a harder nut to crack in his house of stones and survives several barrages of birds before he is finally crushed by a "mighty eagle" in the colors of the United States.
躲在石造房屋裡的格達費則顯然是個難以對付的棘手角色，憤怒鳥連續發動猛烈攻擊他都安然無恙，直到一隻顏色跟美國國旗一樣的「神鷹」出馬，才終於徹底擊敗格達費。
新聞辭典
rack up：動詞片語，非正式用法，指得分、累計，如Astronomical losses were racked up by airlines last year.（各航空公司去年累計了高達天文數字的損失。）
take out：俚語，指殺掉、幹掉，如Two snipers took out an enemy platoon.（兩名狙擊手殺掉了敵方一整排人。）
（a）hard/tough nut to crack：片語，指難以對付的人或棘手問題，如A company whose product has sold well in the States may find the European market a tougher nut to crack.（產品在美國大賣的公司，可能會發現歐洲市場相對較難打進。）
