Reference Translation of Exercise 3 (news article)

東德巨兔可為北韓充飢

Monster Bunnies For North Korea

Berlin / AP

By

Dan Egge

Tuesday, October 30, 2006; 7:17 PM

North Korea suffers from famine, and this is known to almost everybody. To settle the problem, Pyongyang came up with a stunning cure – with the help of 67-year-old German pensioner. So, what gimmick does the old man have?

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記者丹‧愛吉

北韓糧食不足飢荒連年，這已是世人皆知的事實，而平壤當局為解決糧荒，想出了一個令人跌破眼鏡的奇招，這奇招是透過一位67歲的德國退休老頭的帮忙，而這德國老頭的秘訣又是什麼呢？

The old man’s name is Carl, living in East Germany. In his home, there is a mysterious backyard, and you will encounter even more wonders in it. When stepping into the yard, what greet you are sacks of stale bread rolls lying on a patch of flowerbed. Going around a vegetable plot and a wooden shed, you will see twenty big cages.

老頭名叫卡爾，家住東德，他家有個神秘的後院，走進後院，會有更讓你想不到的事兒在後頭；

迎面而來的是一片花圃，上面堆著成包成包的過期麵包捲；

繞過一片菜園和一個木頭搭的農具間，映入你眼簾的是二十只大籠子。

The 67-year-old pensioner opens one of the cage doors to reveal what looks at first glance to be a dog. It is certainly big enough. But a dog with floppy ears and whiskers?!

These are monster bunnies, King Kongs of the Rabbit World, weighing in at 10kg (22 pounds), with ears that look as tall as the Reichstag.

六十七歲的卡爾老頭，打開了籠子的一扇門，裡面赫然出現一個動物，第一眼看去像條塊頭不小的大狗，可是，狗怎麼會長著一對毛茸茸下垂的大耳及鬍鬚呢？！這的確不是狗，是群超級巨兔，是兔子界裡的金剛；這種巨兔的體重可達十公斤，當它們豎起耳朵時，就像人的手臂一樣長(就像德國國會大廈一般巍峨)。