來源：自由時報

2024/01/10 05:30

◎管淑平

Slovak premier Robert Fico said Friday that the Ukraine war risks lasting until 2030 if peace talks are not started.

斯洛伐克總理羅伯特‧費科週五說，如果沒有展開和平談判，烏克蘭戰爭有持續到2030年的風險。

The populist left-winger won September’s general election, pledging during the campaign to discontinue the military aid given to Ukraine by previous governments.

這名民粹主義左派贏得9月的大選，他在選戰期間承諾停止前政府給予烏克蘭的軍事援助。

"This conflict is frozen, it is in a state wherein it may last until 2029 or 2030," Fico told reporters in Prague after meeting his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.

費科在布拉格與他的捷克對等官員、總理彼得‧費亞拉會面後，告訴記者「這場衝突凍結了，現在的情況使這場衝突或許會持續到2029年或2030年」。

"It is better to lead talks for 10 years in peace or with suspended combat operations than to go to the negotiations table after 10 years without any result, only to find out that we have another 500 or 600 thousand dead," he added. (AFP)

「在和平狀態或者戰鬥行動暫停下，進行持續10年的談判，比經過10年戰爭卻毫無結果，只造成又多了50或60萬人死亡才坐上談判桌還好」，他接著說道。（法新社）

新聞辭典

discontinue：動詞，停止（生產或供應某物或服務）。例句：We are discontinuing sales of older iPhone models.（我們將停止銷售舊款iPhone。）

counterpart：名詞，不同組織或國家的職務對等者。例句：The president met with his Italian counterpart to discuss the crisis.（總統與義大利總統會面討論這場危機。）

來源：自由時報 

2024/01/11 05:30

◎孫宇青

A Georgia dentist earned a Guinness World Records title for his collection of 2037 different toothpaste tubes.

喬治亞州一名牙醫因收藏2037支各式各樣的牙膏管，創下金氏世界紀錄。

Dr. Val Kolpakov said his collection includes rare toothpastes from countries including Japan, Korea, China, India and Russia.

瓦爾‧科爾帕科夫醫師表示，他的藏品包括來自日本、南韓、中國、印度和俄羅斯等國的稀有牙膏。

"I started my collection in 2001 to learn more as a dentist about all available toothpastes on the market," said Kolpakov. "Soon I realized that this is a very interesting hobby."

科爾帕科夫說：「身為一名牙醫，我從2001年開始蒐集牙膏，以便進一步了解市面上所有可用的牙膏。我很快意識到這是一個趣味十足的嗜好。」

Kolpakov said some of the most unusual tubes displayed at his dental practice’s "mini museum" include a trio of whiskey-flavored tubes in rye, scotch and bourbon varieties. He said the novelty toothpastes, manufactured by Don Poynter in the 1950s, contain 3% alcohol.

科爾帕科夫說，他在牙科診所的「迷你博物館」中展示的一些最不尋常的牙膏，包括黑麥、蘇格蘭和波本等3種威士忌口味的牙膏。他說，這些新穎的牙膏由唐．波因特在1950年代生產，成份中含有3％的酒精。

Other unusual entries include a tube of Doramad toothpaste containing the radioactive compound thorium.

其他不尋常藏品包括一支含有放射性化合物釷的Doramad牙膏。

新聞辭典

toothpaste：名詞，牙膏。例句：Tommy used up a tube of toothpaste in only two weeks.（湯米只花了2週就用光一支牙膏。）

novelty：名詞，新穎、新奇。例句：The novelty of the dress wore off very soon and Shelly didn’t want to wear it anymore.（雪莉對這件洋裝的新鮮感很快消失，不想再穿了。）