諷刺的光榮
A Darwin Award is an award “honoring” people who are seriously injured or have died because of stupid behavior.
達爾文獎是一個專門「表揚」因愚蠢行為而受重傷或死亡的人的獎項。
Darwin Award達爾文獎honor(v.)致敬、表揚seriously(adv.)嚴重地、嚴肅地injured(adj.)受傷的injure(v.)受傷behavior(n.)行為
Founded by a staff member at Stanford University, Darwin Awards started to acknowledge such people in the early 1990s.
該獎由一名史丹福大學職員創設，從90年代初期開始頒發獎項。
found(v.)創始、創立acknowledge(v.)認可
This year, a Japanese man who accidentally slipped from Mount Fuji received the award.
今年，有位日本男子因從富士山上意外跌落而獲頒達爾文獎。
accidentally(adv.)意外地slip(v.)滑倒、失足slip from…從…滑落=fall fromMount Fuji富士山receive(v.)獲得=get
Tedzu, 47, broke into the closed-off area of the mountain during last winter and was livestreaming the whole process as he tried to reach to the top without proper gear.
47歲的Tedzu於去年冬天闖入封閉的山區，全程直播自己沒有適當裝備的狀態下，攻頂富士山的過程。
break into闖入closed-off(adj.)關閉的area(n.)地區livestream(v.)直播process(n.)過程proper(adj.)適當的gear(n.)裝備
In his livestream video, he muttered about the freezing cold weather along the way and that he couldn’t feel his hands.
在直播影片中，他沿路咕噥著天氣冰寒，自己手都麻得沒感覺了。
livestream(n.)直播mutter(v.)咕噥freezing(adj.)冰凍的
Just as he walked toward a slope near the edge of the trail, he suddenly fell over and the camera captured the uncontrolled slide down the rocky, snowy slope.
正當他走向一個位於登山步道邊緣的斜坡時，他突然絆倒，而攝影機也捕捉到他失控滑落佈滿岩石和積雪的山坡的畫面。
toward(prep.)朝向slope(n.)斜坡edge(n.)邊緣trail(n.)步道suddenly(adv.)突然地fall over摔倒capture(v.)捕捉uncontrolled(adj.)失控的slide down跌落
“The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner!” reads the awards’ website.
達爾文獎網站介紹該獎項是要頌揚「藉由壯烈的自我犧牲來改善整體人類基因」的作為。
salute(v.)向…致敬(n.)敬禮improvement(n.)進步improve(v.)進步human(adj.)人類的(n.)人類(=human being)genome(n.)基因組remove(v.)移除、去除remove from…從…移除in a…manner以…的方式=in a …wayspectacular(adj.)令人驚奇的、令人歎為觀止的a spectacular view
This, along with Tedzu’s accident, warns us not to risk our lives to receive such an ironic honor, ever.
這個論述和Tedzu的意外警告我們絕對不必為了獲得這個諷刺的光榮來犧牲自己。
along with…連同著、加上=together with…warn(v.)警告warn sb. not to do sth.警告某人不要做risk(v.)冒險、使…暴露於風險之下ironic(adj.)諷刺的honor(n.)光榮