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A local man was arrested for crashing into and damaging one of the famed moai statues on Easter Island recently.
最近復活節島上一位當地男子因撞壞了島上著名的摩艾石像而被逮捕。
arrest(v.)逮補sb. be arrested for sth. 某人因為涉嫌…而被逮捕crash(v.)撞(車)、撞毀、撞壞damage(v.)破壞=destroydamaging…=and damaged…famed(adj.)有名的=famous
The platform of the statue was also damaged in what is being called an accident.
在這起據稱為意外的事故中，雕像的平台也被損壞了。
what(複合關係代名詞)=the thing which…
Around 1,000 of the gigantic moai statues are spread across the Polynesian island, a territory of Chile.
復活節島為智利領土，是波利尼西亞島的一個端點，島上散佈著約1000座巨大的摩艾石像。
gigantic(adj.)巨大的、龐大的=extremely large=huge=enormousspread-spread-spread塗;抹;散佈;散播across(prep.)遍及各處territory(n.)領土
Indigenous islanders believe that the moai contain the spirits of their ancestors and are sacred.
島上原住民認為，石像裡頭有祖先的靈魂，是神聖的。
indigenous(adj.)當地的;本土的;土生土長的=nativeindigenous people原住民=native people=aboriginal people=aborigineislander(n.)島民sacred(adj.)神聖的=holy
A pickup truck crashing into one of them is not just against the law but also a spiritual shock to the community.
貨卡撞向摩艾石像不僅違法，而且對當地社群信仰帶來衝擊。
A pickup truck crashing into one of them=A pickup truck that crashed into one of the statuesnot just…but (also)…不僅…而且…against the law=illegalspiritual(adj.)精神上;信仰上的
The Mayor of Easter Island, Pedro Edmunds Pao states that the crash appeared to have been caused by brake failure.
復活節島市長Pedro Edmunds表示這起撞車事故原因似乎是煞車失靈，
state(v.)表示appear to RV似乎;好像=seem to RVbe caused by~由…造成brake(n.)煞車put on the brakes踩煞車power failure停電brake failure煞車失靈
He says that the city will enact tighter traffic regulations around the statues to prevent similar accidents from happening again.
他說復活節島市將制定更嚴格的交通法規，以防止車輛進入遺址區，再次發生憾事。
enact(v.)制定tight(adj.)嚴格的=stricttraffic regulations交通法規rule(n.)規定(一般的通則)regulation(n.)細則prevent…from…避免…