機場為家18年
Iranian refugee Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who had been living in France’s Charles de Gaulle airport for 18 years, was found dead there on November 12 due to a heart attack.
住在法國戴高樂機場18年的伊朗難民納瑟利因心臟病發作，於11月12日離世。
refugee(n.)難民refuge(n.)避難所、庇護所refugee camp難民營climate refugee氣候難民political refugee政治難民
Nasseri is believed to have been born in 1945 in the Iranian province of Khuzestan.
據信納瑟利在1945年出生於伊朗胡齊斯坦省。
be believed to據信
He traveled to Europe to find his birth mother, whom he believed was residing in Glasgow, Scotland.
他前往歐洲是為了尋找他認為住在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥的生母。
birth mother親生母親=biological motherreside(v.)居住resident(n.)住戶、居民
Before settling at the French airport’s terminal, he spent a few years living in Belgium after being expelled from several European countries, including Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, for not having legal immigration papers.
由於沒有合法入境文件，納瑟利在遭英國、德國、荷蘭等數個歐洲國家驅逐出境後，曾在比利時住過幾年，而後便定居法國機場航廈。
settle(v.)定居be expelled from遭驅逐～legal(adj.)合法的illegal(adj.)非法的immigration(n.)(移民)入境emigration(n.)出境、離境、移居國外
After being stripped of his passport because he participated in a protest against the Shah, Nasseri fell into a stateless limbo from then until he was granted refugee status by Belgium in 1981.
他因參與過反伊朗沙王的抗議活動而遭撤銷護照，自此淪為無國籍人士，直到1981年獲比利時授予難民身分。
be stripped of被褫奪～、被剝奪～stateless(adj.)無國籍的dual nationality雙重國籍=dual citizenshiplimbo(n.)邊境、邊緣=edge or border；靈薄獄；凌波舞legal limbo懸而未決的法律困境grant(v.)授予、准予
Nasseri’s saga inspired the 1993 film “Lost in Transit” by French director Philippe Lioret and the opera “Flight” by British composer Jonathan Dove, as well as Steven Spielberg’s 2004 comedy film “The Terminal.”
納瑟利的境遇啟發法國導演菲利普·里奧雷拍出1993年的電影《Lost in Transit》、英國作曲家喬納森·多夫的歌劇《Flight》，以及史蒂芬·史匹柏2004年的喜劇電影《航站情緣》。
saga(n.)北歐傳奇、長篇故事、一連串的事件inspire(v.)啟發、賦予靈感、激發(想法)inspiration(n.)啟迪、啟示、靈感