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《 小新 》漫畫家逝世
( 2009-10-09 )



臼井儀人

      Tributes (n.哀悼) poured in (v.湧進) Monday for Japanese (adj.日本的) cartoonist (n.漫畫家) Yoshito (n.儀人) Usui (n.臼井) after confirmation (n.證實) the bruised (adj.傷痕累累的) body of a man found on a mountain was that of the creator (n.作者) of the popular "Crayon (n.蠟筆) Shin-chan (n.小新)" series (n.系列).
      Usui, 51, who was popular worldwide (adv.在全球) among manga (n.日本漫畫) enthusiasts (n.熱愛者), went missing on September 11 after he went hiking (n.遠足) on his own on a mountain range (n.山脈) straddling (v.橫跨) Gunma (n.群馬) and Nagano (n.長野) prefectures (n.縣), north of Tokyo (n.東京).
      A body was found on Saturday by a fellow (adj.同類的) hiker (n.遠足者) and Usui's family late Sunday confirmed (v.證實) it was Usui, a recluse (n.深居簡出者) who was married with two daughters.
      The indications (n.顯示) are he fell and there was no suggestion (n.象) of suicide (n.自殺), police and reports said.
      Usui made his debut (n.首次上場) as a manga author in 1987 and sprang (v.躍起) to prominence (n.聲名) in the 1990s with "Crayon Shin-chan ", which features (v.以……為主題) the daily life of Shinnosuke (n.新之助), a mischievous (adj.頑皮的) five-year-old boy.
      The series ran regularly in a magazine and later was made into a book and animation (n.動畫) version.
      The cartoon (n.漫畫) books, which have sold 50 million copies in Japan (n.日本) alone, have been translated (v.翻譯) in 14 countries, while its animation version has been aired (v.廣播) in 30 countries.

      在日本一座高山上發現一具傷痕累累的男人屍體,經證實是日本漫畫家臼井儀人;消息傳出後,各界周一紛紛向這位《蠟筆小新》系列的作者表示哀悼。
      臼井終年51歲,在全球日本漫畫迷中一直大受歡迎。事發前,他獨自前往東京以北橫跨群馬、長野兩縣的一座山脈遠足,家人在9月11日報稱他失蹤。
      一名遠足者周六發現了一具屍首,而臼井的家人則在周日晚上證實了他的身份。臼井生前深居簡出,已婚,有兩名女兒。
      警方資料和傳媒報道皆表示,種種跡象都顯示他是失足跌死,而不是自殺身亡。
      臼井在1987年開始出版漫畫,在1990年代憑《蠟筆小新》而聲名躍起。
      該漫畫描繪5歲的頑皮男孩新之助的日常生活。
      該系列在一本雜誌連載,然後更出版成書,以及製成動畫。小新漫畫書籍,單在日本已售出了5000萬冊,並翻譯成14國文字;動畫則在30個國家廣播。

      1.prefecture (n) /'pri:fekt?瓿?瑆/,PREE-feck-cha 縣、省
      解讀:prefecture是日本、法國、意大利等國的地方行政區域,相當於縣或省;prefect則是這些地方行政區域的長官,即縣長或省長;留意prefecture的重音在首音節,並非在次音節。
      2.recluse (n) /r?笈'klu:s/,ri-KLOO-s 隱居者、深居簡出者
      解讀:此字的重音也可在首音節,讀如RECK-kloo-s;它的形容詞是reclusive,指隱居的、深居簡出的,例如深居簡出的百萬富豪可叫millionaire recluse或reclusive millionaire。
      3.mischievous (adj) /'m?笈st?瓿?笈v?瑆s/,MISS-chi-vus 頑皮的、搗蛋的
      解讀:mischievous的重音在首音節,並非如不少港人所讀般在第二音節;它的名詞是mischief,例如某孩子up to some mischief即正在搞惡作劇。



臼井在1987年開始出版漫畫,在1990年代憑《蠟筆小新》而聲名躍起。