2004.06.21
新聞英文選讀
　【本報訊】
　Former US President Bill Clinton has d
escribed his affair with White House int
ern Monica Lewinsky as a “ terrible mor
al error “. But Mr. Clinton said he nev
er considered resigning over the scandal
 and called his fight against impeachmen
t a “ badge of honor “. Mr. Clinton sa
id he regretted his affair with Ms Lewin
sky. “I did something for the worst pos
sible reason,” he said. “ Just because
 I could. I think that’s just about the
 most morally indefensible reason anybod
y could have for doing anything.”

　譯解：美國前總統柯林頓視當年與白宮見習
生柳思基的緋聞為「嚴重的道德過失」。不過
柯林頓表示，他壓根沒考慮自己該為這醜聞下
台，反而把自己力抗彈劾的過程喻為可獲頒「
榮譽獎章」。柯林頓透露，和柳思基的緋聞讓
他後悔不已，他說：「只因為我能，我就做了
，全世界沒有比這還糟糕的理由。做什麼事，
若拿這當理由，在道德上完全站不住腳。」﹙
鍾玉玨，摘自BBC網站﹚

　解析：非凡英文補習班老師梁允博

　8. former 當形容詞用，意思為「前任的」
；若指已故的前任元首，英文的說法是 late
President。former 也可指「前者」，習慣用
法為the former…the latter（前者…後者）

　9. describe somebody (something) as…
形容某人或某事。高中生另一個應該要熟記的
「形容、描繪」是 depict somebody (someth
ing) as…

　10. consider 後方可以接動名詞、that 名
詞子句、或是 it 虛受詞。

　例：I consider wearing slippers in pub
lic is inappropriate.I consider that it
is inappropriate to wear slippers in pub
lic.I consider it inappropriate to wear
slippers in public.（我認為在公開場合穿
拖鞋不妥。）

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