《中英對照讀新聞》Is "daggy" Manilow the answer to loud cars? 「落伍的」曼尼洛是解決噪音車的方法？

◎俞智敏

Sick and tired of souped-up cars with loud engines and pulsing music? Barry Manilow may be the answer.

對引擎轟隆作響、不斷播放震耳欲聾音樂的改裝車感到厭煩透頂嗎？巴瑞．曼尼洛可能可以幫你解決這個問題。

Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe the American crooner's music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of "car hoons" whose cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses.

雪梨某行政區官員已決定用擴音器播放這位美國情歌歌手的音樂，好把專門用汽車與大聲音樂造成居民困擾、並讓客人不敢光顧商家的「汽車流氓」趕出街頭與停車場。

Following a successful experiment where Bing Crosby music was used to drive teenage loiterers out of an Australian shopping centre several years ago, Rockdale councillors believe Manilow is so uncool it might just work.

繼澳洲一家商場幾年前用平克勞斯貝的音樂，成功把徘徊不去的青少年趕出商場後，洛克戴爾市議員認為，曼尼洛的音樂實在太老掉牙，也很可能達到類似效果。

Councillor Bill Saravinovski said local authorities plan to install a loudspeaker and pipe in Manilow music, interspersed with classical pieces, over a car park favoured by car "hoons", or hooligans.

市議員薩拉維諾夫斯基表示，地方當局打算在一處「汽車流氓」最喜歡聚集的停車場內設置一具擴音器，播放曼尼洛的音樂，並穿插古典音樂。

"There are restaurants nearby and people can't park in the car park because they're intimidated by these hoons," Saravinovski said.

「這附近有餐廳，但客人都不敢在停車場停車，因為他們都被這些流氓嚇跑了，」薩拉維諾夫斯基說。

"Daggy music is one way to make the hoons leave an area because they can't stand the music," he said.

「過時的音樂是讓這些流氓離開某地的好法子，因為他們受不了這種音樂，」他說。

新聞辭典

daggy：不時髦、不流行、落伍或不乾淨、不整潔。如 That haircut/outfit makes you look daggy.（那種髮型／服裝讓你看起來很土。）

soup up：指增加（發動機、引擎）的馬力或效率、使變得更花俏或吸引人，如 The engineer tried to soup up the engine.（工程師試圖加大這具引擎的馬力。）