《中英對照讀新聞》Al Gore's climate crusade conquers Cann 高爾為保衛地球氣候奮戰 征服坎城

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The Cannes Film Festival has generally been an inhospitable place for the United States since George W Bush became its president, but this year the festival warmly welcomed a former US vice president, Al Gore.

自從美國總統布希上任以來，坎城影展就一直對美國極不友善，但今年坎城影展卻熱情歡迎一位前任美國副總統，高爾。

Gore came to the festival to present his film about the climate-change crisis, and indirectly to criticize Bush.

高爾此次參加影展是為了介紹他所主導拍攝、有關氣候變遷危機的影片，也間接地批評了布希。

"Powerful polluting interests have way too much influence on the political system in the United States," Gore said after a screening of An Inconvenient Truth, a movie version of the slide show on global warming he has been giving for many years.

「強而有力的污染者利益對美國政治體制的影響力實在太大，」高爾在「一個不便的真相」試片後表示，這部片子是他多年來為推廣全球暖化議題所進行的幻燈片說明秀的電影版。

However, Gore was surprisingly easy on Bush and his administration, saying： "Even Bush and （Vice President Dick） Cheney will be forced to change their positions on this crisis. Mother Nature has joined the debate. Hurricane Katrina was a powerful warning."

然而，高爾對布希及其政府卻出人意料地寬容。他說︰「就連布希和（副總統）錢尼對此危機的態度也會被迫改變。大自然已經加入辯論。卡崔娜颶風正是有力的警告。」

In his crusade to save the world from an environmental disaster, the former senator from the state of Tennessee now has bigger fish to fry than to settle political scores, and he declared that he would not run for president again.

在他為防止全球陷入環保災難而大力奔走的過程中，這位前田納西州參議員現在有比清算政治宿怨更重要的事要做，他也宣布不會再度參選總統。

新聞辭典

crusade：大寫時指歷史上的十字軍東征，文中指為（某種目的所發起的）運動，如︰He was involved with the antidrugs crusade.（他參與了反毒品運動。）

has bigger╱other fish to fry：片語，指有比…更重要或更有趣的事要做，如︰ I couldn't waste my time trying to reach an agreement with them. I had other fish to fry.（我不願意浪費時間跟他們達成協議，我還有更重要的事得做。）

settle scores╱a score：score原指（比賽）得分或（考試）分數，文中指欠債、宿怨，其後常接with，如︰Police believe the killer was a gang member settling a score with a rival gang.（警方認為凶手是一名要跟敵對幫派算舊帳的幫派成員。）