For Cuban Surfers, Cooperation a Way of Life
古巴衝浪人：合作是生活方式
【新聞關鍵字】
1. exclusive: adj. 獨特的
2. surfer: n. 衝浪者
3. contact: v. 接觸
4. ethos: 風氣
5. equipment: n. 設備
6. reign: v. 統治
STORY:
It’s a small club, but not an exclusive one. It is made up of the 100 or so surfers in Cuba.
新聞主播：這雖然只是個小型俱樂部，卻是獨一無二的，大約聚集了ㄧ百多名古巴的衝浪好手。
With no money and with little contact with the outside world, Cuban surfers have developed a cooperative ethos, sharing boards and equipment that once reigned among surfers around the globe.
古巴的衝浪人沒什麼錢，和世界其他地方也少有接觸，但是他們自己形成了ㄧ股合作風氣，分享全球衝浪好手的衝浪板及設備。
【新聞關鍵字】
7. foreign: adj. 國外的
8. polyurethane: n. 聚亞安酯
9. fiberglass: n. 玻璃纖維
10. resin: n. 樹脂
They learned surfing the hard way, by imitating what they saw in foreign magazines and making boards anyway they could.
他們的學習過程十分刻苦，只能模仿外國雜誌，用盡各種方法製作衝浪板。
[Surfer Eduardo Nunez, Surfer]: “Back in the day, knowledge about making surfboards was scarce and we started experimenting with polyurethane foam from old refrigerators when old refrigerators were thrown out, and we used the fiberglass that’s used here and the resin.”
衝浪好手Eduardo Nunez說：「 以前沒什麼人知道如何製作衝浪板，剛開始，有人丟掉舊冰箱，我們就用冰箱的聚酯安酯做，這裡也有人用玻璃纖維，還有樹脂。」
【新聞關鍵字】
11. donate: v. 捐贈
12. solidarity：n. 團結
13. universe: n. 宇宙
14. cooperation: n. 合作
Now they ride the waves on secondhand surfboards donated by surfers in other countries, whose solidarity is keeping afloat one of the least known tribes in the surfing universe.
現在他們使用其他國家衝浪好手捐贈的二手衝浪板乘風踏浪，雖然在全球衝浪界中沒沒無聞，卻是最團結的ㄧ群。
So far this year, Cubans have received 20 boards and another 40 are expected in coming months.
今年到目前為止，古巴人已收到20個衝浪板，幾個月後還會收到40個。
The boards are given out for free to the surfers, with one condition: no one can sell them. They can be shared, handed down or given away, but years of necessity taught Cuban surfers that things like cooperation can be more important than money.
這些衝浪板會免費送給愛好衝浪人士，但有一個條件：不得轉售，只能分享、移交或轉送，這些年來，古巴的衝浪人都學到了合作比金錢更重要的道理。（translated by Wen-Chi Liao）
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