随着北半球的夏至日临近,索玛若伊岛(夏之岛)想要用花环取代钟表,尽享夏日,并宣称这里是世界上第一个“无时间区域”。
这个岛位于北极圈以北,从五月十八日直到七月二十六日的六十九天中,太阳都不会落山,从十一月到次年一月,太阳都不会升起。
因此他们会充分利用夏季这宝贵的几个月,不会顾及传统的计时。
白昼一直持续,他们也就按照白天的习惯生活。
现在人们想让这种状态正式化。
今年,岛民们签署了一份要求废除时间制的请愿书,并向国会议员递交了当地人的签名,讨论了该方案面临的实际问题和法律挑战。
岛民希望不再遵从传统的营业时间,并使上学和工作时间更加灵活。
毫无疑问,岛上居民和挪威旅游局都希望游客们能被北欧无尽的夏日美景所吸引。
该把时钟都收起来了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with / in the wake of / following |
| 北 | běi | north |
| 半球 | bàn qiú | hemisphere |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 夏至 | Xià zhì | Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 临近 | lín jìn | to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time) |
| 索玛若伊岛 | Suǒ mǎ ruò yī Dǎo | Somajoi Island |
| 夏之岛 | xià zhī dǎo | Summer Island |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 花环 | huā huán | garland / floral hoop |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace / to supersede / to supplant |
| 钟 | zhōng | a (large) bell / clock / amount of time; o'clock |
| 表 | biǎo | watch (timepiece) / meter; gauge |
| 尽 | jǐn | to the greatest extent / to be within the limits of / to give priority to |
| 享 | xiǎng | to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of |
| 夏 | xià | summer |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 宣称 | xuān chēng | to assert / to claim |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 无 | wú | no / none |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 区域 | qū yù | area / region / district |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 岛 | dǎo | island |
| 位于 | wèi yú | to be located at / to be situated at / to lie |
| 北极 | běi jí | the North Pole / the north magnetic pole |
| 圈 | quān | circle; ring; loop |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 五月 | Wǔ yuè | May / fifth month (of the lunar year) |
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen / 18 |
| 直 | zhí | (indicates continuing motion or action) |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 七月 | Qī yuè | July / seventh month (of the lunar year) |
| 二十六 | èr shí liù | twenty-six; 26 |
| 六十九 | liù shí jiǔ | sixty-nine; the number 69 |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 太阳 | tài yáng | sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) |
| 都 | dōu | (used for emphasis) even |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 落山 | luò shān | to set (of the sun); to go down behind the mountains |
| 十一月 | Shí yī yuè | November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence / second / secondary / inferior quality / substandard |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 一月 | Yī yuè | January / first month (of the lunar year) |
| 升起 | shēng qǐ | to raise / to hoist / to rise |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 充分 | chōng fèn | fully / to the full |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize |
| 夏季 | xià jì | summer |
| 宝贵 | bǎo guì | valuable / precious |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 顾及 | gù jí | to take into consideration / to attend to |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 计时 | jì shí | to measure time / to time / to reckon by time |
| 白昼 | bái zhòu | daytime |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 持续 | chí xù | to continue / to persist / to last |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to; in accordance with; on the basis of |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime / day |
| 习惯 | xí guàn | habit / custom / usual practice |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 状态 | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 化 | huà | to make into / to change into / to ... -ize / to transform |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 岛民 | dǎo mín | islander |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 签署 | qiān shǔ | to sign (an agreement) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand |
| 废除 | fèi chú | to abolish / to abrogate / to repeal |
| 制 | zhì | system |
| 请愿 | qǐng yuàn | petition (for action to be taken) |
| 书 | shū | document |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 国会 | Guó huì | Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) |
| 议员 | yì yuán | member (of a legislative body) / representative |
| 递交 | dì jiāo | to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 签名 | qiān míng | signature |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 该 | gāi | that / the above-mentioned |
| 方案 | fāng àn | plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill |
| 面临 | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 实际 | shí jì | practical / realistic / real / actual |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law |
| 挑战 | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
| 民 | mín | (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 不再 | bù zài | no more; no longer |
| 遵从 | zūn cóng | to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors) |
| 营业 | yíng yè | to do business / to trade |
| 使 | shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable |
| 上学 | shàng xué | to go to school / to attend school |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 更加 | gèng jiā | more (than sth else) / even more |
| 灵活 | líng huó | flexible / nimble / agile |
| 毫无疑问 | háo wú yí wèn | without a doubt |
| 岛上 | dǎo shàng | on the island; located on an island |
| 居民 | jū mín | resident; inhabitant |
| 挪威 | Nuó wēi | Norway |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | trip / journey / tourism / travel / tour |
| 局 | jú | office / situation |
| 游客 | yóu kè | traveler; tourist |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 欧 | Ōu | Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲) |
| 无尽 | wú jìn | endless / inexhaustible |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 景 | jǐng | (bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight |
| 所 | suǒ | particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 时钟 | shí zhōng | clock |
| 收 | shōu | to put away |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |