◎張沛元

There’s a squirrel popping up all over the Internet.

有隻松鼠遊走蹦跳於整個網際網路世界。

The rodent first made its appearance in a holiday photo taken by an American couple in Canada and has gone on to become a Web sensation.

這隻囓齒動物的初露面，是在一對美國夫妻於加拿大所拍攝的一幀度假照片上，並已成為網路當紅炸子「鼠」。

Melissa Brandts and her husband, Jackson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, were taking a time delay picture of themselves in front of a lake at Canada’s Banff National Park when the squirrel jumped into the frame.

當這隻松鼠跳進鏡頭畫面時，明尼蘇達州明尼亞波里斯的梅麗莎．布蘭德茲跟她老公傑克森，正在加拿大的班夫國家公園的一座湖泊前，用相機的自拍功能拍照。

"We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take the picture when this curious little ground squirrel appeared, became intrigued with the sound of the focusing camera and popped right into our shot!"

「當我們把相機架在一些石頭上準備拍照時，這隻好奇的小地松鼠出現，對相機對焦的聲音很感興趣，然後蹦入我們的鏡頭！」

The holiday photo has since gone viral on the Internet and websites such at "The Squirrelizer" have sprung up in which the photo of the squirrel can be inserted into any picture.

這張假日照片從此如病毒般在網路上散播開來，像是The Squirrelizer之類的網站如雨後春筍般成立，讓人能將松鼠的照片插嵌入任何照片裡。

新聞辭典

nuts：形容詞，俚語，發瘋的；狂熱的。nut，名詞，堅果；本文主角為吃堅果的松鼠，此處使用nuts顯然意在創造一語雙關。

sensation：名詞，轟動的人或事。例句：I was told that the Japanese teen sensation Arashi’s new single is set to be released next month.（據說日本青少年風靡的天團「嵐」下個月要發行新單曲。）

-ize：字尾，使造成，使成為。範例，dramatize，使戲劇化； materialize，物質化。

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