中英對照讀新聞》A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late 家的方向：遲到48年才歸還的巴布狄倫專輯

俄亥俄州一間圖書館收到48年前就該歸還的巴布狄倫唱片。（美聯社檔案照）

◎孫宇青

After nearly five decades of blowin’ in the wind, a Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an Ohio library 48 years after it was supposed to be returned.

在風中飄蕩近50年後，巴布狄倫的一張專輯終於找到家的方向：一名住在舊金山的男子在48年後，將早該歸還的黑膠唱片寄給俄亥俄州一間圖書館。

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Howard Simon recently sent the album along with a letter to Heights Libraries apologizing for his tardiness.

霍華德．賽門最近將唱片連同一封信寄給高地市圖書館，為自己拖延歸還致歉。

Simon checked out Dylan’s "Self Portrait" album in 1973 as an eighth-grader. He says he found it between two other Dylan albums in his personal vinyl collection.

賽門1973年讀中學二年級時借出狄倫的《自畫像》專輯。他說，他是在私人收藏的其他兩張狄倫黑膠唱片間找到該專輯。

"As a recent retiree, I turn my attention to some of the many vignettes of life that by dint of career and family have been neglected," Simon wrote in the letter.

他在信中寫道：「身為一名最近退休的人，我開始注意到在我的人生中，被事業和家庭耽擱的某些小插曲。」

Simon also sent the library a $175 replacement fee.

賽門也寄給圖書館175美元（約4900元台幣）的賠償金。

"We don’t charge overdue fines anymore-as long as we get the item back," said branch manager Sara Phillips. I’d said we can now call it even."（AP）

該圖書分館經理莎拉．菲利普斯說：「只要物歸原主，我們就不會收取逾期罰款。我想我們算是扯平了。」（美聯社）

新聞辭典

Tardiness：名詞，拖延。例句：Please excuse the tardiness of mine. I will return your book by tomorrow.（請原諒我拖延，明天前會把書還您。）

Vignette：名詞，短文；小插曲。例句：His vignettes of country life are widely acclaimed.（他寫鄉下生活的短文被盛讚。）

Call it even：片語，扯平。例句：Let’s call it even and stop quarreling.（我們算是扯平，別再爭吵了。）

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