中英對照讀新聞》Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book － 50 years later 底特律地區圖書館稱芝加哥男子可保留逾期的棒球書—50年後

63歲芝加哥人查克‧希爾德布蘭特，與跟了他50年的《棒球最滑稽的明星》。（美聯社）

◎ 周虹汶

Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library.

50年後，1名在底特律郊區長大的男子，試圖將1本過期的棒球書歸還給他年少時期的圖書館。

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Chuck Hildebrandt, 63, of Chicago said he visited the public library in Warren while in town for Thanksgiving, carrying a book titled “Baseball’s Zaniest Stars.” He had borrowed it in 1974 as a 13-year-old “baseball nut” but never returned it.

63歲芝加哥人查克‧希爾德布蘭特說，他在城裡過感恩節時，來到沃倫市這家公共圖書館，手裡拿著1本題為《棒球最滑稽的明星》的書。做為1個13歲的「棒球迷」，他在1974年借走它，但從未歸還。

“When you’re moving with a bunch of books, you’re not examining every book. You throw them in a box and go,” said Hildebrandt, who has lived in many cities. “But five or six years ago, I was going through the bookshelf and there was a Dewey decimal library number on the book. What is this?”

曾住過許多城市的希爾德布蘭特說，「當你帶著一堆書搬家，你不會檢查每一本書。你把它們丟進盒子裡就走了」，「但是5或6年前，我查看書架時，有個杜威10進制圖書編號在書上。這是什麼？」

Hildebrandt told The Associated Press that he decided to keep the book until 2024 — the 50th anniversary — and then try to return it. He figured the library might want to publicize the long overdue exchange.（AP）

希爾德布蘭特告訴美聯社，他決定將這本書保留到2024年—50週年，接著試圖歸還。他認為該圖書館可能會想宣傳這場遲來已久的交換。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

pitch：名詞，指運動場地、水準、程度、推銷、攤位、投球、露營地；動詞，指突然移動、投、扔、搭帳篷、調校至某一水準。例句：He is pitching for business at the moment.（他正在招攬生意。）

go through：片語動詞，指遭受、經歷、仔細查看、大量使用。例句：He went through a hundred quid on his last trip to London.（他上次去倫敦旅遊花了100英鎊。）

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