■印度的保險套 India's Condoms ◎羅彥傑 Only a quarter of condoms made in India are used for sex, most of the others are used to make saris, toys and bathroom slippers, a newspaper reported. 印度製造的保險套中，只有四分之一在性交時使用，其他大多數都在生產紗麗服 （婦女用以裹身包頭的長棉布或絲綢）、玩具和浴室拖鞋時使用，一家報紙報導 說。 The condoms are valuable to manufacturers because of the lubricant on them. Sari weavers place the condoms on their thread spools and the lubricant on the prophylactics is rubbed off on the thread, making it move faster through their sewing machines, The Economic Times newspaper quoted an Indian industry official as saying. 這些保險套因為覆蓋其上的潤滑劑，對製造商而言價值不菲。紗麗服的織工們將 保險套套在線軸上，保險套上面的潤滑劑就會被擦在線上，使得它更快速地通過 縫紉機，經濟時報引述一名印度公司職員的話說。 Sari makers also turn the condom's inside out, place them on their fingers and use the high-quality lubricant to polish gold and silver threads used in the traditional Indian women's outfits. 生產紗麗服的工人也將保險套翻過來套在自己的手指頭上，利用其高品質的潤滑 劑來擦亮印度婦女傳統服裝所用的金銀線上。 India manufactures more than 1 billion condoms annually to check population growth and curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. 印度每年製造十億枚以上的保險套，以抑制人口成長並防止愛滋病毒與愛滋病的 擴散。 Dictionary-新聞辭典 a quarter of：片語，意指四分之一。例句：I can get it elsewhere for a quarter of the price. （我用四分之一的價格就可以在別處買到這東西。） lubricant：名詞，意指潤滑劑或潤滑油。例句：He believe in the smile as a social lubricant.（他相信笑容是一種社交的潤滑劑。） turn ~ inside out：片語，意指裡面朝外，或翻轉過來；upside down則是上下 倒過來。 outfit：名詞，意指全套裝備、物品，或者全套服裝。例句：The shop offers the outfit of a lady on her marriage.（這家店提供女士的全套結婚禮服。） annully：副詞，意指每年、一年一度。例句：Taiwan's economy is expected to grow 4 percent annually over the next five years.（預料台灣的經濟在 未來五年每年都還會成長百分之四。） http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/ --

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