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A tsunami of indignation and humor is swamping Irish Twitter.
愛爾蘭版推特上排山倒海而來的憤慨與幽默已氾濫成災。
Why? Because a London newspaper _ The Daily Telegraph _ asked its readers： "Can anyone beat Britain’s Katie Taylor?" Taylor is Irish, not British, thank you.
為啥呢？因為一份倫敦報紙——每日電訊報——詢問該報讀者群：「有人能擊敗英國的凱蒂．泰勒嗎？」泰勒是愛爾蘭人，不是英國人，謝謝。
Taylor, the world’s reigning lightweight champion boxer, won easily to advance to Thursday’s final as overwhelming favorite to win the gold. Her performances have riveted Ireland.
現任全球輕量級女拳王泰勒，已輕取對手晉級週四的決賽，非常被看好能一舉摘金。她的表現吸引全愛爾蘭人的關注。
"Dear Daily Telegraph. Katie Taylor is IRISH. However, please feel free to claim Ronan Keating, Jedward, Louis Walsh...," tweeted Fergus Murphy.
「親愛的每日電訊報。凱蒂．泰勒是『愛爾蘭人』。不過，請不要客氣把（歌手）羅南、（雙胞胎樂團）捷德沃德、（男孩特區經濟人）路易斯．沃許當成（英國人）…」佛格斯．墨非的推文如此寫道。
"Ireland’s Sir Chris Hoy unavailable for comment," deadpanned Irish comedian Dara O Briain, referring to Britain’s top track cyclist.
「愛爾蘭的克里斯．霍伊爵士尚無法就此發表評論，」愛爾蘭冷面笑匠達拉．歐．布萊恩如此說道。霍伊是英國的頂尖自由車選手。
The Daily Telegraph tweeted an apology. "She is Irish, of course," said the newspaper, which previously has described scores of Irish athletes and entertainers, including Bono, as British.（AP）
每日電訊報透過推文致歉。「她當然是愛爾蘭人，」這家過去曾把許多愛爾蘭運動員與藝人，包括（知名樂團U2主唱）波諾當成英國人的報紙如是說。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
swamp：動詞，淹沒。例句：Officials in the Philippines said over half of Manila was swamped by floods as high as three metres.（菲律賓官員表示，超過半個馬尼拉被高達3公尺的洪水淹沒。）
feel free （to do something）：慣用語，告訴他人可以無拘無束地去做某事，即請便，請不要客氣…。例句：Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.（若您有任何問題或意見，請不要客氣與我聯繫。）
scores of：慣用語，許多。例句：She has been to Japan scores of times.（她曾去過日本很多次。）
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