又中又英｜Wonders never cease

Even though I now spend most of my time in the US, I follow Hong Kong news daily. Last week I saw a video in the Hong Kong media that astonished me. It was a video of monkeys swimming in a pool at a private club in Tsuen Wan. The monkeys were swimming, playing, and sitting in deck chairs. It was bizarre. I didn’t know monkeys could swim. Wonders never cease! The monkeys reminded me of the Kam Shan country park which has troops of monkeys that roam freely. If something is bizarre it means it is very strange and unusual. The expression “wonders never cease” is used when something unusual or unexpected happens.
The word “troop” means a group of soldiers but used this way it is also a collective noun for a group of monkeys. The word “roam” used this way means to move about or travel without a purpose or plan. The Kam Shan monkeys roam freely without restrictions. Only two types of monkeys can swim. Macaques are one of them. The monkeys in the swimming pool and Kam Shan are macaques. They are from Asia. They eat plants, different types of fruit, insects, and fish. Visitors to the Kam Shan country park often give food to the macaques even though they should not.
The Kam Shan macaques have become used to food they don’t normally eat. I even saw one drinking Coke from a bottle! The private club in Tsuen Wan closed the swimming pool after the macaques swam and roamed freely there. I wonder if they will return to enjoy the pool!
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虽然我现在大部分时间在美国，但我仍然有每天追看香港的新闻。上星期，我在香港媒体上见到一则影片，使我大为惊奇。那影片中有一群猴子在荃湾一个私人会所的泳池内畅泳。那群猴子在游泳、玩耍，还坐在沙滩躺椅上。那真是怪异（bizarre）。我从不知道猴子懂得游泳。真个奇妙事不断有（wonders never cease）！这群猴子令我想起了金山郊野公园，那里有成群结队（troops）的马骝自由闯荡（roam freely）。若某事物是bizarre，意即它很奇怪、异于寻常。习语“wonders never cease”是说一些非比寻常或出人意料的奇事发生。
Troop一字是解士兵的部队，但在这里它也是一个量词，指一群猴子。Roam在这里是指漫无目的或毫无计划地四处走动或游历。金山的马骝毫无规限，可自由地四处闯荡（roam freely）。只有两种猴子懂得游泳，猕猴（macaques）是其中一种。在泳池和金山的猴子就是猕猴（macaques），牠们来自亚洲。牠们会吃植物，不同种类的水果、昆虫和鱼。到金山郊野公园的游人常会给那些猕猴（macaques）喂饲食物，虽然他们其实不应该喂饲。
金山的猕?（macaques）已经习惯了那些牠们平常不会食的食物。我甚至见过一只，从瓶里喝可乐！荃湾的私人会所在猕?（macaques）游泳和自由闯荡（roamed freely）过后，已经关闭了泳池。我好奇牠们可还会回去，在泳池游玩！

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Michael Chugani褚简宁
中译：七刻