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A Long Island school district has released a summer reading list riddled with spelling errors.

（美國紐約州）長島的一個學區發放一份拼字錯誤百出的暑期閱讀書單。

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" is misspelled as "The Great Gypsy." And author Emily Bronte is listed as Emily Bonte.

史考特‧費茲傑羅的「了不起的蓋茲比」（譯註：該書中譯名為「大亨小傳」，但為顯示其拼字錯誤而予以直譯），被錯拼為「了不起的吉普賽」。作家艾蜜莉˙勃朗特在書單上變成艾蜜莉‧波恩特。

According to Newsday and News 12 Long Island, those are just a few of the more than 30 errors on the list provided by the Hempstead Public Schools.

根據長島「新聞日報」與News 12新聞頻道報導，這還只是這份由漢普斯岱公立學校學區提供的書單中30幾個錯誤中的少數幾個。

In a statement, a member of the New York State Department of Education’s Board of Regents said the mistakes indicated that a stable administration was essential for children to get a good education. The statement said, "Hempstead has not had a stable administration for a long time and the kids are suffering."

在一份聲明中，紐約州教育廳評議委員會一名成員指出，這些錯誤顯示，穩定的行政管理部門對兒童獲得良好教育至為重要。聲明說，「漢普斯岱（學區）長期缺乏穩定的行政管理部門，學童們為此受害。」

Hempstead Superintendent Susan Johnson didn’t immediately return a call for comment.

漢普斯岱學區督學蘇珊‧強森並未立即回電置評。

新聞辭典

riddle：動詞，充斥、佈滿。例句：The government is riddled with corruption.（這個政府充斥貪瀆。）

a few：慣用語，不只一個，但也不多；一些，幾個。

stable：形容詞，穩定的。例句：All I want now is a stable life.（我現在最想要的是穩定的生活。）

資料來源 http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=713415&day=2013-09-13