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pertain - pigment The pigment phenomena
色素現象
The picnic was held on a very picturesque pier right off the beach.
聚餐的地點是在海灘邊 一個風景如畫的橋墩上
The water was beautiful and almost everyone went swimming
海水很美，幾乎所有人 都去游泳了。
When one fisherman commented
一名漁夫說，
that there might be some interesting phenomena in the water today no one listened,
今天水里可能會出現有 趣的現象, 但誰也沒聽 進去,
they just kept on partying.
他們只顧繼續搞他們 的聚會。
Two hours later the pigment of the skin of the swimmers began to change.
兩小時后，游泳者的 皮膚色素開始起變化。
In the first phase it was just a couple of spots
在第一階段，只有幾個 小點兒，
and then the change was pervasive.
接著色素變化遍及全身
In places where there were cuts or pierces, the pain became phenomenal.
在有劃傷和刺傷的地方 疼痛感變得很明顯。
Those who hadn't gone in the water were fine
沒去下水的人 倒沒有問題，
and several ran quickly to find a pharmacy.
幾個人忙跑去找藥店。
They returned with a well-known pharmacist
他們帶回了一個 有名的藥劑師，
who thought he might know what the skin pigment phenomenon meant.
他自認為可能知道 皮膚色素出現這種現 象到底是怎么回事。
"Yep, that's from pesticides!" He said.
"是的，就是農藥 造成的!"他說，
"I was pessimistic about those from the start,
"從一開始我就對 農藥持悲觀態度，
but petty city officials thought
但那些城市小官員 們卻認為
it was more important to have green lawns than protect the environment.
綠色草坪比保護 環境更重要，
They just told me
他們告訴我
it was pertinent to the image of our pictorial community
它與我們畫一般的社區 形象是相關的，
and to stop pestering them about it!
所以要我別再為 這事煩擾他們。
Well, those pesticides must surely pervade all of this water;
現在可好，那些農藥肯 定已經遍及這片水域，
they're going to have to shut the beach down.
他們得關閉這個海灘。
That won't help the economy!
那對經濟可沒有好處!
Let's see if they call me a pest now!"
看他們現在還 叫不叫我討厭鬼!"
The swimmers didn't care about the ramblings of the pharmacist.
游泳者們根本不管 藥劑師在說什么，
They just wanted whatever lotion or cream
他們只想要點兒潤膚液 或者潤膚霜什么的，
might pertain to helping ease their pain.
只要適合幫助他們減輕 痛苦就行。
The pharmacist didn't have anything, however, and they had to call the ambulance.
但藥劑師什么都沒有， 于是他們只得叫救護車
It made quite a scene,
當時的場面可真夠亂的
others came down with the condition and the beach was Closed.
其他人也得了皮膚病， 海灘被關掉了。
Those petty bureaucrats lost their jobs!
那些小官僚們丟掉了 他們的飯碗!
