Today we are going to look at an article about something crazy…

今天，我們要來看一篇關於瘋狂事情的文章…

I know that the coronavirus has brought a lot of craziness of humanity to the surface

我知道冠狀病毒已經給人類帶來了很多瘋狂

But this is on another level.

但這是另一個層面。

It is even worse than people buying tons of toilet paper (in my opinion)

這甚至比人們購買大量衛生紙還要糟糕（以我的觀點）

What I decided to do is:

我決定要做的是：

Instead of reading an article from an English website, I chose one from a Dutch newspaper that I translated to English.

我沒有從英文網站上閱讀文章，而是從荷蘭報紙上選了一篇文章翻譯成英文。

I think that many articles on English newspaper websites are too complicated for foreigners who are learning English to understand.

我認為英文報紙網站上的許多文章對於學習英語的外國人來說太複雜了。

They use so many difficult words.

他們用了許多很難的單字。

My though was: If me, someone who learned English myself, someone who struggled with English for a long time, …

我的想法是：如果我為一個自己學習英語的人，一個長期和英語奮鬥的人，…

If I translate an article using my simple words, it might be easier if you are learning English to understand.

如果我用簡單的單字翻譯一篇文章，那麼對正在學習英語的您，可能會更容易理解。

Let's dive into the article! The title is:

讓我們來研讀這篇文章！標題是：

“Most expensive mask on the planet.”

“世界上最昂貴的口罩。”

Like I told you, I translated this article from Dutch from a newspaper called “HLN”, published on the 9th of August.

就像我剛告訴您的，我是從 8 月 9 日出版的《HLN》報紙上的荷蘭語翻譯過來的。

Let's go ahead and read…

讓我們繼續讀...

An Israelian jewellery maker is working on the most expensive mask on the planet.

一家以色列珠寶製造商正在製作世界上最昂貴的口罩。

The mask is adorned with diamonds and gold and will cost 1,5 million dollars.

口罩用鑽石和黃金裝飾，將花費 150 萬美元。

Can you imagine paying that much for a mask?

您能想像要花那麼多錢買一個口罩嗎？

It should also protect its owner against the COVID-19 virus. Obviously!

它應該也保護其擁有者免受 COVID-19 病毒的侵害。當然！

If you're paying that much money for a mask, the least it can do is protect you, right?

如果您花了那麼多錢買口罩，那麼它至少可以保護您，對吧？

The mask has been custom made after a client requested its making.

口罩是應客戶要求訂製的。

The mask contains 18 karats of white gold and contains 3.600 white and black diamonds, according to the maker of the jewel Isaac Levy.

珠寶製造商 Isaac Levy 聲稱，該口罩含 18 克拉白金，並包含三千六百顆白色和黑色鑽石。

The question that remains is whether or not the mask will be practical to use.

接下來的問題是該口罩是否實用。

That does not sound practical at all to me to be honest.

老實說，對我來說根本不實用。

I already have a problem when wearing my usual mask. I feel like it is all humid under the mask.

戴一般的口罩時我已經夠麻煩了。我覺得口罩下全是濕的。

I feel like it is dirty there. I cannot wait to get home and take off my mask, wash my face and feel all fresh again.

我覺得那裡很髒。我迫不及待地要回到家摘下口罩，洗完臉後再次感到清新。

Imagine having a piece of 270 grams hanging on your face. (about hundred times heavier than a regular mask)

想像一下，一片 270 克的物品掛在您的臉上。 （比普通口罩重一百倍）

Nothing can be good about that, right?

沒什麼好處對吧？

I am wondering: how does it stay attached to your face? Will he need some kind of strap to keep it on his face?

我很好奇：它如何一直貼在您的臉上？他會需要某種帶子來固定在他的臉上嗎？

Or is it supposed to hang on his ears?

或者應該要是掛在他的耳朵上？

I am not sure how this will work.

我不確定這要怎麼用。

The buyer of this expensive object requested that the mask would be equipped with air filters that are approved by the FDA and the European standards.

購買這個昂貴物品的人要求該口罩要配備經 FDA 和歐洲標準認可的空氣過濾器。

He requested two more things: the mask must be ready by the end of the year and the mask has to be the most expensive one on the planet earth.

他還要求另外兩件事：口罩必須在年底之前準備好，並且必須是世界上最昂貴的口罩。

This last request will be the easiest to accomplish, says Isaac.

Isaac 說，最後一個要求是最容易完成的。

Obviously, for the maker… Making the most expensive one is a nice request to have.

很顯然，對於製造商來說…製造最昂貴的東西是一件好事。

I wish somebody asked me to make the most expensive of something.

我希望有人讓我製作最昂貴的某個東西。

The Israelian jewellery maker does not want to expose the identity of his client but revealed that he was a Chinese businessman living in the USA.

以色列珠寶商不想透露客戶的身份，但透露他是居住在美國的中國商人。

Wow, that must be some good business.

哇，那一定是個好生意。

Can you invite me please? I want to be part of this business.

您能請我做嗎？我想要在這個生意中插一腳。

If you can afford to wear a mask of 1,5 million you must be making some serious money. I want a piece of that!

如果您負擔得起戴 150 萬的口罩，那麼您肯定賺了不少錢。我想要分一些！

When Isaac was interviewed in his factory in Jerusalem, he showed several parts of the mask.

當 Isaac 在他在耶路撒冷的工廠接受採訪時，他展示了口罩的幾個部分。

“Money doesn't make you happy, but you can get a very fancy corona-mask with it”

“金錢並不能使您快樂，但是您可以用它得到一個非常花俏的皇冠等級口罩”

That's true. But do you really need that?

這是真的。但是您真的需要那個嗎？

“My client wants to wear it and get everyone's attention. He will find happiness in that.”

“我的客戶想戴它並引起大家的關注。他會在那找到快樂。”

I am sure he will get a lot of attention wearing the mask, but I am not sure if it is the right kind of attention…

我相信他會戴著口罩引起很多關注，但我不確定這是他想要的那種關注…

The jewellery maker says he would never consider buying or wearing a similar mask, but he was extremely grateful when the order was placed.

這位珠寶製造商表示，他永遠不會考慮購買或戴著類似的口罩，但是他非常感謝下單。

“This project gave my team enough work to keep on going during these difficult times.” Isaac said.

“這個案子為我的團隊帶來了足夠的工作，可以在這艱難的時期繼續前進。” Isaac 說。

I can imagine that it is so hard for many businesses to survive right now.

我可以想像，許多行業現在很難生存。

Having a request to make a 1,5 million dollars mask for someone can clearly be good for a business.

為某人製作一個 150 萬美元口罩的需求顯然對生意有利。

I think they will be just fine during this whole corona crisis.

我猜在整個慣狀病毒危機中他們會過的還可以。

They do not need to worry anymore.

他們不再需要擔心。

That was it for the article. What do you all think about this?

文章就是這樣。你們怎麼看？

Do you feel the need to try and defeat this man and buy an even more expensive mask?

您覺得會想要試著贏過這個人而去買更昂貴的口罩嗎？

Or would you rather use it on something else?

還是您更願意花錢在其他東西？

This man is my opposite. He is like: “I want to have a mask. An expensive mask.”

這個人跟我完全相反。他就像是“我想戴口罩，是昂貴的口罩。”

“Not just expensive, I want to have the most expensive mask on the whole planet.”

“不只是昂貴，我希望擁有整個世界上最昂貴的口罩。”

I am the complete opposite. If I want to buy something,

我是完全相反的人。如果我想買東西，

I will be looking for the cheapest one on the whole planet!

我會找全世界最便宜的一個！

I don't get it.

我不懂，我真的不懂

I think that even if…

我認為即使…

Let's talk hypothetically. Even if one day I had that amount of money,

讓我們假設說。即使有一天我有那麼多錢

I would never feel the need to show it of like that or to buy such objects.

我永遠不會想要像那樣炫耀或購買這種物品。

It is almost sad to hear that he would get happiness out of people staring at him because he has a lot of money.

聽到人們因為他有很多錢而盯著他，他由此得到快樂，是很悲哀的。

That is not my definition of happiness at all.

這完全不是我對快樂的定義。

I think that for me, happiness would be more connected to the people I care about, to be surrounded by the people I love.

我想對我來說，快樂是和我關心的人更緊密，並被我所愛的人圍繞。

Probably also to travel the world!

大概還有環遊世界！

I want to see as much as I can of this world before I leave this planet one day.

我希望在某天離開這個人世之前，盡可能地多看看這個世界。

I hope I can see a lot in my life.

我真的很希望我可以在我的人生中看到很多東西。

What is your definition of happiness? Would you buy the mask?

您對快樂的定義是什麼？您會買這個口罩嗎？

Or what would you rather do with that 1,5 million dollars? Let me know in the comments down below.

或者，您寧願用那 150 萬美元做什麼？在下面的留言讓我知道。

If you watched until the end, let's use a codeword.

如果您一直看到最後，讓我們用個通關密語。

“Mask” is too easy so don't write mask. Let's go for…

“口罩”太容易了，所以不要用口罩。讓我們用...

“Black diamond”. That is a hard one. It is in the article but nobody remembers that.

“黑鑽石”。這個很難。它在文章中但沒人記得。

The mask was made out of white and black diamonds.

口罩是用白色和黑色的鑽石製成的。

I wonder what it looks like, I will look up picture. Maybe I can show you what the mask looks like.

我好奇它長怎樣，我會搜尋圖片。也許我可以讓您看口罩的樣子。

Thank you so much for watching!

非常謝謝您的收看！

If you watched until the end you are super awesome.

如果您一直觀看到最後，您超級棒。

Don't forget to like and subscribe.

不要忘記按讚和訂閱。

Let me know if you want me to make more “simple English” news articles like this.

如果您想要我做更多這樣的“初階英語”新聞文章，請讓我知道。

I enjoy translating articles. It is a good exercise for me.

我喜歡翻譯文章。對我來說這也是一個很好的活動。

I enjoy it a lot to learn some more crazy facts every day.

我很喜歡每天學到更多瘋狂的事實。

Let me know if you want me to make more of these

讓我知道您是否想要我做更多這些

I hope to see you again very soon in the next video. Bye bye ~

我希望很快在下一個影片中再見。Bye bye ~

Hey…

嘿…

It is me again.

又是我。

I forgot to say something.

我忘了說些事情。

I am planning to try something new on Youtube.

我打算在 YouTube 上嘗試一些新的東西。

It is called a “video premiere”.

叫作“影片首播”。

If you are watching this, I probably managed to do the Youtube premiere?

如果您正在觀看這個影片，那麼我可能設法用了 YouTube 首播？

That means I am together with you, answering your comments in the chat.

這表示我正和你們在一起，在聊天室中回答您的留言。

But I am not sure how this works yet. Please don't get angry and frustrated if I'm doing everything wrong

但是我還不確定這要怎麼用。如果我搞砸了，請不要生氣和沮喪

I never used this function of Youtube before.

我以前從未使用過這個 YouTube 功能。

I don't really know why I should use it.

我不太知道為什麼要用它。

I guess it is good to let people know when my video is coming.

我猜好處是讓人們知道我的影片哪時候出。

I think there will be a notification when the video is starting or premiering?

我想影片開始播放或首播時會有通知吧？

I don't know what will happen so let's see. I am very curious to try out this function on Youtube.

我不知道會發生什麼事，所以讓我們試看看。我很好奇想嘗試 YouTube 的這個功能。

If it is fun to do, I will do this more often in the future.

如果很有趣，未來我會更常這樣做。

I would love to communicate with you all in the chat.

我很希望在聊天室中和大家交流。

I heard that there is some chat that I can join during this premiere.

我聽說在首播的時候可以加入某個聊天室。

I am probably doing this with you right now. I hope it is fun!

我可能現在就正和您在聊天室。我希望這會很有趣！

I'm going for real this time. Bye bye! See you next time!

我這次真的要走了。Bye bye! 下次見！