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新聞標題
Viral Hong Kong Steve Jobs tribute: Plagiarism?
標題解說
viral：病毒引起的(形容詞) 這裡指網路訊息被轉載傳播的速度之快速如病毒
Steve Jobs：賈伯斯的全名 Steve Jobs tribute 對賈伯斯致敬的禮物
tribute：致敬，貢品（名詞） 這裡可以理解成獻禮
plagiarism：抄襲(名詞)
內文解析
█ 八月，當電腦界的表徵人物，蘋果的執行長賈伯斯辭去CEO職務之後， 香港學生，Jonathan Mak (麥朗—中文名) ，利用 Apple 的Logo (標誌)，設計了一款對 Steve Jobs致敬的作品。
Hong Kong student Jonathan Mak played with the logo for Apple Inc. to design a Steve Jobs tribute after the computing icon resigned as CEO in August.
► 可簡化理解：
X played with Y to design a tribute. 何時？
after the computing icon resigned as CEO in August. 當電腦界的表徵人物在八月辭去CEO職務之後
• icon：在此不是圖示，而是有名的代表人物
• the computing icon：計算機世界的表徵人物，指 Steve Jobs
• resign：辭職（動詞）
• CEO：執行長
█ 這位十九嵗的學生就讀於Hong Kong's Polytechnic University香港理工大學 (School of Design）設計學院，他把蘋果公司logo被咬一口的咬痕用Steve Jobs 的側面輪廓取代
The 19-year-old student attending Hong Kong's Polytechnic University School of Design replaced the bite mark in the Apple logo with a silhouette of Steve Jobs' profile.
► 可簡化理解：
The student replaced the bite mark with a silhouette of Steve Job’s profile.
他把咬痕用Steve Jobs 的側面輪廓取代
attending Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University 是分詞，修飾student
• bite mark：咬痕(名詞)
• silhouette：在光亮的背景，顯出來的暗色輪廓(名詞)
• profile：側面(名詞)
• replace x with y：把x 用 y 取代
█ Jobs 十月六日去世(passed away)之後，Mak的重新設計(redesign)，在網路上被瘋狂轉載流傳(went viral)，還被印在eBay 拍賣網站上賣的紀念帽子(commemorative caps)和 T-恤上。
After Jobs passed away on October 6, Mak's redesign went viral and was printed on commemorative caps and T-shirts sold on eBay.
► 可簡化理解：
After X, Mak’s redesign went viral and was printed on Y.
Mak’s redesign went viral. Mak的重新設計在網路上被瘋狂轉載.
What went viral this week? 本週被瘋狂轉載的是什麽？
• Go viral：went viral (過去式) 在網路上如病毒般被瘋狂轉載流傳。
• viral：病毒引起的(形容詞)
• Mak’s redesign was printed on X. Mak的重新設計被印在 X
• commemorative：紀念的 commemorative caps and T-shirts 紀念帽子和T-恤
• sold on eBay：the caps and T-shirts (that are 省略) sold on eBay. 在eBay 拍賣網站上賣的紀念帽子和T-恤上。
█ 現在被發現另一位設計師在之前三個月 (指八月之前三個月，所以是五月)就已經做了類似的致敬設計
Now it turns out another designer made a similar tribute three months before.
• It turns out that：結果被發現 （片語 –固定用法）上句省略了 that
█ Jonathan Mak並非第一個把 Steve Jobs 的剪影放進 Apple Logo的人 Jonathan Mak wasn't the first to incorporate Steve Jobs' silhouette into the Apple logo.
• Incorporate：合併（動詞）incorporate X into Y 把 x 合併放進Y中
█ Mak說他曾在線上搜尋有無類似的設計來確保這個點子沒被用過「在搜尋這類詞彙如： ”Apple,Steve Jobs, logo, silhouette” 的時候，老實說我没有發現他的作品。」
Mak said he searched online for similar designs to ensure that the idea had not been done before. "I honestly did not come across his work while searching for terms such as ‘Apple, Steve Jobs, logo, silhouette.'"
• come across：無意中發現 Mak did not come across his work.
█ 面對突如其來的抄襲問題，Mak在他的博客（blog）上說他不會道歉
Hit with questions of plagiarism, Mak, says on his blog he "will not apologize."
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hit somebody with something
(informal) to tell somebody something, especially something that surprises or shocks them
問唐突的問題 http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/hit
█ Mak was hit with questions of plagiarism。這裡是被動語態（was hit） ，Mak被問到抄襲的問題，這問題是沒有想到的，非常意外的。
放在句子最前面，以分詞構句呈現 being hit with questions of plagiarism，其中 being 可以省略，所以看到的是 Hit with questions of plagiarism
字彙整理
英雄所見略同，設計雷同，是否抄襲？見仁見智，在Mak的博客上，有網友欣賞他的設計，認爲強過另一人，為Mak辯駁。（註解一）我們乘此機會學讀網路瘋狂轉載的新聞：
• 網路瘋狂轉載 X：X go viral. X went viral. (過去式)
• 抄襲：plagiarism(名詞)
• 病毒引起的：viral（形容詞）
• 獻禮：tribute(名詞)
• 表徵人物：icon（名詞）
• 在光亮的背景，顯出來的暗色輪廓：silhouette（名詞）這個字不常看到，腦中浮現這個設計，想到Steve Jobs的輪廓就很容易記得
• 紀念帽子和 T-恤：commemorative caps and T-shirts
• 咬痕：bite mark (名詞)
• 側面：profile (名詞)
註解一
http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/11218933775/my-response-to-the-disputed-originality-of-the
With all due respect to Mr. Thornley, the quality of his graphic compared to yours is that his looks very amateurish. Not only does the man in his graphic NOT look like Steve Jobs, it doesn't look like any of Apple's top executives. In fact, it looks more like a silhouette of Dwight Eisenhower, than Steve Jobs. For one, in Mr. Thornley's graphic, the nose is wrong, the chin is wrong and the hair line is wrong. It could be a silhouette of any middle aged man, but it's not Steve Jobs.
Your graphic, Mr. Mak, is sharp, clean and is more professional looking, and is clearly a silhouette of Steve Jobs, while that of Mr. Thornley, is someone else entirely.
Kudos to you on a job well done, and my compliments to Mr. Thornley as well for giving it a good go, but his work is clearly second best and it's not even close.
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