Hello朋友們！在家呆懵了麼～掃把都立了吧！
雖然知道是被騙了，但感謝這項活動讓我知道了各位家裡有多壕：
閒起來有多閒：
心有多善良：
看來在家都太無聊了，大家參與度還是很高的嘛哈哈哈。那小腦師這期就講講立掃把是咋回事吧，且聽細細分解～
Debunking the #BroomChallenge: Why you can make a broom stand on its own any day of the year
A new challenge is sweeping the internet, quite literally.
Social media was inundated on Monday with posts about the #BroomChallenge that contained an alleged post for NASA claiming that February 10, 2020 was the only day a broomstick would be able to stand on its own because of something to do with "gravitational pull."
While the alleged NASA tweet doesn't exist, the broom challenge isn't entirely a lie.
The truth is, anyone can make a broom stand up on its own today, tomorrow or any day of the year.
The "challenge" has nothing to do with the gravitational pull of the Earth or anything tied to a certain day of the year or century. It's all about balance and patience.
The basis of the #BroomChallenge was likely along the same lines as the #EggChallenge. The center of gravity is quite low on a broom, which means anyone can make a broom stand up if they try hard enough —any day of the year.
The same science works with eggs —the longer an egg stands upright, the yolk will settle on the bottom and lower the egg's center of gravity and allow it to stand upright.
But it's still a fun challenge —and dozens of people tried it out Monday.Debunking the #BroomChallenge: Why you can make a broom stand on its own any day of the year
揭穿「立掃把挑戰」的真相，掃把為啥每天都能立？
debunk：to expose the falseness of 揭穿…的真相；批判；駁斥，說白了就是prove something wrong.
例：The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.（該文章駁斥了火星上有生命的觀點；該研究揭穿了「火星上有生命」這一觀點的錯誤。）
這個詞很好記，debunk是de和bunk合成的詞，我們拆開來看。
①bunk，大家應該不陌生，火車上下鋪、大學宿舍的上下鋪的「鋪」就是bunk，比如上鋪top bunk。bunk還有一個不常見，且非正式的名詞用法，意思是nonsense，沒錯，就是扯淡、瞎話、胡話，
例：Anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk.（但凡長點腦子的人都不會信這鬼話）
這句話趕快記下來拿去微博裡當英文熱評。
②de-是一個很常見的前綴，大家簡單理解成「非」「否定」「遠離」就足夠了。例如，forest=森林，deforest=砍伐森林；code代碼，decode解碼。所以de+bunk給人的語感就是：否定/非/遠離瞎話，所以就是揭穿…的真相了。
A new challenge is sweeping the internet, quite literally.
一項新挑戰正在橫掃全網，是真正意義上的橫「掃」。
literally我之前講過，是英音美音有顯著差異的一個單詞。美音會把每個音發很全，讀起來像li-te-ra-lly。而英音喜歡把中間部分連讀li-tral-ly，重音在tral。這個詞的中文釋義我舉個例子大家就懂了。
比如你在馬路上碰到朋友，想邀請對方去你家做客，於是你描述自己家很近：
My house is right across the street. 我的房子就在街對面。（這裡很有可能是誇張，我的房子離這裡不遠，但也並不是真的在街對面）
My house is literally across the street. 我的房子真的就在街對面。（這裡的literally指的是「真的是；就是字面意義上的在街對面，沒有任何一點誇張的成分」。也就是說，我的房子就在街對面，比如對面某個門就是我家門。）
文中的literally就是說立掃把挑戰橫「掃」網絡。英語和中文的「掃」恰恰都可以用於表示「橫掃」網絡，你就說語言有多妙吧！
Social media was inundated on Monday with posts about the #BroomChallenge that contained an alleged post for NASA claiming that February 10, 2020 was the only day a broomstick would be able to stand on its own because of something to do with "gravitational pull."
本周一，社交媒體上到處都是「立掃把挑戰」的相關圖文，大家紛紛提到了據稱是美國國家航空航天局發的一條推特，稱由於「地心引力」，2月10日是一年中唯一可以讓掃把自行立起來的日子。
inundate：這個詞要我說就別看中文釋義了，比如度娘的「使不勝負荷；使應接不暇」，這措辭誰能看明白？
直接上英文釋義，動詞，兩個意思1. Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. 2. Flood
很好理解，一個是真正意義上的洪水淹沒；一個是引申意義的被各種事兒，被各種需要處理的人「淹沒」
例：The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.（由於海平面上升，這些島嶼可能率先被洪水淹沒）
We』ve been inundated/overwhelmed with patients to be treated.（我們被等待治療的患者淹沒了。在此向全國特別是湖北一線的醫療人員致敬）
inundate可用同義詞overwhelm替換，我在例句中也標出來了
有一個概念我要藉機指出，那就是register（語域），什麼意思呢，用人話說就是在正式場合和非正式場合的用詞要有差異，比如inundated with其實和full of有時表意是差不多的。但是，inundated with多出現在學術、新聞環境下，full of偏口語。
舉個例子，比如你想和朋友說：我家巨有錢！
My house is full of money. 沒問題，朋友會覺得你可真是個土豪。
My house is inundated with money. 你朋友會覺得，你這個四六級加起來不到30分的人從哪兒背出來的這麼一句話？而且來來回回只會說這一句。
on one’s own，固定搭配「靠自己/獨自地」，不贅述了
While the alleged NASA tweet doesn't exist, the broom challenge isn't entirely a lie.
美國國家航空航天局沒有發過這條推特，但「立掃把挑戰」也不盡然全是謊言。
The truth is, anyone can make a broom stand up on its own today, tomorrow or any day of the year.
真相其實是，隨便哪個人，隨便哪一天，今天明天或者今年任何一天，都能讓掃把立起來。
The "challenge" has nothing to do with the gravitational pull of the Earth or anything tied to a certain day of the year or century. It's all about balance and patience.
這項挑戰和地心引力無關，和今年或者本世紀任何一天有何特別也無關，說到底其原理就是平衡和耐心。
我想講一個翻譯細節問題。anything tied to，讀的時候大家都能把這個詞組看在眼裡，但是翻譯的時候很容易把它漏掉。仔細再看看呢，這句話並不僅僅停留在說這項挑戰與某一天無關，而是進一步說，與人類給某一天強加的任何特別屬性（比如2月10日是對物體引力最小的一天）無關。這個點能不能譯出來、譯到位就是決定譯文水平高還是中庸的關鍵點。
我翻譯這句話時的三次改動：
第一次：和今年或者本世紀任何一天無關
發現漏譯anything tied to後，修改為
第二次：和今年或者本世紀任何一天有何特別無關
發現念起來容易給人感覺為「特別無關」，於是潤色為
第三次：和今年或者本世紀任何一天有何特別也無關
The basis of the #BroomChallenge was likely along the same lines as the #EggChallenge. The center of gravity is quite low on a broom, which means anyone can make a broom stand up if they try hard enough —any day of the year.
「立掃把挑戰」很像此前的「立雞蛋挑戰」，因為掃把的重心很低，所以只要你不斷去試，隨便哪天都能讓掃把立起來。
along the same lines很簡單，就是相似的意思，與它相近的說法還有along those lines; along these lines; along similar lines; along the lines of.
例：We were both thinking along the same lines.（我倆當時的想法很相似）
The first day there is usually a welcome dinner or something along those lines.（第一天通常會有歡迎晚宴，或者類似的活動）
Vienna and Berlin were modernist cities, almost along the lines of Chicago.（維也納和柏林都是現代主義城市，和芝加哥差不多）
The same science works with eggs —the longer an egg stands upright, the yolk will settle on the bottom and lower the egg's center of gravity and allow it to stand upright.
立雞蛋同理，雞蛋立的越久，蛋黃就會在雞蛋底部沉積，雞蛋的重心就越低，所以能立起來。
我們常用的work with，work和with是一體的，表示和誰開展工作；用…工具開展工作；或者表示對某人/某物開展工作
例：I would like to work with you.（我想和你共事）
Do you know how to work with a voltmeter?（你會用電壓表嗎？）
Let me work with him for a while. I'll convince him. （讓我做做他工作，我能說服他）
I want to work with this engine and see if I can get it started.（我想鼓搗一下這臺發動機，看看能不能發動起來）
上述幾個例子中，work和with是一起的
而原句中The same science works with… work其實和with是相對分開的。
這裡的work和It actually works!（居然管用！）是一樣的用法，句子到works就可以停了。但是呢，如果想進一步表示在什麼東西身上管用，那就要再加出來這個「什麼」，但你不能光加個「什麼」，沒有介詞啊，比如It actually works eggs!（錯！念起來都覺得怪！），所以要加個with。It actually works with eggs!（居然對雞蛋也管用！）
But it's still a fun challenge —and dozens of people tried it out Monday.
但立掃把挑戰還是挺有意思的，周一好多人都試了一把。
課講完了，最後問一個問題，掃把的每個部位英文怎麼說呢？（手動狗頭）
圖請收下，不用客氣～下期再見！
來源
https://www.wptv.com/lifestyle/debunking-the-broomchallenge-why-you-can-make-a-broom-stand-on-its-own-any-day-of-the-year
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/why-a-bakers-dozen-is-13-instead-of-12/