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Mel Gibson buys personal Pacific island
seattle post December 11
西雅圖郵報12月11日
Hollywood star Mel Gibson has splashed out $15million on a private Pacific island.
好萊塢明星梅爾·吉勃遜斥資1500萬美元購買了一座太平洋上的私人小島。
Citing reports from People magazine,the Agence France-Presse reports that the movie industry mogul flew to Fiji earlier this month ,where he bought the 2,160-hectare island of Mago.
法新社引用《人物》雜誌的報導稱,這位電影業巨頭本月早些時候飛往斐濟,購買了(面積為)2160公頃,名為「馬戈」的小島。
The island boasts two lagoons and stunning white-sand beaches . The magazine reports that Gibsonp lans to turn the Pacific paradise ( home to 40 residents ,mostly coconut farmers and their families )in to his own personal retreat .
這座小島擁有兩個小瀉湖、令人眩目的白色沙灘。雜誌報導稱,吉布森打算將這個太平洋上的天堂(住著40個居民,大多數都是種椰子的農民和他們的家人)變為他私人遠離外界的清靜之地。
Gibson's spokesman could not be reached for comment.
吉布森的發言人沒有對此作出評論。
Vocabulary(詞彙)
splashout:花錢;揮霍
mogul:n.權勢人物,顯要人物
lagoon:n.瀉湖,礁湖