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《中英對照讀新聞》Sisters hope buyer won’t flake out on sale of cereal shaped like Illinois姊妹花希望買家不會被待價而沽、形狀酷似伊利諾州的穀片嚇到

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Sounds a little flaky, but someone has offered more than $20 on eBay for a piece of breakfast cereal that is touted as a lookalike to the state of Illinois.

聽起來有點古怪，但有人在eBay上出價超過20美元，只為了買一片號稱看起來很像伊利諾州地圖形狀的早餐穀片。

Two sisters listed "The Great Illinois Corn Flake" on the online auction site, promising it has undergone no alterations.

這對姊妹在這個拍賣網站上列出「大伊利諾玉米片」，保證（該玉米片）沒有經過修飾改造。

Emily McIntire, a 15-year-old sophomore in high school from Chesapeake, Virginia, said she was grabbing fistfuls of cereal on her way to class when she found the flake.

維吉尼亞州乞沙比克15歲的高二生艾蜜莉．麥金泰說，她是在上學途中抓了一把玉米穀片時，發現這枚（酷似伊利諾州的）穀片。

"It was almost to my mouth, it didn’t look like Illinois at first because it was held the wrong way," said McIntire, but then she noticed the resemblance and said, "Oh my goodness, it’s Illinois." Her 23-year-old sister, Melissa, said their parents suggested selling it for fun.

「它差點就被我塞進嘴裡，起初它看來並不像伊利諾，因為拿的方向不對，」麥金泰說，但她察覺相似處後說，「我的天啊，是伊利諾。」她23歲的姊姊梅麗莎說，她們的父母基於好玩建議將它出售。

The McIntire sisters say they’ve decided to use the proceeds from the eBay sale to buy more boxes of Frosted Flakes.

麥金泰姊妹說，她們已決定利用這筆eBay網拍收入來買更多盒的糖霜穀片。

新聞辭典

flake out：俚語，睡著或疲累昏倒；行為怪異古怪。

flaky︰形容詞，小薄片的；像小薄片的；古怪的（俚語）。

proceeds：名詞，收入，收益。請比較proceed，動詞，繼續；著手；進行。例句：All visitors please proceed to the Exhibition Hall 3.（所有參觀者，請前往3號展覽廳。）

來源：自由時報

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