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• Making sure that you don't get sunburnt; sunburn can double the risk of developing skin cancer.
• Trying to avoid being out in direct sunlight at the hottest times of the day - between 11am and 3pm.
• Covering up with a shirt, hat and sunglasses.
• Using a sunscreen of factor 15 or above.

Keeping cool

• Avoid the ill effects of dehydration and overheating during long periods of hot weather.
• Avoid excessive physical activity during the hottest part of the day.
• Keep rooms cool by using shades or pale-coloured curtains to block out the sun.
• Keep windows closed when the rooms are cooler than outside. Open them once the temperature outside drops.
• Have cool baths and showers - splash yourself with cool water.
• Drink water and fruit juices  (but avoid alcohol, tea and coffee).
• Wear loose, cool clothing and a hat if you go outdoors.

 

When cooking meat on a barbecue, make sure: -

• The coals are glowing red with a powdery grey surface before you start cooking. This means that they're hot enough.
• Frozen meat ins properly thawed before you cook it.
• The meat is turned regularly and moved around the barbecue to cook it evenly.

Remember that meat is safe to eat only when:-

• It is piping hot in the centre.
• There is no pink meat visible.
• The juices are clear.

 

這是我在網路空間裡永遠找不到的.

 

作者Paul Torday (介紹)就已經在書中寫明: Yemen was not made for salmon. 葉門(也門)不是一個合適三文魚成長(金槍魚)的國家.

 

但是, Sheikh Muhammad (默漢穆德酋長)卻希望能在自己的國家 Yemen (也門)看到三文魚在河流內繁殖,使垂釣三文魚成為一種新興的時尚體育活動.這個計畫聽起來可笑之極,酋長卻由始至終地信奉它的可行性.除了遭遇到本國同族的反對異議外,Dr. Alfred 博士一開始也不贊同.以他的立場角度持反對意見,似乎更有說服性.因為他是英國科學海洋研究院的院士,以普通大眾的角度來說,這是常識.怎麼可能在沙漠中開闢一條長年低溫的河流 作為繁殖三文魚的溫床呢?

 

這項計畫最後終於成行了,英國總理甚至到了也門,為千里迢迢飛到沙漠中的三文魚做了"開門"儀式.結果卻出乎意料之外......

整本書的風格和普通小說不一樣.是以電子信件,日記,書信,和報告的方式敘述的.第一人稱的口吻比較多,也比較口語化.詞藻平淡,像白開水, 有點流水帳的味道.

這本書的主題是: to believe in the belief. 相信你所堅信的.

這裡指的不是宗教信仰,而似乎是一種力量,一種堅信著某件事情會發生的力量.就像酋長堅信三文魚會在也門的人造河流中 承受著炎炎酷日與沙漠的乾旱存活下來.這種堅信的力量改變了Dr. Alfred 博士的觀念.事情真的發生了,三文魚真的在也門的沙漠人造河流中活了下來.只是總理與酋長的意外消失,讓這個即將實現的垂釣三文魚計畫擱置,最後不了了之.看來還是有某些外在的因素.左右了整件事情的結果.

....that there's more to life than facts and figures. Sometimes belief, combined with some good science of course, just might be enough....

其實看完這本書,我還沒領悟出belief指的是甚麼,太廣泛虛幻的概念 ---- 我抓不住.但在某剎那,我似乎又看到甚麼,感悟出甚麼了.最近的我,腦子裡一團混亂,真有點心有餘而力不足的感覺.

 

分享一些notes:

We believe that faith is the cure that heals all troubles. Without faith there's no hope and no love. Faith comes before hope, and before love.

The word he had used was faith, but what he meant was belief.

In this country (Yemen), faith is absolute and universal. The choice, if there is a choice, is made at birth. Everyone believes. For these people, God is a near neighbour.

 

 

 

What's your belief?

 

 

 

 

All photos by courtesy of Japanese Landscape

 

1. Butter 黃油: 動物性油脂會導致高膽固醇; 替代品:植物性黃油 (雖然動物性油脂很香,做蛋炒飯風味尤佳)

 

2. Red Meat 紅色的肉: 紅肉在身體內會轉換成"壞"的膽固醇,專家建議只能食用一定的"量",並且要去除油脂部分.