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Show Real Asia 亞洲真風貌

Gucci...$100! Nike sneakers...$300! DVDs of the movies that are currently in theaters ...$50!　These are the words that vendors across Asia scream, trying to entice people to buy their products. The only problem is that these things may look, feel, and smell real, but they aren't. They are counterfeit1 goods.
　　This month, National Geographic Channel tackles the big business of bogus items in Faking China. The market for high quality reproductions2 generates plenty of revenue for antique dealers3. Master forgers4 can even make a career out of duping museum curators5 and experts. Be sure and tune in to Faking China so you know when someone is faking it.
　　Gucci……100元！Nike運動鞋……300元！院線片DVD……50元！
這些都是亞洲各地的攤販在叫賣中，為了誘惑人們買東西所用的字眼。但問題是，這些商品看起來、感覺起來或是聞起來都幾可亂真，但其實不然。它們全是仿冒品。
　　本月份，國家地理頻道在《贗品王國》中，帶您直擊商機龐大的仿冒業。高檔贗品的市場為古董商家帶來源源不絕的收入。仿冒大師甚至能騙過博物館館長和專家，賺進大把鈔票。敬請鎖定《贗品王國》，您才能分辨出哪個是假貨。

單字:

1.entice + 人 + to + 原形動詞　　誘使某人去做……
The smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
咖啡的香味誘使人們進來店裡。

2.tackle　t. 應付；處理
You can tackle the problems you're facing.
你可以處理眼前這些問題。

3.bogus　a. 偽造的
This machine can identify bogus money.
這台機器能辨識偽鈔。

4.revenue　n. 收入來源；財源
The store's annual revenue was up this year.
這家店今年的盈收向上攀升。

5.dupe　vt. 欺騙；哄騙
If you trust everyone, you will get duped.
你如果什麼人都相信，你會受騙。

1. counterfeit　a. 仿造的；仿製的

2.reproduction n. 複製品

3.dealer　n. 商人；生意人

4.forger　n. 偽造者

5.curator　n.（博物館、圖書館等的）管理

Fighting the Fakes
　　On certain websites, movies can be downloaded for free. Researchers estimate 400,000 to 600,000 downloads are made every day. This statistic makes the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) very upset, so they are fighting back. The MPAA is researching methods to protect DVDs from being copied. They are also trying to find ways to make downloading movies so technologically difficult that it wouldn't be worth the hassle.

打擊仿冒
　　某些網站上可以免費下載電影。調查員估計每天的下載次數高達40到60萬。這個統計數字讓美國電影會（MPAA）十分不悅，所以現在他們決定要反擊。美國電影協會正在研究DVD防盜拷的方法。他們也試著尋求途徑，使下載電影在技術層面上更為困難，使得人們不願花時間一試。

小撇步:

1.counterfeit在句中為形容詞，表『仿冒的；假的』，可用下列的字表示。例：
Look carefully and you'll notice that the money is counterfeit.
=Look carefully and you'll notice that the money is bogus.
=Look carefully and you'll notice that the money is forged.
(仔細看，你會發現錢是假的。)

2.若要表『真的；正港的』，則可用以下兩個字。例：
The jacket is made from authentic leather.
=The jacket is made from genuine leather.
(這件外套是真皮製的。)

from 常春藤解析英語雜誌