2013-05-14
Source: http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/headline_news_detail_columnist.asp?id=237841§ion_name=wtt&kw=126
have to hand it to Police Commissioner Andy Tsang Wai-hung. He has a knack for making people laugh. Remember how he made people laugh last year when he talked about the police seeing a “black shadow”? He said the reason a plainclothes (not in uniform) policeman had stopped a TV cameraman from filming the arrest of a protestor was because the policeman saw a “black shadow” and did not know it was a cameraman. The excuse was so comical (amusing, funny) that I cracked up (slang expression for laughing a lot).
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hen you say you “have to hand it to someone”, it means that person deserves praise or admiration. For example, you can say:“I have to hand it to my friend. He is fat, ugly and bald but has many beautiful girlfriends.” When you have a knack for something, it means you are very good at doing something. Legislative Councillor Wong Yuk-man has a knack for scolding senior government officials. Last week, Andy Tsang Wai-hung again used his knack for making people laugh. He said something so comical that I cracked up. He said the police took nearly two years to arrest Melody Chan Yuk-fung for allegedly taking part in an illegal protest because they could not find her.
This excuse is hilarious (very funny). Chan Yuk-fung is not hiding from anyone. She is a trainee lawyer and a former journalist. She covered Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's visit to Beijing last year and returned on the same plane with him. If you believe the police force, which has over 30,000 people, could not find her for two years then you must also believe there really is a Santa Claus. Chan Yuk-fung was arrested last week in Central while on her way to a meeting of the Occupy Central movement, which was formed to fight for democracy. Tsang Wai-hung denied accusations that the police arrested her to discourage others from joining the movement. He said the police did not even know she had joined Occupy Central. If that is true, then our police force must be dim-witted (very stupid) since it is not a secret that she has joined the movement.
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我真心佩服（have to hand it to）警務處處長曾偉雄。他就是有本領（a knack for）引人發笑。還記得上年他談及警方見到「黑影」，是多麼惹笑？警方拘捕一名示威者時，有便衣（plainclothes）警察阻撓電視台攝影師拍攝，他解釋是因為那警員瞧見一個「黑影」，而不知道是攝影師。這個藉口滑稽（comical）得令我捧腹大笑（cracked up，狂笑的俗語說法）。
當你說you “have to hand it to someone”?，即是那人配受稱許或欽佩。例如你可以說：「我真服了（have to hand it to）我的朋友，他又肥又醜又禿頭，竟有眾多貌美如花的女友。」若你have a knack for something，即是說你很擅長做某事。立法會議員黃毓民就很有痛罵高官的本事（knack for）。上星期，曾偉雄又再度施展引人發笑的看家本領（knack for）。他說了些很可笑（comical）的話，令我當場爆笑（cracked up）。陳玉峰涉嫌參與非法示威，警方卻用了近兩年時間才逮捕她，他說是因為他們找不到她。
這個藉口實在太可笑（hilarious）了，陳玉峰並沒有躲起來，她是實習律師和前任記者。她上年報道特首梁振英到訪北京，更跟他搭同一班航機返港。要是你相信擁有超過三萬人的警隊，在這兩年也找不到她，那麼你也一定相信世上真有聖誕老人了。陳玉峰上星期在中環被拘捕，當時她正前往佔領中環運動的會議，這個運動是為爭取民主而組成。曾偉雄否定警方為了阻嚇他人參與運動的指控，直言警方甚至不知道她參與佔領中環。若果屬實，那麼我們的警隊也未免太愚笨（dim-witted）了，因為她參與這場運動，早已不是甚麼秘密。mickchug@gmail.com
中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧