2013-07-11
Source: http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/headline_news_detail_columnist.asp?id=245454§ion_name=wtt&kw=126
Many readers have e-mailed me to say they agree that officials at the Transport Department are morons (idiots, imbeciles). I said in my column last week that Transport Department officials are morons because they don't care about pedestrians. They only care about vehicles. Pedestrians have only a few seconds of green light at traffic lights to cross roads but the Transport Department imbeciles give vehicles several minutes of green light, which means pedestrians have to wait a long time to cross. Many readers have e-mailed me to vent their fury at the Transport Department. To vent your fury means to express your anger. Tens of thousands of people took part in the July 1 protest march to vent their fury at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
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have written many times about the morons at the Transport Department but my words have fallen on deaf ears. If what you say falls on deaf ears, it means people are ignoring what you say. One elderly reader, who needs a cane to walk, e-mailed to say he has to walk through three pedestrian traffic lights just to cross Nathan Road near Argyle Street. This means it takes him a long time to cross just one road because at each traffic light he has to wait a long time for the green light to cross. The word cane has many meanings but in this case it means a walking stick that disabled or elderly people need to help them walk.
I have often seen elderly people unable to finish crossing the road in time before the green light turns red. Some drivers will then honk at them. These drivers are worse than morons. The elderly reader who e-mailed me said the Transport Department morons care only about vehicles because they think that is their job. That is why it is called the Transport Department. I think Hong Kong should have a Pedestrians Department. Why should there be a department for vehicles and not one for pedestrians? It is not fair. I am thinking of filing a complaint with the Ombudsman about the morons at the Transport Department.
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許多讀者電郵給我，認同運輸署的官員是笨蛋（morons或imbeciles）。我上星期在專欄中說過，運輸署官員是白癡（morons），因他們毫不在乎行人，只關心車輛。行人在交通燈前只有數秒鐘的綠燈，運輸署的白癡（imbeciles）給予車輛好幾分鐘的綠燈，也就是說，行人得等很久時間才能過馬路。許多讀者電郵給我，發洩對運輸署的怨憤（vent their fury）。To vent their fury即是發洩怒氣。數以萬計的市民參與七一的示威遊行，宣洩對特首梁振英的憤怒（vent their fury）。
我曾經多次寫過關於運輸署的笨蛋們（morons），但我的說話似乎都是對牛彈琴（fallen on deaf ears）。若你說的說話falls on deaf ears，即是人們忽略你所說的。一位需要枴杖（cane）走路的年長讀者，發來電郵說他橫過亞皆老街與彌敦道交界時，要通過三道行人交通燈。亦即是說，他需要很長時間才能越過一條馬路，因為在每一個交通燈前，他都得漫長地等候綠燈過馬路。Cane有多個意思，這裏解作傷殘人士或長者借助走路的枴杖（walking stick）。
我常常見到長者未能在綠燈轉紅燈前及時橫過馬路，有些司機就會向他們響號，這些司機比白癡（morons）更差勁。那位傳電郵給我的年長讀者說，運輸署的笨蛋（morons）只關心車輛，因為他們只顧及自己的飯碗，是以這個部門叫作運輸署。我認為香港應該有個行人署。為甚麼政府有一個為汽車而設的部門，卻沒有為行人而設的部門？這太不公平了。我打算向申訴專員公署投訴這班運輸署的笨蛋（morons）。
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中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧