悲催的地標：里約基督像再遭閃電毀損

Lightning has broken a finger off the right hand of Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
里約熱內盧的耶穌基督雕像16日夜遭閃電打擊，右手大拇指尖被削掉。

Father Omar, rector of the shrine that holds the statue, told the Globo radio station that lightning frequently strikes the nearly 100-foot tall statue, a symbol of Rio that overlooks the Brazilian city from the peak of the Corcovado mountain.
耶穌神像所屬教區的奧馬爾牧師向巴西環球之聲透露，這座坐落在科爾科瓦山之巔的基督雕像高達100英尺，俯瞰城市的耶穌基督已經成爲里約熱內盧的城市標誌，而其卻經常成爲閃電擊打的對象。

Its right hand had been damaged sometime ago, but the finger finally broke off in a storm late Thursday.
之前基督雕像的右手就曾被閃電毀損過，但在上週四的一場暴風雨中，右手中指尖還是被削掉了。

“lightning does not strike the same spot twice. But with the Christ it does,” the priest said on Friday.
“閃電一般不會兩次擊中同一個地方，但對於這座基督雕像來說是個例外。”週五牧師受訪時稱。

A lightning rod and other equipment are in place “to protect the image,” but they do not always do the trick, he said.
牧師稱，避雷針和其他的設備都已到位來“保護雕塑的形象”，但它們不是總能發揮作用的。

Father Omar noted that people who work at the site are usually warned in advance by city officials about electrical storms so they can ensure the safety of the thousands of visitors at the site on top of Corcovado mountain.
奧馬爾神父還提到，通常會有提前的官方雷電預警通知神像所在風景區的工作人員，這樣在科爾科瓦山頂瞻仰基督塑像的千萬遊客的安全就得到了保障。

“I have already endured the situation of being at the Christ at a time of rain and a lot of lightning, and it is scary. But we have a plan to quickly take all visitors away from there,” the priest said.
“我在這裏已經經歷了好些壞天氣了，比如下大雨或者雷暴天氣。但我們有快速疏散遊客的緊急計劃。”牧師說道。

The statue is set to be refurbished next month, so this and other damage are set to be fixed.
該塑像計劃於下月進行整修，這樣新舊損傷也將於一併修復。