The story in “We Do Not Part” revolves around the friendship between two women. One, Inseon, is a lapsed documentary film-maker. She moves to Jeju to look after her ageing mother, who survived the slaughter. The other, Kyungha, a writer in Seoul, suffers from migraines and haunting dreams after writing a book about “the massacre in G—”. (Ms Han has also long suffered from debilitating migraines.)
      在小說《我們不再分離》中，故事的核心圍繞著兩位女性之間深厚而復雜的友誼緩緩鋪陳。一個叫仁善。是一位錄片制作人，為了照顧年邁的母親（濟州島屠殺的幸存者）而遷居至此。另一個主角是京荷，是位身處首爾的作家，在她撰寫了關于“G—屠殺”的書籍后，飽受偏頭痛的折磨與困擾夢境的侵擾。（值得一提的是，韓江本人也長期深受嚴重偏頭痛之苦，這一細節或許為作品增添了幾分自傳色彩。）兩位女性的命運因這段歷史而交織，共同探索著記憶、創傷與和解的艱難旅程。
      Inseon summons Kyungha to a hospital where doctors are trying to reattach the tips of her fingers, which she sliced off while trying to bring one of Kyungha’s dreams to life on film. She asks Kyungha to travel to her village in the mountains of Jeju to feed her pet bird before it starves. Kyungha lands on the island in a blizzard. Her harrowing journey to the house becomes a surreal voyage through the island’s tragic past.
    在小說中，仁善因在拍攝試圖捕捉京荷夢境內容的電影時不慎割傷了自己，緊急情況下被送往醫院，醫生正努力為她接回被切斷的手指尖。在醫院的病床上，仁善向京荷提出了一個請求：希望她能前往濟州島山區自己的村莊，照顧那里的一只寵物鳥，以防它因無人照料而餓死。京荷接受了這一請求，在暴風雪肆虐的天氣中踏上了前往島嶼的旅程。隨著她一步步深入仁善的家鄉，這段原本看似簡單的任務逐漸演變成了一場深刻而超現實的探索。
    Following the end of the second world war and Japanese imperial rule, the Korean peninsula was cut in half. On April 3rd 1948 a group of leftist rebels on Jeju staged an uprising to protest against the division. That autumn Rhee Syng-man, the first leader of South Korea, unleashed a brutal crackdown; American advisers lent tacit approval, if not outright support, to what their own reports later described as “an indiscriminate reign of terror”. Hundreds of villages were burned down; as many as 30,000 residents were killed, some 10% of the island’s population at the time.
    隨著第二次世界大戰的落幕和日本帝國統治的終結，朝鮮半島不幸地被一分為二。1948年4月3日，濟州島上涌現出一股左翼反叛力量，他們毅然發起起義，堅決反對半島的分裂現狀。然而，就在那個蕭瑟的秋天，韓國的首任領導人李承晚采取了極端殘酷的鎮壓手段。盡管美國顧問并未公開表示支持，但他們后來在自己的報告中默認了那種被形容為“肆意施行的恐怖統治”。在這場鎮壓風暴中，數百座村莊化為了灰燼，無辜的島民遭受了滅頂之災，據估計，多達30,000人被殘忍殺害，這一數字相當于當時濟州島總人口的十分之一。
    Ms Han’s book and her Nobel prize are “catalysts” for renewed interest in the tragedy, says Chon Yeong-mi of the Jeju History and Culture Research Society. The peace memorial museum on Jeju now features a wall dedicated to Ms Han.
    濟州歷史文化研究會的全英美指出，韓江的書籍及榮獲的諾貝爾獎如同一劑“催化劑”，重新激發了公眾對濟州島上那段悲劇歷史的關注與討論。為了表彰韓江在這一領域所做出的杰出貢獻，濟州的和平紀念館內特別設立了一面紀念墻，專門致敬這位偉大的作家及其作品。

3外刊長難句昨日難句及標準答案
    From The Economist"As geopolitical tensions rise, nations are increasingly seeking to secure their energy supply chains, a complex task that involves diversifying sources, investing in renewable technologies, and navigating diplomatic relations with resource-rich countries."
    標準答案隨著地緣政治緊張局勢加劇，各國正日益尋求保障其能源供應鏈，這是一項復雜的任務，涉及多元化能源來源、投資可再生技術，以及應對與資源豐富國家的外交關系。生詞和習語注解：geopolitical tensions (n. phrase) — 地緣政治緊張局勢名詞短語，指不同國家之間由于政治、地理等原因產生的緊張關系。secure (v.) — 確保，保障動詞，表示為防止問題或危機而確保某個事物的安全或穩定。supply chains (n. phrase) — 供應鏈名詞短語，指從原材料獲取到最終產品分銷的整個過程或系統。diversifying (v.) — 多元化動詞，表示增加事物的多樣性，尤其指能源或資源來源的多樣化。 renewable technologies (n. phrase) — 可再生技術名詞短語，指那些利用自然資源（如太陽能、風能等）的可持續性技術。navigating (v.) — 應對，處理動詞，表示在復雜或困難的環境中找到解決方案或應對方式。diplomatic relations (n. phrase) — 外交關系名詞短語，指國家之間在政治、經濟等方面的正式關系。resource-rich (adj.) — 資源豐富的形容詞，表示一個國家擁有大量的自然資源，通常指石油、天然氣等能源資源。語法分析：As geopolitical tensions rise:As 引導時間狀語從句，表示隨著某種情況的變化。geopolitical tensions 是名詞短語，作主語，指地緣政治緊張局勢。rise 是動詞，表示局勢在加劇。nations are increasingly seeking to secure their energy supply chains:nations 是主語，指各國。are increasingly seeking to 表示正在日益尋求某事，是現在進行時。secure their energy supply chains 是動詞短語，表示保障能源供應鏈。a complex task that involves diversifying sources:a complex task 是名詞短語，指保障能源供應鏈是一項復雜的任務。that involves diversifying sources 是定語從句，修飾“complex task”，表示這項任務包含了能源來源的多元化。investing in renewable technologies, and navigating diplomatic relations with resource-rich countries:investing in 是動詞短語，表示投資于某些技術或領域。navigating diplomatic relations 是動詞短語，表示應對外交關系。with resource-rich countries 是介詞短語，表示與資源豐富的國家。今日外刊難句：From The Economist"In the face of mounting fiscal deficits, governments around the world are exploring a range of strategies, from increasing taxes to cutting public spending, in an attempt to maintain economic stability."