Nunatsiaq News 每周新闻测验

让我们通过回答这五个问题来看看您过去一周是否关注时事。您将在下面找到答案。

Welcome back to the weekly news quiz!

欢迎回到每周新闻测验！

Let’s see if you’ve been paying attention to current events this past week by answering these five questions. You’ll find the answers below.

让我们通过回答这五个问题来看看您过去一周是否关注时事。您将在下面找到答案。

1. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Government of Nunavut have had their horns locked in a legal battle for more than three years, and now one side has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to settle the dispute. What’s the issue they’re fighting over?

1. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.和Nunavut政府的法律纠纷已经持续了三年多，现在一方已请求加拿大最高法院解决争端。他们争论的问题是什么？

A. Financial support for people who have to leave the territory for medical care.

A. 为因医疗原因必须出境的人提供财政支持。

B. Inuktut education in Nunavut schools.

B. 努纳武特地区学校的因纽特人教育。

C. Financial assistance for Inuit students who leave Nunavut for college or university education.

C. 为离开努纳武特地区接受学院或大学教育的因纽特人学生提供经济援助。

2. The hamlet of Kimmirut went through tough times recently. How come?

2. Kimmirut 小村庄最近经历了一段艰难时期。怎么会？

A. The entire community was without electricity for about four days.

答：整个社区已经停电大约四天了。

B. Halloween had to be cancelled due to extreme weather.

B. 由于极端天气，万圣节不得不取消。

C. The local health centre was overcome by residents stricken with extreme anxiety over the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

C. 当地卫生中心的居民对美国总统选举的结果感到极度焦虑。

3. Speaking of elections, P.J. Akeeagok’s role as premier was challenged in the legislative assembly Wednesday when an MLA put forward a motion to remove him as head of the government. Who was that MLA?

3. 说到选举，PJ Akeagok 的总理角色在周三的立法会议上受到挑战，一名省议员提出了一项动议，要求解除他的政府首脑职务。那个省议员是谁？

A. Joe Savikataaq, of Arviat South.

来自 Arviat South 的 A. Joe Savikataaq。

B. Solomon Malliki, of Aivilik.

B. Solomon Malliki，来自 Aivilik。

C. Adam Arreak Lightstone, of Iqaluit-Manirajak.

C. Adam Arreak Lightstone，来自伊魁特-马尼拉雅克。

4. A new $2 coin unveiled by the Royal Canadian Mint on Tuesday honours Inuit Nunangat. It’s the third time Canada’s Arctic and the Inuit community were honoured this way. Which of these three events was not marked by the issuing of a commemorative coin?

4. 加拿大皇家造币厂周二推出了一枚新的 2 美元硬币，以纪念因纽特人努南加特 (Inuit Nunangat)。这是加拿大北极地区和因纽特人社区第三次获此殊荣。这三个事件中哪一个没有发行纪念币？

A. The founding of Nunavut, in 1999.

A. 努勒维特地区成立，1999 年。

B. National Indigenous Peoples Day, in 2023.

B. 2023 年全国土著人民日。

C. The appointment of Mary Simon as Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, in 2021.

C. 2021 年任命玛丽·西蒙为加拿大首位原住民总督。

5. Kenn Harper, the historian and author well known to Nunatsiaq News readers for his Taissumani column, focuses on which fascinating historical figure in his latest book?

5. 历史学家兼作家肯·哈珀 (Kenn Harper) 因其《Taissumani》专栏而为《Nunatsiaq News》读者所熟知，他在最新著作中重点介绍了哪位迷人的历史人物？

A. Knud Rasmussen, the Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer.

A. Knud Rasmussen，格陵兰-丹麦极地探险家。

B. Olaudah Equiano, the first Black man to cross the Arctic Circle.

B. Olaudah Equiano，第一个穿越北极圈的黑人。

C. Olaf Krarer, the little person who was non-Inuk yet billed herself as “The Little Esquimaux Lady” and travelled the U.S. on the lecture circuit in the 1800s.

C. Olaf Krarer，这个小个子非因纽特人，但自称为“小爱斯基摩女士”，并于 1800 年代在美国巡回演讲。

A cabinet card of Olof Krarer dressed in “Esquimaux” costume. (Image from the Kenn Harper Collection)

身着“爱斯基摩”服装的奥洛夫·克拉雷尔 (Olof Krarer) 的内阁名片。 （图片来自肯·哈珀收藏）

ANSWERS

答案

1: The correct answer is B. The two sides have been fighting for years over the amount of Inuit-language education provided in schools.

1：正确答案是B。多年来，双方就学校提供的因纽特语言教育数量问题争论不休。

2: A — Following a generator breakdown, all of Kimmirut had no power, forcing the GN to declare a state of emergency and Qulliq Energy Corp. to send in extra workers to make repairs.

2：A — 发电机故障后，金米鲁特全境断电，迫使 GN 宣布进入紧急状态，并要求 Qulliq Energy Corp. 派出额外的工人进行维修。

3: B — Solomon Malliki was the MLA whose motion prompted the debate in the legislative assembly over P.J. Akeeagok’s future as Nunavut premier.

3：B — 所罗门·马利基 (Solomon Malliki) 是省议员，他的动议引发了立法议会关于 PJ 阿基亚戈克 (PJ Akeeagok) 作为努纳武特地区总理的未来的辩论。

4: C — No coin was issued when Mary Simon was appointed governor general.

4：C——玛丽·西蒙被任命为总督时没有发行硬币。

5: A — Harper’s new book is titled Give Me Winter, Give Me Dogs: Knud Rasmussen and the Fifth Thule Expedition.

5：A — 哈珀的新书名为《给我冬天，给我狗：克努德·拉斯穆森和第五次图勒探险》。