可以吃可以洗!英國發行新版5英鎊鈔票!

It can withstand a spin cycle in a washing machine filled with extremely hot water.

它能承受在裝滿熱水的洗衣機裏循環旋轉。

It can be eaten by mischievous toddlers or pet hamsters without causing lethal indigestion.

它被頑皮的學步孩童或寵物倉鼠吃下也不會出現致命的消化不良。

It can fend off wily criminals with tiny lettering visible only under a microscope.

它能抵禦狡猾的罪犯，因爲只有在顯微鏡下才能看到微小的印字。

Printed for more than a hundred years on cotton paper, the 5-Pound note now comes in polymer, a thin, flexible plastic film that makes it stronger, safer and more resistant to counterfeiters. The British central bank introduced the new bill last Tuesday.

在過去的一百多年裏，鈔票都是用綿紙印製的，現在的五英鎊鈔票是由一種薄柔性塑料膜聚合物印製而成的。英國中央銀行已於上週二發行這種新版鈔票。

The polymer notes, featuring the former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, went through rigorous testing.

這種聚合物鈔票上面印製了前首相溫斯頓·丘吉爾的頭像，並且經過了嚴格的檢驗。

To help fend off counterfeiters, the central bank added special new features.

爲了抵禦不法分子，中央銀行增加了特殊的新功能。

A silver foil patch at the bottom of Big Ben on the note has a hologram of the word "Five" that changes to the word "Pounds."

鈔票上大本鐘底部的銀箔片有着能夠由"Five"（五）字樣變成"Pounds"（英鎊）字樣的全息圖像。

Bank notes are important symbols of national identity. And the decision three years ago to replace the social reformer Elizabeth Fry with Churchill spurred some loud protests, since the queen would be left as the only female figure on British currency.

銀行鈔票是國家身份的重要象徵。三年前，用丘吉爾的頭像代替社會改革家伊麗莎白·福萊頭像的決定，引起了強烈的抗議，因爲女王是英國貨幣上的唯一女性人物。

The Bank of England has featured leading British luminaries on its notes for more than four decades, but a crucial criterion is being dead.

英格蘭銀行在鈔票上印製英國傑出人物頭像的歷史已經超過40年了，但是一項重要的標準是，他們必須是已故的傑出人物。