■Emma Gonzalez是佛羅里達州高中槍擊案的倖存者，有份發起「不再重演」（Never Again）活動，要求槍械管制。 資料圖片【原文】下文摘錄自香港《文匯報》2018年4月21日報道：
美國《時代》（Time）周刊前日公佈本年度全球百大最具影響力人物（100 Most Influential People in the World），名單中的年輕人和女性比例大幅上升，入選百大人物多達45人是女性，更有45人年齡不足40歲，均是歷來最多。其中童星Millie Bobby Brown以14歲之齡，成為歷來入選《時代》百大的最年輕人物。《時代》周刊總編輯費爾森塔爾（Edward Felsenthal）形容，人們發揮影響力（influence）的方式正在改變，年齡和所在地點的重要性已減低。
女性當選數目 創下歷年紀錄
今年《時代》百大人物分為5個範疇（categories），分別是「先驅」（Pioneers）、「藝術家」（Artists）、「領袖」（Leaders），「象徵」（Icons）和「巨人」（Titans），並設有6個特別版封面，分別由影星妮歌潔曼（Nicole Kidman）、珍妮花洛庇絲（ Jennifer Lopez）、喜劇演員Tiffany Haddish、微軟總裁納德拉（Satya Nadella），網球天王費達拿（Roger Federer）和「#MeToo」運動發起人伯克（Tarana Burke）擔任封面人物。
史上最細「百大」僅14歲
Millie Bobby Brown兩年前開始參演美劇《怪奇物語》（Stranger Things），飾演角色「Eleven」，使她人氣急升（rise to fame），在社交網站Instagram獲1,600萬用戶追隨，她去年運用影響力，推動消除校園欺凌（bullying）。演員Aaron Paul為Millie Bobby Brown撰寫介紹，形容對方是出色（extraordinary）演員，儘管開始演戲時年僅12歲，但已展現非凡智慧，「她稚氣的臉龐下，藏着一名具有智慧的女性，她對人類行為了解之深，就像已活了千年般」。
5名槍擊案倖存青年齊入圍
其他入選者包括今年2月佛羅里達州（Florida）高中槍擊案的5名倖存者（survivor），他們其後發起「不要再來」（NeverAgain）運動，要求收緊槍械管制（gun control）。美國前總統奧巴馬（Barack Obama）撰文介紹，形容年輕人擁赤子之心，勇於反抗舊有成規（convention），讓他深受啟發。
日前獲得普立茲獎公共服務獎（Pulitzer Prize for Public Service）、揭發荷里活製片人溫斯坦（Harvey Weinstein）性醜聞的3名《紐約時報》（New York Times）和《紐約客》（New Yorker）記者亦入選。指控溫斯坦性侵（sexual assault）的艾絲莉茱迪（Ashley Judd）讚揚3人深入調查溫斯坦的往事，彰顯傳媒權力，最終引爆「#MeToo」運動。
政要方面，中國國家主席習近平（Xi Jinping）、美國總統特朗普（Donald Trump），法國總統馬克龍（Emmanuel Macron）和日本首相安倍晉三（Shinzo Abe）等均入選，92歲的英女王伊利沙伯二世（Queen Elizabeth II）則落選，入選的英王室成員變成哈里王子（Prince Harry）和準王妃梅根（Meghan Markle）。
Raising voices of young people and women
【譯文】The U.S. newsmagazine Time released its annual list of the"100 Most Influential People in the World"recently, featuring a rising proportion of young people and women - including 45 women and 45 people under 40 years-old. Among those on the list, the 14-year-old child actress Millie Bobby Brown has become the youngest person ever to get featured.
The editor-in-chief of Time, Edward Felsenthal, described that the way of having an influence is changing, and age and location are becoming less critical in the traditional power structures.
The top 100 characters this year are put into 5 categories, namely "Pioneers", "Artists", "Leaders", "Icons" and "Titans". The magazine has also set six special issue covers, highlighting the famous actresses of Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Tiffany Haddish, the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the tennis star Roger Federer and the"#MeToo"activist Tarana Burke.
Youngest ever person to be named
Millie Bobby Brown rose to fame by playing the role of"Eleven"in the American drama Stranger Things two years ago, and was then followed by over 16 million users on the social networking platform Instagram. Making use of her popularity, she devoted herself to eliminating bullying at schools last year.
The actor Aaron Paul wrote an appreciation of Brown for Time, describing her as an "extraordinary" actress who had shown great wisdom despite playing drama at only 12. He thought that"A wise woman was speaking from her cherubic face, and she had displayed in-depth understanding about human behavior as if she had lived for a thousands of years."
School shooting survivors on the list
Other candidates include the 5 survivors of the high school shooting happened in Florida in February this year. They later initiated the"NeverAgain"campaign requesting for tightening gun control measures.
The former U.S. President Barack Obama wrote a tribute in Time, saying that he was deeply moved and inspired by their innocence and courage to break away from conventions.
The 3 journalists of the New York Times and the New Yorker who shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for exposing the Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein's misconduct of sexual harassment are also on the list. Ashley Judd, the actress who accused Weinstein of sexual assault, spoke highly of the 3 reports for demonstrating the power of journalism with their detailed investigations, which subsequently brought about the"#MeToo"movement.
The political leaders appearing on the list include the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the U.S. President Donald Trump, the French President Emmanuel Macron and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Yet, the England's Queen Elizabeth II, who recently celebrated her 92nd birthday, was not on the list. The selected members of the British Royal Family turned out to be Prince Harry and the future princess consort Meghan Markle.■龐嘉儀
延伸問題
1.《時代》全球百大人物名單始創於哪一年？
2.除了年度評選，《時代》還發表什麼排行榜？
3.承上題，誰被評為20世紀風雲人物之首？
4.哪位著名華人影星曾上榜20世紀風雲人物？
5.時代百大人物排行榜中，上榜次數最多的人物是誰？
1.1999年
2.「20世紀百大人物」（"Time 100：The Most Important People of the Century"）
3.物理學家愛因斯坦（Albert Einstein）
4.李小龍（Bruce Lee）
5.美國名嘴奧花雲費（Oprah Winfrey）