新春團拜李縣長勉團隊積極任

The Kinmen County Government held a Chinese New Year gathering yesterday. Magistrate Li Wo Shi expressed his gratefulness to members of each unit for demonstrating a firm commitment to their jobs during the New Year vacation. He requested that at the beginning of the year, all supervisors should reflect upon the past and look into the future with the goal of pushing the county government forward to keep up with the townspeople's expectations.
　 金門縣政府昨日舉行新春聯合團拜，縣長李沃士感謝相關單位人員春節假期堅守工作崗位辛勞。他要求，新的一年開始，各主管同仁應反省過去，集思未來，讓縣政不斷往前推進，更貼近、符合鄉親期待。


The gathering, hosted by Magistrate Li, began from 9 a.m. in the auditorium(1) yesterday. Chief Secretary Lu Zhi Hui , Li Qing Zheng, the chairman of Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor Inc., supervisory officials from Subordinate Agencies,(2) township mayors, chairpersons of all township councils, as well as presidents of each region's junior high and elementary schools attended this event. The atmosphere at the gathering was so fervent.(3)
　 縣府昨日上午九時起於大禮堂隆重舉行新春團拜，由縣長李沃士主持，主任秘書盧志輝、縣府各局室主管、金酒公司董事長李清正及府外各機關主官、鄉鎮長、鄉鎮民代表會主席，地區各中、小學校長等出席參加，會場氣氛熱絡。

Li Wo Shi clearly showed that as times change, the townspeople's expectations will always exceed the government's ability of implementation. He therefore strongly encouraged all supervisory officials to look ahead, administrate outside the box,(4) and keep the Government moving forward and executing good achievements during the "year of the tiger."
　 李沃士指出，隨著時代變化，鄉親的期盼往往超越縣府施政的速度，他要求每位主管要有往前思維，超越舊有框架，發揮老虎的活力讓縣政不斷往前推進，讓縣政做出好成績來。

■1.auditorium-(n)禮堂。
■2.Subordinate Agencies-(n)其他附屬單位。subordinate指下級的、隸屬的。
■3.fervent-(adj.)熱烈的、熱情的。
■4.outside the box-beyond conventional thought or practice，即所謂的「跳脫舊有思維或框架」。

事本文摘譯自《金門日報》2010年2月23日報導