夏日炎炎也是旅遊旺季(Peak Season for Tourism Industry)，嚮往飄著海風和椰子樹搖曳的南島風情，草裙舞與傳統敲擊樂(Percussion Music)應和翩然起舞，望著天海一線的藍天白雲，腳下有調皮的(Mischievous)海浪搔弄著(tickle)、嬉戲地告訴你：快投入大海的懷抱吧！那種清涼瞬間消暑不說還讓遊客擔心起無法在看到這種美好該怎辦呢？老師的小小抒情(melodramatic)幻想詩篇就先打住為主！其實大家往往提著行囊(luggage)、握著護照(passport)登記證(boarding pass)時，內心其實心裡內心非常激動，既期待又怕受傷害，但往往同學最擔心就是要「護照查驗Passport Check」的時候，不知道機場的官員會問什麼呢？大家常跟我說：「台灣的海關都很NICE，可是遇到歐美國家人員就會緊張到說不出話！」其實同學剛剛的談話犯了一個錯誤。其實我們走進出境大廳(Departure Lobby)後，看到的是海關(Customs)人員，因為他們最常辦理的業務內容是：Declaration(申報貨物)、課以關稅(Tariff)、退稅(Tax-Refund/Tax-Back)，內容可真是包羅萬象，甚至還要去檢查商港和各大船舶裝卸貨的港口，真是太厲害了(ADMIRABLE)！所以同學常看到的是『入出國及移民署官員』(簡稱移民官Immigration Officer)，而他們的重要職責就是查驗護照和出入國(境)旅客的身分和是否有違法情節，可以和司法警察單位可以有效率地防堵有心人士，進行假證件入台、從事與許可目的不符之活動或工作、虛偽而通謀之假結婚或是否有從事暴力或恐怖組織或其活動進行。雖然目前社會經濟一片繁榮、安和樂利，相關單位也不敢鬆懈為國門把關，足以讓國人豎起大拇指，給三千六百個讚(Likes)可能都不夠喔！另外老師也對不分晝夜都要維護海邊是否有偷渡人口或是從事不法人口販運、毒品走私相關情事的行政院海岸巡防署(Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan)除了需要相當好的觀察力與專業判斷能力，可以做出及時的登船偵查、追捕闖入法定海域的飛行器、船舶、或其他運輸工具和依法執行許多困難的任務(如：查驗非法船舶與相關人員，擁槍自重的犯罪集團)，如果沒有好的體能應變、處理工作中的潛在衝突和掌握先機，是非常難以保護國家海域和人民安全的！不論是上述的海關、移民署官員，以及海巡署人員，讓你我可以入出國順利平安，不用擔心其他可能影響安全的因素，真的很感謝這些執法人員，下次看到他們，可要記得用力地幫他們打打氣甚至大家可以考慮加入國家保護的一員，如果能參與這些UNSOUND HEROES(無名英雄)大家庭，真的是很令人景仰喔！
<國際話題學英文：美國最新國土安全檢討報告>
恐怖份子有特別的特徵嗎？一定是中東人士或電視上常看到的穆斯林信徒嗎？國家安全和國土安全是「沒有既定型態，但寧可錯看、不能漏看」，因為911恐怖攻擊事件衝擊全世界，包含台灣政府國安及相關高層，高度重視各種災害防救相關措施和應變組織運作，是否可以有效預防其發生可能。甚至和歐盟與西方社會建立跨國際聯繫和重要人員資料互享，可以採取先機，保護飛航船運或各項全球化下任何被滲透的犯罪行為。如果你專注宗教或種族的偏見來判斷現況，很有可能錯過許多能杜絕的危險和潛在的威脅！在國土安全歷年報告反映，在運送貨櫃中重達50噸的輪胎中，用利刃劃破後起出海洛因和各式毒品；發現身無分文的少女到了加拿大找工作；入境旅客走路很明顯不自然，竟然把大麻磚當鞋墊穿等等跡象都很需要專業和資深的調查人員去大膽假設、小心求證，防範於為然。幾年前撞死台灣孝子的英商林克穎事件，我想各位同學大概還很有印象。明明是印度籍深色皮膚的林克穎拿了白人朋友的證件，無論是年紀或是膚色完全與持照人大相逕庭，卻可以一路順利通關，從台灣出境警察、護照查驗台、機票收查地勤人員，甚至到了泰國轉機，英國入境等等，皆無人發現？想必中間的疏漏很值得相關單位的注意，並嚴令禁止這些不法之徒逍遙法外。接下來老師要介紹的就是美國國土安全部門所推出的2014國土安全檢討報告，內容由老師帶著大家看，並且用時事看國際發展的安全防衛趨勢！
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
In this report, we conclude that we will continue to adhere to(遵守)the five basic homeland security mission (內容請參照下方五點)set forth(提出) in the first Quadreenial Homeland Security Review report in 2010, but that these missions must be refined(重新定義) to reflect the evolving landscape不斷演變的新面象 of homeland security threats and hazards(危險). The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010(2010年漏油事情), Hurricane Sandy in 2012(2012桑迪颶風), and the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013(2013年波士頓馬拉松炸彈案) illustrate these evolving threats and hazards. We must constantly learn from them and adapt.
→從上方的訊息可以了解，美國今年開始的安全機制運作，不只是要加強軍事設備相關內容，也借鏡以往發生的重大歷史事件當做一個改革的基礎！以下是美國2010年國土安全部門檢討報告的核心五點內容：
(A)Prevent Terrorism and Enhance Security預防恐怖主義(攻擊)及加強維安
(B)Secure and Manage Our Borders 保衛及管理國土邊境
(C)Enforce and Administer Our Immigration Laws加強執行和統籌指導移民法規
(D)Safeguard and Secure Cyberspace 鞏固和保全網絡系統
(E)Strengthen National Preparedness and Resilience增加國家防備機制和應變能力
其實非傳統國土威脅中：網路攻擊和資料竊取為大宗。大家不要認為跟妳們一點關係都沒有。曾經用網路買了LINE貼圖或是網路交易嗎？沒錯，這也是網路駭客和恐怖攻擊，竊取你我的資料，然後擾亂各界交易資料。如果各位同學看過「竊資達人」，不少有心人士利用電話或是網路偷到個人資料，進行信用卡的偽造，甚至讓對方信用破產。在法律中，遇到不正常的帳戶交易資料，通常應立刻和該金融機構(如銀行郵局)進行第一時間連絡，並且到警察局進行報案相關記錄，不然在法庭上有了糾紛，是非常難以保護自己的權力和立場；甚至，近幾年許多人的存簿或ATM被扒竊，卻沒有第一時間去報警，即使餘額不多或只是眾多帳戶中一個，都會變成洗錢集團一份子，最後可不是受害者，而是幫助犯或間接共犯，大概會比屈原還悽慘，跳到哪都洗不清了。
The terrorist threat is increasingly decentralized and may be harder to detect. Cyber threats are growing and pose ever-greater concern to our critical infrastructure systems as they become increasingly interdependent. Natural hazards are becoming more costly to address, with increasingly variable consequences due in part to drivers such as climate change and interdependent and aging infrastructure.
恐怖分子的威脅目前偏向分散型態、甚至很難去一一偵測到來源。網際網路威脅與日俱增，甚至對國家重要建設系統產生極大的威脅，因為彼此互相流通、合作互通，瞬間讓威脅擴大更嚴重了。自然災害更是無法計價的頭痛問題，這一切部分要歸因於充滿許多變數的天氣變化和年久失修的建設系統。
Safeguard and Secure Cyberspace鞏固和保全網絡系統
We must, over the next four years, continue efforts to address the growing cyber threat, illustrated by the real, pervasive, and ongoing series of attacks on our public and private infrastructure. This infrastructure provides essential services such as energy(能源), telecommunications(通訊系統), water(水源), transportation(交通運輸), and financial services(金融設施) and is increasingly subject to sophisticated cyber intrusions(精密網路攻擊滲入) which pose new risks. As the Federal Government's coordinator(互相協調聯繫) of efforts to counter cyber threats and other hazard to critical infrastructure.
TRAVEL HAZARDS旅遊危機
However, the trade and travel system is also susceptible to(受到…影響) threats and hazards. When air and maritime travel (航空或海上旅遊)into and within the United States was halted(喊停) in the immediate aftermath of the attacks of Spetember11, 2001, the resulting disruptions (干擾)had tremendous(極大的) negative impacts on our economy. Short-term supply chain disruptions due to port strikes and natural disasters have also impacted flows of cargo(貨物流通). Cascading events, such as the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster(福島核災事件)and the temporary idling of auto plants in the United States, demonstrate(指出) the potential for significant(巨大影響的) disruption to the lawful trade and travel system. The increased movement of people and goods across our borders provides many opportunities but also provides more places for illegal goods(違禁品), unauthorized migrants(非法移民), and threats to hide, illicit materials, threats, and hazards may cross or between our ports of entry deliberately (蓄意地)or inadvertently(不經意地).
Transnational criminal organizations(跨國集團) reply on revenues(收入)generated through the sale of illegal drugs and counterfeit goods(偽造物品), human trafficking(人口販運), and smuggling(人蛇走私), and other criminal activities(犯罪活動). These organizations continue to expand in size, scope and influence and are capitalizing on(利用…來營利) technological innovation, including new plate-forms(平台) to sell illicit goods, innovative(創新的) ways of moving money, tools for coordinating operations(整合營運系統), and a variety of other criminal and cyber activities. Transnational criminal organizations are gaining strength(勢力增強) by taking advantage of the same innovations in management and supply chain(生產線) structures that are propelling(推進促進) multinational corporations.(多國企業化經營)
Nationals shall be banned from exiting the ROC if they:
1. Have been sentenced to punishments of imprisonment or greater after exhaustion of their appellate rights and have not served or have not completed the term of the sentence;
2. Have been wanted or have been restricted from exiting the ROC by the civilian or military juridical authorities;
3. Have been strongly suspected, on the basis of sufficient factual evidence, of endangering national security or social stability;
4. Have been strongly suspected of being involved in rebellion or treason and have been restricted from exiting the ROC at the request of the authorities concerned;
5. Have been strongly suspected to be involved in major economic crimes or major criminal cases and have been banned from exiting the country at the request of the authorities concerned;
6. Have yet to perform military service except for having been permitted to exit the ROC in accordance with law; or