一週大事 07/12～07/18

●Kinmen's Taiwan Aboriginal Association Established
●台灣原民金門協進會成立
The Kinmen's Taiwan Aboriginal (1) Association, which was established on July 17th, celebrated its establishment with a performance of traditional indigenous (2) dancing and singing presented in Kinmen by the Na Lu Wan Opera Company led by Zhong, Xing Hua (鍾興華), the Director-General of Cultural Park Administration, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan. (3) Special guests such as Secretary-General of the Provincial Government Zeng, Hua De (曾華德), County Magistrate Li, Wo-Shi, and Speaker of the County Council Wang, Zai Sheng met with over four hundred indigenous fellow Kinmenese at the gala (4) event that was filled with dancing and singing. Kinmen's Taiwan Aboriginal Association also elected Zhang, Chao-Zhi (章朝枝) as the first Director-General of the association.
金門縣台灣原住民協進會17日成立，行政院原民會文化園區管理局局長鍾興華，率「娜麓灣樂舞劇團」抵金表演原住民傳統歌舞。省府秘書長曾華德、縣長李沃士伉儷、議長王再生等貴賓，與在金生活的四百多位原住民朋友以歌舞相聚，現場「熱」到不行！協進會並選舉章朝枝擔任首屆理事長。

●Association of Kinmen Fellows In Taiwan Established With Huang, Bing-Zhong in Charge
●中華金門旅台協進會成立 黃炳中掌舵
Association of Kinmen Fellows in Taiwan, ROC, the 15th Kinmen Fellow Association, was established on July 17th with Huang, Bing-Zhong (黃炳中) elected as the first Director-General. Huang is the Director of the General Affairs Department, Legislative Yuan. Huang has committed himself to (5) the interest of the Kinmenese in Taiwan, aiding the facilitation (6) of their cooperation and the cohesion (7) of their solidarity (8).
金門縣旅台鄉親的第15個同鄉會「中華金門旅台公共事務協進會」17日正式成立，並選出立法院總務處處長黃炳中為首任理事長。他矢志服務金門旅台同鄉，促進互助、凝聚力量。

●Ming Chuan University-Kinmen Campus Officially Initiated Construction
●銘傳大學金門校區正式開工
Ming Chuan University (MCU)-Kinmen Campus started its construction on July 16th with completion scheduled within one year. Future admissions will focus on Mainland, overseas Chinese, and international students. Chen, De-Zhao (陳德昭), the Director of the Administration Office of MCU- Kinmen Campus, and Secretary-General Fan, Zhong-Yuan (樊中原) hosted the groundbreaking (9) ceremony. Fan stated that MCU has finally managed to start construction of its Kinmen-campus after years of facilitation. In the near-future, the campus may take advantage of the enacted (10) three "Acts" allowing mainland students to study in Taiwan and admitting 300 students as the first students on the Kinmen campus. A majority of the admitted students could major in tourism and business administration at the beginning stage of development of the new campus. It is anticipated that after the first five years, enrollment could possibly reach six thousand.
銘傳大學金門校區的建校於16日正式開工，預定一年後完工；未來招生對象將會以陸生、僑生、國際生為主。銘傳大學金門校區行政處處長陳德昭、秘書長樊中原等人特別到金門校區主持動土典禮。樊中原表示，銘傳在金門建校已經推動了十幾年，這次終於正式動工了，未來配合「陸生三法」的通過，一年後，可望招收第一批金門校區學生三百名，初期以觀光及管理學院為主；五年後的規模預期可達學生六千人。

●Kinmen Bridge Design Opened To Selection By Kinmenese
●金門大橋造型開放鄉親票選
The Kinmen Government purposely revealed five options of the possible design of the Kinmen Bridge to the public. The government held a ballot (11) from July 20th to July 26th to determine the design that Kinmen fellows preferred. Those who sent postcards to participate in the ballot will have the opportunity to win in the lucky draw (12).
　 金門縣政府為廣徵鄉親對金門大橋造型之意向，特別公布五種橋樑造型，並自7月20日至7月26日止，舉辦票選活動，凡以寄送明信片參與票選的鄉親，還可參加公開抽獎活動。

●Kinmen's Annual Rise Of Land Price Ranked The Fastest-growing Countrywide
●全國都市地價金門漲幅居冠
Ministry of the Interior, Executive Yuan, announced the newest investigation results on the urban land price index on July 14th. According to the investigation, the 6.6% increase of Kinmen County's land price index is ranked the highest among Taiwan counties. The county government explained that the rapid rise in land price could be attributed to (13) the central government's continued release of benefits which highly promote the real estate market in Kinmen. Land price in the commercial district is largely affected by the influx (14) of mainland tourists. The increased presence of Mainlanders has influenced the demand of the shophouse (15) which has in turn increased rent and land prices significantly to a premium (16) amount.
　 行政院內政部14日公布最新一期都市地價調查結果，金門縣地價指數漲幅最高，達到百分之六點六一。金門縣政府表示，地價上漲主要是因中央政府不斷釋出利多，帶動金門房地產市場；商業區土地受陸客帶動，店屋需求量增加，租金隨之上漲，致地價上升。

●Kinmen Wins Two Gold Medals in the International Ironman Three-Category Championship Contest
●國際鐵人三項金門隊拿下兩面金牌
The 2010 Taoyuan International Ironman Three-Category Championship Contest was held in Taoyuan's Shimen Reservoir (17). The contest attracted 3,500 participants with the team from Kinmen sending three groups of relay teams. The three groups from Kinmen won the gold medals in the male category and the mixed category, and 6th place in the group category, with a brilliant overall performance.
「2010桃園國際鐵人三項錦標賽」日前在桃園石門水庫舉行，共吸引三千五百名鐵人報名，金門縣代表隊共派出三組接力隊，分別拿下男子組、混合組金牌，以及團體組的第六名，成績亮眼。

【註解】
●1. aboriginal-(adj.)原住民的；原始的。
●2. indigenous-(adj.)本地的、原住民的；內在、固有的。
●3. 首句句型較長、較複雜，說明如下。本句的主要子句是The Kinmen's Taiwan Aboriginal Association ……… celebrated its establishment with a performance of traditional indigenous dancing and singing。指金門縣台灣原住民協進會以歌舞慶祝其成立。娜麓灣歌舞劇團，則是歌舞的表演者，又由鍾興華局長率領，因此接在主要子句後面，逐一加以補充、說明。
●4. gala-(adj.)節日的；歡慶的。
●5. commit oneself to-承諾、保證～（做到某事、達成目標）。
●6. facilitation-(n)促進。
●7. cohesion-(n)結合、凝聚。
●8. solidarity-(n)團結；團結一致。
●9. groundbreaking-(n)動土或破土典禮。
●10. enact-(vt.)制訂、頒佈（法律）。
●11. ballot-(n)投票。亦可指選票、總投票數、候選人名單等。
●12. lucky draw-即抽獎活動。
●13. be attributed to-可歸因於～、歸咎於～。
●14. influx-(n)湧進、匯集。the influx of mainland tourists就是指「蜂擁而至的陸客」。
●15. shophouse-(n)店屋。根據維基百科的說明，店屋是東南亞地區常見、住商混合的建築形式，一樓店面，二樓以上是住宅。
●16. premium-(adj.)高價的。
●17. reservoir-(n)水庫。蓄水池。倉庫。