新聞英文解析 國防部獎勵志願教召並首度開放女性教召
Starting this year, reservists in Taiwan can voluntarily register for additional training.Each reservist can register only once per year. Under a new register policy,reservists can nowregister for training on their own after finishing four initial training sessions.
從今年開始,台灣已開放「志願」教召。每年每人可登記一次。新國防政策規定役男退伍完成四次義務教召後,便能自行登記參加第五次教召。
*reservist:(n.)後備役軍人;預備役軍人
*voluntarily:(adv.)志願者
*register:(v.)登記;註冊
*initial:(adj.)開始的;最初的
*sessions:(n.)集會;一段時間
____________________
Starting with the fifth training session, except for anadditional daily stipend, each time a reservist goes for training will be given a NT$5,000 bonus as well.
參加第五次教召者除了每日津貼之外,每次參加教召可領取五千元獎金。
*stipend:(n.)津貼;薪餉;獎學金;養老金
*bonus:(n.)紅利;獎金
☆Year-end bonus 年終獎金
[例句]:He got a 14-months year-end bonus this year.
他今年拿到14個月的年終獎金。
____________________
Each year, a reservist can go for a single training session for five to 10 days, or a 14-day training session calculated as two sessions.
每年每名志願教召者可參加為期五到十天的教召,若報名參加十四天的訓練期間則以參加兩次校召計算。
*calculate:(v.)計算
☆count為「算」,所以數看看有多少(數目),用的是count,但是calculate
指的是有加減乘除的運算。例如,計算機是計算的工具,即為calculator。
____________________
Those going for 14 days of training are awarded NT$10,000 . That means a reservist will be totally given NT$24,700 for the two weeks of training.
凡參加十四天訓練者,能夠領取一萬元獎金。這表示民眾參加教召十四天再加上教召獎金,總共可領走兩萬四千七百元。
*award:(v.)給予獎勵;頒獎
____________________
Those with regular jobs are also permitted to request government-mandated paid leave from their employer for the two-week training session.
一般上班族還能夠請「帶薪」公假。
*permit:(v.)允許
☆permit這個字的過去式要重複字尾t再加上ed,寫成permitted
*request:(v.)要求
*government-mandated:(adj.)政府規定的
*paid leave:(n.)帶薪假
____________________
The defense ministry hopes the new policy will encourage more people to sign up, thereby better preparing the country's defenses for any contingency.
國防部期待此一新政能鼓勵更多民眾參加教召,以取得更佳的國防預備戰力。
*the defense ministry:(n.)國防部
*sign up:(v.)報名登記
*thereby:(adv.)因此;從而
*contingency:(n.)意外事故;偶發事件;可能性;應急措施
____________________
Those who finished mandatory conscription less than 12 years ago would be the main target of this training. Roughly estimated,400 to 500 men, and 200 women willregister annually in this period.
退伍未滿12年者為主要目標訓練對象。於此年限參加者粗略估開放男性400、500位左右,女生200多位。
*mandatory:(adj.)義務的;強制的;必須履行的;法定的
*conscription:(n.)徵召;兵役
*mandatory conscription:(n.)義務役
*estimate:(v.)評估
*annually:(adv.)一年一度地;每年地
____________________
"We will implement rolling amendments for the policy."Said byYu Wen-Cheng, theministry of National Defense.
國防部全動署處長俞文鎮表示,「將對此做滾動式修正」。
*implement:(v.)實施
*rolling:(adj.)滾動的
*amendment:(n.)修正
☆rolling amendment:滾動式修正是指政策先行實施,然後再一邊實施一邊檢討修正作法的意思。有鑒於以往公家機關在實行政策方面常常面臨難以修改的情況,滾動式的作法是保持靈活彈性的折衷作法。