Starting in September, beverage shops are to be banned from serving drinks in single-use plastic cups to customers, the MOENV said on July 29, adding that it's also considering subsidizing the use of reusable cups at professional baseball games and other enclosed venues.

　　環境部七月二十九日表示，9月份將禁止飲料店提供一次性使用的塑膠杯飲料給顧客，並補充說明該部亦考慮為職業棒球比賽和其他封閉場地使用可重複使用的杯子提供補貼。

beverage：（n.）飲料
深度知識面學習：常見用於表示「飲料」的字有beverage 跟drink，其差異在beverage 是正式用詞，較常在菜單、書面上看到，所有可飲用的飲品都能統稱為 beverage；而drink是較口語的字眼，只要能被喝下去的液體都可以稱為 drink，因此水也包含在內。一般來說，soft drink 軟性飲料指不含酒精的飲料non-alcoholic beverage，而酒精飲料hard drink即alcoholic beverage。
the MOENV：（n.）環境部Minister of the Ministry of Environment的縮寫
subsidize：（v.）給予…津貼或補貼
enclosed：（a.）封閉的
venue：（n.）公共事件發生場所；舉行地點

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　　Beverage shops in 21 cities and counties have already stopped using single-use takeaway plastic cups since the implementation of “Parties Subject to and Means for Single-use Takeaway Beverage Cups Restrictions” on July 1, 2022, the ministry said in a statement. Ministry data indicates that the regulations have helped reduce the use of single-use beverage cups by 17% all over the country since then, replacing about 790 million disposable plastic cups with reusable cups or non-plastic alternatives.

　　該部聲稱自2022年7月1日起實施《一次用飲料杯限制使用對象及實施方式》以來，已有21個市縣的飲料店停止使用一次性外帶塑膠杯。據其數據顯示，自實施起，該法規已助減少全國17%一次性飲料杯的使用量，用可重複使用或非塑膠替代品取代了約7.9億個一次性塑膠杯。

takeaway：（a.）外賣的；外帶的
implementation：（n.）實施
indicate：（v.）暗示；顯示
disposable：（a.）一次性的；用完即丟的
alternative：（n.）可供替代的選擇

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　　In December 2022, Taipei became the first municipality in Taiwan to ban drinks shops from providing single-use plastic cups and outlying Kinmen is the last one to ban single-use plastic cups of Taiwan's 22 cities and counties. Starting Sep.1, no beverage shops in the country would provide single-use plastic cups. However, drink shops will still be able to offer single-use cups made of other materials, such as paper. Aside from banning single-use plastic cups, the rules also require shops to offer reusable cups for customers to borrow and mandate a rebate of at least NT$5 for customers who bring their own reusable cups. According to data from convenience stores and fast-food chain operators, 160 million drinks were sold using consumers’ cups last year. The percentage of customers who brought their cups was 2.8 times higher than before the rules were implemented. “This shows how government policy has changed consumer habits,” the ministry stated.

　　2022年12月，台北成為台灣第一個禁止飲品店提供一次性塑膠杯的直轄市，而外島金門縣是台灣 22 個縣市中最後一個禁止使用一次性塑膠杯的。自九月一日起全國飲料店將不再使用一次塑膠杯；然而，飲料店仍然可以提供由其他材料所（例如紙）製成的一次性杯子。除了禁止使用一次性塑膠杯外，該規定還要求商店提供可重複使用的杯子供顧客借用，並為自備可重複使用的杯子的顧客提供至少新台幣 5 元的折扣。該部指出，根據便利商店和速食連鎖店業者的數據，去年使用消費者杯子銷售的飲料有1.6億份。與法規實施前相比，自備杯子的顧客比例增加了 2.8 倍。該部表示，「這顯示了政府政策怎樣改變消費者的習慣」。

municipality：（n.）市政府
mandate：（v.）作出強制性的要求
rebate：（n.）折扣；貼現；尤指政府返還的「部分退款」
字詞用法深入說明：與「優惠」或「折扣」相關的常見用字有concession、sale、discount、off、deduction 和 rebate。其中，商品在一段時間內降價出售、促銷的sale（拍賣）跟discount（打折），以及off（折扣優惠）等字為大家所熟知，而文中的rebate是指因超額付款而退還的部分款項，常用於談論賬單和稅款類，尤其指政府返還的「部分退款」，像退稅，而concession指特定人群可以享受低於普通票的價格，比如老年人、學生買旅行票或活動門票時的優惠，通常不表示臨時的優惠。deduction則常指 扣除賬單中個別項目或事物的花費，也可以用來談論從服務或收入中扣除的金額。

　　The cup rental program unveiled last year by the MOENV targeting convenience stores and fast food chains allows people to borrow reusable cups from kiosks at participating locations. People can return the cup to any of them for cleaning when they are done using it within three days. According to ministry statistics, as of last year, 1,763 retail stores and restaurants from seven large convenience store chains and eight fast food chains nationwide participated in the program to provide, which accounted for 12 percent of all the retail sales venues they owned. Collectively, they provided about 198,000 reusable cups for customers to borrow in 2023.

　　環境部去年針對便利商店和快餐連鎖店推出的杯子租賃計劃，讓人們可以從參與地點的機台借用可重複使用的杯子。人們可以在三天內使用完杯子後將其返回任機台進行清潔。根據環保部統計，全國7家大型連鎖便利商店和8家快餐連鎖店共1763家零售店和餐廳參與該計劃，佔其擁有的全部零售場所的12％。2023年總共提供了約19.8萬個可重複使用的杯子供顧客借用。

unveil：（v.）揭幕
target：（v.）將目標放在….
kiosk：（n.）自助服務機器
kiosk原指涼亭、後做售糖果、飲料、報紙等的小亭或公共電話亭，現今則多指自動化的電子自助服務機器，比如超商的ibon或Famiport等，百貨公司或者是展館的多媒體互動機台也是kiosk的一種。
collectively：（adv.）全體地；共同地

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　　Besides continuing to promote its existing reusable cup rental program, the MOENV said that with the purpose to further reduce the use of single-use plastic cups, it is considering subsidizing reusable cups at professional baseball games and other enclosed venues. The purpose is to give those who have not yet experienced using reusable cups the opportunity to access the service hoping they would consider using them again. According to the ministry, the subsidies range from NT$300,000 (US$9,129) to NT$3 million per operator, depending on the number of participating locations.

　　除了繼續推廣現有的可重複使用杯子租借計劃外，環境部表示為了更進一步減少一次性塑膠杯的使用，正考慮提供職業棒球比賽和其他封閉式場所補助。目的是讓那些沒有體驗過使用可重複使用杯子的人有機會獲得這項服務，希望他們會考慮再次使用他們。據該部稱，補貼範圍為每個運營商 30 萬新台幣（9,129 美元）至 300 萬新台幣，具體取決於參與地點的數量。

access：（v.）途徑；接近某人或某事的機會或方法
subsidy：（n.）補助金；津貼
participate：（v.）參與