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新聞英文解析 桃園一銀行員涉貪629萬
An employee at a Taiwan First Bank branch in Taoyuan's Bade District is under investigation for allegedly embezzling NT$6.29 million (US$194,574) in cash, the bank and local police said. 台灣第一銀行桃園八德區分行及當地警方稱該行一名員工因涉嫌挪用新台幣629萬元(194,574美元)現金而受到調查。 allegedly:(adv.)涉嫌地 embezzle:(v.)貪汙;侵吞;盜用;挪用錢款 ────────────────── A person with knowledge of the matter who wished to remain anonymous said that bank employees noticed that each bundle of cash was missing NT$2,000 to NT$3,000 while conducting an inventory on the cash in its vault on Friday. An audit had been requested after discovering a shortage of cash in reserves of Danan ranch, said Taiwan First Bank in a statement issued Saturday. 一位不願透露姓名的知情人士稱,銀行工作人員在週五清點金庫現金時發現每捆現金短少新台幣2,000元至3,000元。台灣第一銀行在周六發布的聲明中表示,其大南分行在發現其儲備現金短缺後已要求進行查帳。 anonymous:(a.)匿名的 bundle:(n.)捆;束 conduct:(v.)執行;實施 常見於表示「執行」的單字有 do、perform、conduct以及execute,do是最普通用於表示具體完成某個工作或任務的單字,也用於完成某個動作。perform用於表示完成困難度較大且複雜的任務,是較為正式的字。conduct與perform相似,也是正式的用字,差別在於perform含有領導、指導或監督的意思在內。conduct強調組織和管理,而execute則強調正式和有權威的執行。 inventory:(n.)盤點 vault:(n.)銀行的金庫;保險庫 audit:(n.)查帳;審計 reserve:(n.)儲藏量 ────────────────── A bank teller supervisor surnamed Lee at the branch has reportedly admitted to taking a few NT$1,000 bills from the bundles each time he conducted an inventory, accumulating NT$6.291 million in illicit gains. 據報導,分行一名李姓行員主管承認每次清點時,都會從捆紮中取出數張千元大鈔,累計違法所得629.1萬元。 teller:(n.)銀行出納員 supervisor:(n.)管理者;督導 a few:為數不多的;有一些 此篇新聞中的bill「紙鈔」是可數名詞,所以,一、兩張紙鈔,就是a few bills。英文中表示「一點點」的用法有:few、a few、little及a little,前兩者用來形容可數名詞,而後面兩個,則用於形容不可數名詞。另外這四者最大的差別在於,a few 和a little皆表示雖然少,但是還有「一些」,與some 相似,帶有肯定語氣。而few 和 little 皆表示「很少」,帶有否定語氣。比如說,我們想要表示,雖然少,但「他還有些朋友」用的是He has a few friends. 如果說想要表示,「他的朋友為數不多,寥寥無幾」。那就是He has few friends. accumulate:(v.)累積 illicit:(a.)非法的;違禁的;社會不容的 illicit和illegal 或 unlawful 很大程度上是一樣的,都表示「違法」,但是illicit這個字也用於表示沒那麼嚴重的違法行為或者是僅為違反道德的行為。比如說,What is considered illicit today is commonplace tomorrow.「今天我們認為是違法的,明天可能就司空見慣了」。在這個句子中的「違法」就只能用illicit,而不能用illegal,因為illegal單純就是指違反法律本身。 gain:(n.)獲利;尤指經過一段時間逐漸取得的收益 ────────────────── Saturday, Liang Chung-ming, deputy chief of the Taoyuan Police Department's Bade Precinct said his precinct opened an investigation after the bank branch reported the alleged financial crime on Friday(Oct. 4). Police have summoned the suspect Lee for questioning, and once all the missing funds are located, he would be turned over to prosecutors to be investigated on suspicion of embezzlement, Liang said. 桃園市警察局八德分局副局長梁仲銘週六表示,週五(10月4日)銀行分行通報涉嫌金融犯罪後,該分局已展開調查。梁說,警方已傳喚李姓犯罪嫌疑人進行訊問,一旦找到所有失蹤資金,犯罪嫌疑人將以涉嫌挪用公款罪移送檢察機關審查。 deputy:(n.) 代理人;副手 precinct:(n.) 管轄區;尤指警區 summon:(v.) 法院的傳喚 suspect:(n.) 嫌疑犯 fund:(n.) 資金 locate:(v.) 確定…的位置;發現…的位置 suspicion:(n.) 懷疑;猜疑 embezzlement:(n.) 貪污;盜用公款 ────────────────── The interests of its customer would not be affected by the theft, added Taiwan First Bank. It is looking at ways to tighten its internal procedures to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future. 台灣第一銀行補充道,其客戶的利益不會因盜竊事件而受到影響,並且該行正在研究如何加強內部程序,以確保此類事件不再發生。 interest:(n.)利益 internal:(a.)內部的 internal的反義字為的同義字為inside,反義字為external(外部的)或outside procedure:(n.)程序 表示「發生」的英文字有 happen 、occur 以及take place,這三者都沒有被動語態。基本上 happen 常指偶發事件,發生的事情對人事物會產生影響。occur是比較正式的字,而take place一般指「非」偶然事件的發生,通常是預先安排好、計劃過的事情。
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新聞英文解析 颱風屏東大火9人身亡
Another individual has been confirmed dead following a fire at An tai Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital in Pingtung County as the island was being battered by Typhoon Krathon, bringing the death toll to nine, eight patients and one employee. According to authority, a total of 324 patients who were staying in Block D of the hospital where the fire happened were rescued and 113 among them were transferred to other hospitals. 山陀兒颱風侵台期間,屏東縣安泰醫院大火又增一名死者,累計死亡人數達九人,包括一名員工及八名病人。據當局表示起火醫院D棟住院的324名患者已獲救,其中113名轉移至其他醫院。 batter:(v.)連續猛擊;搗毀 evacuate:(v.)撤退 ────────────────── Reportedly the blaze started in an electricity distribution room on the second floor after an air compressor caught fire while the cause is still unknown. The firefighters, police and other emergency response units arrived at about 7:40 a.m. to assist medical personnel to evacuate wheelchair-bound and bedridden patients from the hospital complex, with the rain and strong winds brought by Typhoon Krathon which just made landfall in nearby Kaohsiung, adding to the difficulty of the operation. The blaze was extinguished around 1:08 p.m. with the help by the soldiers from a nearby military base. 起火原因尚未查明,據報導起火點是二樓配電室的一台空氣壓縮機起火。警消和其他緊急應變單位於上午7時40分左右趕到,協助醫護人員從醫院大樓內疏散坐輪椅和臥床不起的病人,而山陀兒颱風登陸鄰近高雄帶來的降雨和強風增加了行動的難度。下午1點08分左右,在附近軍事基地士兵的協助下撲滅火勢。 compressor:(n.)壓縮機 complex:(n.)由許多相關的不同部分所組成構造複雜的建築群;綜合大樓 landfall:(n.)登陸;著陸 extinguish:(v.)撲滅 ────────────────── Pingtung County Government later announcing eight had died and two were still missing. At around 2 p.m., one of the missing staff member, identified by his last name Wang, had fallen into cardiac arrest when firefighters pulled him from staircase between the first and second-floor in the hospital building, later pronounced dead after efforts to resuscitate him failed, authorities said, adding that the other missing one, a patient, had escaped the blaze and returned home on his own. 屏東縣政府後來宣布八人死亡,兩人仍失蹤。下午2點左右,王姓員工被消防隊員從醫院大樓一樓和二樓樓梯之間拉出來,心臟驟停。當局稱表示由於搶救無效,宣布該員死亡,並補充另一名失蹤者病患已獨自逃離了火災返回家中。 resuscitate:(v.)使甦醒;使恢復知覺 blaze :(n.)大火;火災 當我們要用英文表示火災發生,可以使用“a fire broke out”,一般來說“fire”是用來表示「火」最普遍的字,如果用來表示火花,火星,使用的是spark,如果冒起了火焰或火舌,就是flame,而瞬間竄起的火焰或火光,用的是flare,強調迅猛與突然,如果是熊熊大火,那就是blaze,這個字較為正式,尤其常用於新聞報導,而像是金門常發生的「火燒埔」,那就是野火wildfire。 ────────────────── Pingtung County Fire Department chief Lee Pin-cheng said that as the room housed many electrical appliances and high-voltage power lines, the fire quickly spread to the third and fourth floors where a large amount of medical equipment was stored, making the rescue mission more difficult. 324 patients had been evacuated safely, many of whom were treated for smoke inhalation and other minor injuries, and 113 people were transferred to other hospitals in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, Lee said. Su Ching-chyuan, the president of Antai Hospital, said Stack effect caused smoke and sparks to reach the upper floors, resulting in the deaths, and the eight deceased patients who were found on the building's 5th, 10th and 11th floors were bedridden elderly people staying in the hospital who were cared for by caregivers. He would provide assistances and financial compensation to the families of them and those who were injured, Su added. 屏東縣消防局長李彬正表示,由於房間內有大量電器和高壓電線,火勢很快就蔓延到存放大量醫療設備的三樓和四樓,使救援任務變得更加困難。目前已有324名病患安全疏散,其中許多人因吸入煙霧和其他輕傷而接受治療,並有113人被轉移到屏東和高雄的其他醫院。安泰醫院院長蘇清泉表示,蘇說,煙囪效應導致煙霧和火花到達高層,導致人員死亡;因吸入煙霧死亡的八名死者在大樓的五樓、十樓和十一樓被發現,皆是由護理人員照顧的臥床不起留院老人。蘇院長補充將對死者及火災傷者提供幫助與經濟賠償。 voltage:(n.)電壓;福特數 inhalation:(n.)吸入;吸氣 Stack effect:(n.)煙囪效應,是指戶內空氣沿著有垂直坡度的空間向上昇或下降,造成空氣加強對流的現象,因為熱空氣散溢而造成的氣流,將戶外的空氣抽入填補,令火爐的火更猛烈。 deceased:(a.)死的;去世的 bedridden:(a.)因病或受傷而臥床不起的 caregiver:(n.)看護者;護理員 compensation:(n.)賠償金;補償金 ────────────────── To determine the cause of blaze, including whether it was deliberately lit or due to negligence, and to verify legal liability and compensation, Pingtung prosecutors launched an investigation into the fire which was one of the worst in Taiwan in recent decades. Su said he suspected the fire could be linked to the typhoon currently affecting Taiwan, making the hospital's electricity supply on Wednesday night unstable. However, if the hospital were later found to be at fault, it would assume full responsibility, Su indicated. 屏東檢方對這起台灣近幾十年來最嚴重的火災之一展開調查,以確定起火原因,包括確定火災是故意點燃還是疏忽造成,並核實法律責任和賠償。蘇院長表示,鑑於週三晚上醫院的電力供應不穩定,他懷疑火災可能與目前影響台灣的颱風有關。然而,若事後發現醫院有過失,將負起全部責任。 deliberately:(adv.)故意地 verify:(v.)核實 liability:(n.)法律上對某事物的責任 decade:(n.)十年 fault:(n.)過錯 assume:(v.)承擔
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新聞英文解析 疫後廈門首發團經小三通抵金
The first post-COVID-19 pandemic tour group from China's Xiamen City arrived in Taiwan's outlying island county of Kinmen on Sunday for a two-day trip. The 22-member group reached Shui-Tou Pier around 10 a.m. via the “mini-three links” by a direct ferry connecting Kinmen County and Matsu Islands with China's Fujian Province and was greeted by a lion dance performance organized by the Kinmen County Government. COVID-19疫情後,來自中國廈門的首發旅遊團於週日抵達台灣離島金門縣,展開為期兩天的旅行。上午10點左右,一行22人透過「小三通」搭乘金門、馬祖與中國福建省的直達渡輪抵達水頭碼頭,金門縣政府組織了醒獅表演以表歡迎。 the “mini-three links”:(n.)小三通 小三通為海峽兩岸實施「通郵」、「通商」、「通航」的簡稱,通航部分自2001年1月2日起由金門開始逐步實施,2008年擴大小三通全面實施,由金門馬祖直航大陸,此前受疫情影響,暫停團體旅行。 ────────────────── Independent travel to Taiwan was halted by China on Aug. 1, 2019, which citing the poor state of cross-strait relations. Ferry services between Taiwan and China had been suspended since February 2020 for the COVID-19 epidemic, with cross-strait ferry travel partially re-opened for one month in January 2023. The tour group's arrival came after the China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Aug. 30 that Beijing would soon lift restrictions on group and independent travel for residents in Fujian Province to Kinmen. 中國以兩岸關係狀況不佳為由,於 2019 年 8 月 1 日停止赴台自由行。由於新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 疫情,台灣與中國大陸之間的渡輪服務自 2020 年 2 月起暫停,兩岸渡輪旅行於 2023 年 1 月部分重啟一個月。該團在中國文旅部8月30日宣布北京將很快取消福建省居民前往金門的團體旅遊和自由行限制之後抵金。 halt:(v.)停止;終止 cite:(v.)引……為證 suspend:(v.)暫停 partially:(adv.)部分地 一般來說,跟團旅行稱為escorted tour,全程有導遊領隊帶,而自由行則為independent travel,在自由行方面,很多旅行社都有推出自由行的機加酒 (Flight & Hotel Packages),這種套裝行程 package tour除了包含機票、住宿費用,還有可能涵蓋活動門票、機場接送等等。也有很多人採取半自助或半自由行semi-independent tour,在自己安排多數的行程下,同時享有套裝行程內的住宿、交通、短途旅行和部分餐點,保有一定的彈性、自由和隱私。背包客旅行為backpack,往往過於克難,所以現在有一種介於自由行與背包客中間的若預算較高的背包客旅flashpacking因應而生。 ────────────────── The first stop where the group arrived was the Shui Tou settlement in Jincheng township, famous for its traditional Southern Fukienese-style architecture. They also went to visit sites such as Chen Jing-Lan Western-style House and Southern Stone Tidal Weir Park later. The group is set to visit Ming Yi Old Street and the historic Mo Fan Street on the next day before returning to Xiamen via the direct ferry route that afternoon. 首發團的第一站是金城鎮以傳統的閩南風格建築聞名的水頭聚落,稍後又參觀了陳景蘭洋樓和南石潮堰公園等景點。隔日首發團遊覽明遺老街和歷史悠久的模範街,下午乘坐直達渡輪返回廈門。 settlement:(n.)聚落 閩南風格建築Southern Fukienese-style architecture通常指福建建築Hokkien architecture,亦被稱為河洛建築Hoklo architecture或閩南建築Minnan architecture。 stone tidal weir:(n.)石滬 『漁滬』可以定義為:一種設置於河流、河口或海濱地區的固定式捕魚陷阱,其材料可能是木頭、石材或人工材料所建構,其功能主要在於攔截水流、限制魚類行 動,進而加以捕捉,此類功能的結構稱為滬或堰(weirs),因材料差異也有魚陷阱(fish traps)、潮間帶陷阱(tidal traps)、柵欄(kraals、fish fences)以及壩(impoundments)等稱呼,但還是以fish weirs為多,本文之stone tidal weir即為潮間帶有捕魚公用的「石滬」。南石滬公園Southern Stone Tidal Weir Park素有「迷你張家界」之稱,位在金門東南角料羅村外海岸,過去是開挖地下花崗岩石的礦場,時至今日,洗石之窪地已積水成湖,故稱之。 ────────────────── The visit came days after a so-called three-day“familiarization tour”which was taken by a group of seven travel industry representatives from Xiamen to the outlying island last Wednesday. The two groups visiting Kinmen marked the results of joint efforts from multiple sectors, the county government said on Sunday, adding that it held several meetings with the local travel industry to enhance the quality of tourism services. According to the Kinmen County government, the applications of 27 independent Chinese travelers to visit the county on Wednesday for a two-day tour has also been approved. 此次訪問是在上週三來自廈門的七名旅遊業代表抵達離島進行為期三天所謂的「熟悉之旅」後成行。縣政府於周日表示,兩團金門之旅是多部門共同努力的結果,並補充縣政府與當地旅遊業召開了多次會議,以提高旅遊服務品質。據金門縣政府表示,已准許許27名中國自由行遊客週三赴金門進行兩日遊的申請 representative:(n.)代表 joint:(a.)連合的 multiple:(a.)複合的 sector:(n.)領域;行業部門
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新聞英文解析 陸籍男駕橡皮艇赴台投奔自由
A Chinese man was discovered on a rubber boat near the coast of Linkou District on Saturday (Sept. 14) and has been transported to the hospital for treating his severe dehydration. The man, surnamed Wang (王), was quoted by the CGA as saying that he had set sail from Niuweitang Beach in Ningbo, China, to flee from debt and “defected to freedom”. The CGA is handling the case and Wang has been transferred to judicial authorities for further investigation, it added. 一名中國公民在林口區海岸附近的一艘充氣船上被發現,已被送往醫院接受脫水治療。CGA引述這名王姓男子的話說,他從中國寧波牛尾塘海灘起航,前往台灣躲債且「為自由而叛逃」。海關總署正在處理此案,補充說明,王某已移送司法機關進一步調查。 CGA:(n.)Coast Guard Administration海洋委員會海巡署,亦做Ocean Affairs Council,簡稱為OAC dehydration:(a.)脫水 quote:(v.)引述 flee:(v.)因危險或恐懼而逃跑 defect:(v.)叛逃 judicial:(a.)司法的 ────────────────── According to reports,Wang,a 31-year-old man, was spotted on a rubber boat by anglers when he was about to set foot on the Houkeng Creek estuary, which around 100 meters offshore in Linkou District, New Taipei City, at around 6:30 am. Coast guard officers from Zhuwei Fishing Port and firefighters from the New Taipei City Fire Department responded to reports, and assisted the man onto shore at 7:04 a.m. Wang was wearing a surgical mask, long pants, and a long-sleeve jacket, and was badly sunburned. Paramedics from the New Taipei City Fire Department took Wang to Chang Gung General Hospital to be treated for severe dehydration.Wang claimed to have spent 5 days crossing the Taiwan Strait from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, saying that he was heavily in debt, and wanted to start a new life in Taiwan. The case has been referred to prosecutors for further investigation. 據報導,這名31歲王姓男子,於早上6時30分左右在新北市林口區離岸約100公尺處的後坑溪出海口附近準備登陸台灣時,在橡皮艇上被釣魚者發現。竹圍漁港海巡人員和新北市消防局消防人員接報後,於上午7點04分將男子救上岸。王戴著外科口罩,穿著長褲和長袖夾克,嚴重曬傷。新北市消防局急救人員將嚴重脫水的王某送往長庚醫院治療。王某自稱花了5天時間從中國浙江省寧波市穿越台灣海峽,表示自己負債累累,想在台灣開始新的生活。目前,該案已移送檢察機關進一步調查。 spot:(v.)認出;發現 angler:(n.)垂釣者 estuary:(n.)江河入海的河口 sunburn:(v.)曬傷 paramedic:(n.)非醫生或護士的護理人員,醫務輔助人員 prosecutor:(n.)檢察官 investigation:(n.)對犯罪問題等的調查 ────────────────── New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi urged the central government to beware of illegal entries like yesterday's incident and determine whether these are a new type of threat since the case was the second such incident in three months. People who admire Taiwan's freedom and democracy are welcome to enter the nation via legal routes, he added. Authorities would improve border control to prevent unlawful entry into Taiwan's waters and safeguard national security, the MAC also said. Chinese nationals may not enter Taiwan without permission from Taiwanese authorities as stipulated in Article 10 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area. Those who enter or exit Taiwan without permission may face imprisonment for up to five years or a fine of up to NT$500,000, as required by Article 74 of the Immigration Act. It emphasized that the government does not encourage illegal entry into the country. 新北市長侯友宜敦促中央政府警惕如昨日事件般的非法入境,並確定這是否是一種新型威脅,因這是三個月內第二起此類事件,同時補充,歡迎欽佩台灣自由民主的人們透過合法途徑進入台灣。陸委會表示,當局將加強邊境管制,以防止非法進入台灣水域,維護國家安全。根據《台灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例》第十條規定,中國公民未經台灣當局許可,不得進入台灣。根據入出國及移民法第七十四條規定,未經許可入出境者,處五年以下有期徒刑或新台幣五十萬元以下罰金。這強調了政府不鼓勵非法入境。 beware:(v.)小心 route:(n.)路徑 unlawful:(a.)非法的 the MAC:(n.)The Mainland Affairs Council陸委會 the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area:(n.)臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例 imprisonment:(n.)監禁;囚禁 Immigration Act:(n.)入出國及移民法 ────────────────── The CGA said human error was not responsible for yesterday's incident, as its radar system was not capable of detecting such small rubber boat —3.6m in length — and was made of rubber and drifting at low speed on the sea. It was undetectable without infrared thermographic cameras; even after reviewing radar data, no suspicious tracks were found. After the incident, the CGA highlighted ongoing efforts to strengthen their surveillance capabilities. It would obtain the UAV and advanced vessels to boost its detection capacity by installing more monitoring devices such as the TIC, it said. 海巡署表示,昨天的事件與人為錯誤無關,除非有紅外線熱像儀,其雷達系統無法偵測到如此小,長3.6m,由橡膠製成,在海上慢速漂流的橡皮艇。若沒有紅外線熱像儀,便無法探測到它。即使在檢查了雷達資料後,也未發現可疑的蹤跡。事件發生後,海岸防衛隊管理局強調會持續努力加強其監視能力,並表示將取得無人駕駛飛行器和先進船隻,安裝更多熱像儀等監控設備,以提高其偵測能力。 infrared thermographic cameras紅外線熱影像儀又稱為熱像儀等,是一種對物體散發出紅外線進行感光成像的裝置infrared thermal imaging equipment,這種裝置廣泛運用在軍事、消防、醫療、工業生產、海關檢查等領域。 surveillance:(n.)盯哨(尤指員警或軍隊的監視) the UAV:(n.)無人飛行載具Unmanned Aerial Vehicle的縮寫。 無人飛行載具俗稱drone,即無人飛機、無人機、蜂型機,最初於1970年代由美國國防部發展使用於軍事用途,簡單定義為沒有搭載飛行員的航空器,用途上分為軍用和民用。 boost:(v.)提高;改善;增強 the TIC:(n.)紅外顯像測溫儀Thermal Image Camera的簡稱。
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新聞英文解析 韓國telegram數位性犯罪事件爆發
The Korean National Police, which last week announced a crackdown on sexually abusive deepfakes, said Monday that they had launched an investigation into Telegram over potential charges of aiding and abetting the spread of sexually explicit deepfakes on its platform. Local media and crowdsourced efforts recently uncovered large numbers of chat rooms on the messaging app Telegram that distribute fake sexual images and videos made with artificial intelligence. An overwhelming majority of deepfake victims in South Korea are women and teenage girls, according to journalists and activists who have monitored some of the chat rooms. Last Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had instructed authorities to "thoroughly investigate and address these digital sex crimes to eradicate them". 韓國國家警察上周宣布打擊性虐待「深度偽造」,週一表示,已開始對 Telegram 展開調查,因為該公司可能被指控協助和教唆在其平台上傳播露骨的深度偽造。當地媒體和眾包最近在訊息應用程式 Telegram 上發現了大量聊天室,這些聊天室散佈人工智慧製作的虛假性圖片和視頻,據監控聊天室的記者和活動人士稱,韓國絕大多數深度偽造受害者是婦女和少女。上週二,韓國總統尹錫烈指示當局「徹底調查和解決這些數位性犯罪,以根除它們」。 crackdown:(n.)鎮壓;制裁 abusive:(a.)虐待的 deepfake:(n.)深度偽造,簡稱「深偽」 deepfake是英文「deep learning」(深度學習)和「fake」(偽造)的混成詞,專指基於人工智慧的人體圖像合成技術的應用,合成某個不一定存在的人的圖像或影片、甚至聲音。常用來偽造名人性愛影片和復仇式色情等等媒體。 launch:(v.)積極投入;猛力展開 abet:(v.)教唆 crowdsourced:(a.)群眾外包的 crowdsourcing群眾外包是個數位時代的新名詞,是由群眾(crowd)加上外包(outsourcing)合成的,於2006年首次被Jeff Howe提出,是一種特定的取得資源的模式。在該模式下,個人或組織可以利用大量的網路使用者來取得需要的服務和想法。簡單的說就是將以往外包給企業的行為,轉而透過特定平台外包給大眾。 overwhelming:(a.)巨大的;極大的 eradicate:(v.)消除;根除 ────────────────── More and more ordinary South Korean women including students of all ages, teachers, soldiers and now journalists are finding out they are targets of a fast-growing form of digital sex abuse: deepfakes. Deepfakes are generated using artificial intelligence, and the majority of which often combine the face of a real person with a fake sexually explicit body. The recent deepfake crisis has been met with outrage in South Korea, after journalists discovered police were investigating deepfake porn rings at two of the country's major universities. 越來越多的普通韓國女性,包括各個年齡層的學生、教師、士兵,現在還有記者等發現她們成為了一種快速增長的數位性虐待形式的目標:深度偽造。深度偽造是使用人工智慧生成的,其中大部分將真人的臉部與露骨的假身體結合。最近的深度造假危機在韓國引起了憤怒,因為記者發現警方正在調查該國兩所主要大學的深度造假色情團夥。 generate:(v.)產生 explicit:(a.)明確的;詳盡的 crisis:(n.)危機 outrage:(n.)憤慨;義憤 porn:(n.)色情刊物、照片或影片 ring:(n.)(尤指與性或毒品有關的)犯罪團夥 ────────────────── Two days earlier, South Korean journalist Ko Narin had published what would turn into the biggest scoop of her career in the Hankyoreh newspaper has shocked South Korea. Ms. Ko was convinced there must be more than the two deepfake porn rings of the country's major universities so that she started searching social media and uncovered dozens of chat groups on the messaging app Telegram where users were sharing photos of women they knew and using AI software to convert them into fake pornographic images within seconds. What's more, these groups were not just targeting university student; there were rooms for specific high schools and even middle schools as well. If a lot of content was created using images of a particular student, she might even be given her own room. Broadly labelled “humiliation rooms” or “friend of friend rooms”, they often come with strict entry terms. 兩天前,韓國記者 Ko Narin 在《韓民族日報》上發表了一篇後來成為她職業生涯中最大的獨家新聞,同時震驚了韓國。因高女士確信一定有比該國兩所主要大學的深度偽造色情團夥外更多的犯罪團夥,故開始搜尋社交媒體,並在訊息應用程式 Telegram 上發現了數十個聊天群組,其中用戶正在分享他們認識的女性的照片,並使用人工智慧軟體在幾秒鐘內將它們轉換成假色情圖片,而且這些團體不僅僅是針對大學生也有特定的高中房甚至國中房。如果很多內容是使用特定學生的圖像創建的,甚至會有自己專屬的房間。這些房間被廣泛地貼上「羞辱室」或「朋友的朋友室」的標籤,通常有嚴格的准入條件。 scoop:(n.)獨家新聞 convince:(v.)說服 convince用於表示用邏輯、數據、證據...等使某人在心理上相信、信服某事 uncover:(v.)發現;揭露 convert:(v.)使轉變 pornographic:(a.)相片的 dedicate:(v.)奉獻出時間或精力;獻給 humiliation:(n.)羞辱;丟臉 ────────────────── In the first seven months of this year, 297 cases of crimes involving sexually explicit deepfakes have been reported, up from 180 in all of 2023, said the police. Perpetrators grab victims' images from social media without their knowledge or consent or secretly take pictures of women around them at home or in school, then altering the pictures using artificial intelligence and share the results on Telegram with strangers or users who know the victim. Those found guilty of creating sexually explicit deepfakes in South Korea, can be jailed for up to five years and fined up to 50 million won ($37,500; NT 1,196,500). 據警方稱,今年前 7 個月,共接報了 297 起涉及色情深度造假的犯罪案件,而 2023 年全年為 180 起。犯罪者在受害者不知情或未同意的情況下從社群媒體上獲取受害者的照片,或他們在家裡或學校偷偷拍攝周圍女性的照片。然後,他們使用人工智慧更改圖片,並在 Telegram 上與陌生人或認識受害者的用戶分享結果。在韓國,那些被判犯有露骨色情深度偽造罪的人最高可被判處五年監禁,並處以最高 5000 萬韓元(37,500 美元;119.65萬台幣)的罰款。 perpetrator:(n.)肇事者;犯罪者;行兇者 consent:(n.)同意;許可 won:(n.)韓元
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新聞英文解析 賴清德八二三訪金
President Lai Ching-te visited Kinmen on Friday (Aug. 23) to preside over the commemoration ceremony of the 66th anniversary of the 823 Artillery Battle. At the event, Lai honored the veterans who participated in the battle and the families of the fallen soldiers at the event and urged the people to "stay united" and maintain their determination to protect Taiwan from China, stressing that Taiwan does not want to be ruled by the PRC. 總統賴清德週五(八月二十三日)抵金主持823砲戰第六十六週年紀念儀式。活動中,賴向參戰老兵和陣亡將士家屬表示敬意,同時敦促人民團結起來,保持保護台灣免受中國侵害的決心,並強調台灣不想被中華人民共和國統治。 preside:(v.)主持;負責 常用於主詞會議的動詞有四個,分別為host、hold、chair以及preside,host跟chair強調主持者,hold則多為主辦者,preside為主導者,此二者未必主持人;前三者可以直接加上受詞,只有preside必須要加上over或at之後再接受詞。 commemoration:(n.)紀念活動 Artillery Battle:(n.)砲戰 veteran:(n.)老兵;退伍軍人 the PRC:(n.)中華人民共和國the People's Republic of China的縮寫 中華民國官方英文為the Republic of China (ROC),而中華人民共和國官方英文則為the People's Republic of China(PRC),前者就是我們通稱的「台灣」,後者為「中國大陸」。 ────────────────── On the 66th anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, President Lai Ching-te personally traveled to Mount Taiwu in Kinmen to preside over a memorial. The 1958 crisis was the last time Taiwanese forces battled with China on a large scale. According to Taiwan's historical records, 475,000 artillery shells were fired at Kinmen over the next 44 days, most heavily on Aug. 23. The crisis is thus referred to as the“823 Artillery Battle”in Taiwan. It was Lai's first trip as Taiwan's president to the outlying county, which lies less than 10 kilometers off the southeast coast of China for commemorating the anniversary, since assuming office in May. 第二次台海危機66週年之際,賴清德總統親自前往金門太武山主持紀念活動。1958年的危機是台軍最後一次與大陸大規模交戰。根據台灣歷史紀錄,在危機爆發的四十四天內,總共有47萬5千枚炮彈落在金門,其中8月23日最為嚴重,故以「823砲戰」稱之。這是賴清德自5月上任以來首次造訪這個距離中國東南沿海不到10公里的外縣市離島。 the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis:(n.)第二次臺灣海峽危機 第二次臺灣海峽危機指1958年到1979年發生於金、馬及其他中國大陸東南沿岸與島嶼的一系列戰役總稱。由1958年8月23日解放軍首先發起砲戰,故世以「八二三砲戰」稱之。砲戰初期,解放軍攻擊島上軍事目標,後期著重封鎖海運線,以圍困金門。 memorial:(n.)追悼活動 scale:(n.)規模 artillery:(n.)砲彈 assume:(v.)認為;承認 ────────────────── Prior to the luncheon, President Lai laid a wreath and bowed in respect to commemorate victims of the 823 bombardment at Taiwushan Cemetery in the morning. Upon seeing the president Lai greet them, the family members of the fallen soldiers were moved to tears. Lai also took the time to shake hands with each of the nearly seventy veterans who had participated in the battle. He expressed his gratitude for their role in defending Taiwan's freedom and democracy. The event was also attended by Minister Wellington Koo and Kinmen's local leaders, including Kinmen Magistrate Chen Fu-hai, Kinmen's deputy legislative speaker, Ou Yang Yi-hsing , the head of the Kinmen Defense Command Defense and other high level military personnel. 午宴前,賴總統於上午時間在太武公墓向823砲戰罹難者獻花圈並鞠躬致敬。見到賴總統向他們致意,陣亡將士的家屬感動落淚。賴並花時間與近七十名與役的老將們一一握手,對他們在捍衛台灣自由民主方面所扮演的角色表示感謝。國防部長顧立雄以及金門當地領導,包括金門縣縣長陳福海、金門副議長歐陽儀雄,金門防衛司令部司令等高層軍事人員也出席紀念活動。 prior to:在…之前 commemorate:(v.)紀念;緬懷 bombardment:(n.)連續砲擊 cemetery:(n.)公墓 participate:(v.)參與 deputy legislative speaker:(n.)副議長 attend:(v.)出席 ────────────────── The president delivered a speech for expressing condolences to members of the armed forces who died during the crisis. In his speech, Lai said that all must show determination to defend the nation to resist China's threats and enforced that this determination was shown by soldiers and others who died during the crisis. He said as Taiwan's president and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, it was an honor to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the country and its people. He also called on people to protect Taiwan and its outlying islands of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. Taiwanese people must carry on the spirit of the soldiers who fought against Chinese forces in the 823 bombardment so that their sacrifice will not be lost in vain, he said. 總統發表講話,向在危機中犧牲的武裝部隊成員表示哀悼。賴在演講中表示,所有人都必須展現保衛國家的決心,並強調這種決心是由在台海危機中喪生的士兵和其他人所表現出來的。他說,身為台灣總統和三軍統帥,很榮幸能向那些為國家和人民獻出生命的人們致敬,也呼籲人民要保護台灣及其澎湖、金門、馬祖等離島。他表示,台灣人民必須繼續823戰役連砲轟下將士對抗中共武力的精神,這樣他們才不會白白犧牲。 condolence:(n.)哀悼;慰問 resist:(v.)反抗 常見與resist 同義的字有withstand、fight、oppose、combat跟defy,雖都翻成「抵抗」或「反抗」,但程度與方式有所差異。基本上withstand表示必須得承受或經受住某種壓力、影響或攻擊,而fight則表示用力量或行動來反對或抵抗。oppose表示反對或抵制某人或某事。combat表示與某人或某事爭鬥或對抗,常用於形容對抗疾病、問題等抽象概念,而defy則有不遵從,或挑戰對方的權威或能力的意思。 sacrifice:(v.)犧牲 本段中有兩個sacrifice,前者是(v.),後者是(n.),兩者同形 commander:(n.)指揮官 tribute:(n.)敬意;尊崇 carry on:繼續
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新聞英文解析 拳擊手林郁婷出任反霸凌大使並於文大讀博任教
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) yesterday announced that she has accepted an invitation from Sports Administration to be the nation’s anti-bullying ambassador and would also teach as an assistant professor of the Department of Physical Education in Chinese Culture University starting in the upcoming semester. 台灣拳擊手林郁婷昨天宣布,她接受國家體育總局邀請,擔任國家反霸凌大使,並於下學期開始擔任中國文化大學體育系助理教授。 anti-bullying:(a.)反霸凌 anti-當前綴,有表示「反」、「反對」、「敵對」、「逆」、「抗」、「對抗」、「抵消」後面所接名詞的意思,例如:antiabortion(反對墮胎)、antibacterial(抗菌)、反托拉斯法(Antitrust)、antibiotic (抗生素)、antidepressant (抗抑鬱劑)等 ambassador:(n.)大使;特使 ────────────────── Lin, the Olympic champion, who won a gold medal in the women's 57kg (featherweight) division, and other Taiwanese athletes who competed at the Paris Olympics returned to Taiwan on Tuesday (Aug. 13) and was welcomed warmly by fans and government officials at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Their EVA Airways Flight BR88 was accompanied by three F-16 jets, which also fired thermal bombs to salute them. 獲得女子羽量級57公斤拳擊金牌的奧運冠軍林郁婷和其他參加巴黎奧運的台灣運動員週二(8月13日)返回台灣,在台灣桃園國際機場受到粉絲和政府官員的熱烈歡迎。他們所搭乘的長榮航空BR88航班由三架 F-16噴射機陪同,並施放熱焰彈向他們致敬。 featherweight:(n.)羽量級 featherweight原指體重輕的人,在拳擊中,指的是次輕量級的選手。職業拳擊最初的有8個量級,分別是:Flyweight (蠅量級)、Bantamweight (雛量級)、Featherweight (羽量級)、Lightweight (輕量級)、Welterweight (次中量級)、Middleweight (中量級)、Light Heavyweight (輕重量級)以及Heavyweight (重量級),隨著時代演進,現代拳擊量級劃分得更細,增加到的 17 個,命名上是在傳統的8個量級命名加上 super或是light/ junior (jr.)作為區分。 division:(n.)體育運動的「級」 accompany:(v.)伴隨 thermal bombs:(n.)熱焰彈 salute:(v.)致敬(例如鳴禮炮之類的動作) ────────────────── Upon Lin's triumphant return to Taiwan, Deputy Education Minister Chang Liao Wan-Chien (張廖萬堅) announced that Lin will be appointed an anti-bullying Public Welfare Ambassador to help promote a national anti-bullying campaign. Lin will also serve as an assistant professor at Chinese Culture University's Department of Physical Education, where she will teach boxing and specialized sports training in the coming semester, said university president Wang Tzu-chi (王子奇), who greeted Lin on her arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Lin would also begin pursuing a doctoral degree in sports next month and the university also plans to support her continued participation in competitions as an athlete, he revealed. 林凱旋返回台灣後,教育部副部長張廖萬堅宣布任命林為反霸凌公益大使幫助推動全國反霸凌運動。校長王子奇在林抵達台灣接桃園國際機場接機時表示,下學期,林將擔任中國文化大學體育系助理教授,教授拳擊和專項運動訓練。他也透露,林也將在下個月開始攻讀體育博士學位,學校並計劃支持她繼續作為運動員參賽。 triumphant:(a.)取得巨大成功的;歡欣鼓舞的 campaign:(n.)運動;活動;(尤指政治、商業或軍事的)專門活動 participation:(n.)參與 competition:(n.)競賽 ────────────────── Lin has progressed from undergraduate to master's studies and joined the faculty. She is a full-time assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education and will begin her doctoral studies in August. Lin's gold medal is Taiwan's first Olympic boxing gold medal and that she is the fifth Olympic medalist from the university. With her Olympic gold medal, she could be promoted to associate professor as early as the next academic year. “We will fully support Lin in her pursuit for another gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028,”Wang said. 林郁婷已從本科升任為碩士且已加入教師團隊,現為體育系全職助理教授並將於八月研讀博士。她的金牌是台灣首枚奧運拳擊金牌,也是該校第五位奧運獎牌得主。憑藉奧運金牌,她最早可以在下個學年晉升為副教授。「我們將全力支持林郁婷在2028年洛杉磯夏季奧運會上再奪一枚金牌,」王說。 undergraduate:(n.)大學生 undergraduate student或college student通常指還在就讀大學的學生,若已經完成學士學位的人稱為bachelor,而學士學位可以稱為bachelor’s degree、undergraduate degree或college degree。研究生通常通稱為graduate student,正在就讀碩士的學生是 master’s student,碩士學位稱為 master’s degree,而完成碩士學位的人則稱為 master,如果已經完成碩士課程,但尚未交出論文,則可以稱作 master’s candidate。博士學位可稱作doctor's degree、doctoral degree或doctorate degree,正在攻讀博士的學生則可以稱為doctor 或是PhD student。同樣,已經完成博士課程,但還未交出論文的人,稱作 PhD candidate 或是 doctoral candidate,意思為博士候選人。 doctoral:(a.)博士的;博士學位的。 faculty:(n.)高等院校中院系的「全體教師」或高等院校的「系、院」 大學的教師分為:教授professor、副教授associate professor、助理教授assistant professor以及講師lecturer四種。 ────────────────── Lin told the press she was honored to be called "daughter of Taiwan" and aspires to be a good role model for everyone and "be my own light to shine on others and in places where it has been dark. I hope to share strength and warmth in those places." The university also mentioned Lin has spent many years to nurture boxing talent in New Taipei Municipal Yingge Junior High School and New Taipei Municipal Yingge Vocational High School. With Lin's addition, the university will strengthen its partnership with these schools which collaborated with Lin, hoping to cultivate more outstanding Taiwanese boxers. 林郁婷告訴媒體,她很榮幸被稱為「台灣女兒」,並渴望成為每個人的好榜樣,「成為自己的光,照亮他人和黑暗的地方。我希望與大家分享力量和溫暖」。校方也表示,林多年來已在新北市立鶯歌國中與新北市立鶯歌職業高中培育拳擊人才。隨著林的加入,學校將與加強這些與林合作學校的夥伴關係,希望培養出更多優秀的台灣拳擊手。 aspire:(v.)渴望;追求;有志於 collaborate:(v.)合作 nurture:(v.)培育 cultivate:(v.)栽培;養成;培育 nurture 和cultivate都有「培育」的意思,差別在前者強調「培養生活」,後者強調「培養環境」,所以教育養成多用cultivate這個字。
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新聞英文解析 九月起飲料店全面禁用一次性塑膠杯
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 ────────────────── 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 ────────────────── 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 ────────────────── 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
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新聞英文解析 台灣倒數第二個核反應爐關閉
The first reactor at Nuclear Power Plant No. 3, the Ma-Anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung has been shut on Saturday as its 40-year license expires. This marks the first step to decommissioning Taiwan's last active nuclear power plant. Taiwan poised to become the first non-nuclear country in East Asia after the last reactor's license expires in May next year. 位在屏東的核三廠馬鞍山電廠一號反應爐,運轉40年,於本週六關閉。這標誌著台灣最後一座運作中核電廠退役的第一步。在最後一個反應爐許可證於明年 5 月到期後,台灣有望成為東亞第一個無核國家。 reactor:(n.)反應器;反應爐 補充知識面:目前台灣共有四所核電廠,各有兩台反應爐,其中位於北海岸的核一廠(石門)、核二廠(萬里)皆已除役,今年七月除役的是目前唯一運轉的核三廠(恆春)第一反應爐,該廠第二反應爐將於明年五月除役,而核四廠(貢寮)目前仍處於資產管理,尚未營運階段。 decommission(v.)關閉或停止使用設備或武器;使軍艦、飛機退役 poise:(v.)蓄勢待發 ────────────────── Before the closing of the No. 1 reactor, nuclear power accounted for about 5 percent of the nation's energy use, which is dominated by coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG). With the closure of the No. 1 reactor, the total percentage of power generated by nuclear sources would fall to 2.8 percent, said the state-run Taiwan Power Company yesterday. 在一號反應器關閉之前,核電約佔國家能源使用量的5%,而國家能源使用量以煤炭和液化天然氣(LNG)為主。國營台灣電力公司昨天表示,隨著一號反應爐的關閉,核能發電的總百分比將下降至2.8%。 dominate:(v.)在……中佔主要地位;支配 generate:(v.)產生,發生熱,電,光等能量 ────────────────── To assuage public concern regarding power stability, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said it has negotiated with Sun Ba Power Corp (森霸電力) to use the power generated from its No. 3 LNG unit, which can generate 1,100 megawatts to buttress the power generation shortfall from the closure and could generate more power than Ma-Anshan Nuclear Power Plant's No. 1 reactor, by which the 951 megawatts put out. However, industry observers said that phasing out nuclear power generation and replacing it with LNG would bring other challenges about power prices and carbon emissions. 經濟部表示,為緩解民眾對電力穩定的擔憂,已與森霸電力協商,使用其發電量為1100兆瓦的三號液化天然氣裝置發電,以緩解因關閉反應爐產生的發電缺口。該機發電量超過產電951兆瓦的馬鞍山核電廠一號反應爐。然而,產業觀察家表示,逐步淘汰核電並用液化天然氣取代將帶來電價和碳排放等其他挑戰。 assuage:(v.)緩和;減輕;平息 negotiate:(v.)就…磋商 Sun Ba Power Corp:森霸電力公司,位於台南,為台灣汽電共生公司所屬電廠。 補充知識面:台灣電力公司台灣在1995年1月實施電業自由化,目前共有九家獨立發電廠,分別是:長生電力公司、和平電力公司、新桃電力公司、麥寮汽電、星能電子、森霸電力、嘉惠電力、國光電力公司以及星元電力公司。獨立電廠的監管單位是國營電力公司台電。 megawatts:(n.)百萬瓦特,簡寫為MW buttress:(v.)以扶壁加固;支持 shortfall:(n.)不足之數;缺口 phase out:逐步淘汰;分階段停止使用 ────────────────── The use of nuclear energy has long been a source of contention between the ruling and opposition parties. Lawmakers this month debated for hours over whether to reverse course on the government's plan to completely phase out nuclear power, although no vote was taken.The closure of the No. 1 reactor comes amid a continuing debate among them about whether to extend the service life of the nation's existing atomic energy facilities. 核能的利用長期以來一直是朝野爭論的焦點。儘管沒有進行投票,立法委員本月就是否改變政府完全淘汰核電的計劃進行了數小時的辯論。核電廠一號反應爐關閉之際,他們仍在爭論是否延長國家現有原子能設施的使用壽命。 contention:(n.)爭論;口角 reverse:(v.)推翻;翻轉 amid在…當中 補充單字用法:常見用於表示「在…之中」的字有amid、amidst以及among,前兩者拼字很像,差別僅在amid是美式拼法,而amidst是英式寫法,兩者同義,與among相較,屬於正式用字,常在新聞中出現。通常,amidst或amid後面會不接完整句子,且多接名詞片語,用來形容一件事情在某種氛圍或情況之下發生,而among通常會接上複數態可數的名詞,表示處於某些人、事、物當中。
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新聞英文解析 海基會在金門縣設立新服務中心
The SEF on Saturday(Jul.20)announced it will assign personnel to work at a local service center in outlying Kinmen County to promote cross-strait ties. 台灣海峽交流基金會週六(7月20日)宣布,將派員到偏鄉金門縣的當地服務中心工作,以促進兩岸關係。 The SEF:(n.)財團法人海峽交流基金會Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation 的頭字語縮寫。 延伸學習:財團法人海峽交流基金會,簡稱海基會,成立於1990年,於1991正式運行,Supervised by the Mainland Affairs Council, the SEF is a semi-official organization set up by the government to handle technical matters with China.海基會受陸委會監督,是政府設立的半官方組織,負責處理與中國的技術事務。海基會的對口機構是中國大陸海峽兩岸關係協會Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits,縮寫為ARATS,簡稱海協會。 assign :(v.)派遣;指派 personnel:(n.)員工;人員 outlying:(a.)偏遠的;遠離中心的 tie:(n.)關係;連結 延伸學習:tie當作動詞使用是「綑綁」、「打結」的意思,當名詞來使用可以當作「領帶」、「結」或者是「關聯」,而關聯強調的是「連結與綑綁」的程度。比如說,我們的人際關係可分成兩大類:強連結(Strong Tie)與弱連結(Weak Tie)。 ────────────────── The SEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Luo Wen-jia, attends the opening ceremony of a service center of the agency in Kinmen County on Saturday. At the service inauguration ceremony, he said that this move signifies the government is 100 percent committed to promoting healthy cross-strait exchanges. Citing his planned attendance at the Xiamen-Kinmen relay swimming contest scheduled for Sunday as an example, Luo said that resuming equal and reciprocal cross-strait exchanges has always been a policy promoted by the Taiwanese government. 海峽交流基金會副理事長兼秘書長羅文嘉週六出席該機構金門縣服務中心開幕儀式。在服務啟動儀式上,他表示此舉表明政府百分之百致力於促進兩岸健康交流。 以參加週日舉行的廈門-金門接力游泳比賽為例,羅表示恢復兩岸平等互利的交流一直是台灣政府推動的政策。 inauguration:(n.)正式啟用 signify:(v.)表明;意味著 commit:(v.)致力於;投入(時間或金錢) attendance:(n.)參加 relay:(n.)跑步或游泳的接力賽 resume:(v.)中斷後繼續;重新回到 reciprocal:(a.)互惠的;對等的 ────────────────── Starting on Saturday, personnel from the SEF would be stationed at a local service center in Kinmen to handle ferry-related services between the county and the nearby Chinese city of Xiamen, Luo said. Cross-strait ferry services, part of the “small three links” that cover direct trade, postal and transportation exchanges between limited administrative areas of Taiwan and China, were resumed in January last year after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 羅說,從週六開始,海基會的人員將駐紮在金門當地的服務中心,處理金門縣和鄰近的中國廈門市間的渡輪相關服務。海峽兩岸渡輪服務是「小三通」的一部分,涵蓋台灣與中國大陸有限行政區域之間的直接貿易、郵政和運輸往來,因新冠肺炎(COVID-19)疫情中斷三年,於去年1月重啟。 station:(v.)駐紮;安置 administrative:(a.)行政的 hiatus:(n.)中斷;間隙 ────────────────── Luo said he hopes that the SEF's new operations could encourage a positive response from China, adding that "if goodwill continues to be extended but remains unanswered, it would be a pity if the opportunity is missed." He also commented on China’s detention of a 25-year-old Taiwanese noncommissioned officer who was rescued by the Chinese coast guard after drifting into Chinese waters off Fujian Province during a fishing trip in March and has since been held due to his "sensitive status" as an active-duty soldier, saying he expects the serviceman's safe return. 羅說,他希望海基會的新行動能夠得到中國的積極回應,並補充說,“如果繼續表達善意卻得不到回應,錯過機會就太可惜了。”他還對中國今年三月拘留一名台灣25歲士官一事發表評論,該名軍官因海釣落海漂流至福建沿海被中國海警救起,後因現役士兵的「敏感身份」而被拘留。羅稱他希望這名軍人安全返回。 goodwill:(n.)善意 detention:(n.)拘留 noncommissioned officer:士官(縮寫為N.C.O.,NCO) drift:(v.)漂流 active-duty:(a.)現役的
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新聞英文解析 海基會董事長鄭文燦因涉貪調查辭職
After a corruption probe and being detained on corruption charges for bribery allegations related to a development project in Taoyuan, the SEF chairman Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), the former mayor of Taoyuan, resigned from his position to avoid disrupting the foundation's operations . “Cheng will fight to clear his name through the judicial process,” the SEF said in a release. 桃園市前市長暨現任海基會董事長鄭文燦因接受貪腐調查並被貪污控訴拘留後,為了避免擾亂基金會的運作而辭去該職務。 「鄭將透過司法程序爭取清白。」海基會在聲明中表示。 corruption:(n.)腐敗;特指當權者的貪腐 probe:(n.)盤查;調查 detain:(v.)拘留;扣押 bribery:(n.)賄賂;收買 allegation:(n.)未證實的指責或指控 SEF:(n.)Straits Exchange Foundation海峽交流基金會,簡稱海基會 海基會為台灣辦理海峽兩岸交流所衍生的各項事務的半官方機構,受陸委員會監督與委託授權行使公權力,其對應單位為中國海峽兩岸關係協會,簡稱海協會。 resign:(v.)辭職 disrupt:(v.)干擾 judicial:(a.)司法的 ────────────────── Cheng, a former vice premier in the administration of former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party, was on Friday summoned by prosecutors as part of an investigation into an alleged corruption case for assisting rezoning of a plot during his tenure as Taoyuan mayor from December 2014 to December 2022. Although details of the investigation remain unclear, Cheng is accused of accepting bribes and misusing his power to facilitate land development deals during his time as the mayor of Taoyuan. 民進黨前總統蔡英文政府的前行政院副院長鄭文燦週五被檢方傳喚,以調查其於2014年到2022年間在桃園任職涉嫌貪腐的案件。儘管調查細節尚不清楚,但鄭被指控在擔任桃園市長期間收受賄賂並濫用職權促進土地開發交易。 summon:(n.)法院的傳喚 prosecutor:(n.)檢察官 rezone:(v.)重新規劃土地;再分區 plot:(n.)地塊 tenure:(n.)任期 bribe:(v.)賄賂 misuse:(v.)濫用 facilitate:(n.)設施 ────────────────── After a hearing, Cheng was released on bail of NT$5 million (US$153,965) on Saturday afternoon. He has been ordered to remain at his private residence and is forbidden from traveling abroad. On Sunday, the SEF issued a statement announcing that Cheng had already tendered his resignation and stressed that Cheng would fight the allegations in court to prove his innocence. 桃園地院審理後,週六下午鄭以 500 萬新台幣(153,965 美元)的保釋金獲釋。他已被命令留在私人住宅,並被禁止出國旅行。海基會周日中午火速發出聲明宣布,鄭文燦已請辭董事長職務,並強調鄭文燦將在司法程序中,全力捍衛自身的清白。 bail:(n.)保釋金 tender:(v.)正式提出 resignation:(n.)辭職 innocence:(n.)無辜;清白 ────────────────── Meanwhile,the Presidential Office spokeswoman Kuo Ya-hui (郭雅慧) said that President William Lai (賴清德), who appointed Cheng to the SEF post, respects his decision to resign, and that follow-up measures for his replacement would proceed according to government protocols, she added. In the face of the political storm, the DPP announced that a meeting of the party's commission on political integrity will be held on Monday (July 8) to discuss the possibility of the party launching an internal anti-corruption probe in Cheng's case. 同時,總統府發言人郭雅慧昨天表示,任命鄭文燦為海基會主席的賴清德總統尊重他辭職的決定,並補充說,新任海基會主席的任命海基會人事後續將根據政府協議進行。面對這場政治風暴,宣布將於週一(7月8日)召開黨的廉政委員會會議,討論該黨對鄭案展開內部反腐敗調查的可能性。 post:(n.)崗位 protocol:(n.)協議 commission:(n.)委員會 integrity:(n.)正直 > 《劍橋詞典》對「integrity」的解釋為「誠實的品質和堅定而拒絕改變的道德原則」 ────────────────── The DPP has anti-corruption provisions in its party charter, and its anti-corruption committee includes academics and legal professionals, committee head Chiou Jiunn-yann (邱駿彥) said. The provisions stipulate that, with only a few exceptions, a party member would be expelled from the party if they are found to have breached articles 4 and 6 of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) and obtained more than NT$500,000 through illegal means. 民進黨反貪委員會主席邱駿彥表示,民進黨黨章有反腐敗條款,且其反貪腐委員會由學者和法律專業人士組成。該條文規定,黨員違反貪污治罪條例第四條、第六條規定,以非法手段獲取新台幣五十萬元以上者,除少數情形外,給予開除黨籍處分。 provision:(n.)法律規定;條款 academic:(n.)學者 stipulate:(v.)明文規定 expel:(v.)驅逐 breach:(n.)違反承諾 breach 常見於描述資安外洩,一般來說有兩種data breach是指在未經使用者同意下,未經授權的人能夠存取機密、敏感或受保護的資訊,通常是惡意為之。而 data leak 是由於設定不當或人為錯誤所導致的資料不小心外洩,非故意行為。 means:(n.)方式 mean可以當作動詞,表示「意指」,也可以當形容詞,表示「卑劣的」,若當作名詞,表達「手段或方法」,則以複數型態表示。
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新聞英文解析 歐盟因俄對烏戰爭實施新制裁
The European Union on Monday (Jun.24)slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting Moscow's shadow fleet of tankers moving the LNG through Europe as well as several companies. 歐盟週一因俄羅斯對烏克蘭的戰爭而對俄羅斯實施新的製裁,制裁目標是莫斯科在歐洲運送液化天然氣的影子油輪船隊以及幾家公司。 slap:(v.)拍打;打巴掌 sanction:(n.)為使法律得以遵守而採取的懲罰或制裁 the LNG:(n.)liquefied natural gas液化天然氣的簡稱 液化天然氣為目前已知可大量供應之能源中最乾淨的氣態化石燃料,主要含甲烷(CH4),具有無色、無味、無毒且無腐蝕性以及熱值大(52MMBtu/t)、性能高、安全環保及不易爆炸等特點。體積約為同量氣態天然氣體積的六百分之一,重量僅為同體積水的45%左右。 fleet:(n.)船隊;海軍艦隊 tanker:(n.)油船;槽車;空中加油機 tank指貯水,油,氣等的櫃、罐、箱或槽。tanker 是運送這些槽的工具,包括陸、海、空皆稱之。文中tanker是油船,也可以寫成tank ship或tankship,是一種被設計來運送液體的貨船,以液槽裝載液體,主要分為運油船、化學品船與液化天然氣運輸船。 ────────────────── In an effort to push Russia into using more costly routes for energy purposes, the bloc said in a statement issued at a meeting of EU foreign ministers that it will “forbid reloading services of Russian LNG in EU territory for transshipment operations to third countries.” 在歐盟外長會議上發表的聲明中表示為了推動俄羅斯使用成本更高的路線來實現能源目的,將「禁止在歐盟境內為俄羅斯液化天然氣向第三國的轉運營運進行重新裝載服務。” bloc:(n.)集團,陣營(指具有類似政治利益的國家或人的群體) forbid:(v.)禁止 reload:(v.)重新裝載 transshipment:(n.)轉船運輸;指貨物出口後從目的地(機場/港口)轉送至第三地(最後目的地)。 operation:(n.)營運 ────────────────── Russia is suspected of running a “ghost fleet” of up to 400 ships to evade sanctions and keep up the flow of energy earnings so that it can finance the war. The EU estimates that about 4-to-6 billion cubic meters (141 billion-212 billion cubic feet) of Russian LNG was shipped to third countries via EU ports last year. 俄羅斯被懷疑經營一支多達 400 艘船隻組成的「幽靈艦隊」來逃避制裁並保持能源收入的流動,以便為戰爭提供資金。歐盟估計,去年約有4至60億立方公尺(1,410億至2,120億立方英尺)的俄羅斯液化天然氣經由歐盟港口運往第三國。 evade:(v.)逃避;迴避 earning:(n.)收入 finance:(v.)提供資金 cubic:(a.)立方的 via:(prep.)藉由 常見用於表示「藉由」的介系詞有via跟by,via表達的意思是「 經由某個人、某個區域、某個工具達到某個目的」,這裡的「人、區域或工具」都是起著傳遞、連接等作用的中間媒介,主體跟工具是要分離的,而by通常用於主體與工具不分離的情況。 ────────────────── A total of 61 new entities – often companies, banks, agencies and other organizations– were added to the EU's list, including several of them in China, turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Many of them are accused of circumventing the bloc's sanctions or providing sensitive equipment to Russia. 包括位於中國、土耳其和阿拉伯聯合大公國的一些實體在內,總共有61 個新實體(通常是公司、銀行、機構和其他組織)被添加到歐盟名單中。許多被指控規避歐盟制裁或向俄羅斯提供敏感設備。 entity:(n.)實體 accuse:(v.)指控 circumventing:(n.)設法規避或避免 ────────────────── More than 50 officials are also being targeted with asset freezes, as well as travel bans. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and scores of lawmakers and several oligarchs are among more than 1,700 people already listed by the EU. 超過 50 名官員也成為資產凍結和旅行禁令的目標。俄羅斯總統普丁(Vladimir Putin)、外交部長謝爾蓋·拉夫羅夫(Sergey Lavrov)以及數十名議員和幾位寡頭均已被歐盟列入1700多人的名單當中。 asset:(n.)資產 ban:(n.)禁令 scores:(n.)很多的人或東西 oligarch:(n.)寡頭 寡頭在政治上是指在一個國家掌權的小團體的成員,在商業上則指通常是控制足夠資源以影響國家政治的商業巨頭。通常只要是使用壟斷手段支配一個行業;擁有足夠的政治權力來提高自己的利益;以及控制多個業務,這些業務密切協調其活動之企業領軍人,稱之為商業寡頭。據研究,約九成提及與寡頭相關的國家多為俄羅斯國家或前蘇聯。 ────────────────── More than 400 entities including companies working in the military, aviation, shipbuilding and machinery sectors, the Wagner mercenary group, political parties and banks has hit. Around 210 billion euros ($225 billion) worth of Russian Central Bank assets are blocked in the EU. 包括軍事、航空、造船和機械行業的公司、瓦格納僱傭軍集團、政黨和銀行在內,超過400 家實體受到衝擊。價值約 2,100 億歐元(2,250 億美元)的俄羅斯央行資產在歐盟被凍結。 aviation:(n.)航空 sector:(n.)領域;行業 mercenary:(n.)僱傭兵
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新聞英文解析 英國史前巨石陣遭環團噴漆
UK police said two environmental activists connected to Just Stop Oil had been arrested on Wednesday (Jun. 19) for spraying orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument, the renowned prehistoric UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwest England. It identified the protesters involved as Niamh Lynch, 21, and Rajan Naidu, 73. 英國警方表示,週三(6 月 19 日)兩名與「停止石油」組織有關的環保活動人士因其在英格蘭南部古老的著名史前聯合國教科文組織世界遺產巨石陣紀念碑上噴灑橙色物質而被捕。據稱,涉案抗議者為 21 歲的尼亞姆·林奇和 73 歲的拉詹·奈杜。 spray:(v.)噴 Just Stop Oil:(n.)停止石油 Just Stop Oil成立於2022年2月14日,是英國的一個生態恐怖主義組織,藉由各種公民抵抗和直接行動的方式表達訴求,要求英國政府承諾停止開採新的化石燃料以及停止頒發化石燃料許可執照。唯該組織通過封鎖道路、破壞公物、干擾球賽的方式表達訴求,亦受到不少質疑。 Stonehenge monument:(n.)巨石陣 巨石陣為公元前2500年到公元前2000年之間石器時代晚期的建物,又稱為圓形石林,位於英格蘭威爾特郡埃姆斯伯里,是英國旅遊熱點,每年訪客達百萬人次。 renowned:(a.)著名的;有名望的 表示「出名的」形容詞有:famous、renowned、noted等字,其後接as或for來表示以身份或原因而著名,比如說,He is renowned as a philanthropist.他以作為一個慈善家聞名。 prehistoric:(a.)史前的 the UNESCO:(n.)聯合國教科文組織 the UNESCO 成立於1945年,是聯合國專門機構—聯合國教育科學及文化組織The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization的縮寫,旨在於通過教育、科學及文化來促進各國之間合作,對和平與安全作出貢獻,以增進對正義、法治及聯合國憲章所確認之世界人民不分種族、性別、語言或宗教均享人權與基本自由之普遍尊重。 heritage:(n.)遺產 protester:(n.)抗議者 ────────────────── The incident came just before thousands were expected to gather at the prehistoric site to celebrate the summer solstice. The group wants the British government to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak quickly condemned the latest act by Just Stop Oil as a “disgraceful act of vandalism.” 這起事件發生在數千人預計將聚集在史前遺址慶祝夏至之前。該組織希望英國政府在 2030 年停止石油、天然氣和煤炭的開採和燃燒。總理里希·蘇納克很快就譴責「停止石油」組織的最新行為是「可恥的破壞行為」。 incident:(n.)事件 易混淆單字為accident:(n.)意外 solstice:(n.)至點 solstice的英文的字源來自拉丁文的sol(太陽)和sistere(保持直立)。在至點時太陽直射的地球緯度為其所能抵達的最南或最北的極值,而至點所在之日是一年之中日夜長短差異最大的一天,通常作為季節得分點。一年當中有兩個至點,分別為summer solstice夏至以及winter solstice,夏至是一年當中白天最長的一天,冬至是一年當中白天最短的一天。 extraction:(n.)開採 condemn:(v.)通常指出於道義而做出的譴責 disgraceful:(a.)不名譽的;可恥的;失體面的 vandalism:(n.)汪達爾人作風;故意破壞公物或文化、藝術的行為 起初,vandalism所指破壞的財產範圍限於具有文學或藝術價值的物品,後來擴大到泛指一切公司財產的行為。但行為人主觀上須是蓄意或輕率及其他對他人權利或財產不負責任的心理態度,該心理態度可依行為時的具體情況推定。 ────────────────── Just Stop Oil has gained prominence in Britain for disruptive environmental protests, with its activists shutting down major roads to interrupt traffic, disrupting cultural and sporting events, splashing paint and food and other substances on famous artworks and even splattering soup on at Van Gogh's“Sunflowers” to draw attention to global warming. 「停止石油」組織在英國因破壞性環境抗議而聲名鵲起,其活動人士關閉了主要道路擾亂交通,干擾文化和體育賽事,在著名藝術品上潑油漆和食物以及其他物質,甚至向及梵高的向日葵潑湯引起人們對全球變暖的關注。 gain:(v.)獲得 prominence:(n.)引人注目的事物 disruptive:(a.)破壞性的;顛覆性的;引起混亂的 interrupt:(v.)打斷;使…中斷 disrupt:(v.)擾亂;干擾;中斷 interrupt 是指原本在進行的事突然被打斷了,使得這件事不得不短暫地停下來, 但是之後這件事會再繼續;而disrupt 則是這件事情不但被中斷, 而且整個秩序或規律被破壞,常用在疾病、事故、戰爭或火山的爆發。雖然它之後是有可能恢復正常,但事發當時會讓它整個停擺。例如罷工導致飛機航班被打亂了一周,就是The flights were disrupted for a week due to the strikes. splash:(v.)潑、撒液體 splatter:(v.)潑濺液體,尤其指黏稠的液體 ────────────────── While previous incidents in museums typically left only surface-level damage to the protective cover of an artwork or historic object, the protesters at Stonehenge placed paint directly on a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site. According to Just Stop Oil's website, the pigment was made of an “orange cornflour” that would wash away in the rain. “Obviously, this is extremely upsetting and our curators are investigating the extent of the damage," English Heritage, the charity that manages Stonehenge said on social media. Stonehenge remains open, it added. 雖然以前在博物館發生的事件通常只會對藝術品或歷史物品的保護層造成表面損壞,但巨石陣的抗議者直接在著名的聯合國教科文組織世界遺產上塗漆。據 Just Stop Oil 網站稱,這種顏料是由「橙色玉米澱粉」所製成,會被雨水沖走。管理巨石陣的慈善機構英國遺產協會在媒體上表示:「這令人極其不安,我們的策展人正在調查受損程度。」該組織補充說,巨石陣仍然開放。 pigment:(n.)顏料 upsetting:(a.)令人心煩意亂的;令人苦惱或憤怒的 curator:(n.)策展人 charity:(n.)慈善機構
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新聞英文解析 第十六屆海峽論壇連戰發表「繼續滅火」言論
KMT Vice Chair Sean Lien boarded a flight to China’s Xiamen on Friday to attend the 16th Straits Forum the following day. He was joined by several KMT officials, including the commissioners of Yunlin and Kinmen, Taipei Councilor Liu Tsai-we and head of the KMT’s Mainland Affairs Department. 國民黨副主席連勝文週五搭機前往廈門參加隔日登場的海峽論壇,多名國民黨政府官員隨行,包括雲林縣長張麗善、金門副縣長李文良、台北市議員柳采葳在內,以及大陸事務部主任林祖嘉也同行。 commissioner:(n.)政府官員 councilor:(n.)議員 ────────────────── KMT Deputy Chairman Sean Lien (連勝文) who was in China to attend the 16th Straits Forum as the head of a KMT delegation made the remarks in an interview with Chinese media on Friday. He said that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is hindering cross-strait relations, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has to keep“putting out fires”the DPP started. “It is absurd that the ones setting fire are sometimes considered heroes, while those putting out the fires are derided,” Lien said. 作為國民黨代表團團長抵中國出席第十六屆海峽論壇的國民黨副主席連戰週五接受中國媒體採訪時表示,民進黨正在阻礙兩岸關係,而國民黨則必須繼續為民進黨「滅火」。連戰說:「放火的人有時被視為英雄,而救火的人卻受到嘲笑,這是荒謬的。」 delegation:(n.)代表團 remark:(n.)評論 hinder:(v.)阻礙 absurd:(a.)荒謬的 deride:(v.)嘲笑;譏弄 ────────────────── Lien said that mutual understanding is vital in developing peaceful cross-strait relations. Information on cross-strait relations is fragmented and much of the Internet-based commentary is polarizing and biased, leading to miscommunication and misunderstandings, Lien said, adding that the best way is to meet in person and communicate. 連戰表示,相互理解在發展兩岸關係和平中至關重要。有關兩岸關係的資訊是碎片化的且許多基於網路的評論都是兩極分化和偏見的,導致溝通不良和誤解,並補充說最好的方式是親自會面和溝通。 mutual:(a.)互相的 vital:(a.)重要的 fragmented:(a.)碎片化的;支離破碎的 commentary:(n.)評論 polarizing:(a.)使兩極分化;使截然對立 biased:(a.)偏袒一方的;有偏見的 In his opening remarks at the Straits Forum yesterday, Lien reiterated the KMT’s commitment to cross-strait peace and exchanges on equal footing and stressed the party’s adherence to the “1992 consensus” and opposition to Taiwan independence. 連戰昨天在海峽論壇致開幕詞時重申國民黨對兩岸和平與平等交流的承諾,並強調堅持92年共識,反對台獨。 reiterate:(v.)重申;反覆講 commitment:(n.)承諾;保證 footing:(n.)立足點 equal footing表示「立足點平等」,原意為大家的機會一致。談判的場景中會有此說法,表示勢均力敵。 adherence:(n.)堅持;嚴守規則或信念 ────────────────── The Straits Forum is seen as a part of China’s United Front strategy against Taiwan. According to China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, some 7,000 Taiwanese were invited to participate this year. But there’s been no sharp increase in airline passengers from Kinmen to Xiamen, or in traffic through the Mini Three Links so that It’s estimated that the number of Taiwanese participants in this United Front activity will be smaller compared to previous years, said Mainland Affairs Council minister Chiu Chui-Cheng. 海峽論壇被視為中國對台統戰策略的一部分,據國台辦宣稱今年邀請7000位台灣嘉賓參加。不過陸委會主委邱垂正表示,金廈航班和小三通流量並沒有顯著增加,預期國人參加人數相比於往年較少。 United Front:(n.)統戰 United Front即統一戰線,指政治競爭上掌握「聯合次要敵人,打擊主要敵人」的原則。首先由列寧提出,毛澤東於1939年「共產黨人」雜誌發刊詞上表示「統一戰線」為中國共產黨「三大法寶」之一。 participate:(v.)參與 the Mini Three Links:(n.)小三通 compare:(v.)比較 compare後面常接 to或者with,兩者略有差別。compare 若表示「比喻」僅能在後面加上介系詞to +N.,意思為「比喻A就像是B一樣」,用來說明兩者的「相似之處」,是A like B的進階用法,表示使用者覺得A跟B是相同的,沒有較勁的意味。比如,Shakespeare compared the world to a stage. 莎士比亞把世界比作舞台。若compare 用於表示「與…相比」、「相較於」或者「對照」則to +N.或with +N.皆可使用,強調「差異之處」,有較勁的意思。比如說,I hate that my mom compares me to/with my brother every time.我討厭我媽每次都把我跟我弟弟拿來作比較。 previous:(a.)先前的 ────────────────── The Straits Forum is known as a China-hosted platform which aims to deliver a “United Front” rhetoric and sow discord within Taiwan, the Mainland Affairs Council said. The government supports cross-strait interactions without predetermined political stances, but is against events that attempt political manipulation, the agency said. 陸委會表示,海峽論壇被認為是中國主辦的平台,旨在發表「統一戰線」言論,並在台灣內部挑撥離間。該機構表示,政府支持兩岸無既定政治立場的互動,但反對企圖政治操縱的活動。 rhetoric:(n.)煽動性語言;雄辯 sow:(v.)播種 discord:(a.)不一致;不協調 predetermined:(a.)預先確定的;事先安排的 stance:(n.)公開表明的觀點;立場 manipulation:(n.)操縱
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新聞英文解析 黃仁勳為人工智慧新時代喝采
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang is in Taiwan for the island’s premier tech expo, Computex Taipei, along with the CEOs of some semiconductor companies. The world’s biggest heavyweights in chipmaking and AI are to converge and their plans for a tech industry dominated by AI are top of the agenda. 輝達公司執行長黃仁勳正在台參加島上首屈一指的科技博覽會—台北電腦展,與會的還有全球最大的半導體公司執行長。全球晶片製造和人工智慧(AI)領域的重量級人物將齊聚一堂,他們在人工智能為主的科技行業計劃是首要議程。 premier:(a.)首要的;首位的 expo:(n.)博覽會exposition的簡稱 英文中常用於表示「展覽」的英文字有exhibition 和 exposition。 通常,exhibition指的是被動消極的展出活動,單純是陳列展品給大眾欣賞觀看,除非是藝術品,絕大部分並無銷售行為,而exposition 除了展示商品之外,只要的目的在概念和商機的交流,希望可以透過活動吸引消費者和商業合作夥伴,其中有很多新的構想和設計公諸於世,比如台灣常見的電腦展就是用expo (=exposition) 這個字。另外,fair也有「展覽」的意思,與前二者較不相同的事,fair通常是像市集一樣的商品展售,以販售為主要目的,是一種比較大眾化,有現場零售交易的販賣活動,比如書展book fair和旅遊展travel fair。 semiconductor:(n.)半導體 chipmaking:(n.)晶片製造 AI:(n.)人工智慧artificial intelligence的簡稱 converge:(v.)會合;交會 converge 這個字最初是指幾條線或道路的會合或交會,後引申為觀點等趨於一致,所以常見作為趨同、會合、聚集或匯合等意思表達。 dominate:(v.)控制;具有優勢 dominate這個字的基本語意為支配、控制、主宰,指在權力、影響力或地位上具有主導性,使其他事物變得次要,可用於描述對人、事物或情況的支配和控制。 ────────────────── There is outsized interest in this year’s Computex, thanks to the participation of not just Huang, but the leaders of some of Nvidia’s main rivals in AI hardware, including Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), Qualcomm Inc and Intel Corp. Barry Lam (林百里), chairman of AI server maker Quanta Computer Inc., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉), Asustek Computer Inc. Chairman Jonney Shih (施崇棠), Supermicro CEO Charles Liang (梁見後), along with Minister of Economic Affairs J. W. Kuo (郭智輝) and digital affairs minister Huang Yen-nun (黃彥男), were also seen at the event. 今年的電腦展受到了極大的關注,不僅因為黃仁勳的參與,還因為英偉達在人工智慧硬體領域的一些主要競爭對手的領導者的參與,包括 AMD、高通和英特爾公司。AI伺服器製造商廣達電腦董事長林百里、鴻海精密董事長劉揚偉、華碩電腦董事長施崇棠、超微首席執行官梁見後、經濟部長郭智輝、數位事務部長黃彥男也出席了活動。 outsized:(a.)超過標準尺寸的,通常翻成巨大的;極大的 participation:(n.)參與 rival:(n.)對手;敵手 ────────────────── Taiwan-born Huang has celebrity status on the island, and there was huge media and public interest in his visit thanks in large part to Nvidia’s status as the undisputed leader in the specialized chips and hardware needed to build and run cutting-edge AI. He announced the general availability of Nvidia ACE generative AI, which can create lifelike human avatars for industries such as customer support. 出生於台灣的黃仁勳在島上享有名人地位,他的訪問引起了媒體和公眾的極大興趣,這在很大程度上要歸功於輝達在構建和運行尖端人工智能所需的專用芯片和硬件領域無可爭議的領導者地位。他宣布 Nvidia ACE 生成式人工智慧全面上市,可以為客戶支援等行業創建栩栩如生的人類化身。 undisputed:(a.)無可爭辯的;無庸置疑的;不容挑戰的 cutting-edge:(a.)領先地位的;發展前沿的 cutting edge是在美國流傳了四十多年的慣用語,原指銳利的刀鋒亦即我們常說的「刀口」。大約在上個世紀五十年代時人們開始用on the cutting edge來表示在科學、研究和文學等方面比其他人都走在前面,處於最先進的地位。因此這個慣用語在科技界使用得最多,形容走在尖端。cutting-edge在本文為形容詞,表示先端的。 availability:(n.)可得性 general availability:一般可用,是軟件開發期的一個重要階段。一般縮寫為GA,指所有必要的商業活動已經完成,該軟體產品已經可以發售的階段。 generative AI:(a.)生成式人工智能 生成式AI 屬於深度學習 (Deep Learning) 的一個分支,是一個概念,而不是商品。其工作原理是一類機器學習模型,通過學習數據中的規律或模式 (Pattern) 來生成新的內容,這是也是生成式AI與遵循特定規則的傳統人工智能最大的差異,其所產出的內容並不限於文本,還可以包括圖像、聲音,甚至動畫和 3D 模型等其它類型。 avatar:(n.)網路遊戲或網路聊天室中的虛擬化身。 Avatar源自印度神話中下凡化作人形的神,所以譯為「化身」。現常用於指一個屬於自己的2D或3D成像,能夠結合動作捕捉的技術,即時捕捉自己的肢體動作或臉部表情,進而由代表我們的Avatar產生相對應的動作。其應用範圍很廣泛,像VTuber或是虛擬遊戲中我們選擇的角色,都可以被稱為是avatar。 ────────────────── Jensen gave a speech at the NTU Sports Center in Taipei on Sunday night, receiving a rock-star reception during his speech ahead of the event. Huang said he was “very happy to be in Taiwan,” calling the country a gathering place for Nvidia’s partners, adding that everything started for the company in Taiwan. He described AI as the driving force of a new industrial revolution across the globe and said that “the next Industrial Revolution has begun”. Two fundamental technologies, accelerated computing and artificial intelligence, were the two forces of computing, that "will reshape the computer industry." 週日晚間黃仁勳在台北台大體育中心發表演講,受到了搖滾明星般的接待。黃表示自己很高興來到台灣,稱台灣是輝達合作夥伴的聚集地,並補充該公司的一切皆始於台灣。他在演說中將人工智慧描述為全球新工業革命的驅動力並且表示「下一次工業革命已經開始」。加速運算和人工智慧這兩項基礎技術是「將重塑電腦產業」的兩股運算力量。 revolution:(n.)革命;變化;革命性劇變 fundamental:(a.)基礎的;基本的;根本的 accelerate:(v.)使加快、增速;促進;提前 accelerate這個字可用於指車輛或駕駛者加速的動作,人或物的行動加快,或者是用於指促使某件事情早日發生。 reshape:(v.)重塑;重組 shape是形狀的意思,reshape有重新成形的意思,在編碼中,reshape函數是MATLAB中將指定的矩陣變換成特定維數矩陣一種函數,且矩陣中元素個數不變,函數可以重新調整矩陣的行數、列數、維數,顧名思義,就是將陣列重新捏成想要的形狀。 ────────────────── “Companies and countries are partnering with Nvidia to shift the trillion-dollar traditional data centers to accelerated computing and build a new type of data center – AI factories – to produce a new commodity: artificial intelligence,” Huang said. Nvidia has unveiled new products and plans to accelerate the advance of AI. 黃仁勳表示,「企業和國家正在與Nvidia 合作,將耗資數十億美元的傳統資料中心轉向加速運算,並建造新型資料中心——人工智慧工廠——以生產新商品:人工智慧」。輝達已推出新產品,並計劃加速人工智慧的進步。 commodity:(n.)大宗商品 大宗商品或大宗物資稱為commodity,是一種財貨或資源,具有完全或實質性的可互換性,具有經濟價值。大宗商品是為人類活動而收集並加工的天然材料或商品,如石油或者貴金屬,其構成經濟的基礎。此外,commodity通常是規模化生產,並且質量和數量都有標準化的要求,意味著無論生產者是誰,價格都是固定的。 unveil:(v.)揭露;將……公諸於世
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新聞英文解析 香港依基本法第二十三條逮捕七人
Hong Kong police arrested the seventh person on Wednesday (May 29) under the territory's new security law(Article 23) in relation to social media posts about commemorating Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and massacre. 香港警方週三(5 月 29 日)根據新國安法(第二十三條)逮捕了第七名涉案人員,其涉嫌在社交媒體上發布紀念北京 1989 年天安門廣場鎮壓及大屠殺的帖子。 territory:(n.)領土;領域 commemorate:(v.)緬懷;尤指以舉行公開儀式或豎立雕塑或特別建築來紀念某人或事件 crackdown:(n.)鎮壓;制裁 massacre:(n.)大屠殺;殘殺 ────────────────── Authorities said the 53-year-old woman taken in was suspected of "offences in connection with seditious intention", following the detention of six people – including a prominent activist Chow Hang Tung who led the now-disbanded group that used to organize annual vigils to mark the Tiananmen Square Massacre-for publishing social media posts which "incited hatred" against Beijing a day earlier. 當局表示,這名 53 歲的女子涉嫌「與煽動意圖有關的罪行」,一天前因在社交媒體上發布「煽動對北京仇恨的帖子」,包括領導一個過去每年組織紀念天安門廣場大屠殺的守夜活動而現已解散團體的活動人士鄒幸彤在內,有六人被拘留。 seditious:(a.)煽動性的 seditious這個字,特別用於指「煽動背叛政府」的言行,比如,煽動性言論seditious speech,也就是以口頭形式鼓吹用武力或暴力推翻政府。而seditious conspiracy則指煽動叛亂罪。 intention:(n.)意圖 detention:(n.)拘留 prominent:(a.)著名的;重要的 disbanded:(a.)被解散的 vigil:(n.)值夜或守夜,指因陪伴病人、祈禱或表達不同政見等的而起的「不眠時間」。 香港曾經是中國領土上唯一一個人們可以公開哀悼1989年6月4日天安門遇難者的地方,自從 2019 年發生大規模民主抗議活動後,北京開始鎮壓異議,至此,香港的紀念活動便轉入地下,曾經吸引數萬人前往香港維多利亞公園的守夜活動自從2020年起便已被禁止。 hatred:(a.)憎恨的 ────────────────── The group of seven are the first people to be arrested under the “Safeguarding National Security Ordinance” — commonly referred to as Article 23 — which Hong Kong enacted in March and penalizes those found guilty of sedition with a prison term of up to seven years. 這七人是根據香港三月頒布的《維護國家安全條例》(通常稱為第 23 條)首批被捕的人,該條例規定煽動叛亂罪可判處最高七年監禁。 enact:(v.)制定法律;實施 penalize:(v.)懲罰;因犯規被處罰 sedition:(n.)煽動叛亂的言論或行為;暴亂 ────────────────── Passed by an opposition-free legislature, Article 23 became Hong Kong's second national security law which expands on the national security law, imposed by Beijing in 2020. The law, which was fast-tracked through Hong Kong's pro-Beijing parliament in March, covers treason, sedition and state secrets, and allows for trials to be held behind closed doors. 第23條,擴展了北京在2020年所實施的國家安全法,在無反對派的立法機關中獲得通過,成為香港的第二部國家安全法。該法於三月在香港親北京議會快速確認,其涵蓋叛國罪、煽動叛亂罪和國家機密,並允許閉門進行審判。 parliament:(n.)議會 treason:(n.)叛國罪;通敵罪 trial:(n.)審判 ────────────────── Although the EU calls on the Hong Kong authorities to protect the ability of the people of Hong Kong to exercise their rights and freedoms, the latest arrest comes after an EU spokesperson said that the law enforcement actions suggest the new legislation "is used to stifle freedom of expression". Amnesty International’s China director called the arrests a “shameful attempt to prohibit people from marking the upcoming anniversary.” 雖然歐盟呼籲香港當局保護香港人民行使其權利和自由的能力,但最近一次的逮捕是在歐盟發言人表示執法行動表明新立法「被用來扼殺言論自由」之後進行的。國際特赦組織中國部主任稱這些逮捕行動是「可恥的企圖,旨在禁止人們慶祝即將到來的紀念日。」 enforcement:(n.)法律或命令的實施;強制執行 stifle:(n.)窒息;扼殺 expression:(n.)表達 amnesty:(n.)赦免 Amnesty International:(n.)國際特赦組織 Amnesty International又稱為大赦國際,縮寫為AI,是一個國際非政府組織,致力於推動全球人權事業的發展。總部位於英國倫敦,在全球擁有大約七百萬成員及支持者。 upcoming:(a.)即將到來的 anniversary:(n.)週年慶;週年紀念日
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新聞英文解析 立院再爆朝野大戰
A massive brawl erupted between governing and opposition lawmakers Friday (May 17) and they scuffled with each other inside and outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei over a vote on legislative reform bills. 朝野立委於週五(五月十七日)在立法院內外就立法改革法案的表決爆發大規模爭吵扭打。 massive:(a.)大規模的 brawl:(n.)亂哄哄的毆鬥;鬧事;大打出手 erupt:(v.)爆發 governing:(n.)治理;執政 opposition:(n.)反對 scuffle:(v.)扭打;亂鬥 reform:(n.)改革 ────────────────── President-elect William Lai is to be inaugurated on Monday, but his DPP lost its majority in the legislature. The KMT holds 52 seats in the 113-seat legislature, while the TPP has 8 and the DPP has 51. The KMT has been working with the TPP to promote their mutual ideas and there are also 2 independent lawmakers who are ideologically aligned with the KMT. 總統當選人賴清德將於週一就職,然而其所領導的民進黨失去立法院多數席位。國民黨在立院113席中佔有52席,台灣民眾黨8席,而民進黨有51席。國民黨一直在與台灣民眾黨合作推動他們的共同想法,且有2名意識形態上支持國民黨的無黨籍立委。 DPP:(n.)Democratic Progressive Party 民主進步黨,簡稱民進黨 majority:(n.)多數 KMT:(n.) Kuomintang中國國民黨,簡稱國民黨 TPP:(n.)Taiwan People’s Party 台灣民眾黨 ideologically:(adv.)意識形態上 mutual:(a.)彼此的;共同的 align:(v.)結盟;密切合作;支持 ────────────────── KMT and TPP lawmakers set up defensive lines outside and inside the Legislative Yuan to thwart an attempt by the DPP to launch a filibuster. They had held a vigil outside the Legislative Yuan since Wednesday (May 15) to get a head start on their DPP rivals and secure the right to propose bills first when doors opened at 7 a.m. 國民黨和台灣民眾黨立委在立法院內外設置防線,阻止民進黨發動阻撓。自周三(5月15日)起在立法院外守夜,以搶先民進黨競爭對手,並確保早上7點開門時首先提出法案的權利。 thwart:(v.)反對;阻撓 filibuster:(n.)冗長辯論,尤指為拖延或阻止新法律的通過而發表冗長的演說 台灣稱filibuster為「費力把事拖」。廣義的filibuster,是議會中議員利用議事必須保障發言權的規則作冗長演講為主,並用各種漏洞方法輔助,通過發表超長辯論而達到拖延表決或者拖延會議進程的目的。而狹義的filibuster是議會中居於劣勢的一小部分甚至單獨一位議員,因無力否決特定法案、人事,或為達到特定政治目的時,在取得發言權後以馬拉松式演說,達到癱瘓議事、阻撓投票,逼使人數佔優的一方作出讓步的議事策略。 vigil:(n.)守夜;尤指因陪伴病人、祈禱、表達不同政見等的不眠時間 rival:(n.)對手 propose:(v.)提案 ────────────────── There was pushing and shoving as KMT lawmakers formed defensive walls at the rostrum to shield Han Kuo-yu, enabling him to preside over the process for raising motions, reading bills and proceed to a vote. In such chaotic scenes, lawmakers surged around the rostrum, some leaping over tables and pulling colleagues to the floor. 國民黨立委在主席台上築起防禦牆,護住韓國瑜,讓他可以主持議案、宣讀法案、繼續議案,此舉引發推擠。在如此混亂的場面中,立委們向演講台周圍湧來,有些人跳過桌子,將同事拉到地板上。 rostrum:(n.)主席台 shove:(v.)推擠 shield:(v.)庇護 preside:(v.)主持 chaotic:(a.)混亂的 surge:(v.)陡增;湧上 ────────────────── DPP lawmakers rushed the rostrum during the interval when KMT lawmakers left it to retrieve voting cards, leading to the second wave of scuffles between the two sides. Puma Shen(DPP)falls after attempting to force his way up the rostrum to occupy the speaker’s seat. Even after the recess was announced, verbal clashes between the blue and green lawmakers continued inside the chamber. At 8pm, five lawmakers were taken to hospital. 國民黨立委離開主席台領取選票的空檔,民進黨立委衝上主席台,雙方發生第二波混戰。民進黨立委沈伯洋在試圖強行登上議長席時跌倒。即使在宣布休會後,藍綠議員之間的言語衝突仍在會議廳內繼續進行。晚上8點五名立委送醫。 interval:(n.)間隔 retrieve:(v.)取回 recess:(n.)休會 clash:(n.)衝突 chamber:(n.)用於特定用途或官方用途的房間,此指會議廳 ────────────────── The legislative reforms would enable better oversight of the Executive Yuan, including a proposal to criminalize officials who are deemed to make false statements in the legislature, said the opposition parties. However, the DPP said the KMT and the TPP are improperly trying to force through the proposals without the customary consultation process in what it called “an unconstitutional abuse of power.” 反對黨表示,立法改革將有助於更好地監督行政院,包括一項將被認為在立法院發表虛假言論的官員定罪的提案。然而民進黨認為,國民黨和台灣民眾黨以所謂「違憲濫用權力」的方式,在未經慣例協商程序的情況下試圖強行通過提案,是不恰當的。 oversight:(v.)監督 customary:(a.)慣常的;按慣例的 consultation:(n.)協議,磋商 unconstitutional:(a.)違憲的 abuse:(v.)出於個人私利的濫用 ────────────────── “The DPP does not want this to be passed as they have always been used to monopolizing power,”said the KMT lawmaker Jessica Chen, wearing a military-style helmet. 戴著軍用頭盔的國民黨立委陳玉珍表示,「民進黨不希望這個法案通過,因為他們一向有壟斷權力的習慣。」 國民黨立委陳玉珍為金門籍首位女立委。 monopolize:(v.)獨佔
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新聞英文解析 中台緊張局勢下,德派兩軍艦前往印太海域
In a bid to bolster its military presence in the Indo-Pacific, Germany sent two naval vessels to the region on Tuesday amid mounting tensions between China and Taiwan, as well as concerning developments in the contested South China Sea. 為加強在印度-太平洋地區的軍事存在,德國週二向該地區派遣了兩艘軍艦,以應對中國和台灣之間以及有爭議的南海問題日益緊張的局勢。 in a bid to:企圖 bolster:(v.)支撐;加固 amid:(prep.)在……當中;為……所環繞 mounting:(a.)持續增加的;持續上升的 ────────────────── The supply ship Frankfurt am Main, which carrying 200 personnel, departed from the town of Wilhelmshaven on Germany's North Sea coast, while the frigate Baden-Wuerttemberg left from the Spanish harbor of Rota. These vessels will rendezvous at sea, and then serve in the Indo-Pacific region, including the South China Sea. The mission aims to ensure that Europe and Germany "have a greater presence in the Indo-Pacific region, one of the most economically important regions". 搭載200名人員的補給艦「法蘭克福號」從德國北海沿岸的威廉港鎮出發,而巡防艦「巴登-符騰堡號」則從西班牙羅塔港起航。這些船隻將在海上會合,並將在包括南海在內的印太地區服役。這項任務旨在確保歐洲和德國「在印太地區擁有更大的影響力,該地區是經濟上最重要的地區之一」。 depart:(v.)出發 frigate:(n)巡防艦 因frigate最初的設計是為了護衛船團,以避免運輸船艦遭潛水艇或潛艦等船隻襲擾,所以特別強調反潛作戰能力,現今已成一般中等國家的海軍作戰主力,體型較護衛艦corvette(台灣稱之為輕型巡防艦)大一倍。 rendezvous:(v.)會合(尤指秘密地);在指定地點會面 onward:(adv.)向前 ────────────────── China, in recent years, has consistently issued threats of reunification with Taiwan by force, frequently employing assertive military actions to convey its dissatisfaction with US policies in the region. China also claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory in spite of the latter’s strong objections. 近年來,中國不斷發出武力統一台灣的威脅,頻繁採取強硬的軍事行動表達對美國在該地區政策的不滿。中國也聲稱民主治理的台灣是自己的領土,儘管後者強烈反對。 reunification:(n.)重新統一 assertive:(a.)武斷的;肯定的 territory:(n.)領土 objection:(n.)反對 ────────────────── According to an estimate, some 40 % of Europe’s foreign trade flows through the South China Sea. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China, despite an international tribunal ruling that Beijing has no legal basis for these claims. 據估計,歐洲約40%的對外貿易經過南海。儘管國際法庭裁定北京的主張沒有法律依據,北京仍宣稱對幾乎整個南海都擁有主權。 claim:(v.)宣稱 sovereignty:(n.)主權;統治權 despite:(adv.)儘管;雖然 despite跟in spite of的用法跟although一樣,都不能和but並用。 tribunal:(n.)特別法庭 ────────────────── “Since several allied navy vessels have passed (the Taiwan Strait), this obviously is an option. But no decision has been taken yet,” said Pistorius. While the ships will traverse the South China Sea, it remains unclear whether they will navigate through the Taiwan Strait like the United States has done, a decision likely to irk China, Germany’s principal trade partner. China. 皮斯托利斯表示,「由於幾艘盟軍的海軍艦艇已經通過(台灣海峽),這顯然是一個選擇。但尚未做出任何決定。」雖然這些船隻將穿越南海,但目前尚不清楚它們是否會像美國一樣穿越台灣海峽,這項決定可能會激怒德國主要貿易夥伴中國。 traverse:(v.)橫越;貫穿 navigate:(v.)航行於…… irk:(v.)使厭煩;使惱火 principal:(a.)主要的
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新聞英文解析 高雄漢來自助餐廳疑似食物中毒症狀人數增至46名
The number of those who have sought medical attention for suspected food poisoning symptoms after dining at an upscale buffet in Kaohsiung on Friday has risen to 46, the Kaohsiung City Health Department said on Sunday. 高雄市衛生局週日表示,週五在高雄一家高檔自助餐用餐後因疑似食物中毒症狀求醫的人數已增至46人。 sought:(v.)尋求,seek的過去分詞 medical attention:(n.-phr.)醫療照顧 symptom:(n.)症狀 常見的food poisoning symptoms,包括diarrhea(腹瀉), nausea(噁心), vomiting(嘔吐), abdominal pain(腹痛), fever(發燒), headache(頭痛)和 weakness(虛弱), 有時伴隨bloody stools(血便)或pus stools(膿便)取決於患者的年齡、個人健康狀況、引起食物中毒的疾病類型以及程度。 upscale:(a.)高檔的 ────────────────── Eleven people have sought medical attention for diarrhea and other symptoms of food poisoning after dining at an upscale buffet restaurant, Hi-Lai Harbo, in Kaohsiung's Zuoying District, the city's health authorities said Saturday. The department sent food safety inspectors to the branch restaurant at Kaohsiung Arena after notified of the incident by a hospital where one of the patients was treated. 該局週六表示,有11人在高雄市左營區高檔自助餐廳漢來海港用餐後出現腹瀉及其他食物中毒症狀就醫。在接獲某一患者收治醫院的通知後,該單位即派出食品安全檢查人員前往高雄漢來海港餐廳巨蛋分店。 inspector:(n.)調查員 branch:(n.)分店;分公司;分部 arena:(n.)體育比賽或表演用的場地,此指「巨蛋」體育場 notify:(v.)通知;告知 ────────────────── At the restaurant in Zuoying District, health inspectors found signs of cross-contamination between raw and cooked foods and collected 20 samples from food items in its kitchen, including salad, oysters and sashimi, and various locations in the restaurant. The department said that another 56 samples were collected from the restaurant's kitchen staff and the 11 people who became ill, adding that all the samples are still undergoing testing. 衛生檢查人員在左營這間餐廳發現生食和熟食間存在交叉污染的跡象,並進行在廚房內包括沙拉、牡蠣和生魚片在內等食品以及在餐廳不同地點的採樣,共採集了20個樣本。該部門表示還從餐廳廚房工作人員和11名患病人員身上共採集了56個樣本,並補充說明所有的樣本仍在受檢中。 cross-contamination:(n.)交叉污染 various:(a.)不同的,指多樣的或不同種類的 undergo:(v.)遭遇 ────────────────── Since Saturday, when 11 diners were reported to have fallen ill, another 35 people have come down with food poisoning symptoms, the city’s health authorities said in press release. As of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the number of people who had fallen ill after eating at the restaurant buffet had risen to 46. They all reported diarrhea and other symptoms of food poisoning but none of them have been hospitalized, it added. 高雄市衛生局在新聞稿中表示,自週六有11名用餐民眾生病以來,另有35人出現食物中毒症狀。截至週日下午4:30,在餐廳吃了自助餐之後身體不適的人數已上升至46人,並補充道他們都有腹瀉和其他食物中毒症狀,但沒有人住院。 come down with:(v.-phr.)身體不舒服;生病。 come down with 尤其用來指「某人感到不適,有要生病的跡象」或「生小病」,還不是太嚴重的情況。 press:(n.)記者;新聞輿論 release:(v.)(發佈的)新聞稿 hospitalize:(v.)住院 ────────────────── Before the release of the test results, the restaurant agreed to remain closed on Saturday and Sunday to undergo extensive cleaning. City health officials are to conduct a follow-up inspection after the clean-up this week, and if sanitation issues persist, the restaurant could face fines ranging from NT$60,000 to NT$200 million under the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation. 在測試結果發布之前,這間餐廳同意在六日繼續關閉,以進行大規模清潔。衛生局官員將於本週進行清理後續之檢查,如果衛生問題持續存在,按食品安全衛生管理法,該餐廳可能會受到新台幣6萬至2億元的罰款。 remain:(v.)保持 extensive:(a.)大範圍的;大規模的 conduct:(v.)進行 follow-up:(a.)後續的 sanitation:(n.)衛生 persist:(v.)持續
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新聞英文解析 高中生開發的地震App爆紅
An earthquake alert app designed by a Taiwanese senior high school student has gone viral following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of Hualien County on April 3. because it sends earthquake alerts more readily than the CWA. It is facing bandwidth issues after a surge in downloads. 4月3日,花蓮縣外海發生7.2級地震後,一位台灣高中生所設計的地震警報應用程式因該應用程式比中央氣象局更快地發送地震警報而迅速走紅。因此該下載量激增,現正面臨頻寬問題。 viral:(a.)爆紅的 viral原意為「病毒的」,此指像(在網路上)病毒般瘋狂流傳的,也就是我們所謂的「爆紅的」之意。 readily:(adv.)迅速地;輕而易舉地 CWA: 中央氣象局the Central Weather Administration bandwidth:(n.)頻寬 bandwidth若作為商業術語,則是指「處理工作壓力的能力」或「面對挑戰的能力」,類似口語中的「精力」、「資源」或「餘力」。 surge:(n.)陡增;急遽上升;湧現 The "Taiwan earthquake alert," which was launched by independent developer Lin Tzu-yu last summer, has been compared favorably with the national emergency alert system which has remained largely silent to people outside the immediate area of epicenters amid a spate of quakes this month and it has been downloaded more than 320,000 times so far to top the Apple iOS' free app chart. 去年夏天由獨立開發者林子祐所推出的「台灣地震警報」應用程式比起在本月發生一系列地震後對震央範圍以外的人們幾乎沒有作出警報的全國緊急警報系統更受好評。這款應用程式迄今已經在蘋果iOS免費應用程式排行榜上下載了超過32萬次,名列榜首。 favorably:(adv.)有利地;適宜地 如果某個事物 is compared favorably with另一個事物,代表這個事物 is better than另一個,該片語被用來表示「優於」。 immediate:(a.)立即的;接近的;直接的 epicenter:(n.)震央 amid:(n.)在…之中 amid屬於正式用字,英式寫法為amidst,常在新聞中出現,用以形容一件事情在某種氛圍、情況之下發生,後面多接名詞片語,而不是完整的句子。比如說,Amidst COVID surge, Kinmen needs immediate and stronger support from the authority. 在新冠疫情飆升下,金門需要當局立即且更有力的支持。另一個用於表示「在…之中」的字為among,後面通常接複數名詞。 spate:(n.)大量(尤其指不愉快的)突發事件 The app has been praised for its capability to issue warnings seconds to tens of seconds before the shaking from a distant earthquake reaches the user’s location, including Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Yilan, Kaohsiung and Hualien areas. It sends alerts for any earthquake that is expected to be magnitude 4.5 or greater and of at least intensity 3, or “light” shaking. 這款應用程式因其能在遠處地震的震動到達使用者所在地,包括台北、新竹、台中、嘉義、台南、宜蘭、高雄和花蓮地區之前幾秒鐘或數十秒發出警報,以及包括潛在震動的倒數和震級預測在內的用戶友好資訊顯示界面,而受到讚揚。對於任何預計震級達到4.5或更大,且至少達到3級強度或「輕微」震動的地震都會發送警報。 capability:(n.)能力 intensity:(n.)強度 Besides, the user-friendly interface that displays information, such as its countdown to potential shaking or magnitude predictions and the function that users can customize the app to set the location and seismic intensity level at which they want to be warned make the app the best welcomed one. 此外,使用者友善訊息陳列介面,像是潛在地震倒數或者規模預測,以及用戶可以自定義應用程式,設定自己希望收到警報的地點和地震強度級別的功能都讓該程式成為最受歡迎的軟體。 interface:(n.)介面 display:(v.)呈現;顯示 magnitude:(n.)規模 prediction:(n.)預測 customize:(v.)客製化 seismic:(a.)地震引起的 The data of the app originate almost entirely from CWA observation stations. The app is hosted on a server with limited bandwidth that his family pays for now, so Lin hopes to collaborate with the government in the future to improve data transmission speed and expand usage to a wider range of regions. 該程式的數據幾乎全部源自於中央氣象局觀測站。因目前該程式架在家裡付費的伺服器上,頻寬受限,所以林子祐希望未來能與政府合作,提高數據傳輸速度,並將使用範圍擴展到更廣泛的地區。 originate:(v.)起源於 entirely:(adv.)全部 host:(v.)託管;寄主 collaborate:(v.)合作 transmission:(n.)傳輸