[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 5/27-5/31

●國際新聞(一)

With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District in the U.S. state of Oklahoma flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over."

猛烈的暴風雨來臨前，美國奧克拉荷馬州摩爾公立學校校區匆忙傳了簡訊給家長，上面寫說：「我們目前把所有學生留在學校裡，直至危險過去為止。」

單字:
1. ominous storm 猛烈的暴風雨(ominous, 不祥的)
2. approach 接近
3. flash a text alert 匆忙傳簡訊通知
4. hold 留置
5. the current storm danger 目前的風暴危機

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

A top human rights group has warned that the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars and economic hardship is worsening in Europe as financial turmoil and austerity stoke bias against foreigners.

某個主要人權組織警告說，逃避戰爭和經濟困難的難民和移民在歐洲的苦況日惡，原因是金融亂局和撙節措施挑起了排外的偏見。

單字:
1. top 主要
2. human rights group 人權組織
3. the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars 逃避戰爭的難民和移民之苦境
4. 挑起偏見 bias

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Premier Jiang Yi-huah announced Tuesday that the government will spend NT$3.24 billion over the next five years on a package of measures to reinvigorate Taiwan's ailing economy.

行政院院長江宜樺星期二宣布一系列振興經濟措施，政府將在未來五年投入新台幣卅二億四千萬元，以提振台灣低迷的經濟。

單字:
1. a package of measures 財政減稅措施
2. reinvigorate (vigor的i是念一的音, 不是埃)
3. ailing 生病 (sick和ill之外的另一個選擇, ai發長音ㄟ)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=c
參考:
http://www.qfinance.com/dictionary/fiscal-measures



●國內新聞(二)

The Republic of China will soon post female armed service personnel in the South China Sea for the first time to help safeguard the nation's sovereignty over the territory, maintain regional peace and beef up protection for Taiwan's ships.

海巡署星期二說，中華民國將在短期內首次派遣女兵前往南海，以協助保衛國家領土主權，維持地區和平並加強保護台灣船隻。

單字:
1. post 派遣
2. female armed service personnel 女兵
3. safeguard the nation's sovereignty over the territory 保衛國家領土主權(sovereignty, 統治權, ver中間e沒有特別發音, eign只有一的音, 重音在第二音節, 發音和sovereign差滿多的)
4. beef up protection 加強保護

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=d



●生活新知

David Beckham's pecs are as much a part of his brand as his soccer skills; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Being one of the world's highest-earning athletes in 2013, Beckham has recently retired.

貝克漢的胸肌和他的足球技都是他的招牌之一，但比起他所放棄的運動，他的鞋子品牌最終還是比較能賺錢。身為二○○三年全球收入最高的運動員之一，貝克漢最近退休了。

單字:
1. pecs 胸肌
2. lucrative 有利可圖
3. highest-earning 收入最高

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=e

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/3-6/7

●國際新聞(一)

Until the fertilizer company in West, Texas, blew up in April and demolished scores of homes, many in that town of 2,800 didn't know what chemicals were stored there or how dangerous they were.

在美國德州韋斯特市的肥料廠四月發生爆炸，炸毀了數十家民宅之前，這個城鎮的兩千八百名居民中很多人都不知道當地貯存了些什麼化學藥品，也不知道它們有多危險。

單字:
1. fertilizer company 肥料廠
2. blow up 爆炸
3. demolish 毀壞
4. scores of homes 數十家民宅
5. many in that town of 2,800 這個城鎮的2,800人中的一大部分

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

The giant posters of Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon's wars with Israel still dot the picturesque landscape of southern Lebanon, the few remaining reminders of some of the epic battles.

在黎巴嫩與以色列的戰爭中喪生的真主黨戰士遺像巨幅海報，現在仍然可以在風景秀麗的黎巴嫩南部很多地方看到。這是這些激戰留下來的少數紀念物之一。

單字:
1. dot 點綴
2. picturesque landscape 秀麗風景
3. the few remaining reminders 少數紀念物
4. epic battle 激戰

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Close to 500 people participated in a candlelight vigil in Taipei Tuesday to commemorate those who were killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and to call for the release of political prisoners in China.

近五百人星期二在台北市參加一項緬懷一九八九年天安門大屠殺遇難者的燭光晚會，並呼籲中共釋放政治犯。

單字:
1. candlelight vigil 燭光晚會
2. commemorate 緬懷
3. Tiananmen Square massacre 天安門大屠殺
4. call for 呼籲

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

Taiwan's authorities in charge of intellectual property protection have decided to give up on a plan to block overseas Internet services that violate copyright laws amid opposition to the plan from free-speech advocates.

在一片主張言論自由的人反對聲浪中，主管智慧產權保護的台灣政府單位決定放棄封鎖境外侵權網站的計畫。 經濟部智慧財產局長王美花在星期一宣佈了前述決定，宣稱...

單字:
1. amid 在...之中
2. opposition to the plan 反對聲浪
3. free-speech advocate 主張言論自由的人

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=d



●生活新知

A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home, where his vandalism prompted public fretting about how to cultivate a good image overseas as more newly affluent Chinese travel around the world.

一名中國少年在埃及一所神廟內塗鴉，使神廟受損，結果在國內遭到撻伐，原因是愈來愈多中國新富出國旅遊之際，這名少年的破壞行為使中國社會大眾擔心不知如何在國外培養良好形象。

單字:
1. defaced with graffiti 以塗鴉毀損
2. come under fire at home 在國內遭到撻伐
3. fret 擔心
4. newly affluent Chinese 中國新富

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=e

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/10-6/14

●國際新聞(一)

At an age when most Chinese executives are long retired, the country's top hog butcher is taking on a daunting new job — persuading Americans to allow him to complete China's biggest takeover of a U.S. company.

在這個大多數中國高階主管都早已退休的時代，該國最大的豬肉製造商展開了一項艱鉅的工作，說服美國人讓他完成中國最大手筆收購一家美國企業的案子。

單字:
1. are long retired 早已退休
2. top 最大
3. hog butcher 豬肉製造商
4. take on 展開
5. daunting 艱鉅(令人裹足不前的)
6. takeover 收購

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

A stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds radioactive waste.

美國華盛頓州東南部的沙土下埋了一個約略有一個籃球場大小的不鏽鋼核廢料槽，這是美國為了贏得二次大戰所付代價的古老遺跡之一。這個廢料槽貯藏著輻射廢料。

單字:
1. stainless steel tank 不鏽鋼槽
2. the size of a basketball court 一個籃球場大小
3. lies buried 埋了 (lie與bury兩字皆有埋的意思)
4. aging remnant 古老遺跡
5. radioactive waste 幅射廢料

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Taiwan entered a "zero tolerance" era toward drunk driving yesterday when the world's toughest standards for alcohol levels in motorists went into effect. Under the revised Criminal Code, motorists are subject to prosecution under tough standards.

台灣昨天進入對酒醉駕車的「零容忍」時代，開始實施全世界最嚴厲的酒精濃度標準。根據新公布的「中華民國刑法」修正案，駕車人被起訴的標準很嚴。

單字:
1. drunk driving 酒醉駕車
2. go into effect 開始實施
3. Criminal Code 刑法
4. subject to prosecution 可被起訴

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

Taiwanese traditional music and theater groups will begin holding performances and workshops in rural areas of Taiwan from this month to promote traditional art, the Ministry of Culture announced this week.

文化部本星期宣布，台灣的傳統音樂和戲劇表演團體將從本月起在台灣農村地區表演和舉行研討會，以推廣傳統藝術，文化部宣布。

單字:
1.theater groups 戲劇表演團體
2. hold performance 舉行表演
3. rural area 農村地區
4. promote traditional art 推廣傳統藝術

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=d



●生活新知

The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. Popular actor Hong Suk-chon was banished from television and radio programs for three years.

二○○○年南韓首次有名流宣佈自己是同性戀者時，反應既來得快而且無情。受歡迎的演員洪石川遭到電視台和電台放逐三年。他接受脫口秀目訪問時，宣稱後悔公開表明...

單字:
1. without empathy 無情
2. be banished 遭到放逐(冷凍)
3. television and radio programs 電視台和電台

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=e

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/17-6/21

●國際新聞(一)

People like Edward Snowden — nearly 500,000 employees of private firms with access to the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets — play a crucial role in the U.S. intelligence community: They help monitor threats.

像愛德華史諾登的人──即近五十萬名任職於可以接觸到美國政府最敏感機密民間企業的雇員──在美國情報界扮演一個很重要的角色：他們幫忙偵防威脅。

單字:
1. private firms 民間企業
2. with access to 可以接觸到
3. intelligence community 情報界

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin children has turned patchy and orangish, their stomachs have ballooned.

沿著海地南岸山區而建的石砌房子和外貌有如印第安人帳篷的茅舍間，難熬的饑餓幾乎無所不在。瘦得像一根竹竿的孩子，頭髮斑駁疏落，而且呈橘色，肚子脹大。

單字:
1. the hardship of hunger 難熬的飢餓
2. abound 大量存在
3. amid 在...之中

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Taiwan's top media regulator is taking action to improve global news coverage on local radio and TV stations, which have long been criticized for focusing too much on domestic affairs.

台灣最高媒體監督單位要採取行動來改善長期遭批評太著重國內新聞的國內電台與電視台國際新聞報導。

單字:
1. top 最高
2. media regulaor 媒體監督單位
3. global news coverage 國際新聞(的報導比例)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

The Taipei City Government recently redeveloped the Shuanglien traditional market into a youth hostel for backpackers in Taiwan. The 35-year-old market had been attracting fewer customers and visitors due to its age.

台北市政府最近將雙連傳統市場轉型成了給背包客來台灣下榻的青年旅舍。 這座有卅五年歷史的市場由於老舊，因此吸引愈來愈少的顧客與觀光客。

單字:
1. the Taipei City Government 台北市政府(機構名, 如為建築物把Government改成Hall)
2. redevelop 重建
3. fewer 越來越少
4. due to its age 由於老舊

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=d
參考:
http://www.ep66.com.tw/QA1.htm



●生活新知

Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Florida, was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined — especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins were still babies.

佛羅里達州維羅灘居民羅娜拉多卡伊懷了雙胞胎時，有人提醒她說，這一回當媽媽可沒有原先設想那麼容易了，特別是她的雙胞胎還是嬰兒時，她還打算回去工作。

單字:
1. warn 提醒(警告)
2. motherhood 母職
3. plan 打算(計畫)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=e