[時事英文] 美國阿札爾部長的「Tsai總統」發音！

Is this whole discussion really about diplomatic courtesy and English pronunciation, or is it just another ploy to attract media attention?

這些「發音的討論」是基於外交禮節、英文的發音亦或只是獲得媒體關注的手段？

Probably all three? A better way to improve public image might be to invest more in community service, connect with the constituency, and cultivate new talents.

1. diplomatic courtesy 外交禮節
2. ploy 計謀、策略、手段
3. lift public image 提升形象
4. community service 社區服務
5. constituency 選區；選區的選民
6. new talents 新秀

也許以上皆是? 提升公眾形象更好的途徑可以是透過投入社區服務、增加與選民的互動以及培養有潛力的新秀。

Focus on issues that count, not make petty arguments.

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar Statement on Meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen (As Prepared for Delivery)

Thank you, President Tsai [ts-eye], for welcoming me to Taiwan today. It is a true honor to be here to convey a message of strong support and friendship from President Trump to Taiwan.

I would like to congratulate President Tsai on beginning her second term earlier this year. As Secretary Pompeo said in marking her inauguration in May, President Tsai’s courage and vision in leading Taiwan’s vibrant democracy are an inspiration to the region and the world.

7. convey a message of… 傳遞...的訊息
8. Secretary 國務卿
9. inauguration 就職
10. a vibrant democracy 有活力的民主
11. an inspiration to… 為…的表率

美國衛生部部長阿薩爾與蔡總統會面致詞稿

謝謝蔡總統今天歡迎我到訪台灣，能夠在這裡傳達川普總統對
台灣的強力支持和友誼是我誠摯的榮幸。我要祝賀蔡總統在今年初展開第二任期。正如國務卿蓬佩奧就蔡總統五月份就職典禮所發表的聲明所說，蔡總統帶領活力民主台灣的勇氣和願景，堪稱印太地區及全世界的表率。

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I also want to offer my condolences to everyone in Taiwan on the loss of your former President Lee Teng-hui, the father of Taiwan’s democracy and one of the great leaders of the 20th century’s movement toward democracy.

12. offer condolences 表達哀悼之情
13. the father of Taiwan’s democracy 台灣民主之父
14. movement 運動

我也想對前總統李登輝的逝世，向台灣人民表達哀悼之意。李前總統是台灣民主之父，也是二十世紀民主運動的偉大領袖。

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Under President Trump, the United States has expressed our admiration for Taiwan’s democratic success in tangible ways. President Trump has signed legislation to strengthen the partnership between Taiwan and the United States, and in 2018, we opened a new American Institute in Taiwan, a brick-and-mortar commitment to our treasured friendship.

15. in a tangible way 切實地; 以確實的方式*
16. sign (v.) legislation to 簽署法案
17. partnership 夥伴關係
18. a brick-to-mortar commitment 堅定的承諾 (brick and mortar 指實體房屋，這裡指如磚牆般堅固的承諾)

在川普總統的領導下，美國對台灣的成功民主制度表示讚賞。川普總統也簽署了相關法案，強化美台的夥伴關係。2018年，我們啟用了美國在台協會新館，象徵著美國對美台友誼的珍視及堅定承諾。

*tangible: https://bit.ly/3fQPPZs

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The particular focus of both my discussion with President Tsai and of our trip is highlighting Taiwan’s success on health, in combating COVID-19, and cooperating with the United States to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats.

19. the focus of... ...的焦點
20. highlight one’s success on… 強調在…的成功(這裡指台灣的防疫的成就)
21. cooperate with 與…的合作
22. detect (v.) 發現、察覺
23. health threats 健康的威脅(這裡指疫情)

我與蔡總統的對談以及本次訪台的重點在於，強調台灣在公共衛生及對抗新冠病毒疫情的卓越成就，以及台灣與美國在預防、發現及應對疫情上的通力合作。

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Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 has been among the most successful in the world, and that is a tribute to the open, transparent, democratic nature of Taiwan’s society and culture. Taiwan had tremendous success in detecting COVID-19, managing the outbreak, and sharing this valuable information with other nations. Taiwan’s success in health and industry has allowed it to extend a helping hand to others, sending needed supplies around the world, including to the United States and Pacific Island nations.

24. be a tribute to sth/sb 是（優秀、強大或有效性）的明證
25. transparent 透明的
26. tremendous success 巨大的成功
27. manage outbreak控制(疫情的)爆發
28. extend a helping hand to others 向他人伸出援手

台灣的防疫措施可謂世界上數一數二的成功典範，而這都歸因於台灣社會及文化的開放、透明和民主。台灣在發現新冠病毒、控制疫情，以及與其他國家分享寶貴資訊上都取得非凡的成果。台灣的公衛專業和產業實力也得以協助他人，提供美國和太平洋島國等世界各國夥伴所需的物資。

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Again, I am grateful to President Tsai for welcoming us to Taiwan and I look forward to using this visit to convey our admiration for Taiwan and to learn about how our shared democratic values have driven success in health.

29. convey(v.) admiration 表達欽佩
30. shared democratic values 共享民主價值
31. have driven success in… 帶動…領域的成功

我要再次感謝蔡總統的熱情歡迎，我也期待藉此訪問傳達美國對台灣的欽佩之意，並了解我們的共享民主價值如何帶動公共衛生領域的成功。

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讓我們聚焦於有意義的議題，免去枝微末節。

Take care while in Paris! Don't be cheated from the gamble group, they have few person together gamble on the street to attract tourists.
「1、2、3，1、2、3，哪ㄧ個？」甚至還英文發音。
😆在巴黎真的是什麼詐騙招數都有耶～我們坐在香榭大道走道上椅子休息，看五位年齡已不小（有的都老伯耶）在我們面前停下玩起猜猜白色東西在哪個盒子。中間蹲著的人做東。

五人裝不認識，合作在路上賭博，先付錢你猜對再給你錢，他們在我們面前賣力演了好久甚至還過來拿錢要給我們去玩～當然是天底下哪有白吃的午餐，哪敢玩😤😤

之後有些路人被吸引，想玩，有ㄧ個好心叔叔把人拉走叫他們別玩耶！

他們看成效不彰，做東的人收了紅布起身要走，看到身旁又有旅客經過，立即快速蹲下，身手矯健的玩弄工具嘴裏又念「1、2、3，1、2、3。」然後他的夥伴都措手不及（因為想說要走了）我們坐在旁邊看到這副景像大笑出來，有ㄧ個同夥自己也笑了。

比較想知道的是，他們想要怎麼騙人。是當你猜對時，除了把東西移位騙你錢（我們有看到），會不會給你假鈔？到底是要怎麼騙？👀💦

你的電話號碼是大吉還是大凶呢？

現21在世紀的今天，手機已經是我們生活中很重要的一個生活必需品。許許多多的人際、事業、生活……。都在手機裡。
你知道你的手機號碼也是你的「成功」影響因素之一嗎？
你的手機號碼，是召財還是破財？是廣結善緣還是到處小人？是帶來好消息還是煩惱連連？
快來看看Dato' David Hew所研發的V數字方程式對手機電話號碼的精闢研究，了解數字，你將贏在起跑點。... See More
There was this article that appeared in today’s newspaper that clearly caught my attention. Once again, it proves that individuals will pay top dollars to own an “auspicious” mobile number. This is especially true in China where everyone competes intensely and fiercely on one objective…that is to “WIN”!

So, why are individuals willing to spend millions to acquire a mobile number? Well, with the advent of the Internet and state of the art mobile technology, our life has been transformed in many ways! To the extent where we can’t leave home or leave our hands free from our mobile(s) device(s). It’s an integral part of our lives that we can no longer do without. The basic functionality of a mobile phone has extended from merely attending to voice calls to data services and now multimedia functionalities that include real-time updates of information/news/videos/activities – be it private or official. The form factor of such mobile devices have varied in many ways over the last few years making it easier for people of all ages to have no excuse to leave home without one.

But the question is “paying millions”?!! Yes, why not? If a good mobile number attracts “callers” or “potential deal makers” that can bring about windfalls of projects, why not? This is especially obvious in country like China where deals are worth millions and in some cases, billions!

Let me give you some pointers as to how we assess mobile numbers…definitely not basing it on just the homophonic or the pronunciation of the numbers. For example 8 in Chinese is pronounced as “Fa” which means “prosperity”; 6 is “Lu” or “good fortune”. That’s not the focus on how a mobile number should be picked. The mechanics of how mobile devices work can be too complex for many to understand. But the crux of how we make or receive calls centres around a simple theory call “modulation”. In layman terms, “frequencies that carry across thin air from one point to the other”. Frequency is basically vibration of wave particles…it’s made up of different numbers that travel across the universe to and fro our mobile devices based on instructions and settings we pre-determined. Just imagine carrying a mobile phone or various mobile devices that uses SIM card. You automatically become the “host” that “magnatised” all the different frequencies around the universe! Hence, it’s best to “attract” the “positive energy” than the negative right?

Lets take a look at the million dollar mobile lines that was paid by avid fan of auspicious numbers!

Firstly, we layout the numbers and format them into a “inverted triangular” shape based on a special formulary developed by myself through the use of VISIBER’s unique V Formulary. This is an evolutionary part of the V Formulary that stood the test of time over the last 12 years.

The main purpose of such format is to deduce the mobile numbers by adding up all the digits individually – line by line. We have to include the “country code” as without that, the mobile number will not be deemed as “unique”. With the country code, this will be the most “unique identity” an individual can have as no other number will have similar patterns or number sequence. A person who carries a mobile device equipped with a unique number can be influenced positively or negatively depending on the sequential arrangement of the selected numbers that was chosen. As the saying goes, don’t judge the book by the cover…I think it’s appropriate now to start adding another statement that says “don’t judge the numbers as they appear”.

Alright, lets move on to the gist of the analysis (for +8618988888888). For China, the addition of country code 8618xxxxxxxxx give rise to a number combo of 579 in the subsequent line. Meaning, very strong government influences, connections or links in determining the success or failure in all areas within the country of China. For this mobile number in particular, we can see that 5798 is the first 4 digits that appear after the addition. Though having strong government network/connection, the user will have to be aware that this may also lead to potential conflicts that may happen if matters are not handled cautiously. 98 or 89 usually attract legal conflicts. This followed by another subsequent outcome after the addition of 8s in the base/top line - you can clearly notice that the first line all ended up with 7s. At the initial stage, the number magnetized positive events such as people…however, determining which ones are the good or bad lot will be somewhat a challenge thereafter. This is validated by the built-up of 5s in the 3rd line. 5 denotes direction and having one 5 is sufficient because one 5 shows strong focus and clear path of where the individual wants to go to. But having six 5s will lead to some real challenges down the track. Too many will be confusing for the user as it will lead to difficult “cross road(s)”. Moving from the 5s will be the 1s (also through the adding up of the previous set of 5s). Even after attracting a strong network of people, it ends up that the user of this mobile number having to undertake most tasks by him or herself. There are five 1s which when added up, gives rise to 5 – meaning, the user will not only be very busy but have to travel rigorously in order to get things in order.

Chinese love number 8 but having too many of it will distract us from the ability to focus on getting things done. From the derivation of this mobile number, we can clearly see a lot of repeated events (numbers). If this scenario leads to a positive end, it will not be an issue. However, this is not the case for this mobile number. The last 2 lines before the end which happens to be an 8 (derived from 89 => 8) will be an outcry as it denotes negativity. As mentioned, the occurrence of 89 or 98 does not lead to a positive note. It will end up with the user goes round in circle not achieving much but instead will accumulate lots of unnecessary legal conflicts. So, to conclude, though this mobile number costs millions to acquire, it comes not only with trouble but also lots of unwanted legal entanglement. Better be safe to avoid than to be sorry as the user may have to fork out many more millions later on to resolve all these unwanted negative issues!!

The second mobile number analysis is as follow:
8613 is a good beginning, leading to the connection with good government officials (574). Obvious patterns will be the repeated order of 6s right at the base/top line of this mobile number. The occurrences will be repeated by 3s and followed by 6s again. Hence, it means the ability to attract investment opportunities! Chances of yielding positive returns are very good too. However, the potential holding of assets based on this number pattern will be low due to the low appearances of 9s in the V chart. Meaning, this type of mobile numbers are more suited for individuals dealing with the “financial industry” or involving in “investment related” activities. I will associate this to a “corporate raider” who wheels and deals regularly.

The other occurrences will be number 7 but they are spread out evenly over the 12 lines (from 1st to final line). Therefore, it does not have the previous pitfalls demonstrated by the mobile with lots of 8s up front where the 7s will give rise to 5s in the next level down.

All in all, this is a very busy mobile and the influence that it has over the user will be “good and fast decision making that results in positive high yield returns”. So the person that paid top dollar for this mobile will be laughing to the bank for certain!

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這是出現在今日報紙上的一篇文章，其標題吸引了我的注意力。 它再次地證明了一個人願意支付天價購買一個“吉祥”的手機號碼。尤其是在中國這麼一個競爭激烈的社會，每個人都在爭相追逐同一個目標......那就是“贏” ！

那麼，為什麼會有人願意花那麼大筆錢來購買一個手機號碼呢？其實，隨著互聯網和移動通信技術的進步，已經全面地改變我們的生活方式與觀念，帶來了根深蒂固的影響。如今，每個人都離不開手機，它已經成了我們生活中不可或缺的一部分。手機的基本功能已經從單純的語音通話功能，延伸至即時更新的多媒體功能，當中包括了信息／新聞／視頻／活動等－無論是私人或官方形式。移動通信設備在過去幾年的迅速改進，使它更容易成為所有年齡層的人在遠行之時都會携帶的隨身物品。

但問題是，這有必要耗費“上百萬”嗎？ ！是的，如果一個好的手機號碼吸引了“來電者”或“潛在的交易者” 而帶來了大商機或意外的收穫，何樂而不為呢？尤如中國，一單交易便可輕易上百萬，並在某些情況下，更可高達幾十億！

讓我舉例解釋如何評估我們的手機號碼......絕對不只是單憑它的諧音或讀音那麼簡單！ 例如，在中國粵語數字8的發音為“發”，有“財運佳”之意；而數字6則是“祿”，亦寓意著“好運氣” ；但這都不是挑選手機號碼的重點。移動設備中的程序太複雜，並非所有人都能夠理解。當我們撥打或接聽電話的時候，環繞著的是一個簡單的理論－“調製”。簡單來說，它就是在空氣分子中被傳遞的“頻率”。基本上，頻率是波粒的振動，由若干個數字組成信息，在宇宙中的無線電波及電話信息裡，根據各種設置川流不息。試想想看携帶著內含SIM卡的手機或各種移動設備的你，無時無刻地吸引著宇宙中的各種頻率！因此，吸引“正能量”總比吸引“負能量”好吧？

讓我們來看看這由吉祥數字狂熱迷支付百萬購買的手機號碼！首先，我們將這組手機號碼透過我本身所研發的“顛覆三角形”獨特方程式來進行計算，這也是V數字方法論這十二年來另一個層次的提昇。

這種格式的主要目的是通過逐行相加的方式來加至最後的單一數字。方程式的電話號碼中必須包括“國家代碼”，那這電話號碼才可算是獨一無二的，因為這世上不會有另一個人會和你擁有一模一樣的手機號碼 。一個人所配有的獨特手機號碼組合可看出其正面或負面的影響。俗話說，不要從封面來判斷一本書的好壞......那我認為現在我們也可以開始有這麼一個新的說法“不要以數字呈現的方式來判斷它的好壞”。

好吧，現在讓我們進入分析的要點 (for +8618988888888)。對於中國來說，增加了國家代碼8618xxxxxxxxx後便會在第二行產生579的數字組合。這意味著，中國政府有著非常強大的影響力和勢力，更可決定國內各地區的成與敗。尤其是這手機號碼在相加之後最先出現的四個數字為5798；可見雖然此手機號碼持有者擁有強大的政府網絡及人脈，但他若沒謹慎處理之間的關係，便會導致衝突和矛盾的發生。98或89組合通常都會吸引法律上的訴訟或合約方面的麻煩。隨後緊接著的多個數字7，在初始階段顯示身邊吸引了許多人脈，然而，判斷人脈當中的好壞便是隨之而來所會面對的挑戰。第三行中數字5的重複性更顯示了當中的阻隔。5代表著明確的方向及專注力，但若出現太多的5便會造成混淆，因為太多的“方向”會導致他猶如站在十字路口般，佈置何去何從。接下來的重複性數字1 表示了他先前雖然擁有人脈，但最終還是得自己承擔大部份的事務。而且，五個連續的數字1加起來等於5，所以他除了十分繁忙，也必須時時出差才能將事情處理好。

中國人喜歡數字8，但太多的8號會分散我們的注意力，失去焦點。從這個手機號碼的分析，我們可清晰地看到大量的重複數字。如果它帶動了正面的結果，那將不會是一個問題。然而，這手機號碼似乎並不是如此。總數前的最後兩行這恰好是8（89=>8）顯示了負面的結果。如之前所提，89或98都會吸引不必要的法律衝突，最終讓他不停地兜圈子，難以突破。因此，我們所得到的結論是：雖然此手機號碼以百萬買下，但它不僅帶來了麻煩，也將會被官非糾纏。因為使用者可能在花上幾百萬以後，還得親自解決這些不必要的問題！

另一個電話號碼則大不同 (+8613166666666)。8613是一個良好的開端，從而帶動良好的高官顯要（574）關係。方程式中最明顯的模式便是重複的數字6，之後便會相加出重複的數字3和重複的數字6。因此，這意味著他擁有吸引投資機會的能力！而投資當中所獲得的回酬亦會相當不錯。但是，根據這個手機號碼的分析，由於極少出現數字9，表示了固定資產的累積能力也較弱。這類型的手機號碼較適合涉及金融業或與投資相關行業的人。我會將這號碼與頻頻在市場上交易的“企業掠奪者”連繫在一起。

其他出現的數字如7號，平均地分佈在這12行數字中（從第一行到最後一行）。因此，它不會如數字8的陷阱般，加出數字7後再變為數字5。 總而言之，這是一個非常繁忙的手機號碼，而它對使用者的影響將會是“快而準的決策；正面且高收益的回報”，所以那支付百萬購買此手機號碼的人現在想必鴻運當頭！
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