[時事英文] 2014 Taipei Mayoral Race (2014年台北市長大選)

老師自寫自錄的時事英文新聞，希望幫助大家更了解2014年的台北大選戰。在投票所碰到CNN的記者時，請記得用到以下的單字和片語！請大家努力學習，別讓Eric老師不高興喔！

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時事詞彙:

1. head to the polls 前往投票所
2. vote 投票
3. nine-in-one elections 九合一選舉
4. ranging from...to... (競選的) 幅度範圍從…到…
5. mayor 市長
6. village chiefs 村長
7. mayoral race 市長選舉
8. hotly contested 競爭激烈
9. media outlets 媒體
10. the press 報刊；新聞界
11. reported Ko leading the polls 報導柯的民調遙遙領先
12. the ruling Nationalist Party 統治的國民黨
13. Kuomintang (KMT) 國民黨
14. pro-independence支持獨立的
15. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 民進黨
16. independent candidate 獨立候選人
17. running for public office 競選公職
18. trail by... 落後於...
19. 10 percentage points 10個百分點
20. recent surveys 最近的調查 (民調)
21. in a bid to succeed 努力戰勝
22. step down 辭退
23. serving two consecutive four-year terms 服務兩個連續四年任期
24. the vote 總票數
25. reporting of the campaign 活動報告
26. substantive discussions 實質的討論
27. mudslinging 揭發隱私；口水戰
28. front-running candidates 互不退讓的候選人；相持不下的候選人
29. campaign manager 競選經理
30. sue控告，對……提起訴訟
31. aggravated defamation and perjury 加重誹謗和偽證
32. are involved in 參與
33. eavesdropping scandal 竊聽醜聞
34. false accusations 誣告
35. camp 陣營
36. engage in... 致力於 ...
37. unethical medical practice 不道德的醫療實踐
38. organ harvesting 活摘器官
39. independent voters 獨立選民
40. national issues 國家議題
41. food safety and education 食品安全和教育
42. Study hard and don’t make your teacher unhappy! 努力學習，別讓你的老師不高興喔!

Ko Wen-je 柯文哲
Sean Lien 連勝文
Lien Chan連戰
Alex Tsai 蔡正元
Hau Lung-bin 郝龍斌

英文稿全文:

Nearly 80 percent of Taiwanese are expected to head to the polls on Nov. 29 to vote in Taiwan's nine-in-one elections. Voters will choose candidates ranging from mayors of Taiwan's six biggest cities to local village chiefs.

Perhaps the most hotly contested mayoral race is that of Taipei. Thus far, six major Taiwanese media outlets, including those favoring the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), have all reported Ko Wen-je, a doctor and an independent candidate, to be leading the polls. His competitor, Sean Lien, son of former Taiwan Vice President Lien Chan, is shown to be trailing by at least 10 percentage points in most recent surveys.

Both candidates are running for public office for the first time as they bid to succeed Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin, who will step down in December after serving two consecutive four-year terms. Of the five other candidates in the mayoral race, none is expected to win more than 2 percent of the vote.

Sadly, reporting of the campaign has not adequately covered substantive discussions of the candidates’ objectives and plans. Rather, they have focused on the mudslinging between Ko and Lien, the two front running candidates. On Tuesday, Sean Lien's campaign manager Alex Tsai stated that he is suing Ko Wen-je and his team for aggravated defamation and perjury. Ko’s camp, on the other hand, has implied that his competitors are involved in an alleged eavesdropping scandal and that they have made false accusations of him engaging in unethical medical practices.

Currently, a popular public opinion is that the KMT, despite having ruled the city since 1998, may lose the support of young independent voters because of Lien’s alleged image as someone owing his success to his wealthy family, and also because of the general discontent over the ruling government’s handling of national issues such as food safety and education.

(Please study hard and don’t make your teacher unhappy!)

選戰時事詞彙+文章+mp3: http://goo.gl/XJmVm6
投票日單字大彙整: http://goo.gl/SgEGms
大選結果詞彙+文章: http://tinyurl.com/mr58b4p
左與右的政治光譜: http://goo.gl/aRnLt7

時事英文新聞: http://goo.gl/3EnOO6

1. The Sunflower Movement 太陽花學運: http://goo.gl/8MhtvR
2. 2014 Taiwan Food Scandal: Gutter Oil 餿水油食安事件: http://goo.gl/RgKrs6
3. Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Protests 香港學運: http://goo.gl/bkVlwv
4. 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (2014年西非伊波拉病毒): http://goo.gl/qB2Gud

Sources:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/11/22/2003605007/2
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/11/25/422593/Tsai-sues.htm
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/19/the_invisible_candidate_in_taiwans_elections_mainland_china_influence
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2014/07/29/2003596153
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/10/22/2003602642
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/11/23/2003605106
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1164410
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21633880-taiwans-ruling-party-faces-challenge-local-polls-political-surgery

Image source: http://www.nownews.com/n/2014/09/10/1406305