★★ 第二波 ---服貿議題單字＋句型篇 ★★

--例句取自經濟學人 (The Economist) & 時代雜誌 (TIME) & Bloomberg

(1) hunger-strike 絕食抗議 (hunger-striker 絕食抗議者)

e.g. Three legislators from the main opposition, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), started 70-hour HUNGER-STRIKES just before the occupation.

(2)

sit-in 靜坐抗議
to break a promise 不守信

e.g. The SIT-IN was PROVOKED by what the DPP sees as the KMT’s BREAKING of its PROMISE to allow a parliamentary committee to review the agreement clause by clause.

(3) hand advantage to 對～有利益

e.g. Demonstrators say the draft deals HAND too much economic ADVANTAGE TO China.

(4) barricade (v.) 堵住

e.g. The students have BARRICADED the doors with chairs.

(5) a 9% president 支持率 (approval rating) 9% 的總統

(6) to BOOST cross-strait ties 加強兩岸關係

(7) lopsided (a.) 不對等

e.g. The DPP argues the agreement will hurt small businesses on Taiwan and is LOPSIDED in some of its market-opening measures (開放市場的措施).

(8) to be dependent economically on the mainland
在經濟上倚賴對岸

(9) sluggish economy 發展停滯不前的經濟

e.g. The economy is still, by local standards, sluggish.

---經濟停滯不前的動詞使用 stagnate (v.)

(10)

heavy-handed (a.) 手段拙劣、強硬的
circumvent (v.) 回避

e.g. President Ma Ying-jeou should apologize for the HEAVY-HANDED tactics his party has used to CIRCUMVENT a detailed review of a trade deal with China.

(11) repel (v.) 驅趕

e.g. ATTEMPTS by police to enter the chamber and REPEL students in the early hours of this morning FAILED, with the situation remaining mostly peaceful during today, she said.

(12)

express opposition 表達反對
impending competition 即將面對的競爭
in light of 有鑒於 (=given)

e.g. Trade groups representing beauticians and traditional medicine retailers, among other affected industries, EXPRESSED OPPOSITION in the months following the signing, saying they weren’t properly informed or supported by the administration in light of (考量到、有鑑於) IMPENDING competition from Chinese business.

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預習：spike, exit, boycott, draft, firefighter calendar

1 【spike 高峰】— 名詞
Spain has a night-time curfew to help control a new spike in COVID-19 infections.

2 【exit 離開；走出】— 動詞
Melbourne will exit lockdown after recording no new COVID-19 cases.

3 【boycott 抵制】— 名詞France has urged West Asian countries to end calls for a boycott.

4【draft 擬定初稿；起草】— 動詞
Nearly 80 percent of voters opted for a new constitution drafted by citizens.

5 【firefighter calendar 消防員年曆】— 名詞
Australian Firefighters Calendar may be the world’s most popular calendar.

簡單複習：
1）spike 高峰
2）exit 離開；走出
3）boycott 抵制
4）draft 擬定初稿；起草
5）firefighter calendar 消防員年曆