面臨片荒的羅伯．派汀森（Robert Pattinson）在走投無路之際，獲得了與大導諾蘭（Christopher Nolan）面談的一次良機。但在過程中，他卻偷偷覬覦諾蘭手邊的一塊巧克力。在面試時要東西吃，究竟會不會讓自己顯得不專業？

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「我為參加這部片的試鏡感到很尷尬，因為我根本不知道怎麼演這個角色。試鏡本身也是無意義的，因為他們要的根本只是一個模特兒。」回到《暮光之城 Twilight》（2008）當時的試鏡經驗，羅伯．派汀森（Robert Pattinson）如是說。

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羅伯．派汀森可不是吃了誠實豆沙包，而是他出道以來的「人設」似乎就是如此。或許可以讓他如此放得開，想說什麼就說什麼，很大原因是他起先根本沒打算要成為一個職業演員，所以根本毫無包袱可言。即便已經以《哈利波特：火盃的考驗 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire》（2005）成名，他還是考慮轉而去讀大學、走上從政之路。

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出生倫敦的他，家人的工作與演藝事業毫無關係。許多他的同輩演員在12歲時已經有過無數劇場演出經驗，他卻在12歲那年穿著校服去偷色情雜誌被逮個正著。學校更發現他早是慣犯，偷完之後還帶回學校轉賣牟利，因此將派汀森退學處分。當時大家都認為這個孩子沒救了。

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但在13歲那年，一部《飛越杜鵑窩 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest》（1975）改變了他的命運。傑克．尼克遜（Jack Nicholson）的精彩詮釋成為派汀森的楷模，他花了很多時間嘗試模仿他的口音。後來在爸爸鼓勵之下，派汀森開始參加劇團，逐漸走上表演之路。而且極其幸運的是，他第一部擔綱主演的電影就是《哈利波特：火盃的考驗》，在劇中飾演要角西追．迪哥里。

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不過真的讓羅伯．派汀森成為國民偶像的作品，當然還是《暮光之城》系列。但對於他來說，一夕之間成為眾人追逐的偶像根本是一場噩夢，他在當紅階段便公開表示自己不喜歡被拍照、厭惡接觸人群、痛恨自己成為關注的焦點。他甚至公開批評自己演出的角色，他說：「我越看劇本就越討厭這個角色，所以我就是這樣演他的──自我仇視的躁鬱症患者。另外，他是一個108歲的處男，他肯定有毛病。」

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但顯然片方也沒考慮叫他閉上嘴，因為這些真性情、憤世忌俗的言論，反而使得他看起來更像「吸血鬼」愛德華．庫倫本人，少女對他的迷戀只是有增無減。

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直到《暮光之城》完結之後，派汀森有感自己終於得以卸下重擔，能去演一些自己真正想演的作品。不過天不從人願，他有機會參演的作品以獨立製片為主。許多媒體盛傳，羅伯．派汀森之所以去接觸像《夢遊大都會 Cosmopolis》（2012）、《燈塔 The Lighthouse》（2019）這樣奇特的獨立電影、藝術電影，是因為他錢已經賺夠多了，因此想要刻意向好萊塢唱反調，卸下自己的名人光環。

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但在2019年接受《衛報》專訪時，羅伯．派汀森親口破除了這項關於他的神話。他不諱言地說，自己從來沒有想要刻意「躲」進某個類型的作品之中，而單純只是沒有大片要用他。他自爆自己曾參與馬丁．史柯西斯（Martin Scorsese）和柯恩兄弟（Coen brothers）等導演的作品試鏡，卻全沒被選中。

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在接受《GQ》採訪時，羅伯．派汀森更直截了當地怨道：「我發現無論我多麼喜歡我拍的電影，都沒人看到。這是一件很可怕的事，因為我不知道在這行，有多少人願意在你沒有『商業潛力』的情況下還能支持你。」

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2018年是羅伯．派汀森演藝生涯最低潮的一年，當年他有兩部主演作品問世，分別是《Damsel》與《黑洞迷情 High Life》，反響卻皆不如預期。小眾電影專業戶演員的標籤一時也難以撕下，而且也沒有新的工作機會找上門。就在此時，諾蘭找上了他，兩人暢聊了三小時之久。

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也許在此之前，派汀森沒想到一聊會聊這麼長，他發現自己血糖急速下降，幾乎快昏倒，難以集中注意力。於是他最後鼓起勇氣跟諾蘭說：「可不可以分給我一塊你的巧克力。」沒想到諾蘭給了他巧克力之後說道：「那今天就先到這邊。」

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羅伯．派汀森立刻驚醒，心想：「喔！我的老天鵝，我搞砸了！」他咬定自己貪吃的行為而被諾蘭討厭了，他恍然大悟，那個巧克力的誘惑原來是一個測試。

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然而一切都是他想太多，諾蘭不僅不介意分巧克力給他，還起用他主演《TENET天能》（2020）。

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派汀森曾經埋怨自己之前拍的作品沒人看見，殊不知諾蘭其實都看見了。諾蘭後來承認自己找上他來主演的關鍵原因，就是因為看了他主演的《失落之城 The Lost City of Z》（2016）與《失速夜狂奔 Good Time》（2017），對他的轉變印象深刻。

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在劇中，羅伯．派汀森飾演「主角」約翰．大衛．華盛頓（John David Washington）的神秘幫手尼爾。他對足以逆向時間狀態能使物體的熵反轉的原理相當清楚，與主角發動一連攻勢，試圖阻止一起足以毀滅文明的陰謀。雖然不是第一主角，但派汀森的演出為角色添上了極富魅力的神秘感，為電影增色不少，在片末戲份亦令人難忘。

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在《TENET天能》之中，順行的時間與逆行的時間共同存在，是一個典型由諾蘭打造出來的國際諜報時空，原創性構想延續《全面啟動 Inception》（2010）、《星際效應 Interstellar》（2014）等作。上映之後雖然受到好評，但與諾蘭過去作品相似，觀眾如果不二刷、三刷，很難理解究竟自己看了什麼，燒腦到了極點。

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被問到自己身為要角，對整個故事到底了解多深？

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羅伯．派汀森一如以往坦白：「說實話，我根本不知道發生什麼事。」

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各位影迷，你最愛哪一部由羅伯．派汀森主演的電影呢？

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【人民日報：這10個追問，美國必須回答】

Ten questions the US needs to offer clear answers to the world

1.禽流感病毒改造去年突然重啟，之後無聲無息，為什麽？

1.Regarding the restarted avian influenza virus modification experiment last year, why does the US release no more updates?

去年2月，據美國《科學》雜誌網站披露，美國政府機構已“悄悄”批準曾引發巨大爭議的禽流感病毒改造實驗，這類被認為“危險”的實驗在被禁多年後將很快重啟。相關實驗可將H5N1禽流感病毒改造得易於在哺乳動物間傳播，被認為可能帶來人際傳播風險。美國為何在相關實驗被暫停4年多後重啟這類危險實驗？又為何不見披露進展？

The Science reported in February 2019 that US authorities had quietly approved the avian influenza virus modification experiment. The research, aiming to transform the H5N1 virus to be more capable of infecting mammals, was controversial and considered extremely dangerous. Some experts believe that the modification may increase the risk of human-to-human transmission of the virus.

The question is why the US government decided to unfreeze the experiment 4 years after it was halted, and why there are no more updates regarding the experiment.

2.美軍生物實驗室一度關閉停產，真相是什麽？

2.The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) was previously closed.What is the truth behind ?

日前，據“全球生物防禦”（globalbiodefence）網站報道，位於馬裏蘭州德特裏克堡的美國陸軍傳染病醫學研究所（USAMRIID）已經全面恢復運行。去年7月，美國疾病控制與預防中心（CDC）正式向位於馬裏蘭州德特裏克堡的美國陸軍傳染病醫學研究所（USAMRIID）發出“停產令”，要求其停止進行“特定生物制劑與毒素”研究。今年3月，白宮請願網站出現一道特殊的請願帖，要求美國政府公布去年7月“關閉”德特裏克堡生物實驗室的真正原因。USAMRIID神秘“關閉”和迅速重啟引人關註。針對白宮請願網站請願帖上的要求，美國作何回應？

The Global Biodefence reported in April that the USAMRIID, US Army's primary institution and facility for biological research headquartered in Fort Detrick, Maryland, has resumed full operation. The institution was once ordered to halt the study of biological select agents and toxins (BSATs) last July. In March, there was a petition on the White House website demanding the clarification of the shutdown of USAMRIID. Given that these issues have become a primary public concern, what is the US government's response?

3.去年傳染病演習情景今年真實上演，真的只是巧合？

3.The US Department of Health and Human Services ran a scenario last year that was similar to the COVID-19 outbreak. Is this just a coincidence?

今年3月《紐約時報》披露的一份美國官方秘密文件顯示，2019年1月至8月16日舉行，美國衛生與公共服務部（HHS）發起組織了一場代號為“赤色傳染”（Crimson Contagion）的推演，演習以中國最早出現病毒為模擬情景。2019年10月，美國多個機構又組織了一次代號為“Event 201”的全球流行病演習。演練中的模型假設一種名為CAPS的冠狀病毒，比SARS致命，又如感冒輕易傳播，卻未開發出疫苗，能迅速傳播促成全球大流行。美國去年進行的傳染病演習的設定與現實的吻合度如此之高是否只是巧合？既然有演練在前，新冠疫情發生後美國為何沒有給予足夠的關註和重視、宣稱“尚在掌握之中”？

In March, the New York Times quoted a draft report obtained from the US government saying that from January to August 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services ran a scenario called "Crimson Contagion" that simulated the fictional outbreak involving a group of tourists visiting China. They then became infected and flew to various countries, including the US.

Last October, a high-level pandemic exercise named Event 201 was hosted by a couple of US organizations. The drill simulated a scenario that a fictional virus called CAPS, which causes more severe symptoms than SARS and transmits via the respiratory route like the common flu, had caused a pandemic. Like COVID-19, there is no vaccine for CAPS.

Given the fact that the simulated virus is so much like COVID-19, is this just a coincidence? Another question is, why did it not take enough preventive measures at the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak since the US has predicted a similar pandemic?

4.提前預測疫情大流行又無視警告情報，為什麽？

4.US intelligence officials warned of coronavirus crisis as early as last November. Why the warning was ignored?

今年4月，據美國廣播公司（ABC）報道，有內部消息稱，早在2019年11月下旬，美國情報官員就曾多次向國防情報局、五角大樓和白宮警告，一場傳染病正在席卷中國武漢地區。美國國家醫學情報中心（NCMI）去年11月出具了一份詳細闡述病毒大流行情況的報告，也就是後來被確認的新型冠狀病毒肺炎“COVID-19”。有分析人士認為武漢疫情爆發可能會演變成一場災難性事件。據美國《華盛頓郵報》網站報道稱在年初的2個多月時間裏，特朗普獲得了美國情報機構發出的關於新冠病毒的密集警告。美國政府為何一直拖到3月13日才宣布進入“國家緊急狀態”？

In April, according to the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), it was said that, as early as late November 2019, US intelligence officials had warned the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon, and the White House that an infectious disease was sweeping through Wuhan, China.

Last November, the US National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) issued a report detailing the coronavirus pandemic, which was later identified as "COVID-19". Some analysts believed that the outbreak in Wuhan might have evolved into a catastrophic event. According to the Washington Post, in more than two months from January to February, Trump had received intensive warnings from the US intelligence agencies about the coronavirus. Why did the US government not declare a "National Emergency" until March 13?

5.有多少流感患者感染的其實是新冠肺炎，能不能說清楚？

5.Among the reported influenza deaths in the US, can the US clarify how many cases are actually infected with COVID-19?

今年2月21日，日本朝日電視臺報道的“美國1.4萬名因流感致死的人中部分可能死於新冠肺炎”掀起熱議。美疾控中心2月底發布的報告顯示，今冬流感季美國估計已有至少3200萬流感。3月11日在美國眾議院，美國疾控中心主任羅伯特·雷德菲爾德（Robert Redfield）親口承認，在美國，確實有一些“流感”死者實際感染的可能是新冠肺炎。美國流感感染者中，到底有多少新冠病例？美國有沒有借流感來掩蓋新冠肺炎的情況？美國何時才能公開美國流感病毒樣本及基因序列信息，或者允許世衛組織或聯合國派遣專家采樣分析？

Japanese Asahi Television reported on February 21 that some of the 14,000 people reportedly killed by influenza in the US might have died from coronavirus, which became a hot topic soon after.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report at the end of February, showing that there have been at least 32 million flu illnesses in the US that winter.

On March 11, at the House of Representatives, Robert Redfield, the director of the US CDC, admitted that some in the US who were previously thought to have been killed from the flu may have been infected with coronavirus.

Among the reported influenza deaths in the US, how many cases were infected with COVID-19? Did the US government cover up the spread of coronavirus with the flu? When will the US government make public the samples of the US influenza virus and its genetic sequence, or allow experts from the WHO or the United Nations to sample and analyze?

6.新冠病毒到底什麽時候在美國出現？社區傳播是否早已開始？

6.When did the novel coronavirus first appear in the US? Did community transmission of the coronavirus start sooner than it was reported?

今年4月下旬，美國加利福尼亞州聖克拉拉縣政府公共衛生部門公布的最新檢測報告顯示，早在2月6日當地就有人死於新冠肺炎，這比美國此前公布的首例新冠死亡病例出現時間提前了20多天。據《洛杉磯時報》報道，聖克拉拉縣的衛生官員薩拉·科迪表示，這些新發現的死亡病例說明，當時“已經有相當程度的社區傳播”。聖克拉拉縣行政長官傑弗裏·史密斯表示，這表明新冠病毒早在1月、甚至更早就已經開始在加州傳播。加州州長紐瑟姆已宣布將對去年12月以來疑似新冠死亡病例進行屍檢。新冠病毒到底什麽時候在美國出現？美國新冠疫情在社區的傳播是否早已開始？

A report released in late April by local health authorities suggests that a 57-year-old woman from Santa Clara County of California died from COVID-19 on February 6, some 20 days earlier than the date the US announced its first death caused by the virus.

The Los Angeles Times quoted Santa Clara County health officer Sara Cody in a piece saying, "we presume that each of them represents community transmission and that there was some significant level of virus circulating in our community in early February."

County Executive Officer Jeffrey V. Smith said this is evidence that the coronavirus was circulating in California as early as January or even earlier.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered all counties in the state to review autopsies of suspected coronavirus deaths dating back to December.

When did the novel coronavirus first appear in the US? Did community transmission of the coronavirus start sooner than it was reported?

7.全球首個啟動新冠疫苗人體試驗，這麽快是怎麽拿到毒株的？

7.How did the US get the virus strains so soon to start the first human testing of a vaccine against COVID-19?

據《華爾街日報》報道，美國國立衛生研究院(National Institutes of Health)3月16日稱，生物科技公司Moderna Inc. (MRNA)針對新型冠狀病毒的試驗性疫苗已開始首次人體測試。對於全球首次針對新型冠狀病毒的疫苗人體試驗在美國啟動一事，專家表示，美國這一針實在太快了，除非很早就開始進行試驗，更早的拿到了病毒株。美國疫苗人體試驗為何進行得如此之快？美國是什麽時候通過什麽方式獲得的毒株？

The Wall Street Journal on March 16 reported that the first human testing of Moderna Inc.'s experimental vaccine against the COVID-19 had already begun. Experts immediately raised questions about the speed of the vaccine development, saying that it would not be possible unless the US had obtained the virus strains from very early on. So how did the US start the first human testing of the vaccine so soon? When and how did they get the virus strains?

8.政府說疫情不嚴重，官員卻在狂拋股票，為什麽？

8.Why did the US government keep downplaying the pandemic while its officials privately dumped stocks?

據《華盛頓郵報》報道，大約在新冠肺炎疫情引發美股暴跌之前一周，美國國會參議院情報委員會主席理查德·伯爾密集出售了自己和夫人持有的33只股票，估價在62.8萬美元到172萬美元之間。為什麽2月中旬美國政府對本國新冠肺炎疫情輕描淡寫，而參議院情報委員會的多位官員卻在那時拋售價值上百萬的股票？難道政客們竟然一邊利用內幕交易售賣股票，一邊對公眾隱瞞疫情？

According to the Washington Post, US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and his wife sold up to 1.7 million in 33 different stocks just one week before the market plunged. Why did these officials at the Committee act so quickly while the government was continually understating the pandemic?

Why is the vital information kept confidential to the public while the government officials were taking advantage to practice insider-trading?

9.不許美國專家學者隨意公開談論新冠病毒，是想幹什麽？

9.Why are US experts not allowed to discuss COVID-19 in public?

據美國《紐約時報》報道，在由副總統邁克·彭斯領導美國防疫工作之後，白宮於當地時間2月27日開始，加強了對新冠病毒信息“發聲”的控制。包括美國國立衛生研究院（NIH）過敏和傳染病研究所(NIAID)主任、美國疾控中心（CDC）頂級傳染病專家安東尼·福西（Anthony S. Fauci）在內的眾多科學家和政府衛生官員被要求：只有與美國副總統辦公室協調商議後，才能發聲明或公開露面談論新冠病毒的相關話題。為什麽號稱言論自由的美國不允許專家學者自由公開討論新冠病毒？是想隱瞞什麽還是在害怕什麽？

The New York Times reported that the White House began tightening controls for all coronavirus messaging from health officials on February 27 after Vice President Mike Pence led the nation's epidemic prevention and control efforts.

Several scientists and government health officials, including the nation's leading infectious disease expert Anthony S. Fauci, have been asked to make statements or make public appearances about the COVID-19 only after consultation with the US vice president's office.

Why does the United States, which claims free speech, not allow experts and scholars to discuss the novel coronavirus in public? Does the US want to hide something or fear of something?

10.海外生物實驗室到底在做什麽研究，為什麽從不向外界透露？

10.What research is being done in the US overseas biological laboratories? Why does the US keep tight-lipped about it?

據俄羅斯衛星通訊社日前報道，俄羅斯國家杜馬國際事務委員會副主席波克隆斯卡婭提議核查世界各地美國生物實驗室的合法性。前不久，俄羅斯外交部發言人就美國在前蘇聯國家建立生物實驗室表達關切。俄羅斯內政、外交和國防領域專家格裏高利·特羅菲姆丘克表示，美國這些生物實驗室所從事的工作從不向外界透露，並且這些實驗室引發了大量的問題，在實驗室所在地就曾爆發過大範圍的麻疹等危險的傳染類疾病。美國建立的這些生物實驗室到底在進行什麽研究？美國為何對這些生物實驗室的功能、用途、安全系數等三緘其口？

Natalia Poklonskaya, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, has proposed verifying the legitimacy of US biological laboratories around the world, according to Sputnik news agency.

Not long ago, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern about the establishment of a biological laboratory in countries from the former Soviet Union.

Grigory Trofimchuk, a Russian expert in the field of internal affairs, foreign affairs, and national defense, said the work of these biological laboratories was never disclosed to the outside world, and that they had caused several problems, with widespread outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases such as measles at the laboratory site.

What research is being done in these biological laboratories? Why does the US keep tight-lipped about the function, use, the safety of these biological laboratories?

(來源:人民日報客戶端)

[時事英文] 為何台灣僅42例新冠病毒確診*

Why Taiwan Has Just 42 Coronavirus Cases

Taiwan sits near Japan, China and South Korea, three countries with some of the world’s worst outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus, but the island itself has just 42 isolated cases.

1. sit near 位於…附近、鄰近
2. outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus 致命新冠病毒的爆發
3. isolated cases 個別案件

台灣鄰近日、中國和韓國，這三個國家是致命新冠病毒爆發最嚴重的國家，然台灣僅有42例個案確診。

*Coronavirus Update (Live): https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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Chalk it up to extra early, effective preparedness, analysts and policymakers say – so effective that people’s approval of the government unexpectedly soared last month.

4. chalk something up to something …歸因於…
5. effective preparedness有效的預備狀態
6. approval of the government soared 對政府的認可驟升

分析人士和政策制定者表示，歸因於及早的有效的抗疫準備，斐然成果讓上個月人們對政府的認可意外驟升。

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Taiwanese health officials saw the virus taking shape in the central Chinese Wuhan in December and began checking passengers who flew in from there. They also cut off flights from much of China, the outbreak origin, before a lot of peers around Asia did.

7. take shape 成形
8. cut off flights 中斷航班
9. the outbreak origin 疫情的起源
10. epicenter of the outbreak 疫情的起源點

台灣衛生署官員在12月發現該病毒的疫情於中國中部武漢市初具規模，便開始檢驗自該地搭機來台的乘客。更在其他亞洲國家有所反應前，便中斷從中國大部分地區（疫情的起源）出發的航班。

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Now almost every public building in Taipei offers hand sanitizer and a lot of them, such as schools, require that anyone entering submit to a fever check. Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control announces any new cases every day. In February it began rationing facemask purchases to head off panic buying.

11. hand sanitizer 洗手抗菌劑，消毒劑
12. a fever check 發燒檢查
13. announce new cases 發布新的確診案例
14. ration (v.) facemask purchases 口罩配給購買
15. head off 防止
16. panic buying 恐慌性搶購

現在，台北幾乎每棟公共建築都提供洗手消毒液，很多公共機關例如學校，都要求來者接受體溫測試。台灣衛生福利部疾病管制署每天都會發布是否有新的確診案例。在二月份，疾管署開始口罩配給購買，以杜絕恐慌性搶購。

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“With the hit from Wuhan pneumonia, most people originally figured Taiwan was going to be miserable this time because of [sic]* ties with mainland China are so close, and that it couldn’t be avoided,” said You Ying-lung, chairman of the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation polling agency, using a local term for the disease officially dubbed COVID-19.

17. figure (v.) 認為
18. ties with與…連結
19. could not be avoided 無法避免

*because, please check the comments

「受武漢市肺炎的衝擊，大多數人原以為這次台灣將因與中國大陸的緊密連繫而疫情嚴重且無法避免」民調機構台灣民意基金會董事長游盈隆表示，他以正式命名為COVID-19病毒的俗稱(武漢肺炎)談論疫情。

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“But as the things became clear, it turned out Taiwan wasn’t so miserable and in fact compared to other countries in the world, it’s got the best performance,” he said.

20. become clear 變得清楚
21. turn out …地發生（或發展）；結果是（尤指出乎意料的結果）
22. the best performance最好的表現

「但是隨著事情變得明朗，事實證明台灣並沒有那麼嚴重，實際上，與世界其他國家相比，台灣表現最好。」游董事長表示。

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The government first took notice of the virus in December as people in China began talking about it informally. In response, the Centers for Disease Control started onboard quarantine of all direct flights from Wuhan on December 31. The centers said on its website that by January 9 it had “inspected” 14 flights with 1,317 passengers and attendants.

23. take notice of 注意
24. in response 作為因應

隨著中國人民開始非正式地談論該病毒，台灣政府於12月關注到此事。作為因應，疾管署於12月31日開始對武漢所有直航進行機上隔離檢疫。疾管署於其網站上表示，截至1月9日，已經檢驗了14班航班，共 1,317名乘客與空服員。

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The disease caught the attention of other countries in late January. Although numbers of new cases are dropping in China, Japan and South Korea are grappling with recent outbreaks.

25. catch the attention of... 引起...的注意
26. grapple with... 與…搏鬥

該疾病於一月下旬引起了其他國家的注意。儘管在中國，新的確診案例數量正在下降，但日本和韓國正與疫情近期的境內爆發搏鬥。

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Taiwanese citizens, Lo said, consider transparency “very important.” The government hopes to release information that keeps people on guard without inciting any panic, analysts believe.

27. consider transparency to be important認為透明度很重要
28. release information 發布資訊
29. keep people on guard 保持警惕
30. incite panic 煽動恐慌

羅(立委)表示，台灣公民認為透明度「非常重要」。分析者認為，政府希望發布能夠使人們保持警惕的消息，而不引起任何恐慌。

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Officials are looking for ways now to minimize economic impacts of the virus.

Parliament approved a $1.96 billion stimulus package last month for companies shaken by the outbreak. After the virus subsides, Lo said, the government will come out with discount vouchers to encourage spending. More might be in the pipeline.

31. minimize economic impact 減少經濟影響
32. a stimulus package 振興方案
33. be shaken by the outbreak 受疫情爆發所震盪、削弱
34. discount voucher 優惠券
35. encourage spending 鼓勵消費
36. in the pipeline 在籌劃中；在進行中

官員們正在尋找使病毒的經濟影響最小化的方法。

國會上個月批准了用於受疫情爆發所震盪的公司企業的19.6億美元振興紓困特別預算案。盧表示病毒平息後，政府將提供優惠券以鼓勵消費。可能還有更多措施在籌畫當中。

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“We need to do something to help the small and medium-sized enterprises to pass through this kind of difficult period,” Lo said. “The government for example needs to lower the interest rates and to help the people or the companies, or factories, to borrow new loans from the bank, so this is the first stage.”

37. pass through this difficult period 渡過這個艱難的時期
38. lower interest rate 降低利率

「我們需要做些事情來幫助中小企業渡過這種困難時期。」 盧還表示：「“例如，政府需要降低利率，並幫助人民、公司或工廠從銀行借貸，這是第一步。」

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Action against the coronavirus to date has boosted President Tsai Ing-wen’s approval rating to 68.5% in February up from 56.7% in January and on par with what she polled right after taking office in 2016, a Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation poll showed February 24. Local television network TVBS gave the government an 82% approval rating for its handling of the outbreak.

“The meaning is the Tsai government is doing pretty well,” You said.

39. boost approval rating 提高支持率
40. on par with… 與...相當
41. its handling of the outbreak 它對疫情的處理
42. do well 做得好

台灣民意基金會2月24日的一項民意調查顯示，迄今為止，針對冠狀病毒的行動已將蔡英文總統的支持率從1月份的56.7％提升至2月份的68.5％，與她在2016年上任後的民調持平。本地電視網絡TVBS對政府的疫情處理給予82％的認可度。

「這表示蔡政府的表現很好。」游董事長表示。

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完整報導: Why Taiwan Has Just 42 Coronavirus Cases while Neighbors Report Hundreds or Thousands

https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/why-taiwan-has-just-42-coronavirus-cases-while-neighbors-report

Image source: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3883510

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