轉眼又深夜了，來讀總統受邀刊登《時代雜誌》的好文
題目直截了當：我國防止肺炎爆發經驗談
How My Country Prevented a Major Outbreak of COVID-19
共七段文字
第一段談台灣特質與此次防疫成功的特殊性
第二段是 03 年 SARS 的教訓與本次警覺
三四段娓娓道來防疫措施和邏輯
第五段標榜台灣的醫療照護等優勢，話鋒一轉帶到台灣遭 WHO 和聯合國摒除在外卻仍願意向世界貢獻心力
連接到第六段呼籲抵禦病毒有賴全球協力
末段呼應台灣特質，最後強大三個字 Taiwan can help.
以下選讀喜歡的句子
開頭兩句精簡而深長，道來台灣特質
Taiwan is an island of resilience. Centuries of hardship have compelled our society to cope, adapt, and survive trying circumstances.
台灣是座堅毅的島嶼
數世紀的艱苦迫得我們社會應變、適應，度過難熬之境
一般名詞 of 抽象名詞 代表有此特質
resilience 挫折恢復力
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選讀描述防疫的段落，平實卻讓人驚艷，許多值得學起來的防疫英文用詞
undertook rigorous investigative efforts 展開嚴苛調查
track travel and contact history for every patient 調查每位病人的旅遊和接觸史
isolate and contain the contagion 隔離並控制接觸傳染
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公私部門的努力，順時中 ❤
spearheaded by Health Minister Chen Shih-chung 由衛生福利部部長領軍
informed citizens have done their part 國人能充分掌握訊息
initiated body-temperature monitoring and disinfection 實施體溫控管和消毒
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口罩經驗談
the Ministry of Economic Affairs coordinated additional production lines for surgical masks 經濟部統籌增加外科口罩生產線
a system for distributing rationed masks 口罩配給系統
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描述台灣遭摒除於外的段落
Although Taiwan has been unfairly excluded from the WHO and the U.N., we remain willing and able to utilize our strengths across manufacturing, medicine and technology to work with the world.
unfairly excluded from 不公地遭摒除
the U.N. 聯合國（the United Nations）
strengths across manufacturing, medicine and technology 橫跨製造、醫療和科技產業的優勢
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Global crises test the fabric of the inter-national community
全球危機考驗國際社會的構成
crises 是 crisis 的複數，發音要變化
fabric 本意是布料，在此指構成
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來到尾聲，呼應開頭的堅毅與苦難，留下一句給世界的訊息：人類共同克服挑戰的能力無可限量，最後三字有力收尾
Taiwan is no stranger to hardship, and our resilience stems from our willingness to unite to surmount even the toughest obstacles. This, above all else, is what I hope Taiwan can share with the world: the human capacity to overcome challenges together is limitless. Taiwan can help.
#TeamTaiwan
#TaiwanCanHelp
#TaiwanIsHelping
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總統登上國際指標媒體 #英文英文
副總統在Hahow 好學校開課
今天再度零確診
再說一次，台灣真好。
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