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L'armée populaire de libération (APL), munie de ses avions de chasse, d'une marine modernisée et d'une force de frappe infiniment supérieure, a intensifié sa pression sur Taïwan et ses 23 millions d'habitants. Face à Goliath, la petite île cherche à utiliser tous ses atouts pour rendre trop couteux le rêve de « réunification » de Xi Jinping. De Nicolas Rocca envoyé spécial à Taïwan et Igor Gauquelin à Paris,Les mirages 2000 décollent et atterrissent dans un balai incessant sur la base aérienne de Hsinchu, chargés de protéger la capitale Taipei, à 80 km plus au nord. Cette ville de la côte ouest héberge aussi le siège de TSMC, l'entreprise dont les semi-conducteurs de pointe sont vitaux pour faire tourner l'économie planétaire. Quelques jours plus tôt, ont été lancés des exercices de « réponse immédiate » mobilisant toutes les branches de l'armée taïwanaise pour répliquer à la pression chinoise.« La plupart du temps, on prépare l'avion en quelques minutes, mais si on est très pressé, on peut aller plus vite », explique le lieutenant-colonel Wu Meng-che à côté d'un des 54 avions de chasses encore opérationnels parmi les 60 livrés par la France à la fin des années 1990.Pression croissanteSi ces chasseurs à la carlingue fatiguée sont encore opérationnels, c'est, notamment, car Taïwan fait face à un défi unique. Personne, sauf les États-Unis, n'accepte désormais de lui livrer des armes ou des équipements militaires de peur de fâcher le voisin chinois. Pourtant, l'année dernière, plus de 3 000 avions de l'APL [NDLR Armée populaire de libération, nom de l'armée chinoise] ont été identifiés dans l'ADIZ taïwanais (espace d'identification aérienne). Contre 972 en 2021. « La plupart du temps, on a déjà des avions dans les airs qui vont effectuer les vérifications nécessaires, mais parfois, on nous demande de décoller en urgence », assure le lieutenant-colonel de 39 ans. « Notre centre de commandement dit aux avions chinois : "Notre limite est ici, vous ne pouvez pas la franchir", mais eux répondent : "C'est notre territoire, notre espace aérien". » Une intimidation permise par le déséquilibre des forces. Malgré une récente livraison de 66 nouveaux F-16 américains, ses vieux mirages et sa production d'avions indigènes, Taïwan possède seulement un peu moins de 400 avions de chasses. La Chine, elle, en dispose de plus de 1 500. Un chiffre en constante augmentation.Ce déséquilibre est flagrant dans tous les secteurs. Amaigris par un taux de natalité en chute libre, les effectifs de l'armée taïwanaise ne cessent de se réduire. En plus du service militaire, allongé de quatre mois à un an, pour ceux nés après 2004, qui vient grossir le rang du 1,6 million de réservistes, l'armée compte sur ses soldats de métiers, plus 152 000 en 2024. Des chiffres limités face aux 2 millions de militaires de carrière de l'APL.Alors, dans les villes de l'île, des affiches sont placardées pour inciter les jeunes recrues à s'engager. « Moi, je veux bien faire carrière dans la marine, mon père me dit que c'est une bonne idée et que la paie est bonne », assure un jeune homme de 17 ans, emmené par son lycée au port de Keelung visiter deux frégates et un ravitailleur mis en avant par la marine. Même question à un adolescent, mais une réponse à l'opposée. « On n'apprend rien en un an de service militaire. Et si on va à la guerre, notre armée n'a pas la capacité de résister. Qu'est-ce que je dois faire ? Me battre ? Fuir ? » Des réactions qui témoignent de l'incertitude persistante sur la résilience taïwanaise en cas de conflit. « Cette question de l'esprit de défense à Taïwan n'est pas claire, résume Mathieu Duchatel, directeur du programme Asie à l'Institut Montaigne. Du côté de Pékin, on constate qu'il y a une erreur d'appréciation terrible de la Russie sur la détermination de l'Ukraine à résister. On peut même se dire que ce flou sur la réaction de la société taïwanaise est une forme de dissuasion pour la Chine. »À écouter aussiTaiwan secoué par les infiltrations chinoises« Porc-épic »Ce mot résume la mentalité de l'armée de l'île, symbolisée par ce pari d'une défense asymétrique ou celle dite du « porc-épic », selon les mots utilisés par l'ex-présidente Tsai Ying-wen. À l'image du rongeur, l'objectif est de rendre, avec des moyens limités, la proie taïwanaise trop dure à avaler pour le prédateur chinois. « L'armée est en transition, mais elle est héritière de celle du KMT (Guo Min-tank), qui a fui la Chine en 1949, avec des plateformes lourdes, des chars, des gros navires…, explique Tanguy Le Pesant, chercheur associé au Centre d'études français sur la Chine contemporaine. Maintenant, elle souhaite se doter d'armes plus petites et moins couteuses, des missiles anti-navires, des drones aériens, de surface, sous-marins. »Une mutation déjà bien entamée, avec une industrie locale dynamique permettant de produire missiles et drones en grande quantité. Mais la tradition persiste. « Il y a eu longtemps une inertie culturelle au sein de l'armée taïwanaise, favorable aux gros équipements qui sont aussi une cible facile », résume Marc Julienne, directeur du Centre Asie de l'Ifri. Une inertie loin d'avoir disparu, en témoigne le projet très décrié et onéreux du Hai Kun, premier sous-marin indigène, dont les derniers essais sont censés avoir lieu en avril 2025. Mais face à la flotte chinoise et sa soixantaine de sous-marins qu'elle devrait affronter dans un détroit peu profond, son utilité est très débattue. « L'autre élément pour Taïwan est d'utiliser la géographie de l'île à son avantage, explique Tanguy Lepesant : « Il existe une centaine de sommets permettant à l'armée taïwanaise de se cacher, d'envoyer des salves de missiles, et les côtes sont aussi à leur avantage, très difficiles d'accès et escarpées. » De quoi rendre un débarquement extrêmement complexe, malgré les imposantes barges développées récemment par l'APL.Si Taïwan ne manque pas d'atout pour décourager la Chine d'envahir, « notre sécurité dépend aussi de la crédibilité de l'armée américaine dans la région », reconnaît François Wu, vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères de l'île. Et rien de tel pour garantir le soutien continu de Washington que de préserver la place centrale de Taïwan au sein de l'économie mondiale. 68% des semi-conducteurs sont produits par des entreprises taïwanaises et 90% des puces les plus innovantes par TSMC, qui vient d'investir 100 milliards de dollars aux États-Unis. Cette industrie, surnommée « bouclier du silicium », semble représenter une assurance-vie encore plus cruciale que son armée, pour l'île de 23 millions d'habitants.
Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 224-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,132 on turnover of 7.1-billion N-T. PM2.5 haze from China to affect Taiwan in coming week: MOENV The Ministry of Environment says Taiwan will experience poorer air quality and visibility (能見度) from today through Thursday due to fine particulate matter moving in from China. The ministry says air quality across Taiwan is expected to range from "moderate to orange" warning levels on those days, with the orange warning level meaning that air quality is "unhealthy for sensitive groups" . Officials say PM2.5 concentrations measuring 40-50 micrograms per cubic meter possible in northern parts of the country today, with the haze then sweeping southward across the island. The World Health Organization has recommended in its air quality guidelines that 24-hour average exposures to PM2.5 particulates should not exceed 15 micrograms per cubic meter. Air quality in areas north of Hsinchu and Miaoli counties is expected to improve from Tuesday, though other areas will continue to be affected until at least Thursday, when another wave of pollution from China may also roll into Taiwan. HeHuanShan Sees Season's Heaviest Snowfall Hehuanshan saw its heaviest snowfall of the winter overnight, drawing crowds of snow chasers despite freezing temperatures. Local officials say snowfall began at around 8 p.m. yesterday and continued into the early morning. Workers at Songxue Lodge reported about 0.5 centimeters of accumulation. Cold air combined with moisture caused snow and sleet to blanket roads and slopes. The snowfall led the Directorate General of Highways to restrict (限制) access to Hehuanshan's main route, Provincial Highway 14A. As of early this morning, parts of the road between Kunyang and Xiaofengkou remained icy, prompting continued snow chain requirements. Drivers were urged to proceed cautiously and follow traffic and safety advisories. SKorea Requests Police Takeover Impeached President Arrest Attempt South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to custody following a standoff with the presidential security service last week. The agency and police confirmed the discussion today, hours before the one-week warrant for Yoon's detention was to expire (到期). The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials will likely seek a new court warrant to extend the window for Yoon's detention, according to police. Venezuela Opposition Leader Urges Protests Against Maduro Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has urged supporters to demonstrate across the country, telling them in a video message that President Nicolas Maduro will not step down on his own and they “must make him leave.” Machado on Sunday instructed supporters to demonstrate Thursday, the day before Venezuela's next presidential term is set to begin. Her message came hours after the government again made clear its intention (意圖) to arrest retired diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez, who claims to have defeated Maduro in last year's election. Gonzalez left Venezuela for exile in Spain in September after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. US NYC Congestion Toll New York City now has a toll (收費) to enter the heart of the Big Apple. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 235-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,972 on turnover of $8.3-billion N-T. Labor Funds Earn NT$20.9 Billion in October The Ministry of Labor reports that Labor Funds grew by $20.9 billion NT in October. That brings total gains for 2024 to $93.91 billion NT. The funds, managed by the Bureau of Labor Funds, are valued at $6.88 trillion NT with a 14.96 percent return rate for the first 10 months of the year. Key funds include the Labor Pension Fund, with a 14.59-percent return, and the Labor Retirement Fund, at 17.92-percent. The National Pension Insurance Fund also saw a strong performance, reaching a 16.01-percent return. Over the past decade, these funds have delivered an average annual return of 6.7-percent. Officials warned of global market uncertainty (不確定) due to interest rate policies, uneven growth, and geopolitical tensions, but noted Taiwan's stock market remained solid in October. Rain and Cooler Weather in Northern Taiwan The northeast monsoon is bringing cooler weather and rain to northern Taiwan today. Greater Taipei, Yilan, Hualien, and Matsu could see showers, with heavy rain expected in northeastern mountains. Other areas, including Penghu and Kinmen, will stay mostly dry and sunny. Drivers in central and southern Taiwan should watch for thick morning fog that's reducing visibility (能見度) to under 200 meters in some places. Strong winds are hitting coastal areas, including Taoyuan and Hsinchu, and islands like Penghu and Matsu. Air quality in western Taiwan is worsening due to pollution buildup. Central and southern areas are under an “Orange Alert,” with some spots reaching “Red Alert” levels. Israel Launches Airstrikes After Hezbollah Projectiles Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people. The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles earlier on Monday as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce (休戰) violations. This was apparently the first time Hezbollah took aim at Israeli forces after the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last week. The increasingly fragile ceasefire aims to end more than a year of war between Hezbollah and Israel — part of a wider regional conflict sparked by the devastating Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Guinea Football Stampede Leaves Dozens Dead There's growing anger in Guinea after dozens were killed in a stampede at a football match. Officials say clashes broke out among football fans at the stadium after a contested (有爭議的) goal. Correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports. NZ SpadeToothed Whale Dissection Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species. The creature, which washed up dead on a beach on New Zealand's South Island in July, is only the seventh specimen (樣本) ever found. None has ever been seen alive at sea. Over the next week, researchers will study the 5-meter-long male at an agricultural research center near the city of Dunedin. Almost nothing is known about it but scientists, working with Maori cultural experts, hope to answer some of the many lingering questions this week, including where they live, what they eat, how they produce sound and how this specimen died. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened down 518-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 21,575 on turnover of 11.9-billion N-T. Shares in Taiwan closed lower Tuesday as turnover shrank to the lowest in more than seven months amid caution over the U.S. economy, ahead of the release of August manufacturing activity data. Large cap tech stocks largely moved lower led by contract chipmaker TSMC as investors appeared wary of movements on U.S. markets with futures there on the decline, pointing to a possible fall on spot markets later in the day. Tropical Storm Yagi to Bring Extreme High Temperatures Tropical Storm Yagi may bring extreme high temperatures to parts of the island today. The Central Weather Administration says the storm currently moving towards China, does not pose a direct threat to Taiwan, but subsiding (下沉) airflow caused by Yagi will cause high temperatures over the western half of the island. Forecasters say that's particularly the case for northern regions, which highs of up to 38-degrees expected in Hsinchu today. The CWA has issued heat warnings for large parts of the north, as well as for Hualien, Yunlin and Tainan. And the storm may cause some precipitation as well, with sporadic showers across the north, east, and mountainous areas, as well as brief thunderstorms in central and southern Taiwan. (NS) US Files Criminal Charges Against Hamas Leader US prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and five other militants in the group. The charges, related to the October 7th attack on Israel, include terrorism, and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction (大規模殺傷性). Nick Harper reports from Washington. IAEA Says Zaporizhzhia Plant "Very Fragile" The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog has described the situation at Europe's largest nuclear power plant as “very fragile” following fresh attacks near the site in central Ukraine. He also vows to expand International Atomic Energy Agency inspections to include critical electricity supplies. Rafael Mariano Grossi has highlighted the vulnerability of Ukraine's energy infrastructure because of Russian attacks. The Zaporizhzhia plant came under Russian control in the wake of Moscow's full-scale (全面的) invasion in 2022. The IAEA says ongoing attacks in the area and damage to Ukraine's national grid threaten the power supply that's vital to nuclear power stations. Nvidia shares fall In related news….. Chipmaker NVIDIA lost more market value than any other stock in a single day. CNBC reports the stock fell 9.5 percent, or about $279 billion in market value. It is now down 23.3% since June 20. But it is up, however, 118% in 2024. But NVIDIA didn't drop on its own. Its fall saw a basket of chip stocks retreat -- Intel fell almost 8%, Marvell slid 8.2%, and AMD dropped 7.8%, and Qualcomm fell nearly 7%. The stock is down another 2% after hours. The action comes after Bloomberg reported that the Department of Justice is taking a closer look at antitrust (反壟斷) concerns for Nvidia. CNBC says chip stocks were gainin steam on optimism that the artificial intelligence boom will require companies to buy more semiconductors to keep up with AI applications. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____. －－－－以下訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 城揚建設新推出的「陽明第一廳」 緊鄰三民區的明星學府-陽明國中 46~52坪，每層四戶兩部電梯 最適合有換屋與置產需求的你 讓生活中充滿書香、運動風，滿足食衣住行的消費需求 城揚建設 陽明第一廳 07-384-2888 https://bit.ly/3T8t49U
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 74-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,342 on turnover of $3.5-billion N-T. Shares in Taiwan closed higher Friday but gains were limited by looming downgrades to the country's weighting in two of MSCI Inc.'s major indices. The bellwether electronics sector saw most of its upturn eroded, while select nontech stocks in the transportation and construction industries attracted rotational buying to lend support to the broader market. CWA: Sunny to Cloudy Skies with Afternoon Thundershowers The Central Weather Administration says skies across Taiwan will be mostly sunny or cloudy with occasional thundershowers in some areas. Forecasters say the short thunderstorms will be in central and southern regions or mountainous areas during the afternoon. For daytime temperatures, the CWA says most areas will see highs of 33 to 36 degrees Celsius, with a possibility of temperatures exceeding 37 degrees in regions north of Hsinchu. Meanwhile…. Tropical Storm Yagi is located about 890 kilometers southeast of Eluanbi, and is expected to move northwest toward the northern part of Luzon Island and the Bashi Channel. Officials say starting Tuesday evening, moisture (濕氣、水分) levels along Taiwan's eastern half and southern regions are expected to increase due to the influence of the storm's outer bands. (NS) US Biden Speaks with Family of Hostage Killed in Gaza Joe Biden has spoken with the family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli-American, whose body was among the six discovered by the IDF in southern Gaza. The US President and Vice-President Kamala Harris also issued statements reaffirming (重申) their commitment to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Jagruti Dave has more from Washington. < [CLIP] Slug: > Philippines Raid CyberGambling Complex Philippine authorities have raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex and taken into custody more than 160 people who were committing (犯) internet-based crimes. Philippine officials say the raid were carried out by more than 100 government agents, backed by military intelligence, on Saturday on a resort compound in Lapu-Lapu city. The move is part of an ongoing crackdown after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a ban in July on widespread online gaming operations that cater mostly to clients in China, where illegal gambling is banned. Marcos said then that the massive gambling operations have ignored Philippine laws and also committed other crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnappings and murder. Paris Paralympics Postponed Events in Seine to Go Ahead Today Paralympics organizers say triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed for a day because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall. Late Sunday night, organizers confirmed the 11 para triathlon events would go ahead today, saying in a statement that new water testing results and monitoring "indicate that water quality continues to improve and will be within the World Triathlon thresholds on race day." Rainstorms hit the French capital Friday and Saturday. Heavy rains cause wastewater and runoff to flow into the river, leading to a rise in bacteria levels including E. Coli. The disruption is another hiccup (造成短暫延誤或中斷的小問題) for the city's efforts to clean up the river for future public swimming. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.
Dragon Boat Racing in Alabama, USA! Huh? What's that sound? That's right. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival! 那是什麼聲音?今天是端午節! That sound is a drum. The drum helps the people racing in a dragon boat. Those people are paddlers. They use paddles to move the boat. They paddle by listening to the drum on their boat. 那是龍舟上的鼓聲，龍舟上的鼓可以幫助選手比賽，他們會跟著鼓聲節奏划手裡的槳。 But this isn't in Taipei. Taichung? Nope. Kaohsiung? Nope. Yilan, Hualien, Pingtung, Hsinchu, or Penghu? Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope! 但這裡不是台北，台中呢?高雄，不是。宜蘭，花蓮，屏東，新竹還是澎湖。不! 都不是，不是台灣任何一個地方。 This is in the USA! This state is Alabama. People in Alabama are racing dragon boats! That's really cool. 這是在美國阿拉巴馬州舉行的龍舟競賽。 Now many people in Alabama think racing dragon boats is fun and cool! That's great, right? People all around the world are enjoying the dragon boat festival like we do in Taiwan. 因為越來越多在阿拉巴馬州的人覺得划龍舟比賽很好玩又很酷。世界各地的人都像我們一樣慶祝端午節。 Today, people everywhere will be watching dragon boat races, balancing eggs for luck, and eating tasty zongzi! … Oof, I think I've eaten enough zongzi for one day … Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone! 端午節快樂! ________________________________________________________________ Vocabulary 遠在天邊的美國阿拉巴馬州，也會舉行划龍舟大賽。 1. people 人們 Somebody is playing drums.有人在打鼓。 Not somebody. It's a whole bunch of people playing.不是一個人，是一群人在打。 2. sound 聲音 The sound is coming from the school next door. 這個聲音是從隔壁學校傳來的。 Oh, so it's probably a class. 所以那些人也許在上課。 3. drum 鼓 Yeah, they are playing African drums. 沒錯，他們在打非洲鼓。 You know how to play? 你也會嗎? Yeah, I took classes for a while.對，我以前上過一陣子課。 4. fun 樂趣 Did you have fun? 覺得好玩嗎? I did. I had lots of fun. 好玩，很好玩。 The best thing was I played drums on a boat! 最好的是我在船上打鼓。 想想看怎麼用這些單字? people人們 sound聲音 drum鼓 fun樂趣 __________________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is this dragon boat race? a. Penghu b. China c. Alabama 2. What moves the boats? a. Paddles b. Dragons c. Aliens 3. What do the paddlers listen to? a. People in Alabama b. Elephants at the festival c. The drum on their boat Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. c
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I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of waterer ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP加值內容與線上課程 ------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP訂閱方案：https://open.firstory.me/join/15minstoday 社會人核心英語有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下是此單集逐字稿 (播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網) ------------------------------- Topic: Water-Stressed India Seeks a Tap for Every Home The pipes are laid, the taps installed and the village tank is under construction — all promising signs that, come spring, Girja Ahriwar will get water at her doorstep and finally shed a lifelong burden. 管子鋪好，水龍頭裝好，村子的水槽正在建造。這些充滿希望的跡象顯示，春季來臨時，吉爾嘉．艾里瓦可以在家門口取到水，而且終於解除長期以來的負擔。 “I go out and put the jerrycans in the queue at around 5 a.m. and wait there with the children,” Ahriwar, a mother of three who lives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said about her routine of fetching from the village hand pump. “Sometimes it could take five or six hours. I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of waterer ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
Sono ore di apprensione anche per l'industria tecnologica, dopo il terremoto che ha colpito l'isola di Taiwan. Una scossa violentissima, la più forte degli ultimi 25 anni, che ha costretto le fabbriche di chip a sospendere la loro produzione. TSMC, il più grande produttore di semiconduttori al mondo, ha evacuato alcune delle sue sedi, e così hanno fatto anche produttori minori come United Microelectronics. In alcune sedi di TSMC, alcuni operai sono tornati ai loro circa 4 ore dopo la scossa. Ma gli effetti del terremoto, al momento, sono sconosciuti. Alcuni macchinari sono entrati in modalità di emergenza, bloccando le operazioni. Anche perché la produzione dei semiconduttori è un processo delicatissimo, e una singola vibrazione può distruggere interi lotti di semiconduttori realizzati con precisione. TSMC - che è il principale produttore di chip a contratto e lavora quotidianamente per società come Apple e Nvidia - ha reso noto di aver evacuato il personale da alcune aree e ha affermato che sta valutando l impatto del sisma che ha colpito pesantemente la costa orientale dell isola. Anche United Microelectronics ha fermato i macchinari in alcuni stabilimenti e ha evacuato alcune strutture nei suoi hub di Hsinchu e Tainan.Ne parliamo con Biagio Simonetta, Il Sole 24 Ore. In Italia l'acquisto di camion a trazione elettrica non decollaL'acquisto di camion elettrici nel 2023 ha segnato una crescita di cinque voltele immatricolazioni, che tradotto in numeri dà la sconsolante cifra di sole 98 unità vendute nel 2023, contro le 19 dell'anno precedente. 98 unità corrispondono allo 0,3% rispetto al numero di camion venduti (28.707) nel 2023.In base a uno studio di Boston Consulting Group per Transport&Environment: Camion Ue, entro il 2035 a rischio fino a un decimo delle vendite per ritardo nella transizione all'elettrico. L'incapacità di soddisfare la domanda di camion a emissioni zero, secondo T&E, lascia spazio ai produttori statunitensi e cinesi. Una transizione più rapida potrebbe generare fino a 23.000 posti di lavoro entro il 2035 e l'elettrificazione dell'autotrasporto migliorerebbe l'economia europea: dai 10 ai 27 miliardi di PIL in più.Ne parliamo con Paolo Starace, Presidente sezione veicoli industriali dell'Unrae.Istat, a febbraio +41mila occupati. Tasso di disoccupazione al 7,5%Dopo la frenata di gennaio (-40mila occupati), a febbraio, ha appena reso noto l Istat, con i dati provvisori, il mercato del lavoro segna una nuova crescita dell occupazione: +41mila unità. Il risultato è frutto di un vero e proprio boom delle assunzioni stabili, salite in un solo mese di ben 142mila unità. I contratti a termine sono invece calati di 76mila unità. Arretrano anche gli indipendenti, -26mila lavoratori autonomi. I dipendenti permanenti raggiungono 15 milioni e 969mila unità. L occupazione, complessiva, cresce poi solo per gli uomini (+54mila unità), mentre per le donne si registra un segno negativo (-13mila unità). Guardando all età, l occupazione sale per gli over25. Il tasso di occupazione generale arriva al 61,9% (+0,1 punti), raggiungendo così un nuovo picco.Allargando lo sguardo sull anno, il numero complessivo di occupati, a febbraio 2024, supera quello di febbraio 2023, dell 1,5%, pari a +351mila unità. L aumento coinvolge uomini, donne e tutte le classi d età, a eccezione dei 15-24enni tra i quali l occupazione è in calo. Il tasso di occupazione sale in un anno di 0,8 punti percentuali. La nuova occupazione è tutta a tempo indeterminato, in un anno i lavoratori permanenti sono aumentati di 603mila unità. I lavoratori a termine sono scesi di 200mila, gli autonomi sono in calo di 53mila unità. Rispetto a febbraio 2023, calano sia il numero di persone in cerca di lavoro (-3,2%, pari a -63mila unità) sia quello degli inattivi tra i 15 e i 64 anni (-1,9%, pari a -239mila).Ne parliamo con Riccardo Trezzi, economista e docente presso l'Università di Ginevra, fondatore del centro studi UnderlyingInflation.com.
------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP加值內容與線上課程 ------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP訂閱方案：https://open.firstory.me/join/15minstoday 社會人核心英語有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下是此單集逐字稿 (播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網) ------------------------------- Topic: Water-Stressed India Seeks a Tap for Every Home The pipes are laid, the taps installed and the village tank is under construction — all promising signs that, come spring, Girja Ahriwar will get water at her doorstep and finally shed a lifelong burden. 管子鋪好，水龍頭裝好，村子的水槽正在建造。這些充滿希望的跡象顯示，春季來臨時，吉爾嘉．艾里瓦可以在家門口取到水，而且終於解除長期以來的負擔。 “I go out and put the jerrycans in the queue at around 5 a.m. and wait there with the children,” Ahriwar, a mother of three who lives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said about her routine of fetching from the village hand pump. “Sometimes it could take five or six hours. I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of waterer ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
I'm _______, with today's episode of EZ News. ---- Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 23-points this morning from Friday's close, at 19,706 on turnover of 8-billion N-T. The market tumbled by over 250-points on Friday, following the release of a mixed batch of data on the U-S economy - which dashed investor hopes that America's central Bank will ease off on interest rate hike anytime soon. ---- Flash Mob Protesters Slam MOTC's Amendments to Traffic Act Road safety activists have been taking to the streets of seven cities and counties to protest a decision by the government to amend the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act and ease punishments for some traffic violations. People to the streets of Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Yunlin County for around 30 minutes. The protests were organized by the Taiwan Vision Zero Alliance. And participants called for improved road construction, adequate complementary measures to the law, retraining procedures for drivers, reform of how traffic regulations are enforced, and for the amendment draft to be retracted. The Cabinet approved the amendments to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act two weeks ago. ---- Tsai Joins Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage for 6th Year President Tsai Ing-wen has joined the annual Bai-Sha-Tun Mazu Pilgrimage for a sixth consecutive year after it got underway at just past midnight in Miaoli County. Prior to the event getting underway , Tsai participated in a cleansing ritual for the palanquin that bears a statue of the sea goddess Mazu on a nine-day procession to the Chao-Tian Temple in Yunlin's Bei-Gang Township and back. Holding a pot of burning incense, Tsai circled the palanquin several times to cleanse it before the procession got underway. Organizers say some 180,000 people have registered to participate in the approximately 400 kilometer pilgrimage this year. ---- NKorea Fires Ballistic Missiles North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a parliamentary session today that North Korea fired “a number of” ballistic missiles into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. He said no damage or injuries has been reported and denounced North Korea's repeated tests as acts that threaten the region. ---- C*US Biden and Trump Trade Barbs US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump took aim at each other in speeches delivered over the weekend, as the two men prepare for a widely expected rematch for the White House. Our Washington correspondent Jagruti Dave has more ---- Uber to Settle with Australian Cabbies Global rideshare giant Uber will pay $178 million to settle a long-running dispute with Australian taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the company entered the Australian market. A class action suit against Uber had been expected to go to trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria today, but lawyers acting on behalf of 8,000 taxi and hire car drivers said the case will be dropped because Uber agreed to the financial settlement. It's the fifth-largest class action settlement in Australia's history and comes five years after the action was launched. ---- That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.
ICF announced early this year that it issued a license for its third Institute. The new ICF Institute will be based in Atlantic Canada, in the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick at New Brunswick Community College. The new Canadian institute joins those established in Dublin, Ohio (USA) and Hsinchu, Taiwan to further promote the Intelligent Community Forum's method for accelerating the growth of regions and states by transforming clusters of cities and towns into economically robust and socially stable “Intelligent Communities.” Dr. Simon Potter, the Director for the College Office of Research Enterprise at New Brunswick Community College discusses the importance of the new Institute, how he hopes it will increase innovation and collaboration throughout the region and why New Brunswick was chosen as the site of Canada's first ICF Institute. Dr. Simon Potter joined NBCC's research office with extensive experience in biomaterials, composites, forestry, precision health and genetics applied research. He is responsible for NBCC's overarching research program which, based on its exceptional strength and depth in ICT, is now expanding into new areas such as agriculture, precision health, and educational and accessibility research. Simon holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh, a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Bath and has built a global reputation in the implementation of large-scale research initiatives in Canada and Australia.
Hsinchu es una ciudad importante en Taiwán. Muchas personas conocen Hsinchu porque es el centro de la tecnología. También la llaman la ciudad de los vientos. En esta ciudad, hay un lugar muy grande y famoso que se llama el Parque Científico de Hsinchu. Aquí, muchas empresas trabajan con tecnología avanzada, es una ciudad de ingenieros. La gente dice que Hsinchu es como el Silicon Valley en Taiwán porque hay mucha innovación y desarrollo tecnológico. Además de la tecnología, Hsinchu tiene una historia muy rica y antigua. Hay varios templos hermosos en la ciudad. Los templos son lugares especiales donde las personas van a rezar y a sentirse tranquilas. Estos templos tienen muchos años y muestran la cultura y las tradiciones de Taiwán. Visitar los templos es una experiencia muy especial para los visitantes y los habitantes de la ciudad. El templo principal se llama templo Cheng Huang. Alrededor del templo hay dos mercados, uno de día y otro de noche, entonces siempre hay comercio cerca del templo. Entre las comidas de Hsinchu más populares están los fideos de arroz y las bolitas de carne. Los mercados nocturnos no funcionan todas las noches, parece ser el mismo mercado que un día está en un lugar y otro día en otro. Hsinchu también es conocido por el Museo de Vidrio. Este museo es un lugar muy interesante. En el museo, las personas pueden aprender sobre cómo se hace el vidrio. Hay exposiciones que muestran diferentes objetos hechos de vidrio. Ver cómo se transforma el vidrio es fascinante y educativo. El zoológico o zoo de Hsinchu es uno de los más viejos de Taiwán. Tiene cerca de 90 años. No es tan grande como el zoo de Taipei, pero es parte de la historia de la ciudad. Cerca de Hsinchu, hay un lugar muy bonito que se llama el Parque Ecológico de la Costa, en Nan-Liao. Este parque es grande y está cerca del mar. Es un lugar perfecto para las personas que aman la naturaleza. En el parque, se pueden ver aves y otros animales. También, es un lugar bonito para caminar y respirar aire fresco. Visitar el parque es una buena manera de relajarse y disfrutar del día. En Hsinchu, la educación es muy importante. Hay universidades muy buenas en la ciudad. La gente viene de diferentes partes de Taiwán y del mundo para estudiar en Hsinchu. Aprender en estas universidades es una gran oportunidad para muchos jóvenes. Muchas personas van a las montañas alrededor de Hsinchu para caminar, ver la naturaleza, tomar fotos, o comer en los restaurantes que están en las montañas mientras disfrutan del paisaje. En conclusión, Hsinchu es una ciudad maravillosa en Taiwán. Es famosa por su tecnología, historia, comida, naturaleza y educación de alta calidad. Support this show: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckkpgxtrc1dry0866oypwapxf Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckkpgxtrc1dry0866oypwapxf/comments 想了解雲飛西語線上密集班課程？按這裡 想了解 2024 年雲飛一般課程、DELE準備班課程？點這裡看成人團體課程 想體驗看看雲飛的西語教學嗎？2024年付費單堂體驗課點我體驗 贊助台瓜夫妻一杯咖啡，行動支持我們的創作 聰明學好語言必讀： 懂語感無痛學好任一種外語 西班牙語教材推薦 想跟台瓜夫妻學西班牙文？ 雲飛臉書粉絲頁 雲飛西班牙語、華語、師資訓練課程官網 雲飛線上學校預錄型課程 游皓雲Yolanda老師個人部落格 洛飛南Fernando老師個人部落格 教室地址
司馬庫斯 sīmǎkùsī - Smangus, Ayatal tribal village located in the mountains of Hsinchu 原住民族 yuánzhùmínzú - indigenous peoples 泰雅族人 Tàiyǎ zú rén - Atayal people 聚落 jùluò - settlement; community 居住 jūzhù - reside; live 比...還要 bǐ... hái yào - even more than... 漢人 Hànrén - Han Chinese; ethnic Han 膚色 fūsè - skin color 黝黑 yǒuhēi - dark (referring to skin color) 五官 wǔguān - facial features 立體 lìtǐ - three-dimensional; well-defined 分不太出來 fēn bù tài chūlái - can't easily distinguish 紀念 jìniàn - commemorate; memory 馬庫斯 Mǎkùsī - a person's name 取名為 qǔmíng wèi - named as 偏遠 piānyuǎn - remote; secluded 隨時 suíshí - at any time; anytime 吵雜 chǎozá - noisy and disorderly 人群 rénqún - crowd 燈光 dēngguāng - lights 霓虹níhóng - neon 巨木 jùmù - giant trees 群山 qúnshān - mountains 清幽 qīngyōu - tranquil; peaceful 料理 liàolǐ - cuisine; cooking 重點是 zhòngdiǎn shì - the key point is 櫻花季 yīnghuā jì - cherry blossom season 人間仙境 rénjiān xiānjìng - an earthly paradise; a fairyland on earth 上帝的部落 Shàngdì de bùluò - God's village 你想要讓台灣朋友聽懂你說的中文嗎? Do you want your Taiwanese friends to understand your spoken Chinese better? 你想要更容易地跟台灣人溝通嗎? Do you want to communicate more easily with people in Taiwan? 加入我的中文口說課程吧! Join my Chinese Speaking Course!
------------------------------- 強化英語課程資訊 ------------------------------- 「社會人核心英語」有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下有參考文字稿～ 各播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網搜尋 ------------------------------- Topic: Water-Stressed India Seeks a Tap for Every Home The pipes are laid, the taps installed and the village tank is under construction — all promising signs that, come spring, Girja Ahriwar will get water at her doorstep and finally shed a lifelong burden. 管子鋪好，水龍頭裝好，村子的水槽正在建造。這些充滿希望的跡象顯示，春季來臨時，吉爾嘉．艾里瓦可以在家門口取到水，而且終於解除長期以來的負擔。 “I go out and put the jerrycans in the queue at around 5 a.m. and wait there with the children,” Ahriwar, a mother of three who lives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said about her routine of fetching from the village hand pump. “Sometimes it could take five or six hours. I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of waterer ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
------------------------------- 強化英語課程資訊 ------------------------------- 「社會人核心英語」有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下有參考文字稿～ 各播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網搜尋 ------------------------------- Topic: Water-Stressed India Seeks a Tap for Every Home The pipes are laid, the taps installed and the village tank is under construction — all promising signs that, come spring, Girja Ahriwar will get water at her doorstep and finally shed a lifelong burden. 管子鋪好，水龍頭裝好，村子的水槽正在建造。這些充滿希望的跡象顯示，春季來臨時，吉爾嘉．艾里瓦可以在家門口取到水，而且終於解除長期以來的負擔。 “I go out and put the jerrycans in the queue at around 5 a.m. and wait there with the children,” Ahriwar, a mother of three who lives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said about her routine of fetching from the village hand pump. “Sometimes it could take five or six hours. I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of waterer ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
- 台灣怎麼了? What's happening in Taiwan? 巨大天坑 jù dà tiān kēng - enormous sinkhole 陷下去 xiàn xià qù - sink down 洞 dòng - hole 新竹 Xīnzhú - Hsinchu (a city in Taiwan) 駕駛 jià shǐ - driver 陷入地下 xiàn rù dìxià - sink into the ground 吞下去 tūn xià qù - swallow up 路段 lù duàn - road section 岌岌可危 jí jí kě wēi - (an idiom) on the verge of danger 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn - (an idiom) live in constant fear 地層下陷 dì céng xià xiàn - ground subsidence (sinking of the ground) (下陷 xià xiàn - subsidence; sink) - 為什麼發生這麼恐怖的事? Why are such terrifying accidents occurring? 凹陷 āo xiàn - sink in 確切 què qiè - exact 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn - common point 建案 jiàn àn - construction project 工地 gōng dì - construction site 施工 shī gōng - construction work 建商 jiàn shāng - construction company/developer 進行...作業 jìn xíng...zuò yè - carry out...operation/task 灌漿 guàn jiāng - grouting 地下室 dì xià shì - basement 打地基 dǎ dì jī - lay foundation 支撐 zhī chēng - support, the act of providing stability, strength, or reinforcement to something to prevent it from collapsing, falling, or giving way under pressure or weight Follow me on Instagram: fangfang.chineselearning !
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, a chip manufacturer headquartered in Hsinchu in northern Taiwan, dominates the semiconductor industry. Statistics show that TSMC accounts for more than half of the total foundry revenue globally. The firm has been in the spotlight recently as it is increasingly part of the tech competition between the U.S. and China. Responding to a request of the American government, TSMC has been seeking to set up factories in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as in Germany and Japan. What challenges lie ahead for the firm? What does the future of tech hold as it becomes one of the linchpins for an extraordinary power rivalry? Host Liu Kun is joined by Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow at Center for China and Globalization; Zhengyuan Bo, Partner at Plenum China Research; and Mike Bastin, Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University in the UK.
TSMC, géant mondial des semi-conducteurs, a inauguré la semaine dernière son centre mondial R&D au parc industriel et technologique de Hsinchu, dans le nord-ouest de Taïwan. A terme, le groupe envisage de recruter jusqu’à 8 000 talents et ingénieurs dans la recherche fondamentale sur les procédés de fabrication de semi-conducteurs plus avancés et diverses technologies d’avenir, notamment pour mettre au point les procédés de gravure en 2 nm et 1,4 nm. Chen Zi-ang (陳子昂), spécialiste des questions d’électronique et de semi-conducteurs, nous détaille les enjeux de ce nouveau centre dans l’émission Taïwan en ébul’action de ce vendredi.
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened up 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,146 on turnover of $3.84-billion N-T. The market continued its upward momentum on Thursday, as investors were encouraged by hopes U-S political leaders can reach an agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt. **Taoyuan Households See Power Out Amid Rain and Thunder ** Tens of thousands of households in Taoyuan were without power earlier today, amid rough weather conditions. Taiwan Power Company says heavy rain and thunder early this morning caused power outages in the city's Zhong-li, Ping-zhen, Long-tan, and Yang-mei Districts. The state-run power company says up to 10-thousand-829 households were left in the dark. Officials say emergency repairs returned power to nearly 10-thousand customers before 5am, and the remainder were also reconnected by 7:30. (NS) **Torrential rain pounding Hsinchu ** Many streets in Hsin-chu city and county are flooded due to torrential rain that has kept pounding the area since early this morning. Four underground passes, including Yuan-pei and Tai-yuan underpass, are also inundated (淹沒) in water as high as the roof of sedans. The Central Weather Bureau issued an extremely heavy rain advisory for Hsinchu city and county before dawn, saying that accumulated rainfall in the western parts there has reached some 340 millimeters so far today. The CWB has also posted thunderstorm warnings for those in Taoyuan city and Hsinchu, saying people should watch out for lightning strikes, strong gusty winds, and flash floods. Xiang-shan High School in Hsinchu city has canceled today's classes. **Russia Fires Missiles at Kyiv ** Ukrainian officials say Russia has fired 30 cruise missiles against various parts of the country in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses which shot down 29 of them. Kyiv officials said defense systems also shot down two exploding drones and two reconnaissance drones early Thursday. A military spokesman said one person died and two were wounded (受傷) by a Russian missile that got through and struck an industrial building in the southern region of Odesa. Loud explosions were heard in Kyiv as the Kremlin's forces targeted the capital for the ninth time this month. **US Disney New Campus Plans Shelved ** Plans for a new Disney campus in Florida are off the table (不在考慮範圍內). AP's Lisa Dwyer has more. **Australia Doctor Freed After Kidnapping ** Australia says an 88-year-old doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Kenneth Elliott was safe and well and had been reunited (團聚) with his wife and their children. Elliott and his wife were kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Burkina Faso in 2016 near the border with Mali and Niger, where they were running a medical clinic. Elliot's wife was released a month later. Wong said the Australian government and the Elliott family have worked tirelessly toward Elliott's release. She did not detail the circumstances of his release. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.
歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Summary: 討論文章: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4769567 Taiwan's Pizzahut is well known for its odd, fusion, seasonal menus in the recent years. In this episode, Angel and I go through the ingredients and take on the naming challenge for each new pizza flavors. Tell us down below, which ones you have tried!歡迎投稿有趣的主題給醬老師與Angel老師 Comment down below! Vocabulary: 1. Red rice yeast n. 紅糟 Red rice yeast ba-wan is a famous dish from Hsinchu. 紅糟肉圓是來自新竹的名菜。 2. Filthy rich idiom. 非常富有 People who buys luxury goods all the time are filthy rich. 常買精品的人都是非常有錢。 3. CCR (Cross-Culture Romance) n. 跨文化戀情 The fusion of east and west in a pizza is like CCR. 東西合璧的比薩就像跨文化戀情一樣。 更多Vocab Podcast節目: https://www.15mins.today/vocab 歡迎主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com Powered by Firstory Hosting
Auf einer Zugfahrt mit dem Ziel TSMC-Museum in Hsinchu treffen wir Lukas Laufenberg und Daniel Weinberger. Die beiden deutschen Austauschstudenten leben seit September 2022 in Tainan. An der National Cheng Kung University studieren die angehenden Ingenieure dort am Department of Electrical Engineering. Wir sprechen übers Studieren in Taiwan auf Englisch und mit oder ohne Stipendium, die Mentalität ihrer Kommilitonen, eine abenteuerliche Covid-Quarantäne im Dreierzimmer und klären die Frage, ob weibliche Gäste in Maid Cafes willkommen sind. Daniel und Lukas geben uns Einblicke ins Campusleben an der NCKU, verraten sehenswerte Orte in Tainan und erklären, warum das Betreuungsverhältnis in Tainan besser ist als an der TU München bzw. Darmstadt, ihren Heimatunis. Am Ende erfahrt Ihr, was es im TSMC-Museum zu sehen gibt und ob sich ein Besuch lohnt. FOLGE 30 - KAPITEL: 00:00 Begrüßung 04:57 Besuch in Taipeh und im Maid Cafe 09:40 Schwierigkeiten wegen der Pandemie 16:34 Studieren auf Englisch, Betreuung an der Uni 23:24 Studiengebühren und Stipendien in Taiwan 29:18 Mentalität, Taiwaner kennenlernen, Unterbringung 38:45 Covid-Infektion im Wohnheim 44:41 Leben in der Stadt Tainan 56:31 Besuch im TSMC-Museum MEHR ZUM PODCAST: Zu den Links und Shownotes: https://intaiwan.net/2023/02/15/auslandsstudium-auslandssemester-taiwan-tainan/ Alle Folgen in der Übersicht Taiwancast-Shop (Merchandise) Taiwancast bei Spotify Taiwancast bei Apple Podcasts / iTunes RSS-Feed Taiwancast bei YouTube Taiwancast unterstützen bei Patreon Auf Twitter: Taiwancast / Klaus / Mariano Auf Twitter: Taiwancast / Klaus / Mariano Auf Mastodon: Klaus / Mariano Feedback als Audiokommentar hinterlassen: Datei per Mail an podcast (at) taiwanreporter (punkt) de, oder hier aufsprechen: (04765) 407 9995 bzw. +49 (4765) 407 9995 (bitte angeben, wenn es nicht im Podcast gespielt werden soll) Folge direkt herunterladen
新一集「說德好文化」(„Auf gut Deutsch!“) 大家分享一個「很台灣」的文化！ 是台灣人日常生活中很重要的一部分，也很常是你會介紹外國朋友去的地方喔！ 沒錯！這集我們要聊的就是「夜市」！ 它在台灣有著非常久的歷史，究竟是如何發展出來，以及有哪些特色呢？ 除了我們最熟悉的小吃美食之外，夜市裡還賣些什麼？ 這集就讓我們來聊一下「夜市文化」吧！ 來學習怎麼用德語介紹～ ------- 【台灣夜市文化】 Das Wort „Yeshi“ besteht aus zwei Wörtern. „Ye“ bedeutet „die Nacht“ und „Shi“ ist „der Markt“. Damit ist hauptsächlich ein Markt gemeint, der wortwörtlich nachts Geschäfte macht. Einerseits werden hier verschiedene Arten von Artikeln wie Lebensmittel, Kleidung und alltägliche Gebrauchsgegenstände verkauft, andererseits werden hier auch kirmesartige Spielbuden für die Unterhaltung angeboten. 「夜市」，主要就是在晚上做買賣的市集，販售各種類型的物品，像是飲食、服飾、雜貨、遊戲等等，和生活息息相關的事物 In tropischen und subtropischen Ländern sind „Nachtmärkte“ oft wichtige Touristenattraktionen. In Hongkong, Taiwan und weiteren südostasiatischen Ländern gehören sie zu den wichtigen Merkmalen der örtlichen Kulturen. 「夜市」經常是熱帶、亞熱帶國家的重要觀光景點；在香港、臺灣、東南亞等地方，也是平民生活文化的重要代表之一 接著，我們可以再來了解一下夜市是怎麼形成的？ Der Nachtmarkt entstand als Erweiterung der früheren Tempelmärkte in Taiwan, die einst Imbissstände vor den Gottestempeln in Keelung oder Hsinchu waren. Beide Märkte haben bereits eine mehr als 170-jährige Geschichte. 它是台灣早期廟會與市集型態的延伸，比如基隆廟口市集及新竹城隍廟前的小吃，至今都已有超過170年的歷史。 (—-還有更多內容喔！記得到網站裡看-—) ↓↓↓ Web→https://deutschpipapo.com/ IG→ www.instagram.com/deutschpipapo/ ↓↓↓ 加入FB社團跟我們分享你想知道的主題！ ［德語學習分享空間｜德語劈啪聊]→bit.ly/3azFj7T
What can you see in the forest? The forest has flowers and grass, birds and animals, and lots and lots of… trees. 森林裡可以看到甚麼？有花、草、鳥兒、動物，還有很多很多樹。 Some trees are short, some are tall, and some are just enormous. In fact, scientists have just found the tallest tree in Taiwan. 科學家最近發現了全台灣最高的樹！ That's right! How did they find it? A team of tree hunters was looking for tall trees. They found one in a forest near Hsinchu. People call it the "Taoshan Sacred Tree". Right away, the tree hunters knew this tree was special. 科學家們在新竹附近發現了一棵超高的樹，它叫「桃山神木」。 They decided to climb the tree. They climbed for hours and hours. Finally, the climbers reached the top. 他們決定爬樹，爬著爬著，穿過了綠葉和霧氣，終於登上了樹頂。 From the top, they could measure the tree. It was nearly 80 meters tall. That means it is not only the tallest tree in Taiwan, but also the tallest tree in all of East Asia! 測量的結果，這棵樹幾乎有80公尺高，它不只是全台灣最高的樹，而且是全東亞最高的！ What's more, the tree is still growing taller every year. 並且還在繼續長高！ Will the tree hunters cut it down? No way! 這棵樹會被科學家砍下來嗎？不會！ They want to protect the tree and study it. In fact, they think there are even taller trees hidden in Taiwan's forests. 科學家會保護還要研究這棵樹，他們也認為台灣的森林裡面可能還有更高的樹。 Who knows what they will find? ________________________________ Vocabulary 全台最高的樹，位置在新竹的森林中。 1. tall 高的 Look at all these tall trees! 你看這些好高的樹！ It's amazing! I can't even see the top. 真驚人，我甚至看不到樹頂。 I wonder how many years it took them to grow this tall. 真不知道要幾年才長這麼高。 2. top 頂端 Would you like to try climbing this tree? 你想不想爬這棵樹？ No way! I could never reach the top. 不想，我根本爬不到最上面。 3. animal 動物 And there could be some animals up there. 而且上面可能有動物。 Like monkeys? 比如說猴子嗎？ Yeah, and bats and hawks. 對，還有蝙蝠跟老鷹。 4. tallest 最高的 Okay, then I'll do it myself. 那我自己爬。 I want to see if it's the tallest tree around. 我要看看它是不是這一帶最高的樹。 你記住這些單字了嗎？ tall 高的 top 頂端 animal 動物 tallest 最高的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did scientists find the tallest tree? A: Near Hsinchu B: Near Hualien C: Near Alishan 2. About how tall was the tree? A: 30 meters B: 50 meters C: 80 meters 3. What will they do with the tree? A: Study it B: Cut it down C: Build a tree house Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Dr. Bonny Ling is a scholar and practitioner who works on international human rights and development. She is Executive Director of Work Better Innovations, a research consultancy with a community service mission working on new ideas for a responsible economy. We spoke about her work with migrant workers, the challenges that Taiwan has faced in dealing with migrant workers, why it is important for Taiwan to address the wider challenges of combatting human trafficking and modern slavery. She also spoke about her forced labor project that is going to take her back to Taiwan to work with SMEs (small medium enterprises) in December. In Taiwan 98 percent of all businesses are small medium enterprises and they employ close to 80 percent of the total domestic workforce. The European Union (EU) defines a small enterprise as one with less than 50 employees and a medium enterprise as one with less than 250 employees. Dr. Bonny Ling has worked in the UN system and in international civil society. Bonny is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow with the University of Nottingham Taiwan Studies Programme; Research Fellow with the Institute for Human Rights and Business; and Advisory Board Member of the INGO Human Rights at Sea. Bonny wrote her PhD in Law on human trafficking and China at the Irish Centre of Human Rights and is an expert on human trafficking and modern slavery. She graduated from Cambridge University (criminology) and the Fletcher School, Tufts University (law and diplomacy). Bonny has served as an international election observer in East Timor and for the OSCE. Previously at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, she writes on human rights, migrants, business responsibilities and international development and is a contributing writer for Ketagalan Media, New Bloom, Taipei Times, Taiwan Insight and The News Lens. This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association. NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is: to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity, to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality, to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs, to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan, to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all. To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Bonny's connection to Taiwan What constitutes a migrant worker The importance of addressing and speaking about hate and discrimination toward migrants The mistreatment of migrant workers who worked on construction for the 2022 Qatar World Cup The terms forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery The Modern Slavery Act in the U.K. and Australia The definition of forced labor The indicators of forced labor The media coverage on how migrant factory workers in Taiwan were mistreated during COVID How movement restrictions on migrant workers in Miaoli initially applied to domestic workers and factory workers How the movement restrictions did not make scientific sense from a public health point of view How Taiwan is under scrutiny regarding the treatment of its migrant workers How everyone has a connection to Taiwan if you consider the statistic that Taiwan makes 90% of the world's high-end chips What happened when Indonesia introduced a zero (pre-employment) fee policy for its migrant workers in 2020 The international legal definition of a migrant worker Fees that low wage migrant workers are expected to pay How migrant workers are often indebted (due to the fees they owe) before their first day of work In private industry some brands have exerted pressure on their suppliers telling them that they cannot charge workers fees Bilateral discussions between Indonesia and Taiwan in August that led to the increase in the wage for domestic care workers, and the wage for all domestic care workers has been raised in Taiwan but there are some caveats The wage or domestic care workers hadn't been raised in seven years in Taiwan How Taiwan needs to hire and retain skilled workers for its manufacturing industry due to its declining birthrate and aging population How Taiwan's treatment of migrant workers is related to its image as a responsible global citizen How Taiwan's economy largely consists of (98-99%) SME (small medium enterprises) How better wages and working conditions are related to attracting and retaining workers/employees How there needs to be more dialogue and open communication between employers and workers The importance of creating awareness of forced labor indicators amongst employers How to deal with the infrastructure involved with hiring and bringing over migrant workers Bonny's forced labor project which will bring her to Taiwan in December to educate SMEs in Hsinchu, Taichung and Kaohsiung about the 11 indicators of forced labor SMEs employ 80% of Taiwan's domestic workforce The case of Taiwanese who lured and trafficked to Cambodia How Taiwan was the first country in Asia to legalize same sex marriage When Taiwan lost representation in the United Nations in 1971, it was Taiwan's SMEs that drove the economy Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-bonny-ling-discusses-the-challenges-taiwan-faces-dealing-with-migrant-workers-ep-215/
Winning the tight Hsinchu City race is critical for the DPP, but possibly existential for the TPP, the only party posing any challenge to the KMT as an alternative to the DPP. Plus predictions & some headlines not making English press. More Podcasts at www.report.tw or anchor.fm/taiwanreport and consider sponsoring us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/taiwanreport Taiwan Brief is a Taiwan political news show with analysis and context, providing the listener with a better understanding of Taiwan, especially in politics and foreign affairs.
Winning the tight Hsinchu City race is critical for the DPP, but possibly existential for the TPP, the only party posing any challenge to the KMT as an alternative to the DPP. Plus predictions & some headlines not making English press. More Podcasts at www.report.tw or anchor.fm/taiwanreport and consider sponsoring us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/taiwanreport Taiwan Brief is a Taiwan political news show with analysis and context, providing the listener with a better understanding of Taiwan, especially in politics and foreign affairs.
The Saisiyat Indigenous people in Hsinchu and Miaoli counties have a famous story about magical “little people” or “dwarfs” called the Koko' ta'ay. The legend goes that tensions between the tribe and the “dwarfs” led to an incident that killed off the little people, and which called down a curse on the Saisiyat. While most dismissed these stories as a myth, new research seems to indicate that that there were, in fact, “Negrito” people, such as can still be found in small bands in the Philippines and elsewhere, on Taiwan at least 5000 years ago - which could see the history books rewritten and the Koko' ta'ay folklore recognized as being based on real experience!
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened down 139-points this morning from Friday's close, at 12,988 on turnover of 2.7-billion N-T. The market closed up over 300-points on Friday, as it followed other global indexes and gained ground after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by higher-than-forecast inflation numbers. **Government Reaffirms Sovereignty in response to Xi Speech ** The Presidential Office is reiterating that it represents a "sovereign (統一) and democratic country." The statement comes in response to comments by Xi Jinping in a major speech at the opening of the 20th congress of the Communist Party of China. Xi said Beijing will continue to strive for peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan, but will never promise to renounce the use of force and the "one country, two systems" model remains "the best means" of achieving "reunification." The Presidential Office says President Tsai Ing-wen's national security team is closely monitoring the Party Congress and stressed that mainstream public opinion here in Taiwan has clearly rejected the "one country, two systems" idea. **CEOC Reports 268 Incidents as Rain Batter Island ** The Central Emergency Operation Center reported a total of 268 incidents, mostly concerning flooding and roadside trees, as the periphery of Tropical Storm Nesat batter (重擊) the island with heavy rains on Sunday. According to the center, 208 of those incidents were reported in the north and in Yilan. The Ministry of Transport says landslides required the closure of sections of the Northern Cross-Island Highway, the Central Cross-Island Highway and the Southern Cross-Island Highway. While the Council of Agriculture issued mud and landslide warnings for 69 areas in Taipei, New Taipei City, Yilan, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu and Hualien counties. **Salvadoran Judge Orders Arrest for Dutch Journalists Killings ** A Salvadoran judge has ordered the provisional arrest of several retired high-ranking members of the armed forces accused of having participated in the killings of four Dutch journalists in 1982. According to the Associated Press, those facing arrest orders include a former a defense minister and former director of the now-defunct treasury police. The killings took place during the height of El Salvador's civil war between the government and rebel guerrillas. The Dutch TV journalists had linked up with leftist rebels and planned to spend several days behind rebel lines reporting. But Salvadoran soldiers armed with assault rifles and machine guns ambushed (伏擊) them and the guerrillas. In March, relatives of the victims, and representatives of the Dutch government and the European Union demanded that El Salvador bring to justice those responsible for the murders. **Gates Foundation Pledges 1.2Billion to Eradicate Polio ** The Gates Foundation wants to end polio worldwide. AP correspondent Shelley Adler reports. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.
Hi, students! Let's talk about robots. Lots of companies use robots. There is even a convenience store in Taiwan that uses robots. It's in Kaohsiung. The store in Kaohsiung is testing robots to deliver coffee. 高雄有一間便利商店，用機器人送咖啡！ This robot doesn't look like a person. It looks like a cart. It is a cart with wheels that can travel inside and outside to deliver coffee to people. 它看起來不像人，像手推車，下面還有輪子。 Why is this cart a robot? It can move on its own. It doesn't need people to push it. The robot cart can even take an elevator by itself! 這個機器人會自己動，不用人家推，還可以自己搭電梯！ This robot can deliver up to 24 orders at once. To deliver that many coffees with a human would cost a lot of money, but this store in Kaohsiung thinks using robots will be much cheaper. Which means food and drink could be cheaper too! 這個機器人一次可以送24份餐， 店家說在人力成本上能夠省下很多錢！ That's pretty cool. There is also a convenience store in Hsinchu that is testing a different kind of robot. This one is a flying robot. This flying robot is called a drone. 新竹也有一間便利商店，是用機器人，但這個機器人是無人機。 The store wants to use drones to deliver things to people who live in rural areas. Do you know what another name for "rural" is? It's the countryside. The drones could help people living in the countryside a lot. 他們希望用無人機，送東西到鄉下地區去。 What a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 機器人越來越多元，對我們的幫助也與日俱增。 1. deliver 運送 I'm so hungry! What's for dinner? 我好餓！晚飯吃什麼？ How about beef noodles? 牛肉麵怎麼樣？ Good idea! Let's get it delivered. 好主意，我們叫外送吧。 2. by oneself 靠自己 Why is our food so late? 為什麼我們的食物這麼慢？ I hope someday the food comes by itself. 我希望有一天食物自己送上門。 That's not going to happen. 不會發生那種事的。 3. drone 無人機 Why not? There are drones, right? 為什麼不會？有無人機了，對吧？ A drone flies into our home with beef noodles? Wow! 帶著牛肉麵的無人機飛進我們家？哇！ 4. help 幫助 Yeah, a drone could really help us. 對啊，無人機真的可以幫上忙。 Here comes the delivery man! 送貨員到了！ 來跟我一起讀單字。 deliver 運送 by oneself 靠自己 drone 無人機 help 幫助 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What will the robot in Kaohsiung look like? A: A cart B: A person C: A coffee cup 2. What is a flying robot called? A: A store B: An elevator C: A drone 3. Where will the flying robots in Hsinchu deliver things to? A: To other convenience stores B: To people in the countryside C: To people in big cities Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B
Topic: Water-Stressed India Seeks a Tap for Every Home The pipes are laid, the taps installed and the village tank is under construction — all promising signs that, come spring, Girja Ahriwar will get water at her doorstep and finally shed a lifelong burden. 管子鋪好，水龍頭裝好，村子的水槽正在建造。這些充滿希望的跡象顯示，春季來臨時，吉爾嘉．艾里瓦可以在家門口取到水，而且終於解除長期以來的負擔。 “I go out and put the jerrycans in the queue at around 5 a.m. and wait there with the children,” Ahriwar, a mother of three who lives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said about her routine of fetching from the village hand pump. “Sometimes it could take five or six hours. I have to stay there because if I leave, someone else moves ahead.” 「我大約在清晨5時出門，把大水桶排進隊伍，然後和孩子們一起等待」，住在印度中部中央邦、三個孩子的媽艾里瓦說，她的例行公事就是從村子的手動泵浦取水，「有時候得花五或六個小時，我必須一直留在這裡，因為如果我離開了，其他人就會搶先往前」。 India, one of the world's most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughly 192 million households across its 600,000 villages. About 18,000 government engineers are overseeing the $50 billion undertaking, which includes hundreds of thousands of contractors and laborers who are laying more than 2.5 million miles of pipe. 印度是全世界用水最吃緊的國家之一，在2024年之前提供60萬個村落共約1億9200萬戶乾淨自來水，這項宏大的計畫已進行到一半。約1萬8000名政府工程師監督規模500億美元的工程，包括數十萬名包商和工人，鋪設超過250萬哩的水管。 The project has a powerful champion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has slashed through India's notorious red tape and pushed aside thorny political divisions to see it through. His success thus far helps explain his dominance over the country's political landscape. 這項計畫有個有力的擁護者：總理莫迪，他打破印度惡名昭彰的官僚作風，把棘手的政治分歧暫放一邊，推動計畫。目前為止他的成功也顯示他在這個國家政治版圖的主導力。 Modi has remained popular despite a weak economy and a bungled initial response to the coronavirus that left hundreds of thousands dead. He has increasingly relied on communal politics, continuing to consolidate a Hindu nationalist base he has worked for decades to rally. 即使經濟疲弱，且一開始對新冠病毒的笨拙反應造成數十萬人死亡，莫迪仍舊廣得人心。他日漸依賴宗教團體式政治，持續鞏固印度教國族主義基本盤，他投注數十年整合這些勢力。 But the mission to deliver water to every household combines two of Modi's political strengths: his grasp of the day-to-day problems of hundreds of millions of India's poor and his penchant for ambitious solutions. Modi, who grew up in a poor village, has spoken emotionally about his own mother's hardship in fetching water. 不過，將水送到所有家戶的任務，結合莫迪的兩個政治力量：他對印度數億貧窮人口日常問題的理解，以及喜好採取極具雄心的解決方案。在貧窮村莊長大的莫迪，曾充滿感情的談到母親以前取水的困難。 About one-sixth of India's households had a clean water tap when the program, called Jal Jeevan Mission, began in 2019. Now, almost half have one. 當這個「水生活任務」2019年開始時，印度家戶有潔淨自來水者約六分之一。現在，幾乎一半。 “You rarely have this drive from the government, the head of state, and it is well funded. Behind the concept, there is budget,” said Nicolas Osbert, who leads the UNICEF water and sanitation unit in India. “All social sectors were impacted by COVID. Not this one. This one was preserved.” 「你很少能從政府或國家領袖獲得這種推動力，而且資金充裕。在這個概念後面，重點是預算」，聯合國兒童基金會印度分部水資源和衛生主管歐斯柏特說，「所有社福單位都遭遇新冠病毒衝擊，但這個沒有，這個計畫保留下來」。 The country's water problem speaks to the mismatch between its global economic ambitions and the dire conditions of much of its 1.4 billion population, two-thirds of whom still live in rural areas. 這個國家的用水問題顯示，其全球經濟野心和14億人口中許多人的悲慘情況，頗不相配。印度人口三分之二住在鄉村地區。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6034821 Next Article Topic: Typhoonless year brings water shortage in fall/winter Most years, Taiwan is hit by typhoons during the summer and fall, but we have yet to see a typhoon this year. This unusual situation has put pressure on water supply levels in reservoirs around Taiwan. 台灣每年夏、秋兩季颱風頻繁，但詭異的是，今年截至目前為止，竟無任何一個颱風登陸台灣，造成水庫缺水問題。 Due to global warming, the typhoons generated in the Pacific Ocean this year have all moved northward, bypassing Taiwan. Although successive fronts and afternoon showers have brought rainfall, it was only fragmented, covering limited areas and did little to replenish reservoirs. As a result, the reservoir storage this year is lower than in previous years. 這是因為全球暖化之影響，今年大平洋生成的颱風往北移，導致沒有任何一個颱風進來台灣，雖然陸續有鋒面及午後陣雨帶來雨量，但下雨範圍多為局部地區，導致水庫蓄水量較往年低。 According to the Water Resource Agency, as of 2pm yesterday, the Shihmen Reservoir's water storage was 44 percent of capacity, the Feicuei Reservoir's was 62.3 percent and the Zengwen Reservoir's was 31.3 percent. Two of the three major water reservoirs have less than 50 percent of their water storage capacity. 水利署資料顯示，截至昨日下午二時為止，石門水庫蓄水量為百分之四十四，翡翠水庫蓄水量百分之六十二點三，曾文水庫蓄水率百分之三十一點三，三大水庫中有兩座儲水量低於五成。 In order to prepare for demand for water next year, the government has decided to implement three measures to control water usage. Firstly, starting from last Wednesday, night water pressure in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli areas was to be lowered from 11pm through to 5am the following day. Secondly, the irrigation of some areas of Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli was to be suspended, and farmers affected by the measures will receive government compensation. Thirdly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up a central drought response center to better respond to the crisis and to distribute water resources according to needs. Taiwanese are advised to take water-saving measures. 為審慎因應明年用水需求，政府實施三項因應措施。第一，桃竹苗中自上週三起，每天晚上十一點至隔日清晨五點實施減壓供水；第二，桃竹苗部分地區的農田，將停止供灌，政府也會給予補償，維持農民生活；第三，經濟部將成立抗旱中央應變中心，拉高應變層級，做好調度節水，更請全民配合省水。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/10/19/2003745390 Next Article Topic: Gel-like ice is the lightest form of water ever discovered 迄今發現最輕盈的水形態，凝膠般的冰 The frosty cubes we pull from our freezers are just one of 17 possible types of ice, and an 18th type isn't far from being made real. 我們從冰箱裡拿出來的冰塊，只是17種可能出現的冰類型之一，而第18種冰類型的出現，距離也不遠了。 Hexagonal ice, and the occasional cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth. Other ices might be found on exoplanets or in the atmospheres of the outer planets. 「六角形晶體結構冰」和偶爾出現的「立方體構冰」存在於我們的上層大氣，是唯二能在地球上自然形成的冰類型。其他類型的冰，則可見於系外行星或外行星的大氣層中。 Under atmospheric pressure or higher, water molecules get squeezed and freeze into a solid denser than normal ice. But when the pressure drops below this, water molecules become a less-dense, lightweight crystal that's more air than molecule – like an icy candy floss. So far, we only know of two kinds of low-density ice: space fullerenes and zeolitic ices. But lighter ice structures hadn't been spotted until now. 在一般大氣壓力或更高壓的情況下，被擠壓的水分子凝固成比正常水冰更密集的固體。不過，當大氣壓力降低，水分子會轉變成輕盈、密度較低的晶體，分子內含有更多空氣，就像是冰的棉花糖。目前，我們只知道兩種低密度的冰：「富勒烯冰」和「沸石冰」。更輕盈的冰結構，迄今仍未被辨識。 Masakazu Matsumoto at Okayama University in Japan and his team played molecular Jenga to find this new type of ice, removing and reconfiguring existing zeolitic ice structures to make them lighter. They found more than 300 different nanoscale structures through computer simulations. 日本岡山理科大學的松本正和研究團隊，透過分子疊疊樂，發現這款新類型的冰；他們移除並重新配置既存的「沸石冰」結構，使其更加輕盈。研究團隊透過電腦模擬，找出超過300種不同的奈米尺度結構。 Source article: http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1161164&day=2017-12-18
In this episode I got to speak to Luke, that Luke, THE LUKE from The Copyrights, Starter Jackets, Hospital Job and Robot Bachelor. It was an early start for me but Luke was a gentleman and answered my questions (however rambling they may have come across!) What's amazing about the guy who wrote of some of my favourite songs and was the soundtrack to my years in Hsinchu, Taiwan ... he's written a million brilliant ones but is always writing to find the next one. Forget the fountain of youth, he's the fountain of choruses. Not only a writer and musician .. he even records, mixes and masters the band. If your at a loss of what to listen to, look no further because as the song goes, 'Shit's fucked, but what can you do? Around here, it's just me and you' well let it be me, Luke and you. Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/backtothebasementtw/ https://www.instagram.com/thecopyrights/ https://www.instagram.com/hospitaljob/ https://www.instagram.com/starterjackets/ Theme music - Back To The Basement by The Queers
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As I am writing this, Taiwan is suffering through one of its worst droughts in many years. The northern-western part - Taipei, New Taipei City - is generally fine. There are enough reservoirs. But other areas like Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Hsinchu are having some issues. Their water infrastructure is not as resilient or their water demand is greater. There are reports in the media of TSMC budgeting for millions of dollars to truck water down to its fabs in Tainan. Ah, and TSMC along with Intel and a bunch of other chip companies are building fabs in Arizona. A land inundated with clean, fresh drinking water. The company - and the industry as a whole - has long had to deal with water usage issues at their facilities. And the problem is only going to get worse as we progress forward.
As I am writing this, Taiwan is suffering through one of its worst droughts in many years. The northern-western part - Taipei, New Taipei City - is generally fine. There are enough reservoirs. But other areas like Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Hsinchu are having some issues. Their water infrastructure is not as resilient or their water demand is greater. There are reports in the media of TSMC budgeting for millions of dollars to truck water down to its fabs in Tainan. Ah, and TSMC along with Intel and a bunch of other chip companies are building fabs in Arizona. A land inundated with clean, fresh drinking water. The company - and the industry as a whole - has long had to deal with water usage issues at their facilities. And the problem is only going to get worse as we progress forward.
In this video, I want to talk about Apple's latest technology plaything: the mini-LED panel in the 2021 model of the 12.9 inch iPad Pro. The reviews on the iPad have invariably noted how nice the display looks. And it appears that the technology is mooted to show up in some of Apple's other products as is their tendency. Tech publications like Linus Tech Tips and the Verge have talked about what makes mini-LEDs special. Definitely check those out too. But in this video, I want to take a look at the company supplying this interesting technology. One of the world's biggest LED vendors, Hsinchu-based Ennostar Group.
In this video, I want to talk about Apple's latest technology plaything: the mini-LED panel in the 2021 model of the 12.9 inch iPad Pro. The reviews on the iPad have invariably noted how nice the display looks. And it appears that the technology is mooted to show up in some of Apple's other products as is their tendency. Tech publications like Linus Tech Tips and the Verge have talked about what makes mini-LEDs special. Definitely check those out too. But in this video, I want to take a look at the company supplying this interesting technology. One of the world's biggest LED vendors, Hsinchu-based Ennostar Group.
On this episode, the first in a ten-part series, we take an in-depth map tour of Taiwan starting with Taoyuan and Hsinchu in the north of the country, learning about the many intricacies of these two places, from coast, cities, hills, to high mountains.
In this episode I get to speak to a friend of mine who I met here in Taiwan many years ago. We were first introduced through music and watching his band play in Hsinchu. He's had a very colourful musical life here and now continues to do so in Vietnam. There's not much I can say that his music can't so do yourself a favour and listen to this lovely man's, lovely music below ⬇️ https://youtube.com/forestofsound https://open.spotify.com/artist/2URoM94mY75Qi2Sq8LY4DO?si=itrhzJm0RWGSid3a5VQurw&dl_branch=1&nd=1&utm_medium=organic&product=open&%24full_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fartist%2F2URoM94mY75Qi2Sq8LY4DO%3Fsi%3DitrhzJm0RWGSid3a5VQurw%26dl_branch%3D1&feature=organic&_branch_match_id=951849487637574215 https://theviciouscabaret.bandcamp.com/releases https://andrewgoode.bandcamp.com/album/once-more-around-the-sun https://peaks4.bandcamp.com/album/home-2 https://www.instagram.com/backtothebasementtw/ Theme - Back To The Basement by The Queers
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本集學習內容: CECC urges public to donate blood RESERVES LOW: While non-urgent medical procedures are suspended amid a spike in local COVID-19 cases, the supply of blood remains urgent, an expert group said The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday called on the public to donate blood as Taiwan's blood banks remain low on blood supply for different types throughout the country. The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation yesterday said that Taipei, Hsinchu City, Taichung and Tainan each only had four days of blood and plasma reserves. Taipei is short on types A and O blood, Hsinchu is short on types O and AB, Taichung is short on types A and B, and Tainan is short on type A, the foundation said. With medical capacity stretched to the maximum amid a nationwide outbreak of COVID-19, which led to the suspension of all non-urgent or unnecessary medical procedures, the supply of blood remains urgent, it said Changhua County Christian Hospital chief medical officer Liu Sen-yung (劉森永) said that the blood shortage could be the most severe one the nation has experienced over the past 20 years. Fresh supplies of types A and B blood are the most urgent, he added. The hospital would start a blood donation campaign tomorrow, accepting donations in a mobile facility near its main entrance, he said. Chang Shu-chen (張淑真), head nurse of the hospital's nursing department, said that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should wait 14 days after receiving their last dose before donating blood. People who regularly take medication should not donate blood, Chang said. Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said that fewer people donate blood amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan aims to have at least a week's supply of blood and plasma in storage, he said. 資料來源: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/05/30/2003758292 ------------------------------------------ 喜歡我的節目嗎？可以從這裡請我喝杯飲料喔！ https://pay.firstory.me/user/englishcoffeeshop 歡迎留言分享和評分
In this episode, Jay thinks it's a good idea to talk with Betty and Colin about their memories of their trip to Taiwan 20 years ago. He almost immediately regrets this idea when he discovers Betty and Colin's strongest memory of the trip is one that Jay would like to forget. Places: Taiwan (Taipei, Hsinchu, Tainan, Taichung); Singapore Email Subject: The Jay Luck Club Presented by Honey Roasted T-Shirts Souvenirs: Shop Here! Check out Jay's Song!: Dal Bhat Ditty Do you have your copy of "Dal Bhat Ditty"? Download or stream now from iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get your music! iTunes/Apple Music - Dal Bhat Ditty
In this episode, Jay heads south to Malaysia with his new travel partner Julie, where he celebrates his birthday, eats too much chicken satay with peanut sauce, and receives an unexpected email, which causes him to make a quick detour to Taiwan for the Chinese New Year. Places: Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Butterworth, Tanah Rata); Taiwan (Taipei, Hsinchu, Tainan, Taichung) Email Subject(s): Betty Who?; RE: Betty Who?; The Jay Luck Club Presented by Honey Roasted T-Shirts Souvenirs: Shop Here! Check out Jay's Song!: Dal Bhat Ditty Do you have your copy of "Dal Bhat Ditty"? Download or stream now from iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get your music!
Week 2 in the P.LEAGUE+ takes us to Hsinchu for the JKO Lioneers to show off their home arena. Not everything went to plan but we were treated to two good games. We're learning the key points about the competition and you'll have to listen to find out!
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