Taiwanese Protest China Envoy Visit
台灣人抗議中國特使造訪
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Anchor: Moving onto Taiwan, where pro-independence protesters sit in front of Taiwan’s legislature to protest a visiting Chinese Communist Party official. He’s in Taiwan to discuss details of improved cross-strait economic ties.
新聞主播：接著台灣的消息，獨派的抗議者們正在台灣立法院前靜坐，一位來訪的中共官員抗議。他訪台的目的，是要討論改善海峽兩岸經濟關係的細節。
STORY: Taiwan’s main opposition party, concerned that Taiwan is getting too close to China, kicked off a three-day protest sit-in today. That’s after more than 3,000 people sat in front of Taiwan’s legislature on Monday evening protesting the arrival of China’s top negotiator for cross-strait relations.
新聞內容：台灣最大的反對黨，擔心台灣與中國走的愈來愈靠近，因此在今天開始了為期三天的靜坐抗議活動。這是繼星期一晚上、超過三千位民眾在台灣立法院前靜坐抗議中方高層代表來台協商跨海關係之後的活動。
【新聞關鍵字】
1. envoy: n. 特使
2. pro-independence: adj.支持獨立的
3. legislature: n.立法院
4. cross-strait: adj. 跨海峽的
5. opposition party: n. 反對黨
6. kick off: v. phr. 開始
7. sit-in: n.靜坐
8. negotiator: n. 談判者
The opposition, in power from 2000 to 2008, advocated independence from China and did not negotiate with Beijing.
在 2000至2008年執政的反對黨，主張獨立於中國，並不與北京協商。
[Mrs. Liao, Protester]: “I think they should set rules to clearly define that Taiwan is Taiwan, and China is China, totally unrelated. We don’t want to be ruled by them, if that happens people will stand up against them regardless of gender and profession.”
抗議者廖太太：「我認為他們應該要制定規則 清楚地定義台灣是台灣，中國是中國，完全沒有關聯。我們不想被他們統治。如果被他們統治，各行各業無論男女，都會站出來反對的。」
With heightened security in the city during the Chinese official’s visit, protesters express concern their freedoms would be curtailed in favor of improved Taiwan-China relations.
在中方官員造訪期間，城市的安全措施加強，抗議者表達「他們的自由可能因政府要改善兩國的關係而被剝奪」的疑慮。
【新聞關鍵字】
9. advocate: v.提倡; 主張
10. regardless of: prep.phr.不管～
11. gender: n. 性別
12. profession:n.職業
13. curtail: v.縮減
14. in favor of: phr.支持…
[Shiao-shun, Protester]:”Only one official comes to visit, our freedom is already so much restricted, we cannot imagine what will happen next. Now they open up for Chinese credentials and Chinese investment while the two countries are still hostile, more than a thousand missiles are still aimed at us, how can we trust the government?”
另一位抗議者說：「才一個官員來，我們的自由就已經被限制成這樣，我們無法想像下一階段到底會變得怎麼樣。現在他們開放中國的學歷，還有一些中國的資金進來，在兩國還是充滿敵意，對方還有一千多顆飛彈對著我們的狀態下，我們如何能信賴這個政府？」
【新聞關鍵字】
15. credential: n.證書
16. hostile:adj.敵對的
17. missile: n.飛彈
18. rival: adj.敵手
19. Pursue:v. 追求
20. set foot: ph.到達
Chen Yunlin, the top Chinese negotiator who began China’s first high-level visit to political rival Taiwan in 60 years will pursue agreements on direct flights, food safety and the economy despite protests against warming ties. Chen is the highest-level Chinese official to set foot on the island since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.
中國最高的協商代表陳雲林，是中國六十年來第一個造訪其政治敵手台灣的高官，在對兩國加溫關係出現抗議聲浪下，他將簽署直航、食品安全，以及經濟上的協議。陳雲林是自從1949年中國內戰結束以來，抵台層級最高的官員。
Working groups from China and Taiwan tentatively agreed on Monday to sign agreements that would allow 108 direct flights per week between the two countries.
來自台灣和中國的工作團隊，預定於星期一簽署協定，同意每個禮拜將有108次往返兩國的直航班機。
Also on the table for Tuesday are new postal links and a process for quick notification and investigation of any contaminated food following Taiwan’s concern over tainted dairy products from China.
此外，星期二還將討論新的通郵政策，以及針對台灣關注的中國製有毒乳製品，討論出一項受污染食品的快速通報和檢查系統。
【新聞關鍵字】
21. tentatively: adj.初步地
22. contaminated: adj.有毒的
23. tainted: adj.污染的
24. dairy: adj.乳製品的
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