Recently, we found that there are more and more foreign have been coming to  Taiwan, so today we are going to discuss what kinds of jobs foreign workers typically do in Taiwan, and we are going to talk about whether the Taiwanese welcome foreign or not.

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最近遇到了一些從巴西和非洲來做工程的人，讓我們發現在台灣的外國工作者真的越來越多。現在除了語言老師、運動員或藝術工作者可申請來台灣工作，比較技術性的工作，也可以請外國來的工作者。因台灣傳統觀念是「好好念書後，找一份坐辦公室的工作」，所以在台灣的科學園區，有些高科技的工作或是有些比較勞動的工作，台灣人會請外國工作者來幫忙...

巴西 Bāxī: Brazil

工程 gōngchéng: construction (for underground waterway; cable line…)

技術性 jìshùxìng: technical

觀念 guānniàn: idea; mindset; thought

科學園區 kēxué yuánqū: Science Park, industrial park established by the government of Taiwan

勞動 láodòng: labor;  physical or manual (work)

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