南投位於山區，是台灣唯一沒有靠海的地方。南投住著原住民族- 泰雅族、賽德克族、布農族、鄒族和邵族。泰雅族主要分布在台灣中北部的山區，布農族分布在台灣的東南部，而「日月潭」則是邵族主要生活的地區。原住民有個特別的故事，有一天…

南投Nántóu: Nantou, a county in central Taiwan

泰雅族 Tàiyǎ zú: The Atayal, a Taiwanese indigenous people

賽德克族 Sài dé kè zú: The Seediq, a Taiwanese indigenous people

布農族 Bùnóng zú: The Bunun, a Taiwanese indigenous people

鄒族 Zōu zú: The Tsou, an indigenous people of central southern Taiwan

邵族 Shào zú: The Thao, a small group of Taiwanese indigenous people

分布 fēnbù: to be distributed (over an area)

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鴻海提供代工服務，一些公司設計產品，並且提供技術給鴻海生產產品。他們代工的產品非常多元，包含智慧型手機、電視、遊戲機、電腦和平板等，我們日常生活中處處都有鴻海製造的產品。鴻海以前是製造…

鴻海科技集團Hóng hǎi kējì jítuán: Foxconn Technology Group

富士康Fùshìkāng: Foxconn

代工dài gong: Original Equipment Manufacturer, OEM

平板 píngbǎn: tablet

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「海角七號」是個電影，也是個現在已不存在的地址。這部電影中，有個日本軍人跟台灣女人談了戀愛，但卻因日本結束在台灣的統治，得撤離台灣。這位日本軍人回到日本後，在日本組了家庭，因此寫給台灣愛人的信，直到60年後的現在…

存在cúnzài: to exist

統治 tǒngzhì: to rule (a country; a territory); occupation

撤離 chèlí: to withdraw (from); to evacuate

組家庭 zǔ jiātíng: to start a family

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燒金紙是台灣傳統的民俗文化，我們會在門口，把金色、黃色的紙放進去金爐裡面燒，通常是祭拜、神明生日或重大節日時燒金紙。古時候的中國商人在農曆的初一和十五號進行交易，買賣貨品，所以…

燒金紙shāo jīn zhǐ  (Taiwanese: xiu kim zuá): (lit. to burn gold papers ) to burn incense papers

民俗mínsú: folk customs

金爐jīn lú: paper money incinerator

神明shénmíng: deity

初一chū yī: first day of a month (lunar calendar)

進行jinxing: to do; to carry out

交易jiāoyì: trade; business deal

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朋友約了Joyce後，她什麼都沒準備就跟著朋友走了，目前她的朋友也還卡在澳洲，現在在穀物場或棉花場工作，等季節到了，就會有比較多背包客回流到Joyce目前在的地方。而申請打工度假簽，有一些如財力證明等事前的必要作業她自己得處理，但工作或接洽事情都是朋友幫Joyce做好，她沒帶頭腦地跟著朋友一起到澳洲…

卡 kǎ: to get stuck; here refers to stay

穀物場 gǔwù chǎng: grain farm

棉花場 miánhuā chǎng: cotton farm

背包客 bèibāo kè: backpacker

回流huí liú: to return; to flow back

簽 qiān: visa

財力證明 cáilì zhèngmíng: financial evidence

接洽 jiēqià: to contact; to get in touch with; to discuss a matter with somebody

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雲林位在台灣中南部，是一個發展農業的縣市，可常看到一片綠油油的稻田。雲林的醬油很有名，那裡還產了西瓜、木瓜、文旦和米。除了農業的發展著名外，雲林最有名的就是北港的朝天宮，北港是雲林的一個城鎮…

雲林Yúnlín: Yunlin County, a county in Taiwan

綠油油 lǜyóuyóu: lush green

稻田 dàotián: paddy field

產 chǎn: to produce; to yield (natural, agricultural products…)

木瓜 mùguā: papaya

文旦 wéndàn: pomelo

北港 Běigǎng: Beigang, an urban township in Yunlin

朝天宮 Cháotiān gong: Chao-Tian Temple, a temple to the Chinese Goddess Mazu in Beigang

城鎮 chéng zhèn: town

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方方本來就在網路上工作，因此疫情期間她的工作模式沒受到影響。廷廷是補習班英文老師，因疫情政府有時要求停課，她的課從實體課變成到線上上課，因此教材得全部重新整理，此外，因少了跟學生們實際互動交流，讓她不大適應，也覺得…

模式móshì: way; pattern; method

實體 shítǐ: physical

實際 shíjì: actual

互動 hùdòng: interaction

交流 jiāoliú: to communicate; to have social contact

適應 shìyìng: to get with it; to adapt; to accommodate

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蔡依林是我們從小到大的偶像，收到她的專輯會讓人非常開心。她年輕時參加了歌唱比賽，當時的評審認為蔡依林天生就是當藝人的料，因此她很快就出道。我們認為她長得不是模特兒的漂亮，而是鄰家少女的漂亮，因此比較沒有距離感。她的歌曲很有力量，她出道的那一年，發生了921大地震，她的歌曲《和世界做鄰居》MV中出現…

專輯zhuānjí: studio album

評審 píngshěn: judges (of a competition)

天生 tiānshēng: was born to be

藝人 yìrén: entertainer

料 liào: a material (to be …)

出道 chūdào: (artist) debut

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台灣常發生天災，颱風天或午後雷陣雨時，常會造成山上的石頭或泥沙被沖刷下來。我們認為土石流是人為的問題，台灣濫墾濫伐問題嚴重，許多人砍伐山上的樹木後，賣掉木頭賺錢，並在山上種植蔬果。然而…

土石流tǔshíliú: mudslide; landslide

天災 tiānzāi: natural disaster

午後雷陣雨 wǔhòu léizhènyǔ: thundershower in the afternoon

泥沙 ní shā: mud and sand; silt

沖刷 chōngshuā: (rain) cause (mud, silt, stones..etc) to flow; (rain) wash away (mud, silt, stones..etc)

人為問題 rénwéi wèntí: human-made problems

濫墾 làn kěn: excessively cultivate; cultivating in areas where soil conservation should be maintained

濫伐 làn fá: illegal logging; deforestation; to denude (forestry)

砍伐 kǎnfá: to cut down (trees); to log

木頭 mùtou: wood

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方方的妹妹Joyce一到澳洲，澳洲就封起來不讓人進去，因此到了現在才再有打工度假的菜鳥進入。到澳洲前，她在台灣有兩份工作，她是個工作狂，有一份設計師工作，還做副業，和朋友創業。她當時忽略自己的身體，短時間內掉了快10公斤，身體狀態…

封fēng: to close (borders)

菜鳥 càiniǎo: newbie

工作狂 gōngzuò kuáng: workaholic

副業 fùyè: side business

創業 chuàngyè: to start a business

忽略 hūlüè: to neglect; to leave sth. out of consideration

掉 diào: to lose (weight, value etc)

快 kuài: almost; nearly

公斤 gōngjīn: kilogram

狀態 zhuàngtài: state

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