彰化在台灣中部，因都是農田，所以被稱為是「台灣穀倉」，台灣的稻米等糧食幾乎都是彰化產的。彰化的農特產品很多，方方的外公外婆…

農田 nóngtián: agricultural land

被稱為 bèi chēng wéi: be called

穀倉 gǔcāng: granary

稻米 dàomǐ: rice (crop)

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石油今年真的漲得太誇張了，廷廷每天開車去上班，因此非常有感。我們認為疫情期間石油公司因需求下降而減產，然而現在出遊和去上班的人變多，因此供給和需求失去平衡，而石油價錢便開始變貴。此外，並不是石油價格先漲，再帶動全球物價上漲，我們認為…

石油 shíyóu: petroleum

漲 zhǎng: (price) rises

有感 yǒu gǎn: have feelings (about…)

下降 xiàjiàng: to decline

減產 jiǎnchǎn: to cut production/output

出遊 chū yóu: to travel; to have an outing

供給 gōngjǐ: supply

平衡 pínghéng: balance

帶動 dàidòng: to drive; to provide impetus; to spur

全球 quánqiú: worldwide

物價 wùjià: (commodity) prices

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衣服品牌Lativ只有網路商店沒有實體店面，平均價格在台幣600塊以下且常有特價活動。Lativ除了賣男女裝外，也賣居家服及小孩和嬰兒的衣服，Lativ老闆堅持…

實體shítǐ: physical

店面 diànmiàn: store; storefront

居家服 jūjiā fú: housewear

嬰兒 yīng'ér: baby

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中國歷史上每一段時間都由一個家族掌握政權，家族掌握中國政權的期間就叫作「朝代」，而大清帝國是中國最後一個朝代。1895年當時大清帝國和日本有一場「甲午戰爭」，而中國輸了後，和日本簽了《馬關條約》將台灣割讓給日本。當時台灣人不願意…

殖民zhímín: to colonize

掌握 zhǎngwò: to hold (power); to command; to control

政權 zhèngquán: regime; political power

朝代 cháodài: dynasty

大清帝國 Dà qīng dìguó: Qing Empire, the final imperial dynasty in China

甲午戰爭 Jiǎwǔ zhànzhēng: First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

簽 qiān: to sign (treaty; agreement; contract..etc)

馬關條約 Mǎ guān tiáoyuē: Treaty of Shimonoseki

割讓 gēràng: to cede

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法院依據民法條文第1055條之一，在裁判小孩的監護權歸誰時，需要注意小孩的年齡、性別和意願，父母的職業、健康、經濟能力及保護教養孩子的意願和態度等項目，法院也會看父母跟孩子的感情和生活狀況，以及是否為友善父母，如果不讓另一方看到孩子，或是…

判pàn/ 裁判 cáipàn: to make a judgment (by a court of law)

監護權 jiānhù quán: guardianship (of a child)

民法 Mínfǎ: Civil Code

條文 tiáowén: article (a single rule or regulation of a legal document or agreement)

條 tiáo: measure word for article/clause (of legal document, treaty, contract etc)

歸 guī: belong to

經濟能力 jīngjì nénglì: financial ability

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台中夜生活豐富，在音樂酒吧裡，有幾張小桌子，大家坐著吃點心、喝酒、聊天，跟在台上演唱的駐唱歌手點歌…

駐唱歌手zhù chàng gēshǒu

bar/restaurant singer

點歌 diǎn gē

to request a song

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方方退休後想當志工做公益，她希望能幫助偏遠的地方蓋學校，或是研究環保、海洋與自然生態等。她為了養老也開始存股，現在每個月都買進一些股票，而為了分散風險，她也會多元化投資，因此幾年後…

養老yǎnglǎo: life in retirement (at old age)

公益 gōngyì: public welfare

偏遠 piānyuǎn: remote (area/city…etc)

生態 shēngtài: ecology

存股 cún gǔ: (lit. to deposit stocks), which means to buy and to hold stocks for long term

股票 gǔpiào: stock

分散風險 fēnsàn fēngxiǎn: risk diversification

多元化投資 duōyuán huà tóuzī: diversified investment

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這部電視劇是一個丈夫外遇的故事，謝安真是這齣電視劇的女主角，有一天她的表妹黎薇恩到他們家去借住，她好心收留照顧表妹，沒想到表妹卻跟她的丈夫溫瑞凡有一腿，非常誇張，讓她很崩潰。而之後溫瑞凡執意追求自己嚮往的愛情，堅持跟…

犀利xīlì: shrewd

犀利人妻 xīlì rénqī: The Fierce Wife. a 2010 Taiwanese drama

外遇 wàiyù: to have an affair

齣 chū: measure word (of a play; TV drama)

借住 jiè zhù: to stay over (at someone’s place)

收留 shōuliú: to have somebody to stay

有一腿 yǒu yī tuǐ: to have inappropriate relationship

誇張 kuāzhāng: ridiculous

崩潰 bēngkuì: feeling despair, collapse, fall apart, breakdown

執意 zhíyì: to insist on; to be determined to

嚮往 xiàngwǎng: to yearn for

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方方每次去書店都情不自禁地買書，然而她是買心安，因她買了後翻個幾頁就不看了。她以前花很多力氣看參考書和考試用書，因此現在她有一點報復性地排斥看書。廷廷家附近有一間陪她長大的圖書館，這間圖書館陪伴了她考大大小小的考試以及自我成長，她覺得在圖書館裡氛圍好，所以…

情不自禁qíngbúzìjīn: cannot help…, unable to restrain oneself to…

買心安 mǎi xīn'ān: to buy (a thing) in order to peace one’s mind

翻個幾頁 fān ge jǐ yè: flip a few pages

力氣 lìqì: strength; effort; energy

參考書 cānkǎo shū: reference book

考試用書 kǎoshì yòng shū: exam preparation book

報復性 bàofù xìng: retaliatory, here means Fangfang spent a lot of time on studying before, so she stops reading by the desire of revenge now

排斥 páichì: to reject (doing a thing)

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陵微律師在處理離婚案件中，累積了實力、經驗和技巧，讓她知道接下來如果遇到這種案件，在過程中該怎麼抓重點。在台灣離婚有兩個方式，第一個是協議離婚，這是雙方講好條件後寫離婚協議書，比如確定孩子的監護權要歸誰…

案件ànjiàn: cases

累積 lěijī: to accumulate

實力 shílì: capability

接下來 jiē xiàlái: the following (days) ; in the coming (days); later

抓重點 zhuā zhòngdiǎn: to catch the key points

協議離婚 xiéyì líhūn: divorce by mutual agreement

雙方 shuāngfāng: both parties

離婚協議書 líhūn xiéyì shū: divorce settlement agreement

監護權 jiānhù quán: guardianship (of a child)

歸 guī: belong to

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