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每日跟讀#496: Taiwan’s ‘shaved ice’ among world’s top desserts: CNN

 

Which dessert best represents Taiwan? Instead of pearl milk tea, pineapple cakes or sun cakes, “xuehua ice” has been listed as one of the top 50 desserts in the world, according to an article by pastry chef-turned-food writer Jen Rose Smith on CNN. Xuehua ice (literally “snowflake ice”), a popular local frozen treat, is known as “shaved ice” or “snow ice” in English.

 

什麼是台灣最具代表性的甜點？不是珍珠奶茶，也不是鳳梨酥、太陽餅，而是被CNN列為全球五十大最佳甜點的「雪花冰」！該報導由點心廚師轉行美食作家的史密斯女士所撰寫。雪花冰是本地受歡迎的冰品，英文叫「shaved ice」或「snow ice」。

 

“Taiwanese snow ice is an invitation to get as creative as you’d like,” Smith wrote in her article, titled “50 of the World’s Best Desserts.” First, you need to shave the ice into a pile of crumbling ice flakes. Then, you can blend it with your favorite treats such as red bean paste and fresh fruit such as mangos, strawberries or pineapples, along with syrup, chocolate sauce or sweetened condensed milk.

 

史密斯在這篇名為《全球五十大最佳甜點》的文章裡寫道：「台灣的雪花冰簡直讓你的創意大爆發。」首先你要把冰刨成一堆細碎的雪花片，然後和你最喜愛的紅豆沙等配料混合在一起，加上芒果、草莓、鳳梨等新鮮水果，最後再淋上糖漿、巧克力醬或煉乳即可。

 

Other top Asian sweets chosen by the foodie include sesame balls in China, egg tarts in Hong Kong, light cheesecake in Japan, cendol in Singapore, sticky rice with mango and tub tim krob in Thailand, and gulab jamun and kulfi in India.

 

這位美食家選出的其它亞洲最佳甜點還包括：中國的芝麻球、香港的蛋塔、日本的輕乳酪蛋糕、新加坡的煎蕊（珍多冰）、泰國的芒果糯米飯和椰香石榴冰、印度的玫瑰漿果和牛奶雪糕…等。

（台北時報張聖恩）(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)

 

Source article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2018/12/20/2003706414

 

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每日跟讀#496: Taiwan’s ‘shaved ice’ among world’s top desserts: CNN

 

Which dessert best represents Taiwan? Instead of pearl milk tea, pineapple cakes or sun cakes, “xuehua ice” has been listed as one of the top 50 desserts in the world, according to an article by pastry chef-turned-food writer Jen Rose Smith on CNN. Xuehua ice (literally “snowflake ice”), a popular local frozen treat, is known as “shaved ice” or “snow ice” in English.

 

什麼是台灣最具代表性的甜點？不是珍珠奶茶，也不是鳳梨酥、太陽餅，而是被CNN列為全球五十大最佳甜點的「雪花冰」！該報導由點心廚師轉行美食作家的史密斯女士所撰寫。雪花冰是本地受歡迎的冰品，英文叫「shaved ice」或「snow ice」。

 

“Taiwanese snow ice is an invitation to get as creative as you’d like,” Smith wrote in her article, titled “50 of the World’s Best Desserts.” First, you need to shave the ice into a pile of crumbling ice flakes. Then, you can blend it with your favorite treats such as red bean paste and fresh fruit such as mangos, strawberries or pineapples, along with syrup, chocolate sauce or sweetened condensed milk.

 

史密斯在這篇名為《全球五十大最佳甜點》的文章裡寫道：「台灣的雪花冰簡直讓你的創意大爆發。」首先你要把冰刨成一堆細碎的雪花片，然後和你最喜愛的紅豆沙等配料混合在一起，加上芒果、草莓、鳳梨等新鮮水果，最後再淋上糖漿、巧克力醬或煉乳即可。

 

Other top Asian sweets chosen by the foodie include sesame balls in China, egg tarts in Hong Kong, light cheesecake in Japan, cendol in Singapore, sticky rice with mango and tub tim krob in Thailand, and gulab jamun and kulfi in India.

 

這位美食家選出的其它亞洲最佳甜點還包括：中國的芝麻球、香港的蛋塔、日本的輕乳酪蛋糕、新加坡的煎蕊（珍多冰）、泰國的芒果糯米飯和椰香石榴冰、印度的玫瑰漿果和牛奶雪糕…等。

（台北時報張聖恩）(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)

 

Source article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2018/12/20/2003706414

 

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每日跟讀#495: Inside Italy’s Shadow Economy

 

In a second-floor apartment in the southern Italian town of Santeramo in Colle, a middle-aged woman sat in a black-padded chair this summer, hard at work at her kitchen table. She carefully stitched a sophisticated woolen coat, the sort of style that will sell for 800 to 2,000 euros ($935 to $2,340) when it arrives in stores this month as part of the fall and winter collection of MaxMara, the Italian luxury fashion brand.

 

在義大利南部城鎮聖埃拉莫因科萊一棟公寓的二樓，一名中年婦女今年夏天坐在黑色軟墊的椅子上，在廚房用桌前辛勤地工作著。她以針線細心縫製一件精緻的羊毛外套，這個款式本月送進商店時，標價800至2,000歐元（935至2,340美元）不等，是義大利奢侈品牌MaxMara秋冬系列的一部分。

 

But the woman, who asked not to be named for fear that she could lose her livelihood, receives just 1 euro from the factory that employs her for each meter of fabric she completes.

 

不過，擔心可能因此失去生計而不願透露姓名的這名女性，每完成1公尺面料，只能從雇用她的工廠那裡拿到1歐元。

 

“It takes me about one hour to sew one meter, so about four to five hours to complete an entire coat,” said the woman, who works without a contract, or insurance, and is paid in cash on a monthly basis. “I try to do two coats per day.”

 

這名女性說：「我大概1小時縫1公尺，大約4到5小時完成一整件外套。我試著每天做兩件大衣。」 她的工作沒有聘雇合約，也不提供保險，僅按月支領現金。

 

The unregulated work she completes in her apartment is outsourced to her from a local factory that also manufactures outerwear for some of the best-known names in the luxury business, including Louis Vuitton and Fendi. The most she has ever earned, she said, was 24 euros ($28) for an entire coat.

 

她在公寓內完成，未受任何規範的這份工作，是當地一家工廠外包給她的，該廠還替奢侈品界另一些知名品牌製造外套，包括路易威登和芬迪。她說，她所獲得的最高收入，是一整件外套24歐元（合28美元）。

 

Homework — working from home or a small workshop as opposed to in a factory — is a cornerstone of the fast-fashion supply chain. It is particularly prevalent in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and China, where millions of low-paid and predominantly female homeworkers are some of the most unprotected in the industry, because of their irregular employment status, isolation and lack of legal recourse.

 

家庭代工─ 在家中或小型工作室而非工廠工作─已成為快速時尚供應鏈的基石。在印度、孟加拉、越南和中國這些國家，家庭代工尤其普遍，數以百萬計，且主要是女性的家庭代工從業人員 ，因就業狀況不穩定，孤立和欠缺法律追索權，屬於該行業中最缺乏保護的一群。

 

That similar conditions exist in Italy, however, and facilitate the production of some of the most expensive wardrobe items money can buy, may shock those who see the “Made in Italy” label as a byword for sophisticated craftsmanship.

 

然而，類似狀況同樣存在於義大利，而且幫忙生產錢能買到的一些最昂貴衣物，卻可能讓視「義大利製造」標籤為精緻工藝代名詞的人震驚。

 

Increased pressure from globalization and growing competition at all levels of the market mean that the assumption implicit in the luxury promise — that part of the value of such a good is that it is made in the best conditions, by highly skilled workers, who are paid fairly — is at times put under threat.

 

全球化帶來更大壓力，市場各層面競爭亦日益激烈，意味奢侈品的承諾之一，這種商品部分價值來自它在最佳狀態下，由高技術、拿合理報酬的工人製造的這項隱含的假設，不時受到威脅。

 

Although they are not exposed to what most people would consider sweatshop conditions, the homeworkers are allotted what might seem close to sweatshop wages. Italy does not have a national minimum wage, but roughly 5 to 7 euros per hour is considered an appropriate standard by many unions and consulting firms. In extremely rare cases, a highly skilled worker can earn as much as 8 to 10 euros an hour. But the homeworkers earn significantly less, regardless of whether they are involved in leatherwork, embroidery or another artisanal task.

 

儘管他們的處境還不到大多數人會認為是血汗工廠的境地，但家庭代工的工資似已接近血汗工廠。義大利沒有設定全國最低工資，但許多工會和顧問公司認為每小時5-7歐元是適當標準。在極少數情況下，高技術工人每小時可賺取8-10歐元。但是家庭代工的收入低了許多，無論他們從事的是皮革製品，刺繡或其他手工藝工作。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/332436/web/

作者／Elizabeth Paton and Milena譯／王麗娟

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每日跟讀#495: Inside Italy’s Shadow Economy

 

In a second-floor apartment in the southern Italian town of Santeramo in Colle, a middle-aged woman sat in a black-padded chair this summer, hard at work at her kitchen table. She carefully stitched a sophisticated woolen coat, the sort of style that will sell for 800 to 2,000 euros ($935 to $2,340) when it arrives in stores this month as part of the fall and winter collection of MaxMara, the Italian luxury fashion brand.

 

在義大利南部城鎮聖埃拉莫因科萊一棟公寓的二樓，一名中年婦女今年夏天坐在黑色軟墊的椅子上，在廚房用桌前辛勤地工作著。她以針線細心縫製一件精緻的羊毛外套，這個款式本月送進商店時，標價800至2,000歐元（935至2,340美元）不等，是義大利奢侈品牌MaxMara秋冬系列的一部分。

 

But the woman, who asked not to be named for fear that she could lose her livelihood, receives just 1 euro from the factory that employs her for each meter of fabric she completes.

 

不過，擔心可能因此失去生計而不願透露姓名的這名女性，每完成1公尺面料，只能從雇用她的工廠那裡拿到1歐元。

 

“It takes me about one hour to sew one meter, so about four to five hours to complete an entire coat,” said the woman, who works without a contract, or insurance, and is paid in cash on a monthly basis. “I try to do two coats per day.”

 

這名女性說：「我大概1小時縫1公尺，大約4到5小時完成一整件外套。我試著每天做兩件大衣。」 她的工作沒有聘雇合約，也不提供保險，僅按月支領現金。

 

The unregulated work she completes in her apartment is outsourced to her from a local factory that also manufactures outerwear for some of the best-known names in the luxury business, including Louis Vuitton and Fendi. The most she has ever earned, she said, was 24 euros ($28) for an entire coat.

 

她在公寓內完成，未受任何規範的這份工作，是當地一家工廠外包給她的，該廠還替奢侈品界另一些知名品牌製造外套，包括路易威登和芬迪。她說，她所獲得的最高收入，是一整件外套24歐元（合28美元）。

 

Homework — working from home or a small workshop as opposed to in a factory — is a cornerstone of the fast-fashion supply chain. It is particularly prevalent in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and China, where millions of low-paid and predominantly female homeworkers are some of the most unprotected in the industry, because of their irregular employment status, isolation and lack of legal recourse.

 

家庭代工─ 在家中或小型工作室而非工廠工作─已成為快速時尚供應鏈的基石。在印度、孟加拉、越南和中國這些國家，家庭代工尤其普遍，數以百萬計，且主要是女性的家庭代工從業人員 ，因就業狀況不穩定，孤立和欠缺法律追索權，屬於該行業中最缺乏保護的一群。

 

That similar conditions exist in Italy, however, and facilitate the production of some of the most expensive wardrobe items money can buy, may shock those who see the “Made in Italy” label as a byword for sophisticated craftsmanship.

 

然而，類似狀況同樣存在於義大利，而且幫忙生產錢能買到的一些最昂貴衣物，卻可能讓視「義大利製造」標籤為精緻工藝代名詞的人震驚。

 

Increased pressure from globalization and growing competition at all levels of the market mean that the assumption implicit in the luxury promise — that part of the value of such a good is that it is made in the best conditions, by highly skilled workers, who are paid fairly — is at times put under threat.

 

全球化帶來更大壓力，市場各層面競爭亦日益激烈，意味奢侈品的承諾之一，這種商品部分價值來自它在最佳狀態下，由高技術、拿合理報酬的工人製造的這項隱含的假設，不時受到威脅。

 

Although they are not exposed to what most people would consider sweatshop conditions, the homeworkers are allotted what might seem close to sweatshop wages. Italy does not have a national minimum wage, but roughly 5 to 7 euros per hour is considered an appropriate standard by many unions and consulting firms. In extremely rare cases, a highly skilled worker can earn as much as 8 to 10 euros an hour. But the homeworkers earn significantly less, regardless of whether they are involved in leatherwork, embroidery or another artisanal task.

 

儘管他們的處境還不到大多數人會認為是血汗工廠的境地，但家庭代工的工資似已接近血汗工廠。義大利沒有設定全國最低工資，但許多工會和顧問公司認為每小時5-7歐元是適當標準。在極少數情況下，高技術工人每小時可賺取8-10歐元。但是家庭代工的收入低了許多，無論他們從事的是皮革製品，刺繡或其他手工藝工作。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/332436/web/

作者／Elizabeth Paton and Milena譯／王麗娟

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每日跟讀#494: In Britain, Even Children Are Feeling the Effects of Austerity

 

It was half past eight, and the school day was just starting at Morecambe Bay Primary, a state-run elementary school in northwest England. Siobhan Collingwood, the head teacher, pointed to a cheerful boy munching his way through two slices of toast — his first meal of the day.

 

上午八點半，英國英格蘭西北部莫克姆灣公立小學的上課日剛開始，校長希歐班．柯林伍德用手指著一個開心的男孩，他正大聲咀嚼兩片吐司——這是他當天的第一餐。

 

Teachers, she said, had sometimes found him sifting through trash cans for discarded fruit. “He’d eat his way through whatever we put in front of him.”

 

柯林伍德說，老師們有時會發現他在垃圾桶裡翻找別人不要的水果，「不論我們在他面前擺放任何食物，他都會狼吞虎嚥」。

 

Some students trickled through without stopping; they had already eaten. But a few dozen headed straight to the food counter. Of 350 students, roughly one in three would not have breakfast unless the school provided it, Collingwood reckoned.

 

一些學生三三兩兩經過，沒有停留，他們吃過了，不過有幾十個學生直接朝取餐台走去。柯林伍德估計，在全部350名學生中，大約三分之一要是學校不提供，就沒有早餐可吃。

 

During Collingwood’s 13 years as head teacher at Morecambe Bay Primary, there were always a few hungry children. But two years ago, the staff noticed an increasing number of youngsters returning undernourished after spending school breaks at home.

 

柯林伍德擔任莫克姆灣小學校長13年期間，一直都有些沒吃飽的孩童。不過兩年前，職員注意到，孩童在家度過學校假期重新返校後，營養不良的愈來愈多。

 

Initially, Collingwood and her staff were puzzled: Many parents held jobs, even if they struggled to cover the bills. Then it dawned on them that the rising number of hungry children at Morecambe Bay coincided with sharp reductions in welfare benefits associated with the clumsy introduction of a new welfare program.

 

起初，柯林伍德和職員感到困惑：許多家長儘管付清帳單很吃力，總有工作。後來他們明白了，莫克姆灣飢餓孩童增加，與社會福利津貼大幅刪減同時發生，而社福津貼大減又跟粗糙引進新福利制度有關。

 

“As we spoke to parents,” Collingwood said, “it became clear that for many of them, it was caused by changes to the benefit system rolled out in recent years, which were forcing families into crisis.”

Across Britain, the number of children living in poverty has jumped sharply in the past six years, a trend that critics blame in part on the Conservative-led government’s policy of austerity, the budget-slashing response to the 2008 financial crisis that is steadily reshaping British life.

 

柯林伍德說：「當我們跟家長交談後，事情變得清楚了，對許多家長來說，小孩餓肚子是近年來推動的津貼制度變革造成，這些變革使家庭面臨危機。」在英國各地，近六年來貧困兒童暴增，批評者說，這種趨勢部分要歸咎於保守黨政府的撙節政策，這種為了回應2008年金融危機而大砍預算的政策，正逐步改變英國人的生活。

 

And there is no immediate relief on the horizon. The County Councils Network, a group of local governing bodies, warned recently of more than $1 billion in budget cuts nationwide next year, draining more money from social services, including some for children.

 

而且目前還看不到情況緩解的可能性。英國地方政府組成的團體「郡政府網絡」最近警告，明年全國預算將減少10億美元以上，社會服務經費會失血更多，包括針對兒童的部分。

 

To be clear, Britain is not Venezuela. Reports of hungry children showing up in Morecambe doctors’ offices with rickets have proved false. But that is cold comfort in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, one that over the years has made a strong commitment to child welfare.

 

當然，英國並非委內瑞拉，罹患佝僂病的飢餓孩童在莫克姆灣看醫生的消息是假的。不過，這在英國簡直起不到安慰作用，畢竟英國是全球最富裕國家之一，多年來堅決承諾照顧兒童福利。

 

While hunger is not the only social pathology associated with childhood poverty, it is perhaps the hardest to conceal. In that respect, it is a flashing signal of a deepening problem.

 

飢餓並不是與兒童貧困有關的唯一社會病態，卻可能是最難掩蓋的一個。就這方面而言，它是一個更深層問題閃亮的信號。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/333753/web/

文／Patrick Kingsley譯／李京倫

 

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每日跟讀#494: In Britain, Even Children Are Feeling the Effects of Austerity

 

It was half past eight, and the school day was just starting at Morecambe Bay Primary, a state-run elementary school in northwest England. Siobhan Collingwood, the head teacher, pointed to a cheerful boy munching his way through two slices of toast — his first meal of the day.

 

上午八點半，英國英格蘭西北部莫克姆灣公立小學的上課日剛開始，校長希歐班．柯林伍德用手指著一個開心的男孩，他正大聲咀嚼兩片吐司——這是他當天的第一餐。

 

Teachers, she said, had sometimes found him sifting through trash cans for discarded fruit. “He’d eat his way through whatever we put in front of him.”

 

柯林伍德說，老師們有時會發現他在垃圾桶裡翻找別人不要的水果，「不論我們在他面前擺放任何食物，他都會狼吞虎嚥」。

 

Some students trickled through without stopping; they had already eaten. But a few dozen headed straight to the food counter. Of 350 students, roughly one in three would not have breakfast unless the school provided it, Collingwood reckoned.

 

一些學生三三兩兩經過，沒有停留，他們吃過了，不過有幾十個學生直接朝取餐台走去。柯林伍德估計，在全部350名學生中，大約三分之一要是學校不提供，就沒有早餐可吃。

 

During Collingwood’s 13 years as head teacher at Morecambe Bay Primary, there were always a few hungry children. But two years ago, the staff noticed an increasing number of youngsters returning undernourished after spending school breaks at home.

 

柯林伍德擔任莫克姆灣小學校長13年期間，一直都有些沒吃飽的孩童。不過兩年前，職員注意到，孩童在家度過學校假期重新返校後，營養不良的愈來愈多。

 

Initially, Collingwood and her staff were puzzled: Many parents held jobs, even if they struggled to cover the bills. Then it dawned on them that the rising number of hungry children at Morecambe Bay coincided with sharp reductions in welfare benefits associated with the clumsy introduction of a new welfare program.

 

起初，柯林伍德和職員感到困惑：許多家長儘管付清帳單很吃力，總有工作。後來他們明白了，莫克姆灣飢餓孩童增加，與社會福利津貼大幅刪減同時發生，而社福津貼大減又跟粗糙引進新福利制度有關。

 

“As we spoke to parents,” Collingwood said, “it became clear that for many of them, it was caused by changes to the benefit system rolled out in recent years, which were forcing families into crisis.”

Across Britain, the number of children living in poverty has jumped sharply in the past six years, a trend that critics blame in part on the Conservative-led government’s policy of austerity, the budget-slashing response to the 2008 financial crisis that is steadily reshaping British life.

 

柯林伍德說：「當我們跟家長交談後，事情變得清楚了，對許多家長來說，小孩餓肚子是近年來推動的津貼制度變革造成，這些變革使家庭面臨危機。」在英國各地，近六年來貧困兒童暴增，批評者說，這種趨勢部分要歸咎於保守黨政府的撙節政策，這種為了回應2008年金融危機而大砍預算的政策，正逐步改變英國人的生活。

 

And there is no immediate relief on the horizon. The County Councils Network, a group of local governing bodies, warned recently of more than $1 billion in budget cuts nationwide next year, draining more money from social services, including some for children.

 

而且目前還看不到情況緩解的可能性。英國地方政府組成的團體「郡政府網絡」最近警告，明年全國預算將減少10億美元以上，社會服務經費會失血更多，包括針對兒童的部分。

 

To be clear, Britain is not Venezuela. Reports of hungry children showing up in Morecambe doctors’ offices with rickets have proved false. But that is cold comfort in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, one that over the years has made a strong commitment to child welfare.

 

當然，英國並非委內瑞拉，罹患佝僂病的飢餓孩童在莫克姆灣看醫生的消息是假的。不過，這在英國簡直起不到安慰作用，畢竟英國是全球最富裕國家之一，多年來堅決承諾照顧兒童福利。

 

While hunger is not the only social pathology associated with childhood poverty, it is perhaps the hardest to conceal. In that respect, it is a flashing signal of a deepening problem.

 

飢餓並不是與兒童貧困有關的唯一社會病態，卻可能是最難掩蓋的一個。就這方面而言，它是一個更深層問題閃亮的信號。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/333753/web/

文／Patrick Kingsley譯／李京倫

 

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每日跟讀#493: African swine fever virus can survive in vacuum-packed pork products

 

As African swine fever (ASF) rages in China, neighboring countries such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which have not yet been affected by the disease, are on high alert and doing everything in their power to prevent its spread. However, from time to time passengers have been caught attempting to bring meat products into the country, often claiming that they were not aware of the new regulations or that they thought vacuum-packed meat products were allowed, since they are not raw meat nor perishable. In an interview last Monday, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine attempted to explode such myths and the bureau hopes that by doing so people will more clearly understand the situation and not try to push their luck.

 

非洲豬瘟在中國大陸肆虐，沒有疫情的鄰國日、韓和台灣政府都上緊發條，全力防堵。然而，卻仍常查獲旅客卻私帶肉品闖關，違規者常聲稱不知新規定，或以為非生肉、非生鮮、真空包裝豬肉產品就可入境，防檢局上週一破解迷思，盼民眾了解並勿心存僥倖。

 

Statistics show that the passengers who have been fined are nationals from Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, as well as Vietnamese and Chinese spouses traveling on Republic of China (Taiwan) passports. They have been caught bringing in poultry and meat products from areas affected by animal epidemics such as ASF, foot-and-month disease and bird flu.

 

根據數據顯示，遭裁罰的旅客包含我國籍、中國、印尼、馬來西亞、越南及泰國等國旅客，也包含取得我國籍的越南及中國新住民，他們從非洲豬瘟、口蹄疫、禽流感等動物傳染病疫區帶回禽畜肉品。

 

Despite the bureau’s efforts to actively promote and raise awareness of ASF at the airports’ departure and arrival areas, as well as showing videos on board to advise passengers not to bring in meat products, most passengers who were fined still said that they were “not aware of the regulations.” Some even thought that as long as it was not perishable food or raw meat, it was OK to bring in processed and vacuum-packed meat products.

 

雖然防檢局積極在機場出入境地點加強宣導，也在機上播放影片宣傳勿帶肉品入境，但遭裁罰旅客多數仍表示，「不清楚規定」，更有人以為只要不是生鮮、不是生肉，有經過加工、有真空包裝的肉品就可以入境。

 

Preserved pork and sausages are meat products often imported illegally by passengers. The bureau’s section chief Peng Ming-hsing points out: “In the past, once we caught passengers carrying in such items, we usually advised them and discarded the items without actually fining the passengers, which might have given the impression that these items were allowed to be imported.”

 

觸法的旅客常常違規攜帶的肉品包含臘肉、香腸等，防檢局組長彭明興指出：「以前查到時，多數是用勸導並要求丟棄置桶，並沒有針對民眾開罰，所以可能讓許多民眾以為這些是可攜帶的。」

 

On passengers’ misconceptions, Peng stresses that: “Only canned food can be brought into the country. Others products are not allowed.” Canned food also includes “soft can packaging,” such as prepared food pouches within a pot of instant noodles. However, beef canned food for pets is not allowed to brought into the country.

 

對於旅客迷思，彭明興受訪強調：「只有罐頭可以帶入境，其他通通不准帶。」也包含軟性罐頭，像是泡麵裡的調理包。至於供寵物食用的罐頭，則禁止牛肉罐頭攜入。

 

Peng pointed out that canned foods are prepared by using a high-temperature and high-pressure sterilization process, so they can be stored at room temperature without need for refrigeration or freezing, and as a result there will be no problem that they might be carrying diseases viruses or germs. Vacuum packaging only extracts air and so must be refrigerated or frozen, which means that the ASF virus can still survive — and this is why vacuum-packed foods are disallowed.

 

彭明興指出，罐頭是經過高溫、高壓滅菌消毒製程的食品，可以常溫保存不需要冷藏、冷凍，不會有疫病問題，真空包裝則僅是把空氣抽出，還是必須放冷凍冷藏，非洲豬瘟病毒仍能存活，因此不准攜帶入境。

 

In addition, in Taiwan there are many spouses from China and Southeast Asia — they may miss the cuisine of their country of origin and so often try to find ways to import meat products into Taiwan. Peng also stressed that this is now completely banned.

 

另外，由於台灣有許多來自大陸、東南亞的新住民，也許會因為想念家鄉味，設法尋找管道夾帶肉製品入境，彭明興也強調，現在已完全禁止。

 

Source article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2018/12/26/2003706772/2

 

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每日跟讀#493: African swine fever virus can survive in vacuum-packed pork products

 

As African swine fever (ASF) rages in China, neighboring countries such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which have not yet been affected by the disease, are on high alert and doing everything in their power to prevent its spread. However, from time to time passengers have been caught attempting to bring meat products into the country, often claiming that they were not aware of the new regulations or that they thought vacuum-packed meat products were allowed, since they are not raw meat nor perishable. In an interview last Monday, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine attempted to explode such myths and the bureau hopes that by doing so people will more clearly understand the situation and not try to push their luck.

 

非洲豬瘟在中國大陸肆虐，沒有疫情的鄰國日、韓和台灣政府都上緊發條，全力防堵。然而，卻仍常查獲旅客卻私帶肉品闖關，違規者常聲稱不知新規定，或以為非生肉、非生鮮、真空包裝豬肉產品就可入境，防檢局上週一破解迷思，盼民眾了解並勿心存僥倖。

 

Statistics show that the passengers who have been fined are nationals from Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, as well as Vietnamese and Chinese spouses traveling on Republic of China (Taiwan) passports. They have been caught bringing in poultry and meat products from areas affected by animal epidemics such as ASF, foot-and-month disease and bird flu.

 

根據數據顯示，遭裁罰的旅客包含我國籍、中國、印尼、馬來西亞、越南及泰國等國旅客，也包含取得我國籍的越南及中國新住民，他們從非洲豬瘟、口蹄疫、禽流感等動物傳染病疫區帶回禽畜肉品。

 

Despite the bureau’s efforts to actively promote and raise awareness of ASF at the airports’ departure and arrival areas, as well as showing videos on board to advise passengers not to bring in meat products, most passengers who were fined still said that they were “not aware of the regulations.” Some even thought that as long as it was not perishable food or raw meat, it was OK to bring in processed and vacuum-packed meat products.

 

雖然防檢局積極在機場出入境地點加強宣導，也在機上播放影片宣傳勿帶肉品入境，但遭裁罰旅客多數仍表示，「不清楚規定」，更有人以為只要不是生鮮、不是生肉，有經過加工、有真空包裝的肉品就可以入境。

 

Preserved pork and sausages are meat products often imported illegally by passengers. The bureau’s section chief Peng Ming-hsing points out: “In the past, once we caught passengers carrying in such items, we usually advised them and discarded the items without actually fining the passengers, which might have given the impression that these items were allowed to be imported.”

 

觸法的旅客常常違規攜帶的肉品包含臘肉、香腸等，防檢局組長彭明興指出：「以前查到時，多數是用勸導並要求丟棄置桶，並沒有針對民眾開罰，所以可能讓許多民眾以為這些是可攜帶的。」

 

On passengers’ misconceptions, Peng stresses that: “Only canned food can be brought into the country. Others products are not allowed.” Canned food also includes “soft can packaging,” such as prepared food pouches within a pot of instant noodles. However, beef canned food for pets is not allowed to brought into the country.

 

對於旅客迷思，彭明興受訪強調：「只有罐頭可以帶入境，其他通通不准帶。」也包含軟性罐頭，像是泡麵裡的調理包。至於供寵物食用的罐頭，則禁止牛肉罐頭攜入。

 

Peng pointed out that canned foods are prepared by using a high-temperature and high-pressure sterilization process, so they can be stored at room temperature without need for refrigeration or freezing, and as a result there will be no problem that they might be carrying diseases viruses or germs. Vacuum packaging only extracts air and so must be refrigerated or frozen, which means that the ASF virus can still survive — and this is why vacuum-packed foods are disallowed.

 

彭明興指出，罐頭是經過高溫、高壓滅菌消毒製程的食品，可以常溫保存不需要冷藏、冷凍，不會有疫病問題，真空包裝則僅是把空氣抽出，還是必須放冷凍冷藏，非洲豬瘟病毒仍能存活，因此不准攜帶入境。

 

In addition, in Taiwan there are many spouses from China and Southeast Asia — they may miss the cuisine of their country of origin and so often try to find ways to import meat products into Taiwan. Peng also stressed that this is now completely banned.

 

另外，由於台灣有許多來自大陸、東南亞的新住民，也許會因為想念家鄉味，設法尋找管道夾帶肉製品入境，彭明興也強調，現在已完全禁止。

 

Source article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2018/12/26/2003706772/2

 

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每日跟讀#492: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Has Affluent Fans Opening Their Wallets

Last month, a group of Silicon Valley venture capital and tech minds gathered for an exclusive dinner at Chef Chu’s, an old-school Chinese restaurant in Los Altos, California.

 

上個月，一群矽谷創投和科技業人士在加州洛思阿圖斯市老派中餐廳「喜福居」聚餐。

 

Tucking into Peking duck and Dungeness crab in kung pao sauce, the diners, most of them Asian-American and some fierce competitors with one another, set about to tackle a common goal.

 

這些食客把北京烤鴨和裹著宮保醬汁的珍寶蟹往嘴裡送，他們大多是亞裔美國人，有些彼此還有激烈競爭關係，他們要著手達成一個共同目標。

 

“The question to all of them was, ‘How can this be successful, sustainably?'” said Bing Chen, an entrepreneur who organized the event.

舉辦這場宴會的企業家陳宗彬說：「對我們所有人來說，問題是『這要如何才能成功，並且持續下去？』」

 

They were not discussing a startup, a scholarship program or a political campaign. The task at hand was to take one of the summer’s most anticipated new movies, “Crazy Rich Asians,” and turn it into a bona fide cultural phenomenon.

 

他們並不是在討論新創事業、獎學金或競選。他們手邊的任務是，去觀看今夏最受期待的新電影之一「瘋狂亞洲富豪」，並讓這部電影成為一個實在的文化現象.

 

From that meeting a social media hashtag campaign called #GoldOpen was born in anticipation of the movie’s opening nationwide on Wednesday. But that would not be enough — a number of those at the dinner, after all, were rich Asians themselves.

 

為了迎接這部電影8月15日（星期三）在全美上映，一個名為「#金包場」的社群媒體標籤推廣活動在那場聚會中誕生了。但這可能還不夠，畢竟這場晚宴上有很多人自己就是亞裔富人。

 

So from New York City to Los Angeles, Houston to Honolulu, these industry leaders and others have spent many thousands of dollars renting out dozens of theaters for special screenings of the movie before and during its opening week. The campaign aims to fuel widespread interest in a film that could blaze a pathway for greater Asian-American representation in Hollywood, which organizers as well as the film’s creators and stars say is long overdue.

 

於是，從紐約到洛杉磯，從休士頓到檀香山，這些產業界領袖和其他人花了數以千計美元，包下數十個影廳，在上映首周當中和之前舉行特別放映活動。這麼做目的是引發外界對這部電影的廣泛興趣，而該片可能為提高亞裔美國人在好萊塢的能見度開闢道路，放映活動組織者以及這部片子的創製者和演員們都說，這是早就該實現的事了。

 

“High tides raise all boats, so we wanted to see if we could be that high tide,” said Andrew Chau, a co-founder of Boba Guys, a bubble tea chain. He chipped in for screenings in San Francisco and in Texas.

 

珍珠奶茶連鎖店「波霸人」共同創辦人安德魯·周說：「俗話說水漲船高，我們想看看自己能不能成為高漲的水。」他為舊金山和德州的放映活動貢獻了資金。

 

The backers have been spending $1,600 to $5,100 per screening, depending on the size of the theater, its location and whether the film is shown during prime time. Those tickets have then been distributed free to Asian-American youth and community groups, friends and the occasional VIP.

 

這些支持者在每場放映活動上花費1600到5100美元，具體金額取決於影廳的大小、地點和影片放映時間是否為黃金時段。這些放映活動的電影票免費分發給亞裔美國年輕人、社區團體和朋友，偶爾還把票發給貴賓。

 

“When’s the last time you’ve seen so many Asians in a theater?” said Tim Lim, a 33-year-old political consultant, after a screening in Washington on Monday. His friend helped pay for the screening, and Lim vowed to see the movie on his own at least three more times.

 

33歲的政治顧問提姆·林13日（星期一）在華府的一場放映活動結束後說：「你上一次看到這麼多亞洲人在一家電影院裡是什麼時候？」他的朋友出了放映費，而他發誓至少還會自掏腰包去看三遍。

 

“I want this to make as much money as possible,” he said. “I’m going to watch the IMAX, 3D, $25 version to get the cost up.”

 

林先生說：「我想讓這部電影盡可能多賺錢，我要看IMAX巨型螢幕版、3D版和25美元版本，推高票房」。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/330887/web/

 

 

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每日跟讀#492: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Has Affluent Fans Opening Their Wallets

Last month, a group of Silicon Valley venture capital and tech minds gathered for an exclusive dinner at Chef Chu’s, an old-school Chinese restaurant in Los Altos, California.

 

上個月，一群矽谷創投和科技業人士在加州洛思阿圖斯市老派中餐廳「喜福居」聚餐。

 

Tucking into Peking duck and Dungeness crab in kung pao sauce, the diners, most of them Asian-American and some fierce competitors with one another, set about to tackle a common goal.

 

這些食客把北京烤鴨和裹著宮保醬汁的珍寶蟹往嘴裡送，他們大多是亞裔美國人，有些彼此還有激烈競爭關係，他們要著手達成一個共同目標。

 

“The question to all of them was, ‘How can this be successful, sustainably?'” said Bing Chen, an entrepreneur who organized the event.

舉辦這場宴會的企業家陳宗彬說：「對我們所有人來說，問題是『這要如何才能成功，並且持續下去？』」

 

They were not discussing a startup, a scholarship program or a political campaign. The task at hand was to take one of the summer’s most anticipated new movies, “Crazy Rich Asians,” and turn it into a bona fide cultural phenomenon.

 

他們並不是在討論新創事業、獎學金或競選。他們手邊的任務是，去觀看今夏最受期待的新電影之一「瘋狂亞洲富豪」，並讓這部電影成為一個實在的文化現象.

 

From that meeting a social media hashtag campaign called #GoldOpen was born in anticipation of the movie’s opening nationwide on Wednesday. But that would not be enough — a number of those at the dinner, after all, were rich Asians themselves.

 

為了迎接這部電影8月15日（星期三）在全美上映，一個名為「#金包場」的社群媒體標籤推廣活動在那場聚會中誕生了。但這可能還不夠，畢竟這場晚宴上有很多人自己就是亞裔富人。

 

So from New York City to Los Angeles, Houston to Honolulu, these industry leaders and others have spent many thousands of dollars renting out dozens of theaters for special screenings of the movie before and during its opening week. The campaign aims to fuel widespread interest in a film that could blaze a pathway for greater Asian-American representation in Hollywood, which organizers as well as the film’s creators and stars say is long overdue.

 

於是，從紐約到洛杉磯，從休士頓到檀香山，這些產業界領袖和其他人花了數以千計美元，包下數十個影廳，在上映首周當中和之前舉行特別放映活動。這麼做目的是引發外界對這部電影的廣泛興趣，而該片可能為提高亞裔美國人在好萊塢的能見度開闢道路，放映活動組織者以及這部片子的創製者和演員們都說，這是早就該實現的事了。

 

“High tides raise all boats, so we wanted to see if we could be that high tide,” said Andrew Chau, a co-founder of Boba Guys, a bubble tea chain. He chipped in for screenings in San Francisco and in Texas.

 

珍珠奶茶連鎖店「波霸人」共同創辦人安德魯·周說：「俗話說水漲船高，我們想看看自己能不能成為高漲的水。」他為舊金山和德州的放映活動貢獻了資金。

 

The backers have been spending $1,600 to $5,100 per screening, depending on the size of the theater, its location and whether the film is shown during prime time. Those tickets have then been distributed free to Asian-American youth and community groups, friends and the occasional VIP.

 

這些支持者在每場放映活動上花費1600到5100美元，具體金額取決於影廳的大小、地點和影片放映時間是否為黃金時段。這些放映活動的電影票免費分發給亞裔美國年輕人、社區團體和朋友，偶爾還把票發給貴賓。

 

“When’s the last time you’ve seen so many Asians in a theater?” said Tim Lim, a 33-year-old political consultant, after a screening in Washington on Monday. His friend helped pay for the screening, and Lim vowed to see the movie on his own at least three more times.

 

33歲的政治顧問提姆·林13日（星期一）在華府的一場放映活動結束後說：「你上一次看到這麼多亞洲人在一家電影院裡是什麼時候？」他的朋友出了放映費，而他發誓至少還會自掏腰包去看三遍。

 

“I want this to make as much money as possible,” he said. “I’m going to watch the IMAX, 3D, $25 version to get the cost up.”

 

林先生說：「我想讓這部電影盡可能多賺錢，我要看IMAX巨型螢幕版、3D版和25美元版本，推高票房」。

 

Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/330887/web/

 

 

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