對話 Dialogue
馬克：我聽其他朋友說臺灣的生育率幾乎是全球最低的。
Mǎkè: Wǒ tīng qítā péngyǒu shuō Táiwān de shēngyù lǜ jīhū shì quánqiú zuìdī de.
小實：是啊，臺灣常常有新聞報導。
Xiǎoshí: Shì a, Táiwān chángcháng yǒu xīnwén bàodǎo.
馬克：那你知道實際的原因嗎？
Mǎkè: Nà nǐ zhīdào shíjì de yuányīn ma?
小實：嗯……我想，許多人是因為經濟條件吧。
Xiǎoshí: En……wǒ xiǎng, xǔduō rén shì yīnwèi jīngjì tiáojiàn ba.
馬克：是因為薪水不夠，養不起孩子嗎？
Mǎkè: Shì yīnwèi xīnshuǐ búgòu, yǎng bù qǐ háizi ma?
小實：這是其中一個原因，年年上漲的房價和物價也是壓力。
Xiǎoshí: Zhè shì qízhōng yíge yuányīn, nián nián shàngzhǎng de fángjià hàn wùjià yěshì yālì.
馬克：我記得臺灣的政府這幾年提供了許多生育補助，對嗎？
Mǎkè: Wǒ jìde Táiwān de zhèngfǔ zhè jǐ nián tígōng le xǔduō shēngyù bǔzhù, duì ma?
小實：對啊，畢竟生育率也代表著未來的人力。
Xiǎoshí: Duì a, bìjìng shēngyù lǜ yě dàibiǎo zhe wèilái de rénlì.
馬克：看來這不是短時間能解決的問題。
Mǎkè: Kàn lái zhè búshì duǎn shíjiān néng jiějué de wèntí
小實：沒錯，希望我們能早點找到有效的方法。
Xiǎoshí: Méicuò, xīwàng wǒmen néng zǎodiǎn zhǎodào yǒuxiào de fāngfǎ.
翻譯 Translation
Mark: I heard from friends that Taiwan’s fertility rate is almost the lowest in the world.
Xiaoshi: Yes, there are often news reports about it in Taiwan.
Mark: So, do you know the actual reason?
Xiaomi: Well... I think for many people it is about the economic conditions.
Mark: Is it because salaries are not enough to be able to afford to raise children?
Xiaoshi: That is one of the reasons. Rising housing prices and inflation are other causes of pressure.
Mark: I remember that the government has provided a lot of childbirth subsidies in recent years, right?
Xiaoshi: Yes, after all, the birth rate also represents the future workforce.
Mark: It seems that this is not a problem that can be solved in a short time.
Xiaoshi: No, it isn’t, and I hope we can find an effective solution soon.
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 生育率(shēngyù lǜ) fertility rate
2. 幾乎 (jīhū) almost
3. 報導 (bàodǎo) report
4. 實際 (shíjì) actual
5. 經濟 (jīngjì) economy
6. 條件(tiáojiàn) condition
7. 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) salary
8. 壓力 (yālì) pressure
9. 提供 (tígōng) to provide
10. 補助 (bǔzhù) subsidy
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