#6: 陈时中的幽默 In Taiwan's Successful Fight Against Virus, Health Minister Wins Plaudits for Humor
“我们不会因为疫情来了,就变得特别会吃。” Responding to concerns about stockpiling of food supplies, Chen Shih-chung quips, “we shouldn't be eating more just because there’s a pandemic.”
(Image from Taiwan’s China Times)
台湾成功控制【1】疫情【2】,到现在只有440人感染【3】、6人死亡【4】。
【1】控制 kòng zhì = control
【2】疫情 yì qíng = epidemic
【3】感染 gǎn rǎn = to become infected
【4】死亡 sǐ wáng = to die
卫福部长【5】陈时中【6】的表现【7】受到肯定。
【5】卫福部长 wèi fú bù zhǎng = health & welfare minister; 卫(生) = health; 福(利) = welfare; 部长 = minister
【6】陈时中 chén shí zhōng = Chen Shih-chung (Taiwan’s health minister)
【7】表现 biǎo xiàn = performance
也有不少人称赞【8】他在回答记者【9】关于疫情的问题时,非常幽默【10】。
【8】称赞 chēng zàn = praise
【9】记者 jì zhě = reporter
【10】幽默 yōu mò = humor
比如,说到台湾人在超市抢购【11】物资【12】时,他说:“物资都很够,大家不要买太多,我们不会因为疫情来了,就变得特别会吃。”
【11】抢购 qiǎng gòu = literally “snatch buy”, i.e. panic-buying
【12】物资 wù zī = supplies
另一次,他说要限制【13】聚会【14】人数,马上有记者问:“那还可不可以结婚?”陈时中回答:“当然可以啊!因为结婚才两个人而已!”
【13】限制 xiàn zhì = limit
【14】聚会 jù huì = gathering
还有一次,有记者大喊:“有问题没有回答到。”陈时中听了完全不生气,还说:“你不要这么大声,我们年纪【15】大了,难免【16】忘记一些事。”
【15】年纪 nián jì = age
【16】难免 nán miǎn = it is unavoidable that
This article was adapted and re-written from this original article in Taiwan’s Commonwealth Magazine.
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