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2023/03/11 TIME閱讀解析 04-以錢驅移

Money to Move:
Families Offered Millions in Yen to Relocate From
Tokyo to Rural Areas

以錢驅移:得到數百萬日幣奧援的家庭,從東京舉家遷到鄉下地區



 單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體 
 
 Japan plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital to combat depopulation in other areas of the country, according to multiple local media reports.
Eligible families in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be able to receive 1 million yen ($7,700) per child starting in the fiscal year 2023 if they move to a disadvantaged local area — more than triple the 300,000 yen incentive already in place, the reports said.
 The financial incentives highlight the challenges that Japan is facing with its low birth rate and long life expectancy. Rural areas have seen rapid depopulation as the young move away for opportunities in cities, leaving the localities dotted with empty homes and contending with dwindling tax revenue.

 BY LISA DU / BLOOMBERG JANUARY 3

全文連結:https://time.com/6244015/tokyo-family-relocation-payment-scheme/

單字
1.  boost vt. 增強
More government’s expenditures on research, not regulations, are definitely desired to boost local industries.
要促進地方產業,更多的政府研究經費絕對有必要,而非法規。

2.  combat  vt. 打擊;與……搏鬥

Scientists and public health experts are working together to combat the pandemic.
科學家和公衛專家正齊心協力對抗這場大流行。

3.  eligible  adj. 符合條件的
Eligible applicants will be given the invitation to the interview hosted by the CEO.
符合條件的申請者,將獲邀至由CEO主持的面試。

4.  incentive  [InˋsWntIv]  n. 獎勵;刺激
A large majority of small and medium-sized enterprises are calling for tax incentives in the face of  trade deficits.
面對貿易逆差,絕大多數中小企業呼籲稅收激勵。

片語
1.  relocate from A to B  從A遷移至B
The board of directors has ordered that the company be relocated from Helsinki to Glasgow.
董事會已吩咐將公司從赫爾辛基遷至格拉斯哥。

2.  N + in place  現行的……;目前有的……
The foreign policies currently in place have increased the risk of high tariffs and potential trade  sanctions.
目前實施的外交政策已增加高關稅和潛在貿易制裁的風險。

3.  be dotted with + N  分布在……
This area is planned to be dotted with a variety of forms of start-ups along with creative industries.
各種類型的新創公司和文創產業按規劃將會分布在本區域。

4.  contend with  處理(問題)
Our staff ever spare no effort to contend with emergencies, the so-called “difficult customers” in  particular.
我們的員工始終全力以赴應對緊急情況,特別是所謂的「奧客」。

句型
1.  S + V..., the reports said.  引述句
 Eligible families ..., the reports said.
 = The reports said that eligible families ...

2.  S + see + N ...  是……發生的地點
This busy intersection has seen a large increase in traffic accidents for the past few months.
這繁忙的十字路口,過去幾個月交通事故大幅增加。
 
文法點
1. 關係代名詞which指代逗點前整句話
Rural areas have seen rapid depopulation as the young move away for opportunities in cities, which leaves ...
 *which = rural areas have seen rapid depopulation as the young move away for opportunities in cities
Rural areas have seen rapid depopulation as the young move away for opportunities in cities, leaving ...
 *leaving為分詞構句

 2. leave + O + OC  使……處於某狀態

(1) 被動/過去分詞 The localities are dotted with empty home.  (被動)
... leave the localities dotted with empty home  (過去分詞)

(2) 主動 /現在分詞 The localities contend with dwindling tax revenue.  (主動)
... leave the localities contending with dwindling tax revenue  (現在分詞)


 
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