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Taiwan’s low fertility rate has a record number of schools in Greater Tainan switching over to the open admissions system, with 123 and 19 of Greater Tainan’s elementary and junior high schools making the change respectively. Dealing with competitive enrollment, many school principals are gasping at how free tutorials and art classes no longer attract new students, and instead are having to rely on academic performance to draw parents and students.

Greater Tainan’s Bureau of Education says that changes in the urban structure, coupled with the effects of the low fertility rate, have gradually brought about a downturn in new student enrollment, making it difficult for schools to continue operating. There were already many “open admissions school districts” prior to the merger of former Tainan county and city, districts which were open to any new student registered for a household in former Tainan city. The students were not restricted to any particular school district either. After the merger, “schools in open admissions school districts” became simply “open admissions schools,” while enrollment qualifications were left unchanged.

一名五十九歲婦人烹煮孫子釣回來的魚，大口吞食之際，突然覺得卡住，吞了幾口飯，也喝了幾口水，但都沒有改善，且喉嚨愈來愈痛，她伸指入喉竟然拉到一條尼龍線，急忙到醫院急診求助，照X光發現鉤狀異物。

台南奇美醫院耳鼻喉部醫師劉璟鋒以喉部內視鏡檢查，發現婦人上喉部卡住一支銀色約三公分的魚鉤且連帶著好幾公分長的尼龍線，卡住的部位有點深，小心翼翼用「魚刺夾」才夾出，連魚鉤線在內，總長度約十二至十三公分。

Having cooked some fish that her grandson caught and brought home, a 59-year-old woman suddenly sensed that something was stuck in her throat after taking a big bite of the fish. Swallowing several mouthfuls of rice and drinking several swigs of water did not help and the pain in her throat gradually got worse. She put her fingers down her throat and unexpectedly pulled out a piece of nylon string. After being rushed to the emergency room, an X-ray showed a hook-shaped object in her throat.

Liu Ching-feng, a doctor in otolaryngology department at Greater Tainan’s Chimei Medical Center, says that an endoscopy of the woman’s throat showed a silver fishhook approximately 3cm long lodged in her upper throat with a nylon fishing line several centimeters long attached to it. The spot where the hook was stuck was fairly deep. The doctor carefully removed it using a fishbone remover. The fishhook and fishing line combined were between 12cm and 13cm long.

環境，對學語言來說很重要；如果把一個人丟在一個不同語言的國家裡，他很快(或者說比在原本語言環境裡容易)可以學會當地的語言！沒辦法，為了生存嘛！

但是，如果是有心學習語言，但又沒有辦法到那個國家的話呢？

Co-op 為 cooperative 這個名詞的簡寫，意為「(共同擁有或經營的) 合作社；合作企業；合作性組織」，如 These houses were built by a housing co-op. (這些房子是由一家住宅合作企業所建造)。除此之外，它沒有其他意思。

Co-opt 是個動詞，意為「由現有會員推舉或增選 … 為新會員；拉攏，籠絡」，過去式和過去分詞都是 co-opted，而現在分詞為 co-opting，如 Barry was co-opted into the board of directors. (貝瑞被增選為董事會的新董事)；The government tried to co-opt the opposition by giving them positions of authority. (政府試圖以有實權的職位來籠絡反對派)。

英文：the working poor (n.)

說明：窮忙的英文則是 working poverty。

(形容詞) 太棒了，棒極了。這個字是由 fantastic 和 fabulous 組合而成。

• I had the most fantabulous date with Fiona! (我跟費歐娜的約會棒極了！)  

目前存在或顯而易見、但不被承認或被忽視的棘手問題；目前存在或顯而易見、但人們不願提及或討論或者故意裝作不知道的棘手問題。

例句：

該報告指出，美國的國外移民的人數最多，達到四千五百八十萬人，大部份的移民是在一九九○年到二○一三年期間來到美國 ── 人數有將近兩千三百萬人，等於每年增加一百萬名移民。俄羅斯的國外移民人數居次，有一千一百萬人，其後是德國的九百八十萬人，沙烏地阿拉伯有九百一十萬人，阿拉伯聯合大公國和英國各有七百八十萬人，法國有七百四十萬人，加拿大有七百卅萬人，澳洲和西班牙則各有六百五十萬人。

人口司主任約翰威爾莫斯表示：「新的移民來源地和目的地不斷湧現，在某些情況下，有些國家同時成為重要的移民來源國、過境國以及目的地。」

The U.S. hosts the largest number, 45.8 million, and it gained the largest number of international migrants between 1990 and 2013 — nearly 23 million, equal to one million additional migrants per year, the report said. Russia was second with 11 million international migrants, followed by Germany with 9.8 million, Saudi Arabia with 9.1 million, United Arab Emirates and the UK with 7.8 million, France with 7.4 million, Canada with 7.3 million, and Australia and Spain with 6.5 million each, it said.

John Wilmoth, director of the Population Division, said "new sources and destinations of migrants are emerging, and in some cases, countries have become important points of origin, transit and destination simultaneously."

聯合國發現，愈來愈多人居住在國外

根據新的聯合國數據，現今世界各地僑居國外的人比以往任何時候都多，而美國仍是最熱門的目的地。聯合國人口司最近報告指出，在二○一三年，全球有兩億三千兩百萬人（或全球百分之三點二的人口）居住在本國以外的地區

More people than ever are living abroad: United Nations

葛蘭姆在去年秋天時參觀了 BiblioTech 數位圖書館，且正在努力說服查爾斯頓都會區的領袖在今年推估債券的發行量，以資助類似的概念構想，其中甚至包括了讓人想起蘋果電腦商店的時髦美學。可是蘋果電腦商店通常不會在這樣的城鎮裡設點。BiblioTech 數位圖書館位在經濟環境低迷的聖安東尼奧市南區，並與貝爾郡政府大樓共享一個購物中心。在最近的一個下午，一對困惑的伴侶走進了 BiblioTech 數位圖書館，要去找當地的治安法官。

根據人口普查數據顯示，貝爾郡的郡治聖安東尼奧是美國第七大城，但識字率卻排名第六十。BiblioTech 數位圖書館企畫協調蘿拉柯爾表示，在二○○○年代初期，BiblioTech 數位圖書館周邊的低收入戶公寓與慈善二手商店的社區領袖曾抱怨，當地附近甚至連一家書店都沒有。她指出，十年之後，當地大多數的家庭依然沒有 Wi-Fi 無線上網。

Graham toured BiblioTech last fall and is pushing Charleston leaders for a bond measure in 2014 to fund a similar concept, right down to the same hip aesthetic reminiscent of Apple. Usually, however, Apple stores aren't found in parts of town like this. BiblioTech is on San Antonio's economically depressed South Side and shares an old strip mall with a Bexar County government building. On a recent afternoon, one confused couple walked into the library looking for the justice of the peace.

San Antonio is the U.S.' seventh-largest city but ranks 60th in literacy, according to census figures. Back in the early 2000s, community leaders in BiblioTech's neighborhood of low-income apartments and thrift stores railed about not even having a nearby bookstore, said Laura Cole, BiblioTech's project coordinator. A decade later, Cole said, most families in the area still don't have Wi-Fi.

德州公共圖書館讓人一窺未來

美國德州看到了公共圖書館的未來，而那個景象看起來就像是蘋果電腦商店：一排排亮閃閃的 iMac 電腦向人招手，架設在橘色櫃檯上的 iPad 邀請讀者來使用，還有數百台準備就緒的平板電腦，等著隨時讓擁有借書證的讀者登記借閱。

Texas library offers a glimpse of the future