中英雙語新聞1000209

1. After the long holidays for Chinese New Year come to an end, the Executive Yuan held a communal feast for greeting a new year yesterday. Primer 吳敦義 hoped prosperous economy, just and fair society, and better public security could be practiced in this year. And people can share the amazing result of economy as well as really experience the recovery in this year.

農曆春節連續假期結束，行政院昨天(8)舉行新春團拜，行政院長吳敦義期許今年能夠為國人營造更繁榮的經濟、更公義的社會和更良好的治安，並希望今年能讓民眾共享經濟亮麗的成果，真正感受經濟有感復甦。

2. Ministry of Education held a communal fast on the first day after finishing holidays of Chinese New Year. Minister 吳清基 offered ten top wishes for educational vision. In addition to keep bully away from campus, the policy to promote free-charged schooling for children under five years old is hoped to be extended to children under three and four for increasing birth rate.

教育部在農曆年後的第一個上班日舉辦「新春團拜」，教育部長吳清基提出十大教育願望，除了希望落實校園「零霸凌」之外，也期盼今年推動的「五歲幼兒免學費」政策，如果政府財政情況良好，還能向下延伸到三歲、四歲免學費，以鼓勵民眾生育。

3. Center for College Entrance Examination recycled testing books in reserve in each tasting district after it finished. To respond to resource-reusing, they will be provided to senior high schools and vocational schools for regular practicing uses. Schools in need can fill out the application form and send it through email or fax before February 18th. Additionally, people who need it can go to service counter of the center to apply for it from February 10th. For more information, please check the website of the center.

100學年度大學學科能力測驗結束後，大考中心回收各考區的備用試題本，為響應資源再利用，將開放各高中、職學校索取，提供給校內學生做練習測試。高中職學校可以填寫申請單後，以e-mail或傳真到大考中心，申請期限到2月18號為止，另外，個人需用者，2月10號起可以到大考中心服務台索取，送完為止，詳情可利用大考中心首頁查詢。

4. Elementary schools and junior high schools will open on next Monday. To let students get ready for studying, manager of mental and physical department from Dalin Branch of Buddhist 慈濟 General Hospital董俊良 suggests parents to ask their children to do homework for winter vacation regularly and bring them back to normal schedule step by step to avoid getting syndrome after holidays including tension, anxiety and even insomnia.

下週一中小學就要開學，為了讓學童收心，大林慈濟醫院身心科主任董俊良建議家長，以身作則以循序漸進方式，要求孩子每天規律的寫寒假作業，讓學童逐漸恢復正常作息，以免孩子玩過頭，開學前可能出現緊張、焦慮，甚至失眠等「收假症候群」。

5. The special exam for being civil servant for the disabled will take place from April 30th to May 1st. Written application and on-line application will be held from today to February 18th. Except original testing districts including Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, 花蓮 and 台東 testing districts are set this year. Ministry of Examination has authorized each administration to sell application form for people to purchase nearby.

100年公務人員身障特考，將於4月30號到5月1號舉行，從今天（9）起到2月18號受理紙本報名和網路報名。今年身障特考除了原來的臺北、臺中、高雄考區以外，新增花蓮及臺東考區；考選部並請各縣市社政單位代售報名書表，方便應考人就近購買。

6. Council of Labor Affairs says that the number of job vacancy in the first ten-day period of January is twenty percent more than that in the last year which means people who purpose to change their career can take action to make it. The council will hold job opening campaigns including the one in the middle of February which will invite twenty-one kinds of businesses on electronics, restaurant, manufacture and tourism industries. More than eleven thousand and three hundred vacancies will be offered. Besides, the five big-scale job fairs held in the middle ten days of March are expected to release twelve thousand and five hundred vacancies.

行政院勞工委員會表示，今年1月上旬的工作機會，和去年同期相比，職缺數成長將近2成，有意轉職或求職者可以把握這一波機會。勞委會將舉辦徵才活動，包括2月中旬辦理電子業、餐飲業、製造業、休閒觀光業等21個中、小型分行分業徵才活動，預估提供1萬1300多個職缺；3月中旬起辦理5場大型就業博覽會，預估提供1萬2500個職缺。

7. Even U.S Federal Government tries to budget a great deal of scholarship, the subsidy still cannot keep up with the increasing amount of schooling charges. During the problem of financial shortage on American universities keep spreading, local students can only choose the ones with cheaper tuition. Of course, they may not have good quality. Besides, the students who don’t want to give in the reality will take the heavy stress of debt. The worst of all is that some of them even give up studying in colleges finally.

雖然美國聯邦政府在本年度仍然撥出龐大的獎助學金，但這些補助根本趕不上學費飆漲的腳步。在大學學費與財源缺口日益擴大之際，美國大學生只能選擇進入便宜的大學，當然可能素質就很抱歉；另外一些不願認命的就只有揹下巨額的債務；最後最糟的選擇是乾脆放棄唸大學。