1026 外交事務翻譯

1. Before COVID-19, figuring out whether a sore throat, fever, and runny nose

were caused by a cold, flu, or strep wasn’t a top priority. During the pandemic,

however, at-home test kits became household products, and most people are by

now adept at squeezing out a few drops of solution onto a card, sticking a swab

up their nose, swirling the swab in the testing liquid, and waiting for a result.

There is a downside to more DIY testing, however. The results are essentially

invisible to public health authorities, so they don’t have a clear picture of how

many people are getting sick, and where. Such diagnostic testing may follow the

example of pregnancy testing, which for decades could only be done at a doctor’s

office with blood and urine samples and can now be done at home with an

inexpensive urine stick. We’re living in a revolution in diagnostics.

在 COVID-19 爆發前，判斷喉嚨痛、發燒和流鼻涕是由感冒、流感還是連鎖

球菌引起的，並不是當務之急。然而，在大流行期間，家用測試套件變成了

家庭產品，現在大多數人都能熟練地擠出一些溶液到卡片上，將棉花棒插入

鼻子，將棉花棒在測試液中旋轉，然後等待結果。然而，自行測試的一個缺

點是，測試結果基本上對公共衛生機構不可見，因此它們無法清楚了解有多

少人生病以及生病的地點。這種診斷測試可能會效仿懷孕測試的例子，數十

年來只能在醫生辦公室進行，需要血液和尿液樣本，而現在可以在家使用廉

價的尿液試劑進行。我們正處於一個診斷領域的革命中。

2. Be in no doubt that Hamas’s murderous assault has blown up the status quo
between Israel and the Palestinians. The coming weeks will determine whether

war in Gaza sinks the Middle East deeper into chaos or whether, despite Hamas’s

atrocities, Israel can begin to create the foundations for regional stability—and,

one day, peace. Israeli officials—and President Joe Biden—have taken to

comparing Hamas to Islamic State, or ISIS. Israeli strategists must therefore start

thinking about how to create the conditions for life alongside the Palestinians,

however remote that seems today. All those elements may have a part: a short

period of martial law in Gaza, a search for Palestinian leaders acceptable to both

sides, and the good offices of Arab intermediaries. The only way to eradicate

Hamas is for Israel and its Arab allies to create stability—and, one day, peace

毫無疑問，哈馬斯的兇殘攻擊已經打破了以色列和巴勒斯坦之間的現狀。未

來的幾周將決定加薩地帶的戰爭是否會使中東陷入更深的混亂，或者儘管哈

馬斯犯下暴行，以色列是否能夠開始為區域穩定——以及有一天實現和平—

—奠定基礎。以色列官員和總統喬·拜登都開始將哈馬斯與伊斯蘭國（ISIS）

相比較。因此，以色列戰略家必須開始思考如何創造與巴勒斯坦人共同生活

的條件，儘管這在今天似乎遙不可及。所有這些元素都可能起作用：在加薩

地帶實施短暫的軍事法，尋找對雙方都可接受的巴勒斯坦領袖，以及阿拉伯

中介的斡旋。根除哈馬斯的唯一方法是以色列及其阿拉伯盟友創造穩定——

以及有一天實現和平。

3. 去年南韓各項金融業務當中，自動提款機占比只有 14%左右。南韓民眾

說除了紅白帖以外，幾乎大部分都是用信用卡，或是手機支付，所以好像沒
有提領現金的機會，沒有自動提款機不會感到不便。有網路銀行業者透露，

使用手機匯中秋禮金的人，呈現逐年增加趨勢，2021 年和 2022 年的使用次

數，分別比前一年增加了 39%和 17%。隨著金融科技產業發展，預計未來使

用手機匯款的人會越來越多，為了一部分不熟悉數位金融的弱勢族群，銀行

表示在沒有實體銀行據點的地方，仍會維持自動提款機設置。仍在服役中的

自動提款機，也陸續引進人臉辨識系統。

In various financial transactions in South Korea last year, ATMs accounted for only

about 14%. South Korean people mostly use credit cards or mobile payments for

almost everything, except for red-and-white envelopes, so it seems like they

don't have many opportunities to withdraw cash, and the absence of ATMs

doesn't cause inconvenience. According to internet banking operators, the

number of people using mobile transfers for Mid-Autumn Festival gifts has been

increasing year by year, with a 39% increase in usage in 2021 and a 17% increase

in 2022 compared to the previous year. With the development of the financial

technology industry, it is expected that more people will use mobile transfers in

the future. For some vulnerable groups not familiar with digital finance, banks say

they will still maintain ATM locations in areas without physical bank branches.

The ATMs still in service are also gradually introducing facial recognition systems.

4. 由於以色列極右翼政府多年來不斷擴大約旦河西岸（West Bank）的屯
 墾區，侵占巴勒斯坦人的家園，加薩走廊（Gaza Strip）的巴勒斯坦準政府及

軍事組織「哈瑪斯」（Hamas），也在當地時間 7 日凌晨襲擊以色列，雙方

衝突至今已造成逾 2400 人死亡。對此，美國哈佛大學 34 個學生團體隨後也

發表連署聲明，認為以色列極右翼政府應負起全責，沒想到華爾街大老阿克

曼（Bill Ackman）等企業 CEO 卻揚言要向哈佛大學索取這些學生的名單，以

利將來拒絕雇用。如今在激進政治正確氛圍的美國社會的強烈譴責下，至少

5 個哈佛學生團體迫於無奈撤回了批評以色列的聲明。

Due to Israel's far-right government's continuous expansion of settlements in the

West Bank and the occupation of Palestinian homes, the Palestinian semi-

government and military organization, Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, launched an

attack on Israel on the morning of the 7th. The conflict between the two sides has

resulted in over 2,400 casualties to date. In response, 34 student groups at

Harvard University in the United States issued a joint statement, holding the far-

right Israeli government responsible. Surprisingly, prominent business CEOs like Bill

Ackman of Wall Street threatened to obtain the names of these students from

Harvard University to potentially avoid hiring them in the future.

Now, amid the strong condemnation within the politically charged atmosphere of

American society, at least five Harvard student groups reluctantly withdrew their

criticism of Israel.