日前,一名懷孕36週的台灣女性在華航飛美班機上產下女嬰,因而遭遣返,整起事件經媒體報導後演變成非法移民、飛航安全的國際醜聞。正值美國總統大選起跑,定錨嬰兒(anchor baby)是否該具備公民身分,成為兩黨候選人唇槍舌劍的焦點。
【定錨嬰兒淺談】
anchor baby 定錨嬰兒
A:I heard a Taiwanese woman gave birth aboard a flight bound for the US.
(我聽說一名台灣婦女在赴美班機上生產。)
B:The frontrunner for the US presidential election, Trump, referred to these babies as "anchor babies."
(總統大選中領先的川普稱他們為定錨嬰兒。)
undocumented immigrant 非法移民
A:This term means these children were born to undocumented immigrant parents.
(這個詞是指這些小孩是非法移民雙親所生。)
B:That's right, but this innocent baby has been born amid controversy.
(是的,但無辜的嬰兒一出生即陷入爭議。)
rhetoric 浮誇之詞、煽動性言論
A:It sparked a backlash over the fact whether anchor babies are US citizens.
(定錨嬰兒是否算美國公民的說法引發反彈。)
B:Birthright citizenship is an issue, but some politicians argued this derogatory phrase is hateful rhetoric.
(公民身分雖是爭議,但政客的浮誇之詞帶有貶低之意。)
【延伸閱讀】延伸關鍵字
1. controversy:爭議
2. backlash:強烈反彈
3. derogatory:貶低、貶義的
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