近日醜聞多,台灣有前中央官員擅自變更官宅,供3名女秘書租居、台北市議員因家暴案遭開除黨籍,今年重要選舉戰場法國的右派新星總統候選人費雍(François Fillon) 也爆出安排妻子假工作、真領薪,恐被迫退選。種種失德行徑連選民都藐視(scoff)。
【醜聞笑柄淺談】 to scoff嘲笑、藐視 A:Recently there have been so many scandals in the political circles, both domestically and internationally. (最近國內、外政壇真是醜聞滿天飛啊。) B:Yeah, if I'm one of those politicians' supporters, I would be so pissed that I'll scoff at them. (我要是粉絲,一定也會氣到對他們嗤之以鼻。) public outrage公憤 A:Incidents like the domestic violence case in Taiwan and the "fake job" in France will surely provoke public outrages. (像台灣家暴案、法國「假工作」事件絕對會引起公憤。) B:Well, it'll require some wisdom to handle crises like these. (這時危機處理就需要過人的智慧了。) alternate替代的 A:Do you think Les Républicains will come up with an alternate candidate soon? (你覺得法國共和黨能在短期內提出替代候選人嗎?) B:Officially they don't have one yet, but since Fillon flounders, they will have to choose one soon. (還沒正式研議,但費雍已寸步難行,他們必須選擇。) 【延伸關鍵字】 1. revelation:揭露、踢爆 2. to reiterate:一再重申 3. inconsistency:不一致、有出入 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權