【 華爾街日報社論肯定台灣為抗疫模範】
非常感動，胖犬業配的華爾街日報在四月二十七日社論，除了肯定台灣防疫成績外，同時暗批中國及WHO。
社論標題：Taiwan’s Coronavirus Example（以台灣對抗冠狀病毒為例）
副標題為The WHO covers for a secretive China, but Taipei is a real model. （WHO替中國遮遮掩掩，台北才是真實模範）
這篇社論詳實地記載了台灣從2019年年底通知WHO中國疫情但WHO未有作為、WHO高級顧問Bruce Aylward接受香港媒體訪問卻在被問及台灣議題時掛掉電話、台灣在過去十年申請參加187場技術會議卻只獲出席57場等等，算是非常用功地follow了台灣在這場抗疫戰的重要時間點。
Taiwan has been a model for handling the outbreak. Its transparent and competent approach has left the island nation of 24 million with 429 confirmed cases and only six deaths.
台灣一直是控制疫情的模範。它透明且有能力的做法使得島上2400萬人口只有429例確診及6例死亡。
China’s penchant for secrecy and political control, on the other hand, helped to make the local outbreak a global pandemic. Yet WHO has treated the two as if the opposite were true.
另外一方面，中國傾向秘密及政治控制，導致原本的本土感染變成全球疫情。而世衛對待中國及台灣的方式卻彷彿假的一方是對的。
The coronavirus emerged in China late last year.
新冠病毒去年底在中國產生首例。（沒錯！在中國！）
Under Chinese pressure, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus refrained from declaring that Covid-19 had become a “public health emergency of international concern” until Jan. 30.
在中國施壓之下，世衛秘書長譚德賽一直不願宣布此疫情為國際關注公衛危機，直到一月三十日才不得不宣布。
While Dr. Tedros was lavishing praise on a secretive China, the smaller nation had started drills and implemented quarantines. On April 1 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announced the country would donate 10 million masks abroad.
當譚德賽盛讚秘密中國時，小國（台灣）開始舉行演習並實施隔離。台灣總統蔡英文在四月一日宣布捐贈一千萬個口罩給外國。
Dr. Tedros has deflected criticism of his leadership by accusing the Taiwanese government of condoning racist attacks against him. He provided no evidence, and we’ve seen none. Recently evidence emerged that Africans in Guangzhou, China, have been evicted from their homes and rejected by businesses as coronavirus-fueled xenophobia spreads. Governments across Africa have expressed concern, but Dr. Tedros has been quiet.
譚德賽為了閃避外界對其領導能力的批評，遂指控台灣政府對他進行種族歧視攻擊。他提不出證據，我們也看不到證據。最近我們看到廣州的非洲人因為當地疫情導致的排外情緒而被趕出家門。非洲各國政府對表達關切，但譚德賽卻靜默不語。（胖犬超愛這一段）
這篇社論文章不長，胖犬幾乎幫大家都翻譯完了。
歡迎大家讀讀這篇英文喔！
胖犬考題如下：
Four days later, China finally ________ it could spread between humans.
a) acknowledged
b) rejected
c) promised
d) insisted
請留言作答！
#你今天學英文了嗎
華爾街日報3.4折訂購優惠：
https://reurl.cc/M7p8ev
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WSJ原文連結：
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taiwans-coronavirus-example-11588026299?mod=opinion_lead_pos4
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