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1. Over 600 Prizes Still Up for Grabs in Limited Scratch Card Lotto
新春限定刮刮樂仍可搶得600多個獎項
內文:
The Taiwan Lottery Corporation says three jackpots of 20-million N-T each and
more than 600 other prizes in the limited edition of the Lunar New Year
scratch card game are still up for grabs (供大家爭取,提供給任何人).
the Taiwan Lottery Corporation:臺灣彩券公司
jackpot:大獎
the limited edition:(限量版)指的是:新春限定刮刮樂
scratch:刮
scratch card game:刮刮卡遊戲
up for:為了
to grab:爭奪(to seize)
up for grabs :(供大家爭取,提供給任何人)爭奪中
According to corporation General Manager Tsai Guo-ji, of the 737 prizes of
over 1-million N-T, only 97 have already been drawn, while among the 640
prizes still up for grabs are the three 20-million N-T jackpots as well as
four 10-million N-T prizes.
Tsai says one lucky person in New Taipei's Ruifang Districtrecently walked
away with a 10-million N-T prize in the limited edition Lunar New Year
scratch lotto, which has 16 new games.
Tsai Guo-ji:蔡國基
been drawn:被抽中(to draw)
Ruifang District:瑞芳區
2. 1月29號(星期五)的新聞Satellite boom attracts big tech firms
衛星熱潮吸引了大型科技公司
內文:
English business tycoon Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has
joined a growing list of private companies that can launch satellites into
orbit (軌道).
Earlier this month, 10 payloads were lofted (運上太空) on the Virgin Orbit
rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's
old 747jumbos.
tycoon:大亨
Virgin Orbit:維珍軌道公司
a growing list of:越來越多的(增長的清單)
to launch into:發射到
orbit:軌道
payload:(字面意思:有效飛機載荷;導彈攜帶的炸彈頭。)這裡翻譯成「酬載」,指美國太空總署NASA委託發射的10顆立方衛星
be lofted :被運上太空
entrepreneur's:企業家的
jumbos:巨無霸型
Space has traditionally had a high barrierto entry. Today, just seven firms
make up 75% of the industry.
OneWeb, SpaceX, Planet, Spire and Amazon have put up 10% of these satellites
since 2016, but there are 200 smaller firms behind them who are projected
(預期) to launch 25,000 satellites over the next four years.
barrier:門檻(壁壘、障礙)
to entry:進入
to make up:組成、佔了
to put up:建造、建構
be projected:被預期